The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-30

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the Dalrymple- Fl astings tract and it
is reported that the Lackawanna r.
r. wants to purchase it with the idea
of trading it for the tract now occupied
by G. w. Ennis & Company part of
which latter tract is needed for the
Contemplated changes at the station.
DR.. Horsford entertained the mem
lbers Of the Morris Medical Club at the
Estate Hospital, Gravstone Park, on
Wednesday evening. DR.. Horsford,
read a paper which was discussed, az
ter which there was social hour.
| At the regular May meeting Of the
MOrriStown Typographical Union, No.
1522, I. T.. u, the following officers
were elected: President, William L.
White vice president, Fred. j. Shar-
rette secretary treasurer, Judson A.
Davis; recording secretary, Frank A.
| Niper; sergeant-at-arms, Charles P.
Garland.
The Surrogate's Office continues to
i be a money maker for the county.
The present month will show receipts
in excess OF last month when the sum
turned over to the Collector was about
i $1,000 For April the gross amount
paid over was 81 800, while the eX-
Lpenses Of the Office under the present
law are a little more than $500 per
month.
The flexible macadam road scraper
Apurch Sed by the Dustolene Company
flor scraping the mud from macadam
roads has arrived and was put in SER
vice on Speedwell avenue on Tuesday
morning. The Scraper seems to follow
n or int ho
noleS and climbing the high places as
ohey are encountered The machine
IS the first one sold in New Jersey, but
others are in use in Central Park, New
| York.
Plans are being estimated for the
new walk to the main entrance of St.
Peters Church. There will be a re-
cessed place at the street with three
lgranite steps, each eighteen inches
wide and six inches rise, leading up
from the street level. The steps and
recess will be curbed with granite
eighteen inches high. The main por-
ti0n of the walk will be of brick with
granite curb flush, with the walk on
each side.
/ General Passenger Agent Cullen, of
| the D., u. q W., denies the report
that the use of hard coal was to be.
| discontinued, and says that the prac-
| tice of using nothing but anthracite
coal in all passenger engines will not
be changed. Nothing is said with
reference to freight engines, which
are the principal offenders from the
standpoint of residents along the line
and a nuisance to passengers on the
cars as we'll.
| Collins Weir has drawn plans for a
new stable and carriage house for Miss
| Knaufft to replace the structure de-
stroyed by fire on June 20. The new
| building will be located in the relr of
the house instead of the site of the
burned structures and will be about
thirty-two by eighty-two feet in size
with accommodations for nine horses,
twelve cows, ample carriage room,
mems rooms in the second story and
large hay NOW.
| One of the stage loads coming back
| from the base ball game at Mendham
on Saturday afternoon had an exciting
experience for a few minutes. The.
team took fright at a passing automo-
bile and for couple Of hundred yards
made record breaking run. The
driver turned them up a steep bank
and stopped the running. Those in
| the stage got out as best they could,
as many as possible by way of the
door, others out of the windows.
The Junior Society of Christian En-
| deavor graduated three members at a
special service on Monday evening.
The program consisted of singing,
responsive ready, prayer, tie reading
of essays on Bible Characters and a
poem, and the presentation of diplo-
mas to the graduates and books as re-
wards to those on the honor roll by
the superintendent of the society,
! Mrs. A. Vance Pierson. Miss Edith
Foster welcomed the graduates to the
senior society. Refreshments and a
social hour followed.
Gilbert d. Young is at the residence
| Of his Son-in-law, w. f. Day, Jr., suf-1
fering from badly cut head and face.
He was riding his wheel on Speedwell
avenue on Monday morning and when
near Thompson street on the hill the
wheel struck the trolley rail grove and
kept in it for fifty feet or more, after
which Mr., Young remembers nothing.
| He was found lying along side the road
Unconscious. DR.. Vaughan was on
Anderson street, treating an accident
case at the time and he came at once
to Mr.. Young's assistance.
Members of the class of 1909 Of the
| MorriStown High School hired Much
more's big kite on Thursday and flew
the 100 banner high in the air all day,
using The roof of the Babbitt Building
as base. Members Of the class re-
manned in the school house all night
and hung out an '09 banner from the
| top of the building early Friday morn
| ing. About eight O'Clock members Of
the 'O8 class put in an appearance and
being refused access to the garrett by
A. e. Doty pushed him aside and
broke down the door. They were I'M
able however to dislOdge the banner
from it's position. The '08 members
had been refused permission to enter
the attic on Thursday by members of