The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-08
NOISE
ON FOURTH
Aldermen Think It Would Be
Very Nice But Take No
Action on Question.
STREETIMPRoyEMENTSWANTED


was INDUCED in by the board of alder
men at its meeting Friday evening,
being provoked by the presentation by
Alderman Revere of a resolution ask
| ing the storekeepers expecting to sell
| firecrackers to refrain from selling the
canes in which are exploded paper
caps and other similar nerve-racking
machines and also requesting the
townspeople to confi2e the noise maxi
ing to the hours between seven and
ten in the morning and after five
O'Clock in the evening.
II was a boy once, myself" said
Alderman Conkling, 81 think we
should allow this matter to go BY"
If we can keep the racket from
starting at three O'Clock in the morn
| ing there would be something gained, :"
said Alderman Twining, and he made
an amendment to the resolution that
there be no shooting of firecrackers be-
fore six in the morning, "and then let
em go all day." said the alderman.
Chief, " asked Mayor Ayers Of Chief
Holloway, show about the vogue Of
these canes, are they as bad now as in
! former years 2"
Three years ago. when they first
came out, they we're bad," answered
the chief, the next year the police
| rnaaiua1 tvocfr,ioti0Vc r., n rract q, g die
orderly persons anyone using the canes
and we made several such arrests and
the canes have not been so bad since. I"
Well, let's do something patri-
otic," said Alderman Conkling, 81
move we appropriate ten dollars 60 pay
for the ringing of the bells of the First
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
at sunrise, noon and sunset on Inde-
pendence day" The motion was car
ried with rush, Mr.. Revere's resolu-
tion having not been seconded.
AS forcasted in Fridays JERsEYMAN
the board OF aldermen appropriated
S75 for the subscription list for the
O1l0 GOAOCAuo UA1Ao
| A petition was received from resi-
dents of lower Ridgedale avenue ask
| ing the town to put in a fireplug in
that section and the fire committee
took the matter under consideration
| Petitions were received from resi-
dents of Miller road, COLES avenue be
tween Farragut place and Miller roac
and Ogden place asking that the
streets be accepted by the town. This
was placed in the hands of the street
committee. Alta recent meeting the
aldermen passed resolution to the
effect that no more streets would bt
accepted unless the roads were paved
and other improvements. made, none
of which have been complied with il
the case of the streets mentioned.
Residents of Harrison street asked
that the town engineer establish grade
lines on the street.
! Mayor Ayers stated that on Malcon
street we're fifteen houses none of which
had town water and that there was NJ
fire plug in that section Of the town
He said that it had been suggested
that the aqueduct company run {
main from the foot of Washington
place across the concrete sewer bridge
and so on into the section but the sale
water company did not take kindly Il
the proposition preferring to put in ;
syphon to take the water across the
river. He said that the section would
soon get the water
! Peter Mowery called the attention
OF the board of aldermen to the lack O.
a street crossing at Evergreen avenue
and Mt. Airy place and the mattel
will be attended to by the street de
partment.
| A communication was received from
Mrs. Thomas W. Cauldwell thanking
the board for its resolutions OF condol
ence over the death Of her late hus
band.
Street Commissioner Coles report
for the month recited the activities Of
his department., telling OF the repair.
ing of cross walks, cleansing of catch
basins after each heavy rain and the
plowing up of the cutters of several
streets In which the road is of dirt and
the crowning Of the road with the
material secured in this way. Mr..
Cole asserted that large proportion
Of the citizens had complied with the
ordinance requiring the taking down
of signs and awning supports which
extended across the sidewalks but that
few still remained. A portion Of the
storm drain running under the munic-
ipal building had been rebuilt by the
department, so that the back filling
would have time to settle before the
concrete sidewalk about the building
was started.
In the temporary absence from town
Of Chief Engineer J. Fred Runyon AS
sistant Chief Wilbur It. Day, jr., re-
ported that the new hose wagon and
the automobile chemical engine were
expected to arrive in ten days. The
Morris 8 Somerset Electric company
had abandoned the Cole avenue plant
so that the fire whistle had been re-
moved TO the plant on Albeit avenue.
Six still alarms and one general alarm
Of fire we're reported.