The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
REPORTS OF
DEPART MENTS
Annual Statements Of Accom-
plishments Of the Past Year
Made to Aldermen.
ALL HAVE GOOD RECORDS

of the town were received and partSof
them were read. Street Commissions
or Howard j. Cole told of the main
tenance work of his department, mud
removed, the sweeping OF the main
thoroughfares by sweeper, the clean.
ing of the streets at regular intervals,
the use of road grader to level snow
drifts along the streets and to open
cutters and the removal of snow from
the business streets. He told of the
laying of sample block of brick pave
ment on Washington street and the paw
ing by the Headley process on Elm
street. The old macadam material
taken from these two streets was
used in repairing number of other
thoroughfares. He touched upon the
side walk improvement in front Of the
municipal building and Of the build
ing of catch basins of new sanitary
type. The renting of the steam roller.
when not in use by the department,
had brought in over 5000 while the
pay roll for the year aggregated Sl0,-
1868.
Chief Engineer J. Fred Runyon of
the fire department, reported sixty
two alarms of fire, eleven of which
were general and fifty-one .still. The
aggregate fire loss was S6, ,905 of which
So, $50 was to buildings and the balance
to their contents The remarkable
work done by the automobile chemical
engine was remarked upon by the
chief who asserted that no better ma
chine for the purpose had ever been
built. A new hose wagon had been
added to the department., new truss
ladders replaced old style ladders on
the truck, reducing the weight Of
that apparatus 500 pounds and new
hose and extinguishers had been pur-
chased. The fire loss, the chief said,
was less than one-third as great as
last year, the fine equipment Of the
department and the efficient person
mel being attributed the reason. The
department., the chief considers, is
giving as good results as many paid
departments. The value of the prop
erty of the department is $4,000 not
including that owned by the individ-
ual companies which is always at the
disposal OF the town.
That the police have been doing
fine work during the year was exem-
plitied by the report of Chief j. Frank
Holloway.
Cost of maintenance $40, ,504 AZ 674
arrests, fifteen more than year pre-
vious; 387 made on view of officer; 2S7
on complaints; 258 sentenced to jail !;
1872 fined .thirty-eight committed to
await the grand jury action thirty
three admitted to bail; forty-seven
cases dismissed 104 reprimanded two
turned over to custody of outside off,
GERS.
Justice Howard tried 461 cases JUS
tice Condor I'll; Judge Mills one JUS
tice Pierson one.
Residents Of Morristown arrested
aggregated 400; 572 were white; 102
colored; $50 males; forty-four females;
129 were between ages of nine and
twenty; balance from twenty to sixty
seven years 408 persons were lodged
In the lookup.
The police investigated 1865 COM
plants; rounded up sixty truant
school children; fifty-seven business
places found unlocked at midnight !;
fifteen alarms of fire rung from police
headquarters seventeen lost or runa-
way children restored to parents; po-
lice patrol wagon called out thirty
three times.
The police found twelve arc and
twelve incandescent street lamps un-
lighted, best showing ever made by
lighting companies; thirty-eight holes
in street reported to street commits
SiOner.
The snow and ice ordinance was en-
forced in l52 cases by serving notices,
no arrests being necessary.
The members OF the force lost fifty
five DAYS during the year from illness.
During the year the chief reported
the town as being free from felonies OF
all descriptions not burglary or other
serious crime having been committed.
Chief Holloway recommended the
appointment of more men and the
purchase Of a suitable patrol wagon.
President Isaac r. PiersOn present..
ed detailed reports of the work of the
board OF health and asserted that the
milk conditions of the town were al
most perfect. Pure milk at reason
able price is being furnished. He rec
ommended THAI the town adopt sys-
tenn Of garbage collection, at present
garbage is often mixed with ashes.
which is violation Of the Ahealth
code. IL the garbage was collected
without cost to the householder this
would cease, eliminating dangerous
source Of disease. Sewer connections
have been made to the number Of 227.
If it was not for the proceedings in
stituted by George G.. Frelinghuysen
and others the town would have had
the use OF the sewer system year ago,
asserted the board Of sewerage.
John ID. Garfield of the shade tree
commission told Of his work In pre-
venting return to MOrristOwn OF the
elm tree beetle and the spraying of
522 trees. He also reported the work
OF trimming and repairing the trees
Ia the park.
Town Treasurer John J.. A. Owens
submitted his annual statement as
did Clerk Nathaniel G. Toms Of the
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