The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-10-23
REPUBLICAN
STREET WORK
Summary Of Street Work By
the Republican Commit
tee This Year,
GOOD RESULTS FOR THE MONEY

GOOD RESULTS FOR IHE MONEY
In no department. OF the municipal
government is there more demand for
the wise expenditure OF money than
in the street department. While
other branches of the town govern
ment are important yet in none is the
money expended and the results Sc
cured so manifest as that put upon
the streets. The reputation of the
town is made or narred by the Inn
preston made upon strangers in pass
ing through the streets. 1t is univer-
sally conceded thai the streets of
Morrist0wn have been kept in better
condition both ia regard to repairs to
roadways and general cleanliness, dur
ing the present year than ia any time
in it's recent history. This is the re-
suit OF careful supervision of the
street committee and the constant eff
forts of the street commissioner who
devOtes his whole time to the duties
of his office. It will be a matter Of
surprise to our citizens to learn that
this good result has been accomplished
with considerable saving in the
amount expended by the street COM
mittee. The committee is justly
proud of the results which are as fol
lows:
Macadamized Mills street 1200 feet
by IA feet with inch trap rock.
Remacadamized Water street from
railroad bridge to cemetery gates, l6
feet wide with 4 inch trap rock
Remacadamized foot OF Elm street
with inch trap rock.
All the above matchmaking was
done after the road bed had been torn
up with the picks of the steam roller
and the sub-grade smoothed over and
made free from any holes or depres-
siOns
Filled Olyphant Place with stone or
clay from the old quarry on Mendham
road and top dressed with I inch
stone.
Graveled Speedwell Place, the whole
width Of 80 feet and topped dressed
with { inch stone.
Graveled Cleveland street, the whole
width.
Graveled Belyiew Terrace, the
whole width.
Grayeled Of Grant street, the
whole width.
Graveled Water street, the whole
width from Speedwell avenue to bot
tom of hill.
All gravel or dirt roads we're thor
oughly rolled with steam roller and
made hard.
Filled Centre street, the whole
width for nearly its length.
Filled Mills street from Sussex ave-
ave to Cutler street, it's whole width
with stone and clay from quarry on
Mendham road, making a good and
hard dirt road.
Erected flag pole in Park at expense
OF $3.50.
Cobbled SpeedWell Place both SIDES,
end to end.
Cobbled 200 feet Olyphant Place.
Uobbled / lower end Wetmore ave-
nue..
Repaired cobble cutters in Water
street, Market street, Park Place and
Elm street.
Cobbled one side Cleveland street.
Ali cutters have been cleaned of
mud or grass, and cutters on principal
streets have been cleaned from two to
four times.
Cutters around the Park, on South
street TO Pine, on DeHaFt street to
Market, on Washington street to
High, Speedwell avenue to High, have
been cleaned once week.
Men have been constantly employed
picking up paper or litter from off the
street.
Mud has been scrapped off Of Nor
ris, South and Washington streets,
Two to four times.
Holes on South, Elm, DeHart, Bank
and Washington streets have been
leveled and filled with stone.
All catch basins have been opened
and thoroughly cleaned.
Trees on main streets have been
trimmed so that better results could
be obtained from the street lamp
lights.
Amount expended doing the above
work up to October 5, 1906, was Sl2,-
S5l. ~, one Thousand dollars Of which
was paid on account Of steam roller,
making the total amount expended
for above work Sl1, 1851. ~.
From May to December, 1905. the
amount expended was BIG, ,223.60 with
no extra expense outside Of the regu-
lar work. For the fiscal year ending
May, 1905, S17, ,922.64 was expended
This included $1,000 for the Eoote
drain and 1886 for c0ndultS. Thus
it will DO seen that the work this year
he's been accomplished with the ex-
penditure of some twenty-five per
cent. less money than that Of the two
previous years.
The pay rolls for this year and last
year follow
1906. 1905.
January, S60.38 S289. .62
February, Sl12I S177.12
March, S342. % S4O7.00
April, 8660.98 S609.37
May, @831.25 8776.5O