The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04

all their dealings. Residents of Nor
ristown find all their needs conven-
iently supplied by local merchants.
and the stores have very large trade
from the country round.
A trolley line is now being laid,
which will make Morristown more
conveniently accessible to large ex--
tent of territory.
AS an industrial location MorristoWn
has many advantages which await de-
velopment. The Speedwell Iron
I Works, the first and only important en-
terprise in the place, went out of bus
mess in 1864, and the modern develop
ment of the place has been along resi-
dental lines exclusively. The low tax
rate and convenient shipping facilities
are advantages which make a strong
appeal to manufacturers. In it's rail-
road accommodations Morristown is
very favorably situated. 1t is on the
main line of the Delaware, Lackawan-
ma and Western, and the shipping IA
cilities are further augmented by the
Morristown and Erie, with Lacxawan-
ma and Erie connections, and the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania (the old
Rockaway Valley connecting with the
Central Railroad of New Jersey and
the Reading system
Manufacturing enterprises which
would bring to Morristown an undesir-
able element are not permitted to To-
cate here. In this property owners
are in full accord with public senti-
ment and manufacturers whose bust
ness or employees would be a detri-
ment to the community have found it
impossible to purchase land in Norris
town. There are certain lines Of man.
ufacturing, however, which would be
welcomed, and the Morristown Bust
ness Mems Association is working to
bring factories of this class to the
city.
The aim of the Business Mems AS
sociation is to~nake Morristown a
greater business centre. Another or
ganization, which is working for the
public good, is the Civic Association,
which aims to give expression to the
best public sentiment in the most eff
fective way.
In and around Morristown are many
fine estates where the art of the land
scape gardener has added to the beau
ties of Nature. There are many beau
tiful and costly residences and an in
creasing number of picturesque Gotta
ges. There are splendid homes which
are magnificent examples of suburban
architecture, and are not excelled by
the finest city mansions in the beauty
and luxury of their furnishings and in
/ the perfection of their equipment with
modern comforts and conveniences.
The purchasers of property are of
most desirable class and have the sat
isfaction Of locating in suburban
city where the permanence of the
present inviting conditions is assured.
Morristown is also identified with
some of the most important events of
modern progress. The electric tele-
graph was first brought to practical
development here. The Morse alpha
bet was developed from a study of
TIE type cases III one Ol tuee MOTIFS
town newspaper Offices, and thus in a
way the newspaper, which owes it's
modern development to the telegraph,
had share in the inception of the
telegraph.
The first message was sent over
this wire on January 6, 1885, 1t was
written by Judge Vail and the words,
"a patient waiter is no loser" were
received at the other end of the wire
and written out by Professor Morse.
The shaft of the Savannah, the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic, was
forged at the Speedwell Iron Works,
the tires, axles and cranKs of the first
American locomotives were also made
at this historic plant, long since aban-
doned, and the first cast iron pillow.
Here, also, William Baxter, inventor
of the Baxter engine, first worked out
his idea.