The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-08
ALDERNAN|C ACTIVITY.
Progress of City Affairs and
Proposed Improvements.

Proposed improvements.
independent ose to Have New Chemi-
cal Englne-Ordinance Restricting the
Speed of railroad Trains at Street Gre ss-
ings Adopted-Nine Free Phones Lo-
Gated For the Use of the Ci.y-Reports
of Committees.
The October meeting of the Aldermen
held last Friday evening was the shortest
of the year. All members were present
and business was quickly transacted.
Among the communications read was a.
petition of the residents of Albeit ave-
nue. for street lights and another from
Mrs. Lord of Madison avenue requesting
additional street lamps. Both were re-
ferred to the Street Lamp Committee and
laid over for lack of funds.
An invitation from Chief Engineer
Stevens asking the Mayor and Aldermen
to participate in the exercises of the
approaching Fire Department Centen-
NAL and the annual inspection which
will occur at the same time was read
and accepted.
On recommendation of the Board of
Fire Engineers G. E. Schmidt was ap-
pointed a member of the Board of Fire
Wardens and the designations of Fred.
Q. Taft and Floyd Woodruff from the
same company were accepted,
On the presentation by City Collector
William Becker, of certified list of de-
linquent taxes on real estate for 1896,
the Board upon motion ordered the clerk
to proceed in the advertisement and sale
of the same.
City Clerk Ayers presented report of
the city funds as follows:
Estimated receipts for So ss5. 90
s88 227 .6a
Amount expended this
Liabilities incurred BY order. s2i6ii
--s4S34 So
Bal. Appro. unexpended SIS, 1898 30
Cash in treasury Oct l................. $3.50
Alderman Byram, reporting for the
Finance Committee. moved that the
Mayor be authorized to renew notes for
$1,000, falling due during the month and
execute new note of $500 for three
months.
On motion of Alderman Owens. for the
Fire Committee, power was given the
Committee to purchase a chemical en-
CINE for use of Independent Hose Com
pany, at cost not to exceed 81, 400.
Alderman Van Glider read the month
ly report of Chief of the Police Holloway,
oh
sons lodged in the City lookup during
September.
Applications for billiard and pool
room licenses were granted to Smith &
Sven, Park place, and Isaac DeMott,
Water street, for one year.
The ordinance regulating the speed of
railroad trains at street crossings in Nor
ristown, which was introduced at the
July meeting of the Board, passed at the
August meeting, referred back to the
Board for revision at the September
meeting, was again reported, and being
satisfactorily drawn, was passed unani-
mously. The ordinance is printed in
full on page of the CHRONICLE.
1t was stated that the D., L. and w.
R. R. Co. had not yet removed the un-
used gate arms at the Morris street
crossing according to request of the
Board, voted at the July meeting, and
tie city clerk was instructed to again
notify the company to remove the same.
By the agreement between the city
and the N Y and N. J. Telephone Com
pany, which accompanied the ordinance
granting franchise to the company to lay
telephone conduits, the city was to have
free use of nine telephones. Upon mo-
ton, the location of the phones was
designated as follows: Mayors Office,
police headquarters, in each of the four
fire houses and in each of the three pub
lie schools of the city. The Board adj
journed at 9.05.