The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-31
BEAUTIFY
OUR TOWN
The Impression Made on a Nor
ristown Woman while Walk
ing through the Town.
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED.

4 am woman resident OF this town
and would like to say few words
about our park . in your paper.
] have occasion nearly every morn
ing to pass through the park to Speed
well avenue, and my attention was at
tracted to the dirty sidewalks, then to
the space around the benches, where
the ground was covered with peanut
shells, banana skins, tobacco stumps
and guilds, and the accompanying flies.
/ made a point of watching if there
was any sweeping done for one week
and could see no difference except in
quantity. Then the benches them
selves, dirty and broken, occupied
mostly by dirty disagreeable looking
men, expectorating over the pave
ment and making the walks not fit to
step on. and communicating even an or
dinary walking skirt.
Passing through one morning / met
two ladies, presumably visitors to the
town, one seemed to be looking for
place to rest, but said to her compan-
ion, to my modification. this is the
dirtest park / have ever seen, and
passed on.
just imagine aristocratic Morris
town having such a remark made
about our one park, which ought to
be beautiful spot and pleasure to
every one, both visitor and resident,
and what is it, dirty forlorn place;
large spaces, where there ought to be
grass-seed sown, or flower beds made,
such as many other parks have, and
playing fountain in one of the sec
tions cooling the air, with comfortable
seats around it, so that women bring
ing their little children to play in the
park in the sandy spots with pail and
shovel, may rest and sew in comfort.
Speaking about parks, the lot on the
corner of South and Boyken streets
could be made very pleasant and en-
joyable, ifsome person or persons could
arrange with the owner for permission
to keep the grass cut, remove the
broken fence and place seats under the
grand old trees, for women and child
rem only. What an enjoyable and
pretty little spot this might be made
on our old South street.
The unoccupied railroad property
adjoining Memorial Hospital could al
so be made a beauty spot.
Again about the women who bring
their children to the park for the air
and to play. How necessary it is for
our town to have place for recrea-
tion for them. There must be some
spot that could be utilized for that
purpose. 1t is a growing necessity
that might be accomplished if some OF
our earnest workers would take it up.
And the expectorating nuisance.
Can't something be done about that ?
Our neighboring city of Summit has
passed an ordinance, prohibiting this
practice. 1t is almost impossible for
people to escape this nuisance in pass
ing around the park. 1t comes from
doorsteps, doorways, in some instance,
windows.
Again (our park }, in going to church
on Sunday morning | passed along one
side and noticed three wooden pie
plates, newspapers, skins, etc, as
though the place had been used for an
early breakfast.
And why can't the store-keepers be
requested to sweep their sidewalks
Saturday nights and have them clean
for Sundays. l think an ordinance
should be passed to that effect.
Now Mr.. Editor, l hope there may
be a change in the very near future.
If the town can't keep the place clean,
take subscriptions.
Thanking you for space given me,
and hoping that something may be
done in the near future.
/ am respectfully, from childhood,
A MORRIsTOWN WOMAN.