The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-08
BOARD OF
ALDERMEN
The Sewer Disposal Plant Up
for Consideration Banks
VIII Take the Bonds.
THE MORRIS STREET GATES

ln6 regular ulc0UIuB Vi Ufie -DUdIu VI
aldermen was held on Friday evening
with all the members present except
Mayor Bennell, who was i'll. In his
absence Alderman Owen presided.
The treasurer's statement for the
month showed balance of appropria.
tion expended of s27, 1924 and bills
aggregating 6,292.35 to be audited
Notes outstanding amounted to $685..
600 in anticipation of taxes and in ad-
dition there is the roller note due
next year and the sewer obligations.
The chief engineer Of the fire de-
partment in his report called atten-
tion to the custom in hotels, boarding
houses and tenement houses of extin-
gushing the hall light about ten p.
m. He recommended an ordinance
requiring light in the main halls OF
such buildings from sunset to sunrise.
Mr.. Runyon also sent in check for
$50. rs from the sale of old hose, the
old Humane carriage and other arti-
cles.
The board of engineers reported two
alarms of fire during the month, one
of them still alarm and recommend
ed the expulsion of Meeker H. Follis,
George Ducey and Michael Doyle from
the First Ward Hose Co. Both re-
ports were received and the recon-
mendations concurred in.
Collector Barkman reported the col
lection of $399.96 during the month
and, the payment of $500 to the town
treasurer.
A letter from Mrs. Colgate requested
the laying of crossing over Madison
avenue and was referred to the street
committee.
Frances e. Woodruff requested per-
mission to build a second story, about
forty by twelve feet, on the laundry
In the rear of the Paxton House on
South Street and also to put four dol
mer windows in the roof.
A letter from Louis Tremallo, secre
tary OF the Italian American Citizens
Improvement Association was read
informing the board of the organiza-
tion and objects Of the society and
asking permission to cooperate with
the town officials in improving the
conditions Of the Italian quarter. The
letter was referred to the police com
mittee and Alderman Mowery secured
permission to send a suitable reply.
The application of John Rudinsky
for the renewal of his billiard and bowl
ing saloon license for 70Speedwell ave-
nue. was read and granted.
Letters from the four banking insti-
tutions of the town, all in about the
same language, expressed the willing
ness of the institutions to take one
quarter each of the sewer bonds. The
clerk was directed to notify the banks
of the acceptance of the proposition.
A letter from The board of sewerage
stated that it was important that the
disposal plant be started and asked
that the contract with Salmon Bros,
be signed. The letter was referred to
the sewerage committee and Alder
man Mowery later in the meeting
went over the matter as far as it had
been covered by the committee, stat
ing that the Mayor had been author
ized to sign the contract when a legal
question had been settled. Counsel
Mills said that part of the affair had
been settled day or so after the COM
mittee meeting.
Alderman Twining said the board
under the law had no discretion and
the committee had done all it could,
leaving the matter up to the Mayor.
The board had kept out of the matter
SO far and he hoped it could continue
to keep out. He understood that a
report had been submitted, reducing
the original estimate to reach the
lower site by several Thousand dol
lars and reply is now in course of
preparation by f. V. Pitney.
The minutes were gone over and it
was decided that the board could do
nothing more than had been done.
Another letter from the board of
sewerage was in answer to the letter
ordered sent at the last meeting, in
regard to the filling of the trenches
and condition in which the streets
were left. The letter started off by
saying it is the inalienable right of
every American to kick and stated
that the sewerage board is endeavor-
ing to see that the contract is kept.
The finance committee had num-
ber of bills for special accounts: For
the new police building e. B. Cham.
berlain was paid S640; Mooney g.
Lyons, s7S8.SO r. B. Jolley, 800; P.
G. Ducey, $24O. In the sewer account
O'Brien & Law less we're ordered paid
S3O0for right of way; the estate of
Theodore Youngs, s675; Antonio Cos
ia, $9.695.Sl George B. Raymond, $4,-
S36.51; Williams, Proctor & Potts,
sSSS.43; beside the pay of the inspec-
tors rent of Office at 500: stenograph-
er at $65 and draughting board at
$40.
On motion note Of $1,000 due on
October was ordered renewed for two