The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-09-11
FREEHOLD
HOLD MEETING
Are Addressed BY Ministers and
Lawyers. Crushed Stone
and Gas Discussed.
MOUNT TABOR WANTS GAS

Needs Gas for Cooking and Lighting
Purposes. Wants it from Dover and
Port Dram Gas Company. Referred
to Road Committee. Crushed stone
Contract Awarded to f. w. schmidt.
Middle Valley Company objects.
There was more or less excitement
at the monthly meeting of the Board
of Freeholders held last Wednesday
morning. At various times several
members became much wrought up
over matters and things which to them
seemed to be transpiring and they
spoke in divers tones and voices, as
well as in the most profound English.
The meeting could not honestly be
called a strictly business one, as the
principal business, outside the paying
of bills, was laid over for committees
to decide or to disagree upon.
At the meeting was a delegation
from Mt. Tabor representing the
Camp Meeting Association, who came
to urge and insist upon the Freehold
ers allowing the Dover and Port Dram
Gas Company to lay their pipes to Mt.
Tabor in order that it might be prop
erly lighted and the residents afforded
the pleasure of cooking their meals
over gas stove.
The Clerk read the following sresoIu-
tien passed by the Association:
" Resolved that the Morris County
Board Of Freeholders be requested to
grant the Dover and Port Dram Gas
Company franchise to run its mains
from Dover to Mt. Tabor in order to
bring it's gas to Tabor"
Then a petition was read from the
Dover and Port Dram Gas Company
praying the Freeholders for permission
to lay gas mains along the county
roads to Tabor
Director Becker stated that re-
quest of this kind had been made a
year ago which was referred to the
road committee, and he suggested be-
fore the Board act they wait for the
road committee to report.
Freeholder Cook, of Hanover,
thought inaSmuch as those interested
in the project from Mt Tabor were
present, they be given hearing, and
the matter be decided to-day. Free
holder Mills objected to this believing
these people would take too much Of
the Boards time which was wanted
for other business. Mr.. Cook made an
other plea for the Mt. Taborites, ask
ing that they have five minutes al
lowed them which was subsequently
raised to ten minutes, and the request
was granted
The first complainant was Rev.
DIR. A. B. Richardson, president of the
Camp Meeting Association. He said
he represented two hundred property
holders who paid over $4,000 in taxa
tion. Also said there are now 225
cottages in Mt. Tabor, and new ones
being erected.
1.-THE time has come," said DR.,
Richardson, "when gas must be intro
duced in Mt. Tabor. | ask that you
viii grant the Dover and Port Dram
Company the right to lay their pipes
to Mt. Tabor. The convenience of gas
in the houses will greatly popularize
the place and will be an advantage to
all concerned
Freeholder Cook then asked if it was
positive that the Dover Company
could furnish the gas, and DR.. Rich
ardson replied by saying, as positive
as anything could be-
Mrs. Kilmer was then introduced
as representing the household workers
in that village, and she spoke concern
ing the trials and troubles the women
where now subjected to in cooking
with oil stoves and burning kerosene.
I" want to say on behalf OF the ladies
that we need the gas. We know you
gentlemen have the power to give US
this gas, and we want you to do your
part. We trust you will take this
matter to heart. Think of your own
homes How Inconvenience you
would be without gas improvement.
We hope you gentlemen will take it to
yourselves and do all in your power to
bring it about
A motion was entertained by the
director TO again refer the matter to
the road committee, but before vote
was taken another clergyman addressed
the board He admitted the Camp
Meeting Association had entered into
an agreement with the Dover and
Port Dram Gas Company to furnish
the gas and no other gas company
could come in He said the assoca-
tion had tried to get other companies
to take the contract, but they would
not, and he asked the Board to give
the Dover Company authority to lay
the pipes.
Freeholder Cook thought there was
no reason why the Board could not
act on the petition Immediately but
the director thought the matter prop
erly belonged to the road committee,
and to the road committee it went by
vote of the Board.
An endeayor was then made by the
Mt. Tabor delegation to have hear
ing before the road committee after
the meeting, but the road committee
respectfully declined to hear the mat
ter for the present.
The Road Committee reported re-
pairs made on county roads and recon-
mended the making of contract with
f. w. Schmidt for broken trap rock
for the coming year for repairing the
county roads. This recommendation
provoked some discussion among the
members Of the Board Freeholder