The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-11-11
SEWER CLAIMS
ORDERED PAID
Town Settles Long DraWn-Out
Contract Controversy.

Morristown sewer system has been
settled the town ordering payment
of the various claims Alderman Snei
lev at the board OF aldermen meeting
FRIDAY evening moved the following
claims be paid:-Antonio Costa, $4z,-
e17.24. assigned to the Orange BANK
hoard of sewerage, $4,000; Ffahcls
Child referee. S1,100; Willard w.
Cutler and Carl V. Vogt, counsel
$3.50: Willard W. Cutler, special coon-
sci, $2,S65.
To nav these claims a special bono
issue was recently floated.
A claim OF the Ansonia company lof
work done on ejector chambers, pre-
sented by Charlton A. Reed was Ie
ferred to Town Counsel Vogt VINO re-
ported there was money laid aside u
pay the claim. 4,,4 .fter
Alderman Reed reported lnat "l
negotiating with the Morris Aque4tiuS q'atirs,,
proprietors regarding the lhs
of new and larger water mains anu
hvdrants the corporation had agreed
In fulfiu the request of the town pro,
vidine that the usual fee demanded
for onenine the streets be WalVeo
and that the town assume the dalil-
ages in the repair of the street paw
inc disnlaced. The report was ac-
cepted and the fire committee auehor
ized to make the agreement with ehe
water company. .;,o
bids were opened forfan automoplle
fire patrol for the board OF IRE male
ems. The contract was awarded 70
the White Motor Car company, VI
Newark. the apparatus to cost 81
55O. Of this amount the town pays
s1.750 and the board OF fire "afueis
the remainder The car is to be oe-
liyered within six weeks. Ihe Au.o-
car company bid $2,375 and the buich
s2.100 but the fire commlttee pre-
ferred the White. ~
To another Newark concern, gne
Cope Wagon company, was awalueu
the contract for putting rupDef tiies
and a new brake on Washlngtoll co,n
nanv's steamer and also painting the
anparatus. This will cost $64o. Al
derman Shelley protested, asserting
that local firm had bid only S4V
more and as the difference was smali
tbe iob should be kept in town. bue
he was overruled, only Aldermen
Wiss and Mills voting with hlll
against the granting of the contfart.
Rills Of $4,000 of the towns sewer
commission, the sewer contractor any ~
the lawyers involved in the Jaw SUI
over the payment of Antonio Cosua
demends for laying the MorristoWh
sewers were ordered paid from tue
nroceeds of the recent bond ISSUE
for the purpose. ,,1a
Joseph York reported that he woulu
accent the award of the cominlssloh
giving him $1,490 for the land con,
demned by the town for Lackawaiia"
Mace provided the town put IN a Ten
inch coping along his properly on
Morris street and LacKaWannd piastS
and also connect his puliuins VIZ VIZ
the sewer. This propoei'ioh
agreed to.
~ Ionis Marinaro was awarded the
contract for laying the York sewer
lateral and also a lateral from the
Reeve &, Burr mill along IackaWahia
Dlaca Lumber street and MOTIFS
street to the sewer for forty-three
cents per lineal foot.
On motion of Alderman Linder the
salary of Town Clerk Henry +. Denip-
sew was raised to 500 per month.
An, ordinance was introduced ana
given first reading changing the
titles of the police officers. AT pres
ent there is one chief, one sergeant
two roundsmen and several palrol-
men. Under the new scheme there
will be a chief at $125 per MONTH
one captain at $110, one lieutenant at
500. two sergeants at 500 each ana
as many patrolmen as necessary d.
from $40 to $S5 per month -
The ordinance regulating the sup
ping of trolley cars about the green
and also requiring them to stop pc
fore passing any fire house IN lne
town was passed. An ordinance was
ccad 1n1nr SuSOeD- !
sion of the rules requiring drivers
of vehicles to drive quietly past
schools and hospitals under penalty
of $40 zine.
Aldelman Shelley reported that
there was no way at present lor ,
laterals from the Swift & Company
building and the Morristown Erie
railroad station to reach the sewer.
He recommended that lateral be
built along the Morristown & Erie
railroad tracks from Albeit avenue,
one-half the cost to be borne by the
town and the other half by swift q
Company, the railroad company FUR
nishing the right-of-way free OF
charge. The sewer committee was
authorized to negotiate with SWllt
& Company in the matter
Chief of Police ]. Frank Holloway
reported lily arrests uullHS W
tober and thirty-three dodgers in the
lookup. Police Justice Quayle re-
ported $23.S5 as fees due the town
and $21 20 due himself
The recommendation of the board
of engineers that the election OF
Carl Sturgis and Alfred Bell to In
dependent Hose company and J. c.
Sweeney to board of fire wardens
and the expulsion of Charles Stilwell, |
jr., from the latter company be con-
Cured in was agreed to.
Owen Ennals wrote to the board, !
objecting to any change in the names
of Evergreen avenue and Water
street He asserted that Water street !
was an undesirable section that the
Evergreen avenue people did not wish
tackled on to their street.
A note for $4,000 for two months
was ordered discounted and trans
fers were made between various ac-
counts, including $50 from miscella-
neous to printing, the latter account
running short.
There being various errors in the
printing of the towns sewer bonds
Alderman Under offered resolutions,
that were passed, making the correc-
tions.
A deed was ordered executed to