The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-08-06
LACKAI'ANNA SCORED
FOR DILATORINESS
Aldermen PeGved Because Rail
road Does Not Sign Contracts.

The board of aldermen Friday night
for the third time passed the ordi-
nance authorizing the signing of the
track elevation contracts with the
Lackawanna railroad But before do
ing so several members of the board
voiced their disapproval of the rail
roads actions in not getting the mat
ter cleared up without delay A
resolution offered by Alderman Lin
der urging the Lackawanna to close
the matter up and calling upon the
track elevation commission for aid
was passed.
In speaking for the passage of the
ordinance Alderman Clifford said
that he would not again vote for the
passage of the ordinance. He said
the town had done too much for the
Lackawanna, even siding with the
company against the Morristown d
Erie taking position that many
thought was against the best inter-
ests of the community. He asserted
1t time for the board to be aggressive,
pointing out that the Morris street
crossing is being obstructed to such
an extent that even fire apparatus
iswSta3lled and ordinary traffic held
up for long periods.
Under suspension of the rules the
aldermen passed the traffic ordinance,
establishing rules for the use of the
streets by vehicles and placing the
enforcement of the ordinance in the
hands of the police
A resolution offered by Alderman
Linder, that in future all purchases
made by anyone for the town must
be made upon requisition signed by
the chairman of the aldermanic com
mittee involved, provoked some dis
cussion and brought out the fact that
there was resolution of the board
made years ago that required just
such procedure but which had not
been enforced since the 90's.
AS foretold in these columns sew
eral weeks ago the board finds it
necessary to ask the county tax
board for permission to raise the tax
rate to the limit allowed by law. A
resolution to that effect was passed.
The sewer committee was all
thorized to purchase right-of-way
from the Maple avenue school prop
erty across the VhYistian Science
society's property to the DeHart
street sewer. If connection is made
with the Maple avenue sewer the
sewage will have to be pumped over
the hill from the Wetmore avenue
ejector chamber which is already
working to capacity. BY using the
DeHart street sewer this is avoided.
: The board of engineers reported
TbEse general and four stiIl alarms
of firssA. during July and its recon-
mendatjons--thaf exempt firemens
Tod In xrid A n1,r
Fred M. Day and William Carr was
concurred in Chief Day reported
the Improvement OF the hose drying
house by the laying of a concrete
floor and the lining of the building
with plaster board. The Speedwell
avenue fire house has been connected
with the sewer
Street Commissioner Frapwell re-
ported the repair of Spring street
with gravel, the filling up of holes
in Early street and the use of stone
and bitumen removed from Speedwefl
avenue, Park place and Morris street
by Warren Brothers in their repair
work, upon Bank street.
According to the superintendent of
sewers fourteen permits were granted
during the month for connections
with the sewer system, making a
total of $50. An official from the
state board of health has examined
the effluent from the disposal plant
and found it up to the standard of
purity
A petition from residents of Mills
street in Cutler park asking for two
street lamps was referred to the
street committee and a petition from
the same parties for a fire hydrant
at the corner of Mills street and
Walker avenue was referred to the
fire committee.
"A note fer $4,000 for five months
was ordered discounted and trans
fers of 5000 from the miscellaneous
account to discounts and $4,000 from
dust-laying to streets were ordered.
An offer from Patrick Luby of $500
for part of the stone quarry prop
erty on Washington street was re-
ceived and the street committee was
authorized to have a survey made of
the property and make an inyestiga-
tiop.
The towns balance sheet prepared
by Treasurer Rutan showed eXpendi-
tures of $fO3, ,949O7 and an unex-
pended balance of $66, ,14093. Ex-
penditures have been as follows
miscellaneous, $1,1S8.77 ; salaries,
$1,407; interest on sewer bonds, ST.
800; discount, $2,445.I3; poor, $175.-
25; board of health, $2,500; conta
gious diseases, $500; shade tree com
mission, $999.10; street department,
$7,202.06 dust laying, $1,939.47; fire
department, $5,92451; hydrants, $2,-
600; police department, $7,201.96;
street lamps, S8,O745O; printing,
$591S6; sewer maintenance, $5, 1896. IA;
unpaid bills of 1911, $10,603.96; un.
paid notes of 1911, $28,50O.