The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-12-30
ALDERMEN CLOSE
YEARS BUSINESS
Mayor Todd EntGrtains Town
Fathers at a Supper.

to the members of the board of al
dermen, town officials and neWspa-
per men at his home on Hill street
Friday night after the board had met
for the last time this year. The
mayor had his guests conveyed by
automobiles from the aldermanic
chambers to his home where they
gathered around beautifully TRIM
med and Illuminated Christmas tree.
When all had arrived the party was
escorted to the dining room where a
supper was served by Day.
The menu included clam chowder,
oyster patties, lobster salad, sand
wiches, fruit sherbert, fancy cake,
demi tasse, cigars and other refresh-
ments. Two hours were pleasantly
spent around the table after which
the guests departed after extending t
the mayor a vote of thanks, holiday
greetings and felicitating him upon
his administration.
AT the meeting of the aldermen 1T
was announced that the town had a
balance on the books of $1,000, repre-
senting the amount unexpended OF
the amount appropriated the first OF
the year. In addition $3.50 was Or
dered set aside to pay for the auto
mobile fire patrol for the board OF
fire wardens when that apparatus is
delivered and accepted by the fire
committee.
report was received from the spe-
clal committee on town charter. The
committee recommended that a Sec
ond-class city charter be secured for
the town, it being considered more
advisable than the commission form
of government. A public meeting of
citizens was recommended to discuss
the matter The report was filed and
action deferred until the new board
goes into office on January 1st.
An appropriation of $500 was asked
by the Central Bureau of Social SER
vice, through Miss Elizabeth Far
reilly. This, too, was laid ON the table
for the new board to consider.
Town Counsel Vogt reported the de-
cision of the court of chancery de-
claring the town cannot receive the
$4,000 legacy left it by the late Paul
Revere for a monument in the park
to his father General Revere. Chief
Day reported to the board the result
of the annual election of the fire
companies.
The treasurer was authorized to pay
such notes as come due before jan
uary LIST as he can from the tax
money he receives Transfers were
made from various accounts to close
up the year.
Alderman Clifford of the track ele-
vation committee reported that The
LackaNanna railroad would finish up
within a few days the work it Is do
ing under contract with the town and
would withdraw it's men for the Win
ter. In the spring, he said, the COM
panv would finish the concrete work
about the station, including the lay
ing of a ten-foot sidewalk along the
freight yard frontage and also erect
concrete wall along the freight
yard which would be surmounted by
an iron fence.
The board side-stepped action on
the assessors map by rejecting all
bids for the work, this being done
on motion of Alderman Linder. The
first of the year Alderman Linder, it
is alleged by Arthur S .Plerson, or
dered Mr.. Pierson to prepare such
map and when the bill was put In
for the first part of the workthe town
counsel declared 1T could not De pald
as it was beyond the amount COM
mittee can expend without the board
advertising for bids. Bids were then
ordered advertised for and when
opened Mr. Pierson was not the low
man. Nothing further was done un-
til last night when the bids were re-
jected Mr.. Persons bill has not
been paid.
In closing the session of the board
Mayor Todd spoke in commentator
of the committee chairmen for their
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arduous duties of the administrative
side of the town government, "a side
of which the public sees little, and
expressed his gratitude for the kind
and courteous treatment that had
been accorded him as the boards pre-
siding officer.
The mayor also touched upon the
question of annexation of Morris
township to Morristown, saying that
one of the chief objections seemed to
be that of the township paying inter-
est on the sewer system when larg
norton of the township did not need
sewers. He hoped that the towns
legal department would be able TO
find some way of getting around TINS
feature so that the township people
would be willing to come into the
town.
The special committee he had ap-
pointed to consider this matter, ne
said. had given it up when 1t mad
found the strong opposition that
exists in the township against the
proposition.
Another special committee, that on
garbage disposal, he said had made
no report because it had found under
the Law the town cannot make con
tract for the removal of garbage for
period longer than one year and
no one had been found who would
take the contract for time shorter
than three years.
The building code committee, ne de
clared was about ready to report ana
1t had "a code to present to the al
dermen for adoption that was the re-
suit of much painstaking care upon
the part of o. B. Smith, jr.
The board adopted resolutions OF re
spect for the late Alfred Mills, one
time mayor of Morristown.
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