The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

MorriStown Lodge, B. P. o. e. will
have an old fashioned supper and en-
tertainment for the ladies on Friday
evening
The Presbytery Of Morris and Orange
will meet ia the South Street PreSby-
terrain Church, on Tuesday, January
fifteenth.
The local carpenters have asked an
advance from 81 to As cents per hour
and half holiday Saturday, begin
ming April 1st.
The State board of taxation has re-
duced the assessment on the Norris
town and Erie r. b. $4,000 on the
appeal of the road.
The Orphans Court has made an
order for the sale of lands of the late
Thomas Malley, in order to pay the
debts Of the estate.
The concert of the Treble Clef Club
set for Wednesday evening has been
postponed on account of the illness of
Mrs. Hinchman, one Of the soloists.
A petition to the Lackawanna Off
cials is being signed by many residents
of Morristown and Madison, asking a
train for New York between the $40
and CAT trains.
II. H. Shenkel, physical director of
the Y. NJ. @. A. left on Wednesday to
assume his new position of director of
the Sunday School Athletic Associa-
tion, of Brooklyn.
The Oliver-Drake Co. has the con-
tract for the gas, steam, piping and
III Of
the Memorial Hospital. The work will
take until spring.
The plumbers and timers have
asked an advance to AS cents per hour
or 1884 per day, from April first and a
half holiday on Saturday. Timers
are getting 1915 and plumbers So.
The Current News Club is enter
tanned this afternoon by Mrs. A. A.
Vance at her home on Ridgedale ave-
nue.. 1t is the first meeting of the
club after the holiday vacation OF a
month.
The Morris County Traction Co.,
has applied to the trustees of the
Morristown Green for consent to con-
Struct trolley line along the side of
the Park, opposite the First Presby
Gorlan Cnurcn.
W. f. Barkman is erecting a new
barn for George SAMSON on his Speed
well avenue place, which, beside room
for horse, ETC., will contain a large
draughting room, with bay windows
for lighting.
S. c. Griffith, Jr., has rented the en-
tire second floor of the Sullivan Build
ty,r of h,n Do RIB q mr. q
street, to the Morris County Traction
Co 1t is being remodelled for general
offices of the company.
The General, Contracting & Realty.
Co. has been incorporated by Edward
Kelly, Aug. MunSon and Array Davis,
each of whom is credited with nine
shares of the capital stock. The capt.
tai stock is fixed at $4,000.
A large gondola was pushed through
the end of the trestle of the Norris
town Gas Co., last Tuesday, carrying
the end of the building and the bum
per with it. The wrecking train came
up on Thursday and replaced the car.
Locomotive $50 drawing the paper
train due at Morristown at 6.l5 a. m.
on Saturday, broke down at Chatham.
Another engine was secured and the
disabled engine pushed to Morristown
arriving here an hour and a quarter
late.
The water is still out of PocahontaS
pond. Contractor Marinaro who built
the dam has declined to do any more
work until he receives his pay. The
total cost of dam and grading footed
up to about So, 400 on which $500 has
been paid.
Friday is the day of PRAYER for mis-
sions of the Baptist Church, and in the
afternoon the ladies of the Women's
Society will have prayer meeting to
which the societies of MillingtOn, Sum-
nit, Milburn and Livingston have
been invited. Tea will be served.
The small pox ward at the Memorial
Hospital has recently been thoroughly
repaired new roof and siding put on,
not because there is any use for IL at
present, or in sight, but that the
building may be kept in good repair
for any emergency which might arise.
Nicholas Marinaro has decided to
build larger than he first planned on
his lots on Flagler street, near Water
street. A. S. Pierson has prepared
ninety feet front by sixty six feet deep
and it is expected work will be started
on it soon.
HI. @. Reynolds has sold for Daniel
Dickerson a tract of 81 acres at Den
vile adjoining Cedar Lake to the
Rockaway Valley Ice Co. of which
George B. Wright is president. The
new owners will make a pond for ice
and pleasure purposes on the tract and
lay out lots for cottages.
There was a general alarm of fire at
the old Eden Mill at Whippany on
Wednesday. Tine cause was found to
be Frank McEwan's auto, which was
in the shop where in some way the
gasolene had caught fire. The paint
on the machine was badly scorched,
otherwise little damage was none.
The rumor has been prevalent that
the donor OF the Park walk will do
many other things for the improve
ment of the town green. Sifted down
it seems that he will put section OF
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