The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-03-10
ALDERMEN PLAN FOR
STREET BETTERMENT
Anlesite to be Used o. Several
Thoroughtaras This Spring.

Several streets of the town are to
receive attention by the board OF al
dermen in the spring and will be re-
paired with amiesjte. Alderman NILS,
of the street committee, offered a
resolution at the March meeting last
Friday night authorizing the adver-
.tisement for bids for the work and
it was adopted.
The streets to be paved are:-
Washington street, from Mills street
to the town line; Spring street, from
Centre street to Water street; Flagler
street. from Water to Race and from
Nicholas avenue to Speedwell avenue.
, omitting the hill; Water street, from
Spring street to the stone bridge:
Early street, from Atno avenue TO
Mills street; DeHart, Boyken and
Madison streets, from South street 70
Maple avenue.
Alderman Mills also offered a
resolution for building a storm dram
ON DeHart street. This is a contlnu-
alton of the drain started last year.
IL was passed.
The report of the town treasurer
showed a balance in the treasury OF
n.
lector of taxes showed after mum
Der of accounts had beens scredieee
with various amounts a balance .o'
S8219 was still in the hands OF tne
collector.
The street commissioners repor'
showed a payroll of $861s67 of wnlcf
S764.45 was for snow removal. Chiel
of the FireD apartment Nv. r. lay
jr.. suggested the removal OF the 10
cation of boxes As and S3 for ttht
benefit of the service. He asked
that box As be moved to the corner
of Maple avenue and Market stree
and 83 to the corner of SpeedWel
and Walker avenues. The matter was
referred to the fire committee. -ElgR
alarms of fire were reported durlns
the month, six general and two still
the appeintment of John Ridge 'ane
Michael Boston to the Washington
Engine company and exempt certili
Gates were granted to T. .E. Welsh
Phil !. Brady and William Robshaw
of the First Ward Hose company, )
7. Welsh. of Washington Engine com
many. and w. A. Leek,. of thew ard
ems
Chief of Police Holloway reported
forty-five arrests during the -mon'i
and l2O notices sent out for snow re
movaL
license no run "a 4poolroom at NO
70 Speedwell avenue was granted
Frank A. Wright. This is renewa
of the old license.
The sewer committee reported
trouble at the sewer disposal plant he
cause af the sewer beds being coyeret
with snow. but expressed the hope o.
having them in shape again In
short time.
General Manager John H. Drake, o.
the Morris & Somerset Electric com
pany apologized to the board for Cne
condition of the street lights ant
said he hoped to have the arc llghts
about town working Saturday ngn'
and perhaps same of the lncandes
cent lights. He would surely nave
everything in order in two or three
days barring more snow such as Sun
days, he said.
The treasurer was authorized tt
execute a note for $4,000 and
voucher for $3.50 for current ex
penses. The finance committee was
given power to purchase an adding
machine for use in the town cofflces
not to exceed the cost of $375.
Bids were ordered secured for IN
creasfng the size nf the street com
missioner's office by moving the from
partition back eight feet two inches
The present office, said Mr. Shelley
chairman of the finance committee
is too small and the improvement
will not cost more than $150.
Alderman Shelley said the town.was
carrying considerable extra fire IN
surance on it's fire apparatus and
buildings and was given power to ad'
just the insurance.
Resolutions were adopted for the
late Eugene A. Carrell land j. Dixon
Thompson, both former members OF
TIE board of aldermen.
The ordinance for raising money
for town proposes was admitted to
third reading.
A contract was ordered entered in
to by the town with the Morristown
& Erie railroad and Swift & company
for the construction of the sewer
along the Morristown & Erie tracks
to connect with the present system a
Albeit avenue by the board of alder
ulen dL LuRlI ue0IlIS Ill tuC iiNi-Ni
pal building Friday night. This mat
ter has been pending since last year
when the subject of the new station
was up. No connection could be
made with the sewer system at Nor
ris street and the using of land along
side the Erie tracks was suggested
No agreement could be reached and
the matter went over. The Erie
will donate the land and the town
will pay half the expenses of putting
in the sewer and keeping in working
order.
Henry M. Smith was appointed a
trustee of the Morristown fire de-
partment charitable fund by the
board. The late Eugene A. Carrell
was a trustee of the fund and his
term expired on March 4th. Mr..
Smith was appointed to fill his place
Alderman Robert H. Williamson
named J. B. Stevens for the place.
but Mr.. Smith won out.