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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01

Although the Summit Boys bri-
gade has been organized less than
year it proved itself easily the
equal of the local brigade in a sham
battle in Burnham's woods Thanks
giving Day morning. Each brigade
was about thirty strong, the visitors
being commanded by Captain Mus
grave, their instructor and the, local
boys by Colonel Dennis.
The Summit lads were given the
field at half past ten, with ten min
utes start. They fell back through
the woods, finally taking position in
the rear Of the Greenberger house on
Western avenue, where after a long
and strenuous search the Colonel's
scouts found them about twelve
o'clock. The battle which followed
was brisk, and was ended only when
the ammunition gave out on both
sides. The MorriStown lads then
charged the position of the visitors,
capturing it after a sharp hand to
hand tussel. A conference OF the Off
GERS of the two opposing armies led
to the decision that the BATTLE was a
draw, on points. In some ways the
Morristown boys were the superiors Of
their opponents, especially in firing
discipline, while the Summit army
showed great skill in holding it's
nositjOn
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
BERKSHIRE INDUSTRIAL FARM
Encouraging Reports Given at the
Annual Meeting on Tuesday.

Encouraging Reports Given at the
Annual Meeting on Tuesday.
The members of the Morristown
Auxiliary of the Berkshire Industrial
Farm had reason for encouragement
and renewed enthusiasm in the work
while they listened to the encourag-
ing reports Of the work and results ac-
complished at that practical institu-
tion for the saving of boys at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Cauldwell last Tuesday
afternoon.
Rev. Dr. Hughes presided. Mrs.
Frederick G. Durham, the secretary,
reported that of the over six hundred
boys that had been under the care of
the institution, but a very small per
cePtage had gone wrong when dis
charged. She read from letters from
the boys and cited cases that showed
how much the great majority OF the
boys appreciated the opportunities af-
forded at the Farm.
The treasurers statement showed a
satisfactory financial condition.
The Kt. Rev. Lewis Cameron, of
South Orange, spoke of the work at
the Farm as it had come under his
personal observation, and also of the
need of just such institutions to solve
some of the pressing present day prob
lems He made an appeal for chapel,
which he said was much needed at the
institution.
Rev. Alexander MacColl also spoke,
setting forth the Importance OF the
work for boys as preventative rather
than reformatory force.
Rev. Philemon f. Sturges spoke
briefly endorsing all that had been
said
In closing Rev. Dr. Hughes com
mended the work of the Berkshire
Farm and also spoke Of the necessity
for play ground for children here in
Morristown TO keep them of the
streets.
Tea wass served at four-thirty By
Mrs. Caldwell, fittlngly concluding
what had been a very interesting and
pleasant gathering.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
ARNOLD IS ALDERMAN.
Republican Wins In Recount of Votes
in the second Ward Contest.

Republican Wins In Recount. of Votes
in the second Ward Contest.
BY decision of Supreme Court JUS
tice Parker, in the recount Of the bal
lots for the election Of alderman in
the Second ward of Morristown, Jacob
0. Arnold, Republican, receives mas
jorlty Of twenty-six. On the face Of
the returns as given out by the cleo
tion board of the ward, Lewis B.
Weeks, Democrat. was elected alder
man by one vote. A recount was
asked for by Arnold s friends. In one
district 395 votes were cast and in the
other 1856. The County Board Of Elec-
tions made the recount under direc-
tion of Justice Parker.
The result showed that Arnold was
counted out by the local election
board, as many ballots for him and
which we're counted by the justice
were thrown out by the local officials.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
|SERVICECHARGE
| JANUARY FIRST
Morris & Somerset Electric Co. S
Income insufficient to Meet
It's Expense.
NO FURTHER INCREASE In RATE

Beginning January first the Morris
s. Somerset Electric Co. will adopt
service charge in addition to it's regu-
lar rate for current consumed. The
charge Is regulated according to the
Observation-Disclosures of each consumer.
For one half kilowatt installation,
meaning. ten incandescent lamps or
equivalent in heating apparatus orpow
er, the charge will be seventy five
cents per month or nine dollars per
year. This rate Is graded up in pro-
portion to the size of the installation.
A ten kilowatt installation, 200 lamps,
will be charged at s8.75 and a twenty
five kilowatt installation $3.50
The board Of directors of the cleo
trio company are desirous Of giving the
best possible service at the lowest
rates consistent with prudent business
management as applied to the conduct
Of public utility. The present am
nual income Of the company is INSULT
cient to provide for the proper main
tenance of its plant and distributing
system and to create a reasonable
sinking fund for replacement, while
giving the owners fair return on
their cash investment. To install a
power plant Of sufficient capacity with
reserve units, fulfill the requirements
of its franchises and remodeI its dis
tributing system in order to give good
and efficient service to its consumers
will require additional expenditures.
1t has been found impossible to fin
ance the company to make these inn
provements and meet its obligations
with it's present income. The COM
pany has found only two means OF ac-
complishing this increase of income,
the raising of rates per kilowatt for
current supplied or by fixed charge
for service upon installation. 1t was
believed by the officials that between
these two methods uhe service charge
was the more fair as it treats all con-
sumers alike in proportion to the ca
pacity of their installation and its use.
The company is required to maintain
a power plant and distributing system
capable Of meeting the maximum de-
mand Of its consumers entire installa-
tion whether these demands are made
continuously or at intervals only, the
company being in a position to light
every lamp installed upon its entire
system.
There are many installations in ard
about Morristown embracing one hun
dred, two hundred and even more
lamps These big installations are
found in the big residences Of the
town. Some Of these homes may be
closed large part of the year and the
whole lighting system of the house
may be used only two or three times
each year but the company must be
prepared to furnish the current for all
these lamps at any moment. An in
crease of two cents per kilowatt in the
rate, 1t is asserted, would amount to
more than what the proposed service
charge will amount to, and with SER
vice charge the owners of these big
installations are compelled to share a
part OF the interest on the Investment
made by the electric company to meet
their occasional requirements.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Knockers, club Dates.

Manager Robert Hipson, OF the
Knockers club basket ball team has
booked several hard games for his fast
quintet. On December 3 the Knock
ers will journey to East Orange to play
the st. Paul's five. Other dates are
December 7, Battery A, East Orange
December IL, S. x. team, Milburn
December 25, two games with the St,
James five, Red Bank; January O.
Alerts, of Gladstone; January 20,
Laurel A, O., of Bound Brook Feb
ruary 26, s. x, of Milburn; February
27, Crescents, of Montclair. All the
games will be played on opponents
court, as the Knockers nave no court
Of their own.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Electrio LIehts In St. Peters,

Electric lights are being installed in
the chapel of St, Peters church. In
the chapel are held the larger proper
tion of the evening services Of the
church and, though the dim relig.
ious light" is the ideal thing for a
gothic church edifice, there have been
found limits to dimness and for an un-
fortunate congregation and clergy
who do not know the prayerbook and
hymnal by heart it was felt by the
vestry that they should be allowed
light enough to read by. Electric
light has also been put in the base
ment, as well as at the organ and in
the pulpit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
SANITARIANS TO MEET
state Association viii Discuss Inter-
esting subjects at Lakewood.

State Association VIII Discuss Inter-
esting Subjects at Lakewood.
The New Jersey Sanitary association
will hold it's thirty third annual meet
ing at the Laurel-in-the-Pines, Lake
wood, on December 4th and 9Th. On
the opening day, Friday, there WILDE
papers and discussion on Sanitary
Inspection of Schools, . 1.-THE Neces-
sity for Schools for Instruction for
Health On1cers," "The Washington,
D. G., Aquednct and Filtration Plant !"
and tThe Sanitation of Clear Mind
and a Happy Disposition. Z There will
also be paper by Professor John b.
Smith, state entomologist, on The
Progress of Mosquito determination
in New jersey an address on The
Reclamation of Lahds Subject to Tidal
Overflow" by John B. Dunklee, Of
South Orange, president of the associa-
tion, and a Symposium on Tubercu-
losis, !" 10 which E. B. Voorhees,, direc-
tor of the New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment station; DR.. d. 81. Nc Al
pin, OF Morris Plains; DR.. J.. w. Fink,
of Newark; William @. Smallwood,
executive secretary of the New Jersey
tuberculosis association DIR. s. B.
English, superintendent Of the state
tuberculosis Sanatorium at Glen Gard
ner. and DR.. Theodore Senseman, Of
Atlantic City, will take part.
On Saturday a paper will be read by
James Owen. of Montclair, formerly
county engineer of Essex county, or
1.-THE Prevention of Dust on High
ways" There will also be papers or
Pollution of the Delaware river, 1t:
Cause and Remedy" and 1.-THE Moderr
Treatment Of Sewage" Reports o.
chairmen Of standing committees il
be heard, also the report of the execu
tive council.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
BUILDING and Loan Associations.

BUILDING anu LOAN AbSOCJdtlOHS.
Commissioner David o. Watkins, of
the department of banking and insur-
ance, has prepared his report showing
the operations of the 449 building and
loan associations in New Jersey at the
close of the fiscal year on October 31st
last. The total assets Of the associa-
tions are 1913. .697 ,889, an increase for
the year of S5,715,827, or more than
eight per cent. The net assets or net
worth of the institutions, being the
sum of the stock dues or subscriptions
and the profits or surplus, amount to
s68, 3sl, ,152, which is S5,672; 1886 greater
than the total for the preceding year.
OF the 449 associations, 447 are of
the class known as "local" and two
are state " institutions. The num-
ber of members in the . locals I" lis 1885,
BOG, gain for the year of 12,420, or
nearly eight per cent. OF these about
80, 173 or twenty five per cent, are bor-
rowers. The aggregate of dues or sub
scriptions paid on shares in force is
S55, ,583.427, an increase of nine per
cent. The accumulated profits amount
to $12, 1871, ,725, which is an increase of
81. 053, ,507. -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
MARRIED SIXTY YEARS

Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon N. Powell Cele-
brate Their Wedding Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon N. Powell, Of
High street, celebrated last week the
sixtieth anniversary of their wedding
with quiet little dinner party attend
ed by several intimate friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Powell were married Novem-
Der 22nd, 1S48. Before her marriage
Mrs. Powell was Miss Adelia Bedell,
of Hampstead, L. /.
Mr.. Powell, who before his retire
mant ten years ago from active busi-
ness life was the head of the Powell
Brothers & Co. shoe firm, lived Il
New York for many years coming to
Morristown to reside swenty-four
years ago.
Mr.. Powell is eighty-one years old
and Mrs. Powell eighty, but despite
the advancing years they are both hale
and hearty. For many years past they
have spent the winters in Florida and
on Tuesday will leave Morristown for
Florida unaccompanied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Morristonians Fared well.


Morristonians Jared we'll at the Do
yer poultry show last week. Franklin
w. Muir with his Barred Rocks won
third with cock, first and third with
pen, and first and third with ,pullet.
DR.. Robert Van d. Totten won first
and second with the hen, and fifth
with the pullet of his Columbian
Wyandottes. Charles S. Bird took
first with the cock and first with the
hen in the Blue Andalusians. Charles
Bodine won first with his pen Of Silver
Laced Wyandottes. William ?. Smith
took first with his Buff Plymouth
Rock hen. Gilbert e. Nichols was
first with his Silver Comb Buff Leg
horn cock, and first with his Columbian
Wyandotte cock.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
PROF. K0FLER KILLS HIMSELF
Organist of vt. Paul's Church, New
York, for Thirty Years.

York, for Thirty Years.
While suffering from temporary in
sanity Professor Leo Kofler. OF New
Vernon, shot and killed himself Fri
day afternoon. He had been suffering
from melancholy for three years past.
After dinner he walked from his
home to the village postonice and post
ed a letter. Returning, he went to his
room, laid down upon the bed and with
a .32 calibre revolver shot himself in
the mouth. His death was instantane-
Gus. His wife, who was nearby, heard
the shot and rushed into the room, to
find her husband dead. DR.. George S.
Willis, the family physician, was sum-
moned and, acting as coroner's physi-
clan for Coroner George L. johnson.
viewed the body and gave burial per-
nit.
There is NO reason assigned by his
family for Mr.. Kofer's deed. With his
wife he was to 60 to Newark in day
or two to spend the winter, and
whether it grieved him to leave his
home for a few months is not known.
He left letter for his wife in which
he stated the deed was premeditated
and asking her forgiveness.
Leo Kofier was well known as mu-
sician. In the early seventies he came
to Morristown with his wife and fam
lily, have renounced the Roman Cath
olic priesthood for Professionalism and
being driven from Europe. He secured
the position as organist in the First
| Presbyterian church here, which he
held for three years. From here he re-
moved to Newark and was the organ
| ist of church in that city for several
years Three years ago he resigned as
organist and choir director of St. Paul s
church on Vesey street, New York,
after having held the position for nearly
Thirty years. He removed to New Yer
non, where he had daughter and SON
in-law, MIR. and Mrs George Bucking-
ham. A son and daughter in the west
besides his wife and Mrs. Buckingham
survive him. He was about seventy
years old.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
MORRISTOWN
AND THE CANAL
The Lidgerwood Company to
Furnish Cableways for the
Great Gatun Locks.
THE OLD SPEEDWELL PLANT

The Lidgerwood Company of South
Brooklyn, formerly Of Speedwell, has
the contract to supply and erect the
sableways for 5000, 900, to be used for
the construction Of the Gatun locks.
It was stated that this was the largest
enterprise of the kind ever awarded,
although this concern has equipped
almost every modern canal, dam, rail-
way, water works, ETC., in the world.
Spencer Miller is the construction en-
gineer of the concern and gave out the
first statement descriptive of the
Gatun locks which has ever been is
sued.
'sThere will be five steel cableways
used to unload crushed stone and SAND
from barges and delivered on huge
storage piles. On each side of the
locks will be four-track railways, 1900
feet long. Steel operating towers will
run on these parallel tracks, eight
hundred feet apart, connected by steel
cables, which will carry two self-feed-
ing grab buckets each. One man will
operate each galloway, directing the
lowering of buckets into barge holds
where they will automatically ill
themselves, be hoisted vertically and
conveyed horizontally to the point
where the bucket will automatically
unload itself. Each bucket holds two
cubic yards of materials and makes
forty trips per hour. AS each cable
carries two buckets there will be a de-
livery per cable of one hundred and
sixty cubic yards per hour,
ss,I'he material taken to the dump
piles, the crushed stone and sand, add
ed TO Portland cement, is then con-
veyed by the cable railway to the site
of the locks, where it passes through a
mixer, picked up by eight more cable
ways and delivered where wanted in
constructing lock walls. The great
locks will require nearly 100000 Gu
bic yards of concrete and will possibly
be four or more years in building.
1.-THE construction work of the locks
will be done by the government, and
not by contract.
" You must understand that the
contract of this firm is not to build
the locks. but to construct and install
cableways for handling the materials
uf which the locks will be made. This
will consist of one single and two dou-
BILE cableways, operating grab buckets.
four duplex cableways across the locks
for placing concrete and the necessary
electrical motors for driving the same.
The head and tail towers will be OF
steel. eighty-fiye feet high, running on
four tracks. The towers will be so ar
ranged that the grab buckets can be
raised or lowered IT'S feet, and run in
continuous direction $40 feet and
have a carrying capacity of six tons at
the lifting hook
The galloway equipment of the Pan
anna Canal will be OF the same types,
practically, as has been installed by
the Lidgerwood Company on the IL
linois Drainage Canal, Erie Canal,
United States Reclamation Canals,
coaling warships at sea, constructing
dams in Africa and other countries,
railway and other bridges, irrigation
canals, mining, etc.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01

The Thanksgiving exercises Of the
Maple avenue school were held in the
chapel Wednesday from twelve to one
O'Clock. the seventh and eighth grades
of the grammar school being In charge
A very interesting progam was rem
dered, the piano selection of Miss
Grace Lephron being especially worthy
of note. The program follows:
Song. School.
Reading Presidents Thanksgiving
Proclamation. Charles Looney.
Recitation The First Thanksgiving.
Gertrude Clark.
Essay Thanksgiving Day. Anna
Taylor.
Song We thank Thee. Quartet.
Recitation Gentleman Gays Firs
Thanksgiving. Geneyieve Honickle.
Piano Solo Grace Lephron.
Recitation-T Thanksgiving Day is here.
Gilbert Holloway
Story Harry Fosters Thanksgiving.
Read by Austin Abell. Written by
John Elliot.
Song. School.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
SENTENCES FOR OFFENDERS

Judge Alfred Elmer Mills Sends One
TO Trenton, and Several to Railway.
Only one of the offenders brought
before Judge Alfred Elmer Mills on
Wednesday for sentence was sent to
State prison at Trenton. He was Will
liam Gallagher, charged with abuse Of
a woman and child and he will serve
ten years at hard labor, and pay the
costs of his trial. Other sentences
were -
Tomasa Romanza, illegal selling,
fined 300 without costs.
Mary Winridge, larceny, fined 1876
and costs.
William Scribner, fighting, fined $50
and costs.
Tom Deysolo, illegal selling, finec
S100 and costs.
Joseph Lacke, illegal selling, i'm
prisonment in county Jail for two
months, fined $500 and costs.
Thomas Gray, assault and battery
fined $50 and costs.
Frank Stager, assault and battery
fined $50 and costs.
Vincenzo Palma, carrying concealed
weapons, fined $50 and costs.
Henry Smith, breaking and enter
ing, committed to the reformatory al
Railway.
Ernest Waltsgott, larceny, com
mitted to Railway Reformatory.
Alfred A. DeCamp, assault, fined S5(
and costs and placed in the care of the
probation officer for two years.
James Dudley, adultery, fined $1Ot
and costs and placed in the care of The
probation officer for two years.
Matthew Flynn. adultery, commit
ted to Railway Reformatory.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
shorr Apple t,rop.

According to statistics compiled by
the secretary Of the state board Of
agriculture, New Jerseys apple crop
this year was but 100000 barrels, or
just half that Of last year, which was
10000 barrels below the 1906 crop.
That will account for the high prices
that prevail hereahouts. A good APP
pie year +" usually follows bad one,
and that will be encouraging to the
farmers and hortlcultnrists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Police Court Happenings.

Thomas McCune had been boarding
at a house on Market street and on
Monday evening it occurred to him
that he had paid more money for
board than was necessary. He spoke
to his landlady about the matter and
not receiving a rebate on his board he
took an electric fan from the house
with which to cool his anger. The
police rescued the fan and Thomas,
who was found by Police Justice How
ard to have been inbibing more Mar.
ket street exhilarator than was good
for him, was fined 81 and costs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Fell Down Eleyator shaft.

Miss Annie Broadhead fell down the
elevator shaft In the Common-Sense
Suspender Co. factory on South street
on Monday afternoon and was so for
tunate as to suffer no serious injuries.
Miss Broadhead, who is a forelady in
+ le factory, went to the shaft to speak
TO some one on the floor below. The
guard rail broke and the young lady
fell to che next floor. One hip was
badly brushed and she sustained sew
eral scratches.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
Opportunities of the Morristow
School.

The Morristown School (Whippany
Road) is now taking limited number
ofsday-boys from $50 a. m. to $50 p.
m. These boys enjoy the same advan-
tages, during the day, as the boarding
boys, including School-work, midday
meal, and athletic sports under super
vision.
The sanitary and hygienic condi-
tions Of the school, and the general
health of the boys are considered of
first Importance and are under the eye
of a visiting physician, and the drain
age system and general health condi-
tions of the buildings and grounds are
under the supervision of the Building
& Sanitary Inspection company of
New York.
The uniform college examinations,
under the auspices of the College En-
trance Examination Board, are held
in the study-room of the school--this
year from June 14th to June 10th, in
elusive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
WIN Produce a Comtc opera.

w. G. VanTassel Sutphen has writ
ten comedy in two acts entitl, d
Narragausett Pier" J. Sebastian
Matthews, organist at st. Pet, RS
church. is writing music for the COM
edy and it will soon be a full nedged
G mic opera. The 6rst performance
Of the piece win be given In Norris
town under the direction OF tile auth-
ors and the proceeds will be devoted
to a fund for the organ Of st. Peters
church. Mr.. Matthews has just tir-
ished Christmas carol set to words
written BY Mr. Sntphen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01

During this winter Morristown will
very probably be given an opportunity
to hear a number of debates by the
students Of the high school, Joyce
Kilmer, one Of the high school instruc-
tors has been conducting debates
among the members Of the freshman
class, during the past few months
which have aroused a great deal OF in
terest among the studens. A debating
team Of the members of the school
will be organized shortly and the
Alpha Nu, the high school debating
club is organizing team to partici-
pate Ii. the open debates.