The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-14
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

The fOrty-third annual meeting Of
the Morris County Sunday School ASS
ISOLATION will be held at Wharton on
Wednesday, September rs.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Rosam0nd SWinnerton, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry U Swimmer
ton, Of Cherry Valley. N. Y, to Ernest
G. Lum, of Chatham, to take place at
Valley, on Thursday, August 22nd.
The Morris County Traction Conf
pany is laying tracks from Kenvil to
Succasunna, and it is predicted that
cars will be running between the two
places in a couple of weeks. PaSsen-
gers will be transferred across the
Lackawanna tracks at Kenyil.
The macadam roads in Netcong, says
the Stanhope Eagle, have been PATCHED
up with two carloads of trap rock
screenings this week. This is all that
Freebooter Cliff was allowed to use on
them for repairs. The mudhole near
the railroad station received its due
share.
It has been decided to fill in the hole
at the Richard Mine caused by the
cavern of March, 1905. A concrete
tunnel will also be built for entrance
TO the mine and the railroad tracks
will also be relaid. The hole is about
300 feet in diameter and $50 feet in
depth.
The Hackettstown Gazette says :
The proposition that the Washing
ton taxpayers should raise Is per cent.
of the cost Of widening and straight
ening the culvert at the town entrance,
has been unanimously vetoed. Ii is
even more ridiculous that the county
should bear any portion OF the expense.
The Morris County Traction Co.was
granted franchise on Saturday over
the roads in ROckaway township from
the borough to Mt. Tabor and on the
road to Boonton on Saturday after
noon, three members Of the township
committee voting for the ordinance
while the fourth did not vote. The
application was made and the fran
chise granted for a term OF twenty
years.
The Standard Oil Company has cut
the wholesale price of oil one-haif cent
a gallon, to n cents, in every city and
town OF New England in which the
Four Brothers Independent Oil Com
pany is a competitor. This Is said to
be the lowest price asked for oil in New
New England in several years. Out
side of the competitive zone the Stand
ards price is from 10A to Is cents a
gallon.
In Washington, N. u, the water
company wants to enter into a ten
year contract with the borough to sup
ply public water for fire purposes at
the rate Of Sl2 for each plug. This
will amount TO $3.50 a year, for the
same service that the borough has
N heretofore been paying $500. This also
includes free water for the town hall
and for sprinkling purposes and all
that Is necessary for school purposes,
maximum amount to be determined
by the average used the next several
months
Last Monday nights meeting of the
HackettstOWn Common Council the
trolley question was discussed at
length. Thomas Hay and M. o. Hay,
OF EaSt0n, Pa, and former Mayor
Petty ,of Washington, N. j.. as diFec-
tors Of the EaSt0n 81 Washington
Traction COmpaD9 were present and
presented petition asking for the
privilege to construct It's lines through
the town limits. The request OF the
company will be considered at pub
lie meeting M the city hall on Monday
evening August 27th,