The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-16
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

died and been dug out. OtnerS snow
signs Of dying.
Antonio Costa, the sewer contractor,
has rented the store 6S Speedwell ave-
nue. for an office.
Warren Van Orden has purchased
from M. j. O'Brien the house on Alb
bett avenue nearest the river.
The will of the lateWilliam Mooney
has been admitted to probate. He
left all his estate to his two daughters.
Another of the large elm trees on
Morris street has gone, this time the
one in front of the premises Of Mrs. j.
f. Vorholz.
Mooney & Lyons resumed work on
Friday on the police building. The
laborers refused to work on account
of open shop carpenters.
E. A. Corbett has rented his house
II Olyphant Park through the agency
of f. D Baldwin to Mrs. Constance A.
Forster for the summer
Joseph Wharton, head of the Whar-
tor iron interests, was stricken with
paralysis while in Europe last week.
He is eighty-one years OF age,
Nicholas Marinaro has the contract
for a new gate and Sluice way for Shon-
gum Lake. The work will cost about
$500. f. S. Smith is the engineer.
Members of the Boys Brigade of
Chatham passed through town on
Monday morning enroute to Shongum
Lake where they will go into camp.
The first house connection to the
sewer was laid on Wednesday when a
branch pipe was laid to the residence
of Mrs. Byron Sherman on Speedwell
avenue.
e. B. Thomas has contracted with
Eney Grupelli for the construction of
a chicken house 20x43 feet in size to
cost about 81 400. Theodore G. Wiss-
cher is the architect
The United Electric Co. stopped
work last Friday on the conduits when
the diggers reached Ford avenue.
Enough men were retained to ill the
bitches and complete the manholeS.
Justice Edward @. johnson awarded
H. Stein a verdict of Sl64.26 against
the United States Express Company
on Saturday, the suit having been
brought for wages which Stein claims
were uue It'll.
w. V. King, who recently purchased
the Charles Bradley tract of about
eight acres on KiJchell avenue is hav-
ing plans prepared by d. N. B. Stur-
gis, of New York, for a residence to
be erected there.
The Dalrymple-H Hastings Co., has
moved part of the stone cutting build
ing from the Morris Plains pit to the
yard on Elm street, where they will
use the material in erecting new two
story storage structure, ninety feet
long.
Workmen in the employ Of the Lack
awanna r. r. commenced work on
Wednesday digging for the new gate
tower at the Morris street crossing.
They have dug up most Of the width
of the sidewalk and about six feet in
the triangular park there for the
tower
There is considerable TALK of the
erection ola Catholic church for the
Italian population. Nicholas Mari
marc has offered to give a lot, corner
of Flagler and Victor streets for the
church and an effort is being made to
raise money for the erection of the
building.
John Dwyer, the new landlord at
the Washington Hotel has had much
experience in the business, has been
president of the Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION and is well-known through
out Morris county and vicinity. He
will run first-cl ass house and be glad
to see his friends
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vent is making rapid progress. The
carpenters are raising the great trusses
which will support the roof, and the
bricklayers are we'll on with the tower
StonesetterS are setting some of the
ornamental work, which includes a
number of carved eagles, angels, sc.
The Morris County Dust-laying Com
pany is getting the concrete piers to
hold the great oil tank, erected near
the Erie station. The tank promises
to be conspicuous object to travellers
on the railroads. 1t is eight feet in
diameter and thirty-fve tin length,
and is designed to hold large Quanti-
ty of DustOline.
The Lackawanna commenced work
on Monday on the new water tank
along the main tracks, opposite the
round house, to give water for the
trains without having to enter the
yard. The water tank has been talked
about for a long time. The material
for the two new sidings in the passen-
ger yard has also been delivered.
Alexander c. Humphreys is pushing
the ditching Of bis estate at Norman
die Heights and has force of sixty
laborers at work there. The proposed
drive from the Normandie Heights
road to the new house has been staked
The large stable is all raised and par
italy under roof while the carpenters
are at present raising the frame OF the
house.
Dan Hinchey was committed to jail
on Thursday night charged with as
Sault and battery and malicious mis-
chief, He threw large stone while
on High street, breaking one of the
plate glass windows in Fines store
and striking a boy named Stiles in the
head, cutting a cash in the flesh.
Hinchey was drunk and complained
that boys had been annoying him.
The board of excise met on Wednes-
day evening with Attorney Mills act
ing as clerk in the absence of N. G. \
Toms A wholesale license was grant
ed the Acker Neral Condit Co. and
the transfer Of the Washington Hotel
license was authorized from r. r.
Johnston to John w. Dryer. The APP
plication of Joseph Curacao for a
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