The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
BOARD OF
ALDERMEN
The Towns Finances, Col
lector Wise's Report Rela
tive to Tax Matters.
DICKSON IS IN -MESKlL OUT

regular session on Friday evening with
all the members present, also large
number Of spectators. The report of
the board Of engineers showed two
alarms Of fire during the month Of
December, and recommended the con-
tirmation Of the election Of j. r.
Moore to Washington Engine Co., w.
D. Harrison to Humane and w. D.
VonDielin to the board Of fire Wardens
and the expulsion of e. J. Bell from
Humane Steamer Co. The reports
were received and recommendations
concurred in.
Collector Wise reported on 1904 taxes
as follows:
Amount Of duplicate, Sl67, $4,000; re-
mitted by board, S22312 amount to
collect, S167 1851; amount collected,
S165, ,210. 90; balance to collect, S2,5l5.37.
On the 1905 taxes he reported as fol-
lows amount Of duplicate, S16S, ,O94.32;
remitted, S77.19; amount to collect,
$l65, ,Ol7.13. Paid as follows: to county
4 collector. s65, 1000; state school tax,
SIS, ,074 special school, Sl7,OOO; total.
sl31, ,074. Due county, $500; special
school, $4,000. The reports were re-
ceived.
An application from Fritz Norby for
the position Of street commissioner
accompanied by recommendations and
a portrait was referred to the street
committee.
Residents of Headley road asked for
an additional gas lamp on that thor
oughfare, stating that number OF re-.
/ quests to individual aldermen had
been made. The communication was
referred to the fire committee.
A petition from members Of Wash
lingtOn Engine 90. asked the appoint
ment of Joseph Ambrose as chief OF
the fire department. in case a change
/ is made, stating that the company had
not had a chief in over twenty years.
Referred to the fire committee.
An invitation was accepted to at
tend the convention of the St. Pat
rick'S Alliance to be held in the For
rester's Hall, Farrelly Building, on
January 20.
The usual tax ordinance was intro
duced and on suspension OF the rules
passed.
The following estimate of receipts
was adopted cash balance on hand
/ S3,3l454: amount raised by taxes, $780,,
600; board of health, $4,000; fire by
drants, $500; assessed for deficien
eies, $4,000 special franchises, 1890
local franchises, $500; County clerk
licenses, S237 so; police justices, $500
excise board licenses, $4,000; miscel
laneouS, S10, 600; toJai, $50, ,852. .O4 after
which appropriations were made as
follows: for board of health, $4,000
i discounts, 500; poor, S400; salaries
S5, 900; elections, $3.50; miscellaneous
$1,000; total, Sic, $50. For streets, Sl4,-
242.O4; fire dept-current $780, hy-
drants, $500: total, 81, 300. Police
dept, s8, 100; street lamps, Sll 600
/ printing and advertising, $500; total
500 yS52.04.
A note of $500 was ordered execut-
ed for two months in anticipation Oi
taxes and the bills we're ordered paid,
They included S74.50 to the board oi
health for one half of the dog licenses
since last June, $50 for the storage OF
voting machines.
A deed was ordered executed and
delivered to the executors of the late
Lydia G.. Frost for the Boisaubin Lot
on Ridgedale avenue, to which the
town had acquired tax title when sat
isfied that the tax is paid
The finance committee also had the
bond of Cornelius Hally as constable,
but it was laid over because OF s0ne
doubt OF its necessity.
The street committee among dts
bills presented two receipted bills from
| the Morris Aqueduct for water far-
niShed for the fountains on the on the
Park.
GERS and salaries the pay Of the town
clerk was fixed at $50 per year.
Alderman M0wery presented the
police bills, inclUding one for a news
paper furnished the headquarters so
as the aldermen said the officers might
keep informed as to the state OF affairs
| in Russia, also one for ice. The re
port OF Justice Howard which was
sent back for correction from the De
cember meeting reappeared showing
Uhis time that the town owed him So
on remitted fines.
Mayor Reed said that prior to J Jamm-
ary first the report would be liable TO
| investigation No action was taken
Ion it.
Alderman Day for the special COM
mittee on municipal building reported
that after careful study the committee
recommended that the town erect a
building to cost about $500 on the
site at present owned by the town on
Speedwell avenue.
n. w. caldwell appeared before
the council stating that he had been
under misapprehensi0n at the time
of the public meeting in regard to the
alternate site. He thought it well to
20 slow in the matter, and secure
plans if possible for buildings on both
sites. The public will be better salts
fed Ii they know definite plans. Many
oppose a building on the present site.
After some little further discussion
in regard to how it could be paid by a
bond issue payable in three or five
years, the matter was referred back TO
the committee for further informa-
tiOn and the old committee was con-
tinued.
Alderman Day nominated for street
commissioner, James Dickson saying
that he was we'll qualified for the posi-
tion and would give his whole time to
the work.
Alderman Belby named T. H. Mes
kill.
Mayor Reed asked the age and quail
fications of Dickson and Mr.. Day re-
piled that he did not know his age,
but he had had experience in building