The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-05-09
MORRIS TOWNSHIP
POLLING PLACES
Probably viii Be Three for
Convenience of the Voters

After listening to a discussion over
the proper location of polling places
in Morris township Monday evening,
the township committee practically
agreed to create three districts but
will take final action on the matter
Saturday afternoon. Under the pro-
visions of the Geran election law it
was necessary to provide a new poll
ing place in the township and as
there was nothing to prevent the
formation of more than one new dis
trict it was thought best to make
three so that here would be greater
convenience for the citizens in voting
General Edward P. Meany, who live
on Madison avenue, told the board
that polling place was necessary
in his district. He ridciuled the
scheme to have it located at Morris
Plains, asserting that it would take
longer to go there to vote than to the
township hall. He said he spoke not
for himself but for the men in his
employ whom he said he gave, holi-
day on full pay on election day yet
they would not take the trouble to
so all the way to the township hall
to register their choice at the polls.
The crime of present conditions
is that You make it hard for the poor
man to Vote said General Meany
The law should pay a man for the
time he loses in voting. Our people
should vote in our neighborhood,
Morris Plains people should vote IN
their neighborhood If we can't get
a polling place We may as we'll ask
for annexation or form a borough
We are paying the township taxes IN
our section and We get nothing, no
police nor fire protection, no lights
| am paying more taxes on my coEll.
try home in this township than | do
for the property corner of Broad and
Kinney streets, in Newark I'll pro.
vide a suitable place if you will dire; t
that district be made in our section.
DR.. Landon Humphreys addressed
the committee, saying he represented
the residents of Normandy Park. He
asserted that he and his neighbois
had discussed the subject of forming
a borough or else asking for annexa-
ton to Madison, because of The
greater enterprise and more generous
policy that Madison extends to its
outlying districts than does Morris
town. The penny wise, pound foolish
policy of Morristcwn did not appeal
to his neighborhood. There was not
enough work done on the roads and
that a polling place should be estab-
lished in the neighborhood he asserted
to be only a reasonable request.
Township Committeeman Clark re-
tortod that $4,000 had been expended
on roads last year, every cent the
committee could use for the purpose
and asserted that it was the auto
mobiles that wore out the roads.
TAX the automobiles, then, accord
ing to their horsepower" came as a
duet from General Meany and Dr.
Humphreys. THE law should be
changed to cover just that point"
Clerk J. Paul Jameson, said that
it was up to him to locate the polling
place and it was the duty of the com
mittee to fix the boundaries of the
districts The latter body, he asserted
sat night after night trying to keep
down the expenses of running the
township and he considered it the
most economical governing body in
the state With the people continual
crying over the taxes he said the
committee was trying hard to keep
them down and that the creation of
more than two polling districts would
entail an additional expense of over
$1O0.
Joseph Burke suggested that the
new school house to be located on
South street would be good place
for a polling place and Edward Muir
ply protested against the residents
of his neighborhood, Wilsonyille being
compelled to go so far to vote.
The probable boundaries OF the dis
triets will be between South street
and Whippany road for the first;
from Whippany road TO Sussex av-
enue the second and the rest OF the
township in the third.
Upon petition of residents of Kit
chell avenue the name of that thor
oughfare was changed to Kitchell
road. Fred Hayes appeared before
the committee and requested two fire
hydrants, the repair of Walnut street
and additional street lights in the
Collinsville section. The committee
granted the first request and took
the others under advisement.
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