The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-04-09
REPAIRS FOR THREE
THOROUGHFARES
Spring Street, Washington and
Western Avenues Named.

paving of three streets were ordered
made at Monday nights meeting OF
the board of aldermen. Alderman
Mills resolutions providing for the
grading and macadamizing of Spring
street between Morris and Water
streets; amiesite paving for Western
avenue and the same paving for
Washington street from Mills street
to the town line, were unanimously
passed. The bids for the work are to
be in by April 18th.
Dumont place is also to receive at
tention, the street committee being
authorized to treat with the Wardens
and Vestrymen of the Church of the
Redeemer for the purchase OF the
necessary land to continue the thor
oughfare through to Pine street.
Alderman Linder offered a resolu-
lion that $1,000 be set aside as a
nucleus of fund for the purchase
of. an automobile hose wagon for tils,
First Ward Hose company. The
resolution was supported by Alder
man Conkling, who told of the COM
pany being given a secondhand ma
chine and several times since prom
ised new equipment but instead of
| getting it some other company had
stepped in and secured the new ap-
| ,.or In+ u
question of dollars and cents and that
the town was not in position to pur-
chase the machine Alderman Mills
moved to lay the matter on the table.
Alderman Clifford said he thought 1t
hardly fair to buy new apparatus
while asking the Hook and Ladder
company to assume debt of $3,750
on the new truck After seconding
Alderman Mills motion Alderman
Horsefield denied that application had
! been made to the fire committee for
a new machine by the company. Al
derman Sturgis asserted that he
could not consistently vote to set
laside the money while the town had
so many obligations to meet. The
motion to lay on the table was car
ried, Alderman Linder and Conkling
voting in the negative and Alderman
Shelley absent.
Il On recommendation of the board OF
engineers the election of Peter NJ. A.
Pierson and Charles H. Prescott to
Resolute Hook and Ladder company;
Stephen France and William w.
Ridge to Humane Engine company;
Charles E. Shelley and John H.
Fruedenvoll to the Board of Fire
Wardens and the expulsion of Fred
erick W. Quick, August Hegeman and
John Murphy from the First Ward
Hose company were confirmed.
From the Morristown Trust Co.. as
executor of the estate of TIE late Al
derman Augustus l.. fsevere, was a
letter asking for information regard
ing the erection of the bronze and
granite base TO rthe flag pole in the
park as memorial to General Jo-
! seph Warren Revere. There was
: also a letter from the Park trustees
saying that it was against their policy
to permit the erection of private me-
, MORALS in the park and declining the
gift. Upon the motion of Alderman
4 Mills committee consisting of Alder
men Sturgis and Shelley was author
lied to confer with the Trust com
pany to see If the money cannot be
u used for some other purpose.
Street Commissioner Frapwell re-
ported the months activities of his
department had been devoted to clean
; ing the main thoroughfares and the
g repair of several streets. The sewer
> department had found no serious stop
: pages in the sewer lines. The sand
9 beds had been changed from the win
ter to the summer formation. Though
the Whippany river rose last month
to an unusual height the disposal
: plant was in no way affected. Seven
permits for laterals had been granted
: during the month, making a total of
: 1,465 to date. AS about 900 houses
still remain unconnected with the
+ sewer Commissioner Frapwell recon-
mended that some action be taken in
: the matter so that the street, open.
ings be made within limited time
Though the aldermen received let
ter from Eugene Carroll, secretary
of the Firemen's Relief Fund trus-
tees. recommending the reelection of
Jacob o. Arnold as a trustee, the al
dermen unanimously elected John K
Boniface to the place.
John Gaffney was granted a billiard
room license for the place NO. 40
f Speedwell avenue.
5 Lawrence M. Christensen made for
) NAL application to the aldermen for a.
: permit to store gasoline in larger
J quantities than thirty gallons on the.
premises No. Mt. Kemble avenue.
: He asserted it to be his intention to
use underground tanks while the
} cleaning work would be done in
brick and concrete building The ap-
plication was referred to the fire
COMMITTEES with mower