The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-04-10
THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN
Passed Resolutions Compelling
Collector to Charge Interest
Against Delinquents.
SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK


Report Read and Filed. Nearly $2O,-
900 UncolIected. Mr.. Hurtzig's Res
olution VIII have Tendency TO Make
Payments More Prompt.
Every alderman was present at the
regular monthly meeting of the Board
held in their rooms in the Savings
Bank building last Friday night.
There was a delay in calling the meet
ing to order, to allow several aldermen
to discuss the new primary election
law, finances of other towns and the
general welfare of the community, and
the mayor hesitated about calling
"time,n until he found there could be
no agreement Of opinion. The session
was brief and all business dispatched
in half-hour.
After reading the minutes of the
previous meeting Clerk Stilwell read
the report of Chief Engineer Fox.
Three alarms of fire have been turned
in during the month--one from box "a
and two from box AZ. He recommend
ed the election of William j. Carroll
to Washington Engine Company, and
the expulsion of Thomas Morland and
John Cannon from the same company,
which was concurred in by the board
The city collectors report was read
and on motion filed. 1t showed taxes
for 1902 as follows: Amount of dupli-
cate, $146, ,424.56: amount collected to
date, S126,S25.l6: paid to county col
lector, $4,000; board of education,
1926, 5,170; town treasurer, $31, 500. Taxes
still uncollected amount to Sl9, 9,604.4l
City Treasurer Vogt's report shows !:
Estimated receipts from all sources,
S69,915: amount expended 500, ,9l7.35; !;
leaving balance of S12, ,997.65.
The following bills were ordered
paid: For discounts, $685. poor,
S67.15; printing, $62.45 police, $685.
rs: miscellaneous, $297.90: fire de-
partment, $464.5S; making a total of
1914
A letter from the secretary of the
Fireman's Relief Fund was read, stat
ing that Charles F. Axtell's term as
trustee had expired and recommending
his reappointment.
In the report of committees, the
chairman of the finance committee
moved that notes be discounted not to
exceed the sum of $4,000 to take up
those falling due this month. 1t was
carried. He also asked for the transfer
of 800 from the poor account to the
discount, which was granted.
The street committee as usual made
no report, nor did the street lamps
committee.
The fire committee reported that
arrangements had been made with
John Denman to furnish horses for
Washington engine and hose carriage
at cost of $50 per month. Chairman
Belby also said that the committee
had investigated the various rumors
about the tiremen looting and pilfering
at the recent fire in the Bell building
and found the stories to be without
foundation. All articles said to have
been missing have been accounted for,
and he thought rumors of the charac-
ter published concerning the tiremen
should be withheld unless there were
more grounds for suspicion than proved
to be i'm this case. At this point Mayor
Reed took occasion to say with salts
faction that he believed the tiremen
could be trusted to weed out all un-
worthy members, if any such were in
the department: and that the board
of aldermen stood ready at all times
to aid them in investigating any
charges of this character.
The printing committee reported
but the one bill of Vogt Bros. for
$62.45.
Alderman Crane presented two tax
deeds for the Wadsworth property on
Ridgedale avenue, which he moved be
executed by the mayor and clerk for
unpaid taxes for the year 1899.
The ordinance respecting the throw
ing of banana and other fruit skins,
ETC., on the sidewalks came up for its
third reading and was passed.
A petition from the residents of
Speedwell avenue near the old " Folly
was read, asking that the sidewalks in
that section be paved. 1t was referred
to the street committee.
Under head of new business Alder
man Hurting stated that nearly $20,-
600 of taxes were reported uncollected
and he thought this ought not to be
SO. He said that in other towns inter-
est was always charged upon taxes un-
paid after the expiration of the time
designated by the tax law for pay
ment, but here no interest is exact
ed, and the law distinctly says it shall
be charged. AS consequence, Mr..
Hurting declared, citizens keep the
money owing the city for taxes in the
bank drawing three per cent. interest,
and do not pay until obliged to. This
he believed unfair to those who were
prompt in payment and not just to
the city, which loses the interest by
the operation He moved that the
legal rate of interest be charged on all
taxes due from the 10th of December.
This motion, and another by Alder
man Burke that the collector be
charged with the interest, was carried.
The board adjourned until next week
Thursday, when special meeting will
be held
A Big Mortgage.