The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-06
NEED PUBLIC
COMFORT ROOMS
Plea Of Woman's Town I'M
provement Committee to the
Board Of Aldermen.
STREET ORDINANCE PASSED

blOLlS III MUTTlSUOWn bIlOulQ De rem
edied was the suggestion made to the
board of aldermen Friday night by the
Women's Town improvement COM
mittee through the chairman OF its
sanitation com mittee, Mrs. Augusta
Storm. A rest room is also required,
said the committee, and recommended
that the aldermen provide them.
Mayor Ayers referred the matter to
the finance committee.
Alderman Twining, Of the commit
tee, said that though the town had
enough money to provide the comfort
stations and rest room he thought
it was matter that should be taken
up by the new board the first Of the
year and upon his motion the recon-
mendation was laid upon the table
for future action.
An ordinance was introduced pro-
Yiding for the laying out Of Dnmont
place across the Church Of the Re
deenler property and empowering the
street department to purchase such
property from the church authorities
as may be necessary.
After making few minor amend
ments the ordinance requiring that
when streets are to be opened the
work Of removing and replacing the
pavement be done by the street de-
partment at the expense OF the indi-
vidual or corporation for whose pur-
pose the excavation is made. was
passed.
Another ordinance which finally
has been made law was that regulat-
ing the storage and sale OF firecrackers
and fireworks. Before it was voted
upon Chief J.. Fred Runyon, of the
fire department., suggested that the
sale Of cartridge pistols to anyone
should be prohibited as we'll as the
sale of blank cartridges and it was so
amended.
The ordinadce for a safe and sane
Fourth was laid over for further con.
sideration
That the police department was not
on proper legal basis was the an
nouncement of Alderman Reed and
he introduced an ordinance to estab
lish police department and provid-
ing for the appointment of chief,
captains, lieutenants sergeants,
roundsmen, etc, which, he said, was
only rehash OF the two ordinances
on the books already governing the
police department.
Alderman Reed also announced that
because the newspapers did not pub
lish in full all the ordinances intro
duced for passage by the aldermen
and In consequence many citizens we're
not fully Informed regarding the pro-
, visions Of the measures he had pro-
, vided bulletin board which is located
| in the municipal building and upon
which is to be posted copies OF all or
dinances introduced
Chief Runyon reported that the
work of putting under ground the fire
alarm wires on Washington street
would be completed within few days
and also presented a check from Sam
uel V. Hoffman for $1l1.9S as onezhalf
the cost of relocating fire alarm box
No. S6 on Madison avenue. Two
building permits had been granted
one TO William Lauenstein for alUera-
tions to the house, No, Maple ave-
nue., costing 5000 and one to M. Far.
inc for alterations to the building,
No "a Speed we'll avenue, at a cost Of
sl4S. There were one general and
two still alarms Of fire during the
month OF November, the total loss BE-
ing Sll0.
The completion Of the repaving of
Washington street and the cobblinc
OF the cutters was reported BY the
street department. The steam roller
has gone into winter quarters, shed
having been erected for it on Bank
street.
Superintendent of Sewers Cole told
Of flushing the system, repairing few
breaks and the granting of eighty
eight permits for connecti IN during
the month Of November, making a
total Of 1000 permits granted up to
December 1st.
Clerk Toms told the aldermen he
had received from the county board of
canvassers official notice that the re-
ferendum on the police pension fund
act had been passed favorably.
Upon the request from the board of
sewerage as to the disposition OF the
J furniture and documents in its poses
sion as it was about to go out OF ex-
istence, Alderman Sturgis introduced
a resolution that everything in the
possession of the commission be turned
over to the sewer committee of the
board Of aldermen excepting legal pa
pers, which are to go to the town
: counsel.
The mayor, town treasurer and town
clerk were authorized to issue bonds
to the amount Of $4,000 to take up
the accumulation of notes executed
since July lst with the four banks for
the payment OF sewer bills.
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