The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-07
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samples Of Eureka hose and the kind
ordered
Alderman Lewis said that the state
was correct.
Mayor Reed declared that the min
utes showed no record Of the commit
tee being authorized to purchase hose,
neither did the reports Of the chief en-
Rineer for the year past recommend
any purchase
Alderman Thompson declared thai
Tie was certain it was ordered by the
Board and a day Or 50 following he bad
been approached by agents who desired
to sell hose.
Mayor Reed said that the hose was
needed and had been provided for in
the budget, The Underwriters had
also recommended the purchase of hose
and now are raising the fire insurance
two points because they claim the
town is short two Thousand feet.
Chief Engineer Fox was brought in-
to the affair and declared that he was
certain he had recommended the pnr-
chase Of hose, although he could not
find it in the reports. He also de-
clared on question Of the chairman OF
the Fire Committee that he had been
offered 800 if he would get the order
for i've hundred feet OF hose for one
company.
Alderman Mowery expressed his opin-
ion of such a man, and the bills as pre-
sented were ordered paid. According
to. letter received by Alderman
Thompson one lot OF the new hose will
be equipped with the new coupling in
few days, the other lot is already for
service.
The Ordinance Committee presented
an ordinance for the adoption regulate
ing, paving, ETC., of Wetmore avenue
from Ogden place to Schuyler avenue,
which, on suspension Of rules, was
passed.
The Police Committee presented the
report OF the justice for the month OF
July showing the total receipts from
fines, ETC., OF S1O2.60; of which S31.5O
was remitted, and the Justices fee;
amounted to SOL, leaving $40 10 for the
town.
The Street Lamp Committee pre-
scented the usual bills for the month
also a bill of $66.60 for mantles, which
were ordered paid The committee al
so presented the following report:
TO the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
of the Town Of Morristown:
Your Committee on Street Lighting, |
TO which was referred the petition of
the Civic Association of Morristown,
together with the accompanying re-
port of the Committee on Lighting
of said Association, which was present.
ed this Board on July sixth last, sub
NIT the following report:
Your committee, before taking up
in detail the matters contained in said
petition and the papers accompanying
it, desires to record its appreciation Of
the interest in the affairs of the town
of Morristown committed for the time
being to the charge of the mem
bers Of this Board by the citizens
uOf Morristown, shown by the care
aud trouble which the members of the
Civic Association have taken in maxi
ing the Investigations, a record Of
which is included in the above petit
tion and the accompanying papers,
Your committee, whenever com
plants have been made to it about
the street lighting, have looked
into the subject matter Of such
complaints and have tried to rem
edy all defects discovered 1t has al
ways endeayored to obtain a strict, ex-
act and full compliance by the compa-
MES with terms Of the street lighting
contracts.
We deem 1t fitting to call attention
to the fact that the matters contained !
in the said petition and the papers ac-
companying it, were never presented
to any member Of your commit
tee nor to any other member of
the Board of Aldermen, as far as
your committee has been able to ascer-
tain, until the same were presented at
the July meeting of this Board At
that time the matters We're presented
In pamphlet form and were ready to be
spread broadcast through the town.
This way Of proceeding would make it
appear to be the desire Of the petition
erS to raise doubt as to the willing
ness of the Board TO remedy the condi-
lions complained of unless it was COM
PEELED to do so by the pressure Of pub
lie sentiment.
Your committee desires to record, as /
well. its appreciation,of the fact that
the public sentiment, thus aroused,
has materially assisted in remedying
the conditions complained Of.
The subject matter Of the petition
naturally divides itself into two diyi- |
Sions (l) The execution of the pres
emit contracts; (2) The making of new
contracts to succeed the present con
tracts for street lighting and the ac-
complishment Of certain incidental adj
Vantages to individual consumers of |
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