The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-08-20


from the Littletofl driven wells to aug
ment the water supply.
The police made three arrests on
Saturday night somewhat less than on
the two preceding Saturdays.
Some of the iron manholes for the
sewers have arrived. They are inscrlb-
ed IN Orristown Sewers, 1907.
A. Hungarian miner from Hibernia,
was brought to All Souls Hospital on
Sunday badly injured from a cavern.
The Morris County Road Drivers
Association will hold series OF mat
inee races at the Driving Park to-mor-
row.
The water service gang of the Lack
aWanna have the new tank near the
roundhouse set up and are putting the
roof on.
The Sunday School rooms of the
South Street Presbyterian Church
have been kalsomined and generally
improved.
The incandescent street lamps on
one circuit of fifty-six lamps were out
on Tuesday evening tor three hours
and a half
DR.. d. H. McAlpin is building an
automobile garage adjoining his coach
barn at Littleton, from plans drawn
by W. G. Van Doren.
The Memorial Hospital is extend
ing its sewerage system somewhat TO
care for increasing sewage until the
town system iSsfniShed.
The board of excise on Wednesday
evening granted a transfer OF the Man
sion House license from Eugene TroX-
ell to Thomas Whalen.
A Sunday School was started in the
Hillside Public School building on Sun
day afternoon by the Misses Quimby
and Slater and Wesley Logan.
The clam bake committee of the
board Of freeholders has decided to
have the clam bake this year at Pleas
ure Bay on the Shrewsbury river.
The Gas Company is laying main
on Plum street, and also has the pipes
distributed for new main on water
street between Cole avenue and Spring
street.
The local public school buildings
have been cleaned, the repairs made,
floors vanished and completed ready
for the reopening of school on Septem-
Der 9th.
The first brick cutters in town are
being laid around the new park. They
are Of vitri6ed brick and laid on four
inches of concrete. Sturgis Bros. are
doing the work.
The Morris township committee is
having a guard rail erected along John
street where it skirts the line OF the
old knights pond a high bank there
rendering conditions dangerous.
Rudolph and Louis j. Keolsch are
erecting houses on John street. mat
of the father is a six room two story
house, while the son is putting up a
one story house with four rooms.
The Keasbey & Matteson Company,
of New York, had representative in
Morristown this week measuring the
proscenium arch at the Lyceum for
the new asbestos drop curtain which
has been ordered.
Samuel Meeker has purchased the
Seth Petty place on Malcolm street. A
small house is the only improvement
on the place aud the price was report
ed at $3.50. The new owner is making
some alterations to the house.
The Morris county board of elections
was obliged to adjourn from Monday
to Wednesday on account of the nom
arrival of the lists of election officers
Thursday is the last day under the law
for such appointments to come in.
1t is estimated that a hundred post
cards are mailed from the MorriStown
office each month without stamps. A
little more care in looking after this
particular might save considerable
hard feeling toward the postal en-
ployees.
1t is estimated that the share OF
Morris County from the railroad tax
act the constitutionalty of which has
recently been decided will be $62 1896
The amount for local purposes from
second class railroad taxation will be
S10,626.0S.
Earle @. Simmons, who is very well
known to the theater-goers OF Morris
town, has organized big stock com
DdDy Oh his OWL dIlu Will appear dU UIle
Lyceum the week of August &C. Mr.
Simmons is now playing Newport, r
L., for two weeks.
Frank Learey, union painter, was
fined two dollars and costs on Friday
night by Justice Condor on a charge
of disorderly conduct preferred by B.
P. Nash, a non-union plumber. The
particular charge was the calling OF
Nash a scab accompanied by an oath
The trolley gang will probably have
the west bound track completed as fal
as the cross overs at the town line by
tomorrow night. During the past
few days number of additional poles
have been set so far past Mrs. Sher
man S entrance on one side Of the road
and we'll through the cut on the othei
side Of the street.
The police are looking for PietrC
Zemarano. who, on Sunday afternoon
cut his brother, Dominic, with razor
while in 9. Bontempo's store on Flag
Ter street. 1'he quarrel was over a girl
in Italy and resulted in Dominic's get
ting badly cut about the face so much
so that he was taken to All Souls Hos
pital for treatment.
Professor and Mrs. e. M. Young are