The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-06-09
FIRE APPARATUS FOR
MORRISTOWN ONLY
Department to Answer No More
Out of Town Calls.

No piece of fire apparatus is TO pc
taken out of the town hereafter with
out the consent of the board of alder
men. That was the substance of
resolution passed by the board at It's
S June meeting Friday night.
Alderman Frederick Horsefield,
chairman of the fire committee, who
offered the resolution to that effect,
stated that the local fire department
should not be called upon to go out
of town for the protection of those
who contribute nothing toward the
support of the fire department The
monthly report of Fire Chief Wilbur
F. Day showed that out of seven
still alarms answered during the
month four had been for out-of-toWn
fires, ranging from Madison to Den
Vile. The. resolution of Alderman
Horsefield, which provided only for
cases of extreme emergency was as
follows: .sThat hereafter no fire APP
paratus of this town shall be taken
outside the town limits without the
consent of this board provided that7
in case of an emergency in neigh
boring municipality and on request OF
the mayor or fire chief thereof, GER
tain of said apparatus on the oroef
of the chief engineer may be takSn
to and used for fire purposes IN such
municipality.
baseball will be allowed for poys !
ann vouths in, the bounds OF burnham
mark When that tract now known
as Burnham park was given to the
town by Frederick G. Burnham, there
was a stipulation in the deed thas
NJ Games of baseball should be play !
ed within it's bounds. Mayor John j.
Todd became interested in this and
succeeded in having this RESTRICTION
modified. According to the revised
restrictions boys and youths may pfay
in the section of the park along |
Mendham avenue. No Sunday games
will be allowed and no professional
games or games at-which an entrance
fee is charged will be tolerated. Tne
games must also be conducted as
quietly as possible. DR.. Clifford NILS
suggested that the chief of police be
shown the deed that the Sunday
games now conducted upon the
grounds be stopped
The board accepted the bid of the
Hermitage company, of Whippany, OF
SO 800 for the collection of the towns
garbage during the hours of the night. |
This company submitted the only bid
giving it's charges for day collection,
early morning and night COLLECTION
from the rear of the house and from
the front.
John M. Mills, who is the attorney
of Second National bank, of orange
in the suit of the Ansonla company
against it as co-defendent with the
town of Morristown, was authorized
to defend the town also in the matter
It'll 60. ,ot ta1.ia1
tonic Costa for the construction OF
the sewer systemm here.
The finance committee ordered the
pre- paration of "a note of 800 and
a voucher for $1,000 to meet sewer
coupons due July 1st. The committee
also offered resolution allowing the
banks holding original sewer notes
to take a. sewer bond for the same
The election of j. Burton Wiley,1
superintendent of schools, to the IN
dependent Hose company in the place
of John B. Ayers, resigned, was re-
ceived and certificates of exemption
were granted to Robert ]. Price, of
Resolute Hook and Ladder company
and G. H. Meslar, of Washington En-
gine company Chief of Police j.
Frank Holloway was granted leave
of absence from June 10th to 18TH 7
to attend the National Convention OF
Police Chiefs at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Seventy-five dollars was appropriated
for his expenses. A steel cabinet-for
the filing of maps was ordered pur-
chased along with three awnings for
the street commissioners office. The
application of Herman Viedt to erect
water cooling tower in the rear OF
his store on Park place, which was laif
over from last month, was granted,
and the application of d. P. Mcclellan
to erect wooden balustrade along
the top of a new front he is about
to put in his store was laid over un-
til next month. William p Mills was
requested to correct a map he sub
mitted opening up new street on
his tract at the continuation of Early
street and Colonial road An ordin-
ance was passed reducing the grade
of the sidewalks and curbs on Spring
street from Speedwell avenue to Water
street to conform with the street
grade.