Milford chronicle., 1913-01-03

differEce FROM other year. DuriSg
the year Council enacted laws which
effectively stopped the cider JOINT
and 'hear bear" business, butt there
has BEEN an organized effort tof evade
the laws of the commonwealth Through
the Medium of clubs, which have
been lept so we'll under contrb bl, that it
is selbm that drunken specttacles have
been sen on the highwaysy
In he summer an experiment was
made which had for its object. the lay
ing of dust on the unpyAved streets of
the town. Two tank Oars Of asphaltum
oil wee bought, and applied according
to instructions, which, certainly did eff
ectivet allay the Riust annoyance for
several weeks. lene grade of oil was
much nore costly than the other, but
in my eIiniUn, fl h macadam streets, it
would le the NJ Iost economical should
the eXerimenH be continued during
1913, touse th& higher priced oil, as it
leaves sperce ptible coating.
The sanatsiry conditions which now
exist in the western part Of the town
opposite To the lake. is such that the
attention OF Town Council was called to
the urgent Necessities for action. To
l4iNNL NAA@ NOilAAAlOil0 tlAlBOoCQ by LllG
railroad authorities to get the great i'm
prOvements which have now been
made at the railroad station and other
property Of that company in Milford,
the Town Council had to build a sewer.
and after IA survey had been made. and
the requirements which will have to be
met in the future assertained so far as
possible, it was deemed economy to
frrtI a Ga, far a. tnaane-asstr tbn y,f
"a inch pipe, so as to take the storm
waters which will drain from that part
of the TOWN as far distant as the home
of Sewafd Simpson, on the end of South
WalnuC Street when the district is
severed Then the building of expensive
pr0pertt on Lake View Avenue this
year aid the prospective buildings.to be
built in n9l3, will make it certain that
the Board of Health of the State will
prohibit the emptying of any more sew
age into the Lake in the center of this
the most expensive resident section of
the town. For this reason the people
of Milford will have to provide for the
continuance of this sewer proposition
and the turning of the sewage along
Railroad Avene into tidewater.
1t is an absurd fact, that the Town of
Milford has neither a home for its Town /
Council, or any place for the storage of !
it; valuable records or. even tools of |
the town. A municipal building should |
be at once built, which will provide for !
the Town Council a Chamber, and the ,
other departments of the town govern
nent homes permanent. This can be !
for sum of money not /
to exceed $4,000. The town is now pay
ng rent of about $50 per year for
council to meet in the Treasurer pays
about SIS for an Office the Fire De-
lartment pays Sl25.00 per year for
Iuarters. and the storage of records is
5 simply by curtesy of the Secretary
md Treasurer kept anywhere and every
where. | certainly recommend the
building of this property by the town
wen though the money has to be
borrowed
There are several places where much
treet work should be done at once,
,ut with the present of the condition
of the town, twill not be possi-
lie.
| would recommend that the legisla-
ure be asked to permit the Town to
orrow sufficient money to build the
municipal building and finish the urgent
ever and street work. Sewer are
eeded on Washington Street, on Lake
lew Avenue, on North Walnut Street
nd many lateral streets, and in all
robably $4,000 would complete the
ntire needed work.
| would recommend that the Town
ouncil purchase a concrete mixing
lachine and keep its street workmen
{ that kind Of work in the future, in
.ead of contracting for the work, as
as been the practice in the past.
The district known as jamestown"
the Fourth Ward of North Milford, ?
here the colored people reside made a
stition to have a special officer located S
that part of the town, and this was
me in the late fall. This has brought .
,ry satisfactory results and the better =
der maintained is so noticeable, that /.
e officer should be continued as part =
the regular police force of the town. =
The demand for additional lights at =
lrious parts of the town has grown d
It'll it will take fully fifty to supply