The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-09-11
THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN
Regular Meeting Last Friday
Evening. Notes Outstanding
Amounting to $4,000
TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING

To take Action on the Complaint of
Mr.. Foote. Says City's sewage is
Running into His Pond. Will take
the Matter to the Courts If city
Does not Afford Him some. Relief
/ soon.
/ With every member present the
Board Of Aldermen held its regular
monthly meeting last Friday night.
Little business transpired outside Of
the approving of bills and motions
to pay.
The bills for the month amounted to
50, 1896, and we're from the following
committees miscellaneous, 81 90; sal
aries, S136; sewers, S5; poor, $500;
streets, S682. %; fire department, cur
rent expenses, S44a.02 police, $3.50;
street lamps, s746.87; printing, s66.05.
There were notes in bank, viz one
for 81, 900 due November s. one for
$4,000, due December 8, and one for
SO, ,000 due January s, 1904 On mo-
tion Of the chairman Of the finance
committee, the Mayor and Clerk we're
S3, 000 to be discounted, in anticipation
of taxes. The cash balance ia bank
is S6995
Clerk Stilwell read communication
from the Resoute Truck Company
asking permission to take their ma
chine to Allentown, at the tiremen'S
parade to be held in that city in 0cto-
ber The letter was referred to the
fire committee.
Chief Fox Of the fire department. re-
ported everything in good condition,
and no alarm Of fire during the month.
He recommended the confirmation Of
tile election of the officers recently
chosen by the various fire companies.
The election of j. J. Lintop to Wash
ington Engine Company and Ray
mond Troxell to ResOlute Truck Conn
pany were recommended.
The finance committee presented
Collector Wise's bond and on motion
it was accepted Former Collector
Andrews tax warrant was presented,
and on motion ordered filed and re-
corded in the proper book. The Mayor
!
/ a tax deed to j. J. Howard.
/ Alderman Rutan for the ordinance
committee presented an amendment to
the hack ordinance, which was givena
third reading and passed. 1t provides
for the payment of twenty-five cents
for every trunk or rs pounds of bag
gage.
Aldermen Arrowsmith, chairman of
the police committee, reported S38.95
collected in fines and dues by Police
Justice Cliff.
There was present at the meeting
Mr.. Robert d. Foote, and upon an in
yitation by Mayor Reed, Mr.. Foote
addressed the Aldermen concerning
the city drain running into his proper
ty from Mt. Kemble avenue, which he
had complained of through his counsel
at a previous meeting Of the Board.
Mr. Foote said that he had just
spent 80 800 in cleaning out the pond
on his property, which was the head of
a very valuable water right, and be had
found 1000 cubic yards oftilthrunning
into it from the city sewer.
81 maintain you are doing me a
damage said Mr.. Foote, and | come
before this board for relief
There we're two propositions which
Mr.. Foote suggested to the city to
give him relief lst, to lay tile pipe,
which would cost the city over $4,000,
and which Mr. Foote said he thought
was too much to ask of the city; the
other idea was for the town to make
an open cut through his property and
drain the sewage. The expense OF this
scheme Mr.. Foote thought, would be
50 500.
He said he trusted the town would
attend to the matter at once. He did
not wish to make any threat, but said
that if it did not he would 90 to the
court and have the matter adjudicated.
On motion the matter was referred to
the street committee with power.
The board adjourned to meet a week
from tonight, when Nh. Foote'S conn
plaint will be officially acted upon by
the Board.