The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-22
CIVICS HEAR
SUGGESTIONS
IcoNTINUnD FROM FIRST pAeEl

center of the town are needed anc
changes in the laws governing til,
county jail should be made that condi
tions may be bettered in that institu
tion. After enumerating what the
committee had accomplished during
the year Mrs. Cutler closed with re
porting a mem bership of 3l5.
| Frank e. Stults, for the streets and
roads committee, asserted that the
proposition to resurface the twenty.
eight miles of streets of the town at
an estimated cost OF 100000 should
be done and mentioned the streets
which had been already repaved.
The sanitary committee, DR.. Samuel
G. Haven, chairman. reported the
completion and opening Of the sewer
system. In regard to the pollution of
streams DR.. Haven said that thirty
six Of the 200 people notified by the
state board OF health to cease the pol
luton had connected with the sewer
system and suggested that few pros
ecutions would bring the rest line.
Criticism of the board of health re-
garding the handling of contagious
diseases he declared was based on mis-
information. Destruction he found
had not been delayed and asserted
that diphtheria had its communi-
cation from one TO another and by the
care.essness Of parents as the disease
was directly traceable to children
from New York for whom no physi
clan was called nor was the health
board notified. Fourteen OF the forty
six cases we're in four families. Twen-
ty-nine cases were reported in October
and up to November 18th only six new
cases had been reported.
The membership committee, John
FL. Bonsall chairman, reported seven
ty-one new members, a total of 295
members of whom 2oS are paid up.
The improvements to the Lacka-
wanna railroad property and the oiling
of the street crossing were reported
by Chairman John Ell. b. Coriell, OF
the railways committee.
Nuisances were mentioned by Rob-
ert @. Caskey's nuisance committee.
President Frederic r. Kellogg pre-
sented his annual report.
Mr.. Stults, of the nominating COM
mittee, presented the names of the
following persons for directors and
they were elected Samuel B. Carson,
William A. Dell, e, A. Day, W. r.
Halliday, w. ". King, Dr. George III.
Lathrop, T. e. Gaty, William Q. Bar
ker, the Rev. Ralph B. Urmy, Francis
Cali Woodman and James G. Lidger-
wood.
DR.. f. Landon Humphreys suggest
ed she need OF an ordinance requiring
slow moving vehicles to keep TO the
side Of the roads allowing faster vehi-
Giles to use the center.
J.. a. Fl. Hopkins made suggestions
regarding increasing the membership.
and interest in the association. Ed'
ward @. Keasbey spoke Of the brick TO
be used on Morris street htll.
A suggestion which met with favor
was that OF Michael F. Rsbey that the
association use its influence TO get
King street extended through to
South street.. as it woNld relieve great
d.
ly the congestion Of vehicles at the
railsDad station at train times.
"rrafiic regulation at the depot, as
we all know, is nothing asserted Os-s
car b. Smith, jr., land i would sug,
gest that the officer az the depot, in-+
stead OF standing around doug MOTH
ing, should regulate the traffic. /"
The meetipg closed with an address
by DR.. George A. Soper- OF the Metro
politan Sewerage Commission, of New
York, ON garbage disposal. which was
illustrated by stereOpsicon views and
conLa,ned many suggestions OF value
to M0rristowD.