The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-08
BOARD OF
ALDERMEN.
TcoNrINUED FROM FIRST PAeE.l

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and preparing a plan. / am informed
that #. win he nrenared 10 make a re-
MORT at,an early dale. when the results
will come before us. The subject has
become messing and Il nrohabIy fine
most important subject, to come before
MS in the Immediate future. Pressing
because too much that is iniudicious
has already been said and printed
further agitation at this particular
time is unnecessary and unwise, any
knowledge bearing upon the subject
"a most ditficnlt oneN shonld be fax
en- to the commission. which is com
netent 10 deal il with. and on the com
ing in Of the report we shall without
doIlbt he nrepared TO act intelligently
and. let us hope. successfully.
The subject of lighting the town is
now IN in rather an acute form. A
committee of citizens of MorriStoWn
has lately been appointed by Mayor.
Reed. at, a public meeting. . but not
officially" to consider the matter
They have difficult matter in.hand
/ am in full sympathy with this and
every effort to beJter any conditions
in Morristown that may need it.
Ii is however, certain that any re-
suit this committee may reach, must,
ssto become effective" come before
us in some way. 1t was solely for this
reason that / declined the honor Of an
appointment upon it, feeling that a
member Of this body must keep his
mind open until the end, that every
body concerned may have the square
deal, particularly the town.
iuIl NJ Q r n. hqC
phases:
1st. The lighting of our streets.
End. The lighting OF pubic ana
private buildings.
The tlrst IS the one Tor which we are
directly responsible.
with the second we nave only re-
mote ana secondary responsibility, tue
same interest we nave IN anything
that would promote tne general wet
tare.
Street lighting in Morristown has
always been expensive and inadequate
and needs 10 oe thoroughly revised;
Inc lamps are rev ana Dau!y placeo
and the cost has been excessive. Inc
lamps nave IN many cases oeen fur-
nShed at the cost OF private cltlzenS
from time to time, this was the only way
to get them, in some localltleS. and OF
course influenced location. The pre-
vious councils have been obliged to be
parsimonious in the matter from lack
OF funds. l have given the matter
some thought. Certain reductions
have already been made or promised
in both public and private lighting.
Whether they are sufficient and all
that the conditions allow, am not
prepared to say. With the problem of
lighting our streets | feel prepared to
DEAL i fully expect that the present
companies will make such reductions
and improvements as shall be salts
factory to us. If they should not, then
i have such information and assurance
that satisfies me that before the pres
ent contracts expire the town will be
able to consider another plan as effec-
tive and cheaper. The care of streets
continues as at first to hold it's import
ance.
Stone roads have brought heavy We
hicleS and more traffic with increased
cost of maintenance. The coming of
automobiles has greatly increased the
difficulty of maintaining any road.
There is tendency in all the depart
ments towards increase of expense
year by year. With fixed revenue,
the result has been a diminishing
street appropriation. MorriSto wn
with more natural advantages than
any other town has grown steadily, be-
cause it had to, for more than hum
dred years. Provisions for its growth
has been made by private enterprise
as it became necessary. The early
inhabitants began it early in the last
century = General Doughty, James
Wood, Israel Garfield and others par
ticipated.
The Miller tract, Egbert tract, Oily
plant Park, the Wigger tract, James
tract, Cobb and Howell tract and
Voorhees, tract are only part OF these
which in more recent years have been
added, all this work was We'll done.
There are but two small streets opened
at public expense.
Hundreds of acres in the outskirts
OF the town beyond our lines In several
directions have been admirably laid
out and are continually building up
with costly homes such as any town
might be paid of.
More provisions will soon be needed
for people of moderate means and bust
ness men. A class we very much want,
who will be coming in increasing num-
berS, when we have quicker railroad
communlcatlonsW hlch cannot De much
ionee Iar uelhyeu atYort hoe boon ,,oao 80
increase nonulation and Increase husi.