The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-05

The new Morristown Lodge f. & A.
| NJ, which was granted charter at
the recent grand lodge, will have a
celebration in the lodge room, on
| Washington street. tonight. Three
| hundred maSons, members of the new
or visiting lodges, are expected and a
banquet will be served after the work.
Many Morristown people enjoyed
| the production of 1.-The Man of the
Hour" at Dover on Friday evening.
| One criticism heard was regarding the
use of chairs in the aiSles OF the thea
tre much surprise being expressed
that the Dover town officials would
allow the cupidity of the theatre
management to so far over step the
bounds of safety.
! The All Souls Hospital ambulance
was sent to Dover last Friday to get
Thomas Chlckona, Hungarian labor
er, who fell under the wheels Of the
construction car which he was trying
to board at Ledgewood. He was pick
| ed up in Semi-conSciOuS condition
ard taken to Dover, where he was
given surgical attendance. He died in
theGambulance before Rockaway was
passed.
After next Sunday the excuse which
has been Heard in the Morris County
courts several times, that accused men
were selling two boxes of beer, or over
| five gallons, will no longer avail. The
last legislature passed an act, which
was signed by the Governor on April
| 10th, which requires anybody dealing
| in beer in any quantity to take out a
license which shall cost not less than
800 per year.
Homer Clark, the inventor of the
water proof varniSh which is being APP
piled to the ejector chambers of the
sewer system was burned by an eXpl0-
sion in the Speedwell chamber on
Thursday. He went down into the
chamber with lighted lantern and
an explosion followed, but fortunately
| Mr.. Clark escaped any serious injury
| There was an explosion at the South
street chamber some time ago, but no
damage was done.
The Atlantic City hotel and board
| ing house keepers while in a ferment
over general increase in railroad
fares to that point which they say will
cost them millions of dollars are still
further incensed by notices that tele-
phone charges for room service would
be doubled AS there is no public SER
vice commission in New Jersey to
which such matters can be taken an
effort is being made to get the railroad
cases at least before the Inter State
Commerce Commission.
There were number of changes in
| the management of the Morris & Essex
Division of the Lackawanna on the
| first of the month. Assistant Super
| intendent Sickles was let out and is
succeeded by G. Z. FOltz, formerly gen.
eral yard master. Passenger Train
master Frank Click was sent to the
| Bangor & Portland Division as super
| intendent and is succeeded in his old
position by f. M. Bennings promoted
| from dispatcher. G.. E. Murphy, of
Scranton, succeeds to the position of
chief train dispatcher.
The managers ofthe Market Street
Mission report an unusually large
number of men looking for work.
| While usually the average number OK
fmen lodged at the mission during.
EApril is one, this year the accommodate
tionS are frequently insufficient for the
applicants and some have to besent'to
the pelice station. Most of the men.
are from the cities honestly looking
| for work which they think should be
abundant in the country at this sea-
son, but, unfortunately many do not
know how to do the work which is to