The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-07
TWO DAYS FOR
ONE DOLLAR
Amendment to Towns Disor-
derly Conduct Ordinance
VIII Save Expense.
MAYORS NEW COMMITTEES

To do away with the present system
whereby z drum" can be committed
to the county jailfor the non-payment
Ebf a fine and costs and they stay there
for several months at an expense to
the county, an amendment to the
towns disorderly conduct ordinance
was introduced at the board of alder
mems meeting Friday night. 1t pro-
vides that the man committed for
non-payment of fines and costs shall
serve twice the number of days in jail
as he owes the town In dollars. There
has been considerable agitation among
the board of freeholders over this
question lately and when this amend
ment is passed it would put Morris
town right with the board at any
rate.
Mayor Theodore Ayers announced a
rearrangement of committees neces-
STATED by the election to the board at
the last meeting of two new members,
DIR. Henriques and DR.. Reed, to take
the chairs made vacant by Mr.. Ayers
election to the mayoralty succeeding
the late Mayor Cauldwell, and the
resignation OF Alderman Mowery
TIE new committees are as follows ::
Finance Arnold, Revere, Reed !;
streets Mayor Ayers, Twining, Re-
we're, Henriques; fire department.
Revere, Taylor, Conkling; police de-
partment- -Twining, Arnold, Sturgis !;
officers and salaries Taylor, Reed,
Conkling ordinances Reed, Twin
ing, Conkling; licenses -Henriques,
Conkling, Taylor; street lamps AR
mold, Twining. Sturgis; printing
Taylor, Arnold, Reed; sewers -Stur-
gis, Henriques, Revere.
Street Commissioner Cole, in his
monthly report, paid a tribute to the
late James Dickson, who, was his as
sistant for several months and former
ly the street commissioner. Commits
sioner Cole further reported the award
ing of the contract for paving Wash
ington street to the New Jersey Paw
ing Co., of Newark; the building of
several new catch basins; several tim
Der bridges over cutters replaced by
Icobbied CUTTERS, fnanhole covers fitted
to catch basins TO facilitate their
cleaning, the finishing Of the first sec
tion Of the police building, sidewalk
and the recommendation that the 100
square feet remaining to be done in
front Of the fire houses be completed
and also of the renting of the steam
roller for use on. Madison avenue.
i a petition from residents of Cutler
street asked that the ordinance passed
at the last meeting OF the. aldermen
regarding the paving of the sidewalks
be changed SO that the sidewalks be
made eleven feet wide andsthe flag
walk four feet Instead ofIfive.feet. 1t
was asserted that 10 was residence
street and did not need so wide walk,
a strip OF walk four feet wide had been
down for thirty years and had proven
plenty wide enough, and that to make
the walk tive feet wide would necessi-
tate the moving of many OF the trees
along the sidewalk An amendment
covering the points raised was passed
by the board under suspension of the
rules, after former Mayor CharltonlA.
Reed had addressed the aldermen re-
,gardfng the matter. s
/ A communication from Peter ".
Stryker, OF the. Morris S. Somerset
Electric Co., called attention to the
fact that his company'S public light
ing service was seriously impaired by
the trees along the streets and asked
that the shade tree commission be
asked to remedy the trouble. A reso-
luton was passed directing the COM
mission to employ competent mau
to trim the trees.
A note Cor $4,000 for four months to
pay current expenses was ordered exc
cuted as was four notes for 81 ,125 each
to pay current sewer bills
Alderman Twining, of' the police
committee, reported that charges had
been made against Patrolman John
VanArsdale and that he had been sus-
pended pending trial. He moved
that VanArdsdale's bill for services fol
August be paid in such amount as the
police committee should see fit, and II
was so ordered.
The ordinance regarding sewer lat
erals was up for its second reading.