The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-28

Town Electrician Pierson has about
finished the installation of the fire
alarm batteries, etc, in the house Of
| ROSOlute H. e l.. Co. This week the
batteries are being charged and proba-
| bly, on Monday the lines will be cut
| into the new place and taken out of
the electric lightstation.
| Frank D. Baldwin has rented the
| residence Of Alderman Ira MoWery, 5
Olyphant Park to William j. johnson
for the season furnished. Mrs. Now
cry and daughters will 20 to her home
in the South, while the Alderman ex-
poets to board during the summer.
The N. Y. & N. j. Telephone Co., is
building a new line along the Newark
and Mt. Pleasant turnpike from Whip
pany, where it joins the new Norris
town line on to Dover. The company
put up six poles in front of the proper
ty of DIR. Bleything at Whippany,
which the doctor promptly cut down.
The new trunk telephone line from
MorristOwn to Orange via. Whippany,
Hanover and Livingston, is completed
and ready for service. 1t is expected
to be great help in long distance
business from Morristown. The branch
from Whippany to Dover is expected
to relieve the Morristown congestion
also.
The regular quarterly meeting Of
the MorriStown McAll Auxiliary will
be held on Tuesday afternoon, June
4th, at three O'Clock in the parlor of
the South Street Church. A report
of the recent convention of the Amer
lean McAll Association in Boston,
will be presented. All are cordially
welcome.
A. B. Louder delivered very inter
esttng talk illustrated by lantern
slides made from photographs taken
while the speaker was i'll Africa on
Bridge Building in Africa" at the Y .
M. @. A. hall. on Wednesday evening
Instrumental music was rendered by
the Schuman Trio and at the close of
the entertainment refreshments were
served.
A lady, after carefully scrutinizing
the horse parade on Wednesday from
two different stapdpoints, says she
was much impressed with the fact
that the horses checked up high did
not present so good an appearance or
seem as comforLa BILE as the horses with
a free head. There certainly seems
something wrong about horse that
has to be tortured TO look stylish.
J.W. Arrowsmithh has purchased the
Sylvester place of five acres on Mt.
Kemble avenue in Morris township.
He has already had the old house torn
down ana is using the material in
4 a orr
He plans TO erect in. the near future
seven room bungalow for his own use
The tract lies on The side OF the Fort
Nonsense hill and commands a tine
view.
The road from the Lake road To the
station of the N. j & Pa. 4. r. IN r..
II. Kissel's road district is being great
ly improved by Jelfard foundation
which will be covered with cracked
stone. The Lake road is also receiving
coating of stone beyond the JaQui
mill road from the Bound Brook quar-
ries. The portion of Water street.
flom. COillnsyille Chapel to The Han
over township line is also being i'm
proved by The use OF cracked stone
The road committee of the board of
freeholders has decided to let out about
fifteen miles OF road repairs by con-
tract about as was doue last year, ex-
cept in some minor details. About
half the money available will be used
in this way, the balance spent for
small repairs impossible to contract.
The committee has rescinded part OF
Jle the acJion OF the former commit
tee in recommending roads to be inn
proved. The present plan is to build
the short section from Littleton to
ParsIppany and spend the rest OF the
money on The DenVille, Powerville
road instead Of on Sussex avenue, COM
pleJing the Sussex JuruplAe as Was de-
cided by the old board-at least 81 far
as recommendation to the State
commissioner could go.