The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-03
RAILROAD WORK
APPROPRIATION
Aldermen Set Aside Fund Of
$4,000 For Track Ele-
yatiOn Expenses.
LEAVE $1,000 FOR NEXT YEAR

Iae D sdf0 or aldermen WEI out OF
Office Januar, lst with an unpxpendrd
balance after all bulls are paid of ST.
COO OF this amount the aldermen, al
their meeting Wednesday evening,
voted 10 set aside $4,000 as a special
fund 70 the purpose of defraying ex-
penses incidental to the work Of ele-
waiting the Lackawanna railroads
tracks here and the erection of rev
station. TIE remaining 81, 600 will
turned over to the new board to begin
their year with.
In voluminous report the track
elevation commission reported to the
aldermen "Wednesday night. The
commission recited that il had engaged
Lii coin Bush, former engineer OF
81 Lackawanna railroad, to prepare
plans of the track elevation propos-
! tiOn 10 Morrlst0wn and TO look over
the plans submitted by the railroad.
Mayor Ayers announced that Mr..
Bush had been engaged at the ex-
/ psnse of the commission and that the
Town does not have to foot the bill.
The report was made by Mr.. Thomas
and he reiterated that track elevation
was near at hand and would soon be
brought about.
The report included letter from
President Truesdale of the Lackawan-
na.railroad to Mr.. Thomas in which
Mr.. Truesdale said that it ought to be
possible to come to an agreement and
settle the problem in Morristown and
also that he would suggest a date for
a conference with Mr.. Thomas and his
colleagues after he and his engineer
ing staff had looked over the plans
submitted to them by Mr. Bush.
Mayor Ayers announced that the
town had a surplus of ST, 900, OF which
I $4,000 Was cash in the bank and the
balance was due from the tax collec-
tor. Alderman Henry Cory offered a
resolution that tile $4,000 be set aside
as special fund ia the bank to be
used toward such share of the work as
may later be agreed upon as being
payable by the town.
Alderman Sturgis asserted that he
! thought the people were opposed to
! the town paying cent towards the
work and asked to be excused from
voting. Alderman Gill also requested
to be excused pleading for further
time In which to consider the PROPOSE
tion. This left the matter entirely in
+ the hands of the Republican members,
all of whom with the exception of AL
, dermen Henriques, leave the board at
the end of this year.
On roll call Mayor Ayers and Al
dermen Henriques, Arnold, Cory and
Ford voted for the resolution. Alder
men Reed and Twining were absent.
Under advice of Senator Edward X.
Mills the ordinance authorizing the
town to secure the necessary real es-
tate, the property of the Church of
the Redeemer, to connect Dumont
place with Wilmot street, the rules
were suspended and the ordinance was
passed. Senator Mills told the alder
men he did not think it would be legal
to have the present board introduce
the ordinance and then to turn it over
to the new body at the end of the
year for them to pass. AS the neces-
sary proceedings, had already been
started the aldermen thought best to
pass the ordinance.
Mayor Ayers thanked the members
of the board for their uniform courtesy
towards him during the past year,
touched on the lack of dissensions and
the general unanimity under which
they had worked together and ex-
pressed his qualification over so har-
monious body.
Alderman Sturgis replied, echolng
| the sentiments of the mayor, saying
that all had worked together for the
good of the town and that the mem
bers of the board felt towards the
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