The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

Four Of the six ice houses at EStling
Lake are about half full while two are
empty.
Roxbury township has granted a
perpetual unlimited franchise to the
Morris County Traction Co., for line
throught that township.
The Morris Township School meet
ing will be held in the Washington
Valley School house on Tuesday after
noon, March 20 at two o'clock.
The George Richards Go. win erect
grain elevator, etc, on Mercer street.
and the Central r. r. at Dover. Build
ing operations will soon be started.
The Mountain Ice Company, whose
ice houses are located on Fox Hill, near
Denville. have about 10000 tons of ice
gathered, which is about one fifth the
amount Of last year.
1t is stated that there is need of
twenty-five houses to rent for about
ten dollars a month az Whippany.
The new mill now under construction
will employ about hundred men,
e. S. Day win sell for Geo. j. Ferry
on Tuesday, March 20, at the Ferry
place, about one mile from Mendham,
a large quantity OF farming imple-
ments, horses, cows. fowls, ETC., also
carriages, etc., in coach barn and dairy
utensils. Sale begins at 10 a. m.
The postoffice at Franklin Furnace
Is In the third class, but there are few
offices of any class that exceed it in the
total of money order business. The
large foreign population know that
Uncle Sam is a safe banker. On Mon
day, Feb. 26. the Franklin office issued
seventy-eight money orders, with a
total of $3,7l658. On the previous
Saturday the total was 81, 4l9.
Mrs. Thompson Swami who recently
died in Princeton, left her residence
on Stockton street together With a
fund, tOturn it into a public hall and
museum with accommodation for the
town council and mayors office. The
grounds comprising about eight acres
TO be turnvd into public park for the
use of The people Of Princeton. Prince
ton University is the residuary legatee.
The Madison Public Library closes
it's sixth year with 7,4l6 books on its
shelves. One hundred and eighty-One
volumes have been presented during
the year, and ia pamphlets, making a
total number OF the later on Tile OF 9S7.
Five hundred and thirty-five volumes
have been bought and placed upon the
shelves, of which number l23 were tic-
tion and Alb non. fiction. These were
given by d. Willis James.
The great mendhaden or oil fish in
l..- ~>E< q 1r,s.
sold by the Fisheries Company to JOS
Wharton, Of Philadelphia at a price
said to be about 81, 500, 900. The deal
combines the American Fisheries Com
pany, the Atlantic Fisheries Company
and the American Process Company,
which manufactures the machinery
used in menhaden fishing. The new
organization takes over fOrty-One Of
the eighty-hve menhaden steamers in
operation along the Atlantic coast,
with considerably larger tonnage
than the remaining fOrty-four steam
ers. 1t acquires the eight largest fish
factories on the coast.
Secretary Alleman says that the
lines of the Morris County Traction
Co. to Elizabeth and MaplewOod will
be completed and running to Huntley
by July first. Steady progress is be-
ing made on the line over Mine Hill
and franchise has beensgranted in
Roxbury township, which will enable
work to continue on to Netcong. The
route from Ledgewood to Landing has
not been settled as yet, two being
specified in the application TheLack-
awanna contemplates amarked change
there and the company-will run it's
line past the station wherever that
is located probably at Shippingport,
where the branch to Bertrand Island
leaves the main line.