The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-22
THE CIVIC
ASSOCIATION
Most Satisfactory Reports Of
Work Made at the An
nual Meeting.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS

HE ELESllUN VI OTFlIENO
The annual meeting of the Civic AS
sociation was held in the hall of the
Y. M. @. A. last Tuesday evening with
a good attendance, and President
Caldwell in the chair. Secretary
Griswold reported one meeting of the
Association and three joint meetings
with Business Mems Association dur
ing the year. The executive commit
tee held nine sessions and the direct
Ors met regularly.
The treasurer reporteda a balance last
year of $67. .35; receipts of $5l5. So; dis
bursementS of S419.05, anda balance OF
$16383.
Henry M. Smith, for the member
ship committee, reported a member
ship of 283; during the year there have
been four deaths and fOurresignatiOnS
At the organization OF the AsSocia-
tiOn in December, 1905, there were so
members, and last year 246 members.
The committee urged members to
suggest the names of Others who might
join.
g. D. M. Cole read the report of the
sanitary committee. tracing the
present time. The board OF health
has adopted a new sanitary code.
Attention was called to the filthy
condition of the Lackawanna railroad
station platform and the splitting
there and on the walks. Some I'M
proyement has been made at the sta
tion and signs forbidding splitting
posted, but there is still room for i'm
prOyement. Attention was also called
to the pool of slime on Pine street,
and the board of health had that
nuisance abated. sss ,sff
r. Brinley, reviewed the erecommenda-
tion of former reports as to the care Of
thes roads, codifying the town ordi-
nances and the providing of cans for
waste on the streets, and also proper
tools for street cleaning. The com.
mittee suggested that the town be
laid off into blocks or sections. each
under the charge of competent man
who should be an assistant to the
street commissioner. The money for
street cleaning should be divided be-
tween these sections and spent regu-
larly, rather than a considerable sum
at one place and one time and nothing
Il
should also be maintained in the same
manner. At present the town spends
about So, 900 per year on street clean
ing, or four men and one and a sixth
teams per day. To properly do the
work it is estimated that S6. 600 is re-
Quired, and for the maintenance of the
roads, sl2, 600 per year. One-fourth Of
the twenty-five miles of roads have
mn rncx Tnd or S~A
without sidewalks. The matter Of
the paving and cobbling has been
taken up by the committee and will
be urged. There has been considera-
BILE reSetting OF uneven pavements,
but room for more Of the same kind of
work.
Q. F, Wilson presented the resolu-
tions adopted at the public lighting
meeting some months ago in regard to
the creation of Lighting commission.
Letters we're read in reply from the
Civic Association, naming Harold
GriSwOld as member Of such commits
sion, and from the Business Men Is
Association, naming Il. b. Sturges,
and from Morris & Somerset Electric
Co., naming Peter ". Stryker as its
representative. Two letters were
read from the president of the Gas Co.,
the last one stating that no meeting
of the directors had been held as yet,
at which to take action. The Public
Service Corporation did not reply to
the first letter, and one of recent date
stated that no resolution was fled
in the company's records. Another
was ordered sent the Public Service
Corporation, j. G. Williams suggest
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sent by registered mail.
#. r.. Kellogg reported for the light
ing committee. telling of the letters
sent to the candidates for town offices
laStuyear, the replies received, and the
satisfactory results Of the year. The
report reviewed the lighting contro-
yersy, the organization OF the new
company and congratulated the board
of aldermen on their services in this
particular Attention was called to
the failure Of the Public Service Cor
poration to do anything as yet to
remedy conditions, when only decent
treatment was asked.
On motion the directors were asked
to prepare question TO be prOpounded
to the candidates for aldermen this
year and publish the replies.
DR.. Pierson, for the nominating
committee, presented the following
list of directors, who were unanimous
" elected: Thomas w. Cauldweil, DIR.
II. III. GlazebruOk, Eney Grupelli r..
r. Kellogg, George G. Smith, John q.
Williams, b. @. Chisolm, s 9. Grif-
18th, Jr., r. j.. Humphreys and G. A..
Reed.
President Cauldwell read brief
paper telling Of work done in matters
OF sewerage, &C..
The second wear Of the life of this