The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
INTERESTING
COUNTY NEWS
All Sorts Of Incidents Gathered
From all Parts Of The
County.
BRIEF ITEMS TERSELY TOLD


The Essex Fells fire company is to
have a fire house and alarm of its
own.
Ground has been broken at Netcong
for an underwear factory, 30x60 feet
in size.
A barn on the McGinness place at
Morris Plains was burned to the
ground on Tuesday afternoon.
J. V. Beam, of Boonton, has given
notice that he will apply for admis-
sion to the bar at the June term.
A special meeting of the Hanover
Township Vigilant Society will be
held in Whiponong Hall, tonight.
The Madison Y. M. c. A. presented
the Howard Hasty Pudding Club play
"My Awful Chum" last night in AS
sociation Hail.
The fast Trenton and New Bruins
wick electric line is to be extended to
Elizabeth, the contract having been
let last week.
The contract for a low truss bridge
with concrete roadway at Muir'S Dam,
near Monroe. has been let to the
Dover Boiler Works for 1925.
The annual charter election of
Hackettstown was held on Tuesday.
DIR. f. M. Coole, Democrat, was
elected mayor by 1879 majority.
The Central Presbyterian Church OF
Summit has appointed committee
to select site for new church and
prepare plans for such structure.
The spring institute of the Morris
County Women's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held on WedneS-
day. April 27, in the First M. Il.
Church, Dover.
The new roads between Parsippany
and BOontOn made necessary by the
great Jersey City reservoir are COM
pleted and in use. The main road has
macadamized.
Members of the Madison Lodge of |.
o. o. f. comes to MorrrlStoWn to-
morrow night when ROxiticuS Lodge
will confer the second degree on three
Madison candidates.
Inspector Gibson, of the Paterson
board of health, whose duties bring
him to Morristown frequently, is
suffering from broken arm the
result Of a trolley accident.
Freeholder T. J. Cliff, of Netcong,
win erect a three story store and resi-
dence at NetcOng, 40x30 feet in size.
He will occupy part of the building
with his hardware business.
DIR. Raymond L. Mott, son of for
mer county clerk K. b. Mott, was able
TO resume the practise of dentistry at
N M n M xHux ii 1a0C
suffering from appendicitis.
The large lockwood tree on the Lit
tell property, near the Summit depot
has been sold to C. L. Blairof Peapack
and will be set out on his property on
the Bernardsville mountain.
The profits of the Madison light
plant for the year ending April |, l9O4
were 81, ,993.63 against 81, 727.l8 for the
wear preceding. A day current was
added to the service during the past
year.
Lincoln Chemical Engine, of SOmer-
vile, visited Vigilant Engine Com
pany. of Dover, on Tuesday evening.
The visitors presented their hosts
with large framed picture OF -ap-
paratuS and members.
The postoffice at Farhills, was
entered by robbers Monday night.
They looted the cash and stamp
drawers and took everything they
contained. They also secured a large
number of letters which were In the
postOffice.
The Morris township committee
met at the township hall on Tuesday
evening. There was large atten-
dance of citizens interested in trolley
matters. The Morris County Traction
Company asked an adjournment OF
one month to consider the new route
suggested. Gordon Sherman asked
that action be deferred for two months.
The committee voted to defer action
until the regular meeting in June.
A company has been formed in MOul-
trie, Ga, to be known and incorpOr-
ated as the international Land and
improvement Co." which has pur-
chased all the personal and real estate
known as the Pidcock properties" in
Hunterdon county, and all will here
after be under the general manage
ment Of Chas. W. Pidcock, who Will
have his office in Whitehouse Station.
The object of this company is to i'm
prove these properties, purchase valu-
able real estate and "bOOm" White
house vicinity.
The Summit Common Council on
Tuesday night passed resolution to
the effect that the Howard Hall build
ing will have to be changed to conform
with the new fire laws. A protest
against the report of the building
superintendent that the structure
was in a dangerous condition was
made by the owner, j. G. VanCise.
He said that if the council enforces
theatrical restrictions ON his property
he will close the building and turn it
into offices. But one councilman voted
against enforcing the regulations.
The inhabitants of Morris town.
ship held school meeting at the
Washington Valley school house on
Tuesday afternoon with eighteen
persons present, Zenas HI. Smith was
elected chairman and Willis III. Dut-
ton secretary 1t was voted to raise
$1,000 for current expenses for the
coming year and to bond the town.
ship for $4,000 for twenty years to
build two wooden school buildings.
One win be erected on Centre avenue