Nutley 1917 Town Meeting Notes Road, Water, and Sewer Updates
Town records show water consumption and sewer work updates. Projected and ongoing works include concrete curb and gutter on Whitford Avenue, trenching for 12 inch pipe toward Centre Street, and a storm sewer on Franklin Avenue near Passaic. Ordinances cover Walnut Street sidewalk and licensing of horsedrawn carts with a hospital wiring agreement and utility conference planned for September.
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Sauer
Whitford Ave
Passaic Avenue
Ission
Tenis
Whitford Avenue
Satterthwaite Avenue
Franklin
Coing Ek
John Street
Centre Street
Washington Avenue
Grant Avenue
St. Mary's Hospital
Nutley
Walnut Street
Nutley Avenue
Erie Railroad
Peter Lordy
Department of Revenue and Finance
Public Service Co
Nutley Shade Tree Mission
United Italian Erhood of Liberty
Harrison Street
Simples West
Franklin Avenue
Harrison Streets
Turnbull
Condi
Angee
Franklin Avenue Stor
Erie En Forts
Highfield Lane
Rutgers Place
Public Utility Commissioners
Newark
Paterson
I of Newark
Eastwaa Mn
Lyndhurst
Passaic Valley
E. Orange
Antonio Carenas
Tremont Street
Franklin Area
Erie
Beenace
Fort Lee Ferry
Antonio Tamburro
Angelo
Antonio Notte
Department of Public Works
Town plans and sewer work update in Nutley details
The Nutley board reports on street and sewer projects including gravel paving near Third River, catch basins on Franklin and Centre streets, and repairs on Whitford avenue. Bills totaling thousands are approved, connections to the Erie Railroad area are noted, and new ordinances on sidewalks and street grading proceed alongside tax and utility discussions.
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Detente Avenue
Third River
Chestnut Street
Regular Meeting Held September 26 1stT
Town records show engineer report noting two permits issued during the September 26 session. The minutes reference approvals and project details discussed by the town engineer.
Nutley Council Ordinance Establishes Humbert Street Grade
An ordinance enacted by Nutley officials establishes the grade of Humbert Street in Nutley, Essex County. The measure cites the town board and outlines center line adjustments and related street designation procedures.
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Humbert
Nutley
County of
Essex
City street grading and curb construction notes from 1917
Official records outline grading and curb work on a street section from Park Avenue toward the north, with a four foot wide improvement and gutter on both sides. Costs to be assessed to abutting properties in proportion to benefits. first reading September 26, second reading October 2, adopted October 9, 1917, commissioners Emil Diebitsch Wil dey Cook.
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Fen
Ellennet
Humbert
PTT
Park Avenue
Cne
Nutley N J Sealed Bids For Water Main Extension
Nutley New Jersey invites sealed bids for labor materials and installing a 6 inch cast iron water main from Bloomfield Avenue to the Spr Arden School. Bids due Oct 16 1917 8 PM read publicly by Board of Commissioners. Plans from Town Engineer. Bid bond $1000 and certified check $100 required.
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Bloomfield Avenue
Springarden School
Town Hall
Nutley
N. J
Board of Commissioners
Eliot N. Smith
It Carries Its Own Evidence
A fragment reflecting on belief and conviction, suggesting a religion that internalizes proof within its own framework. The text emphasizes alignment with universal spiritual experience and the primacy of inner perception over external distortion.
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Fremde
New Anchor Design for Guy Wires Demonstrated
Engineers show a flanged jaw anchor method with a ground plant, shaping the shank to draw up sedge between jaws. The device appears to simplify securing lines by spreading the jaws after setting the anchor.
Deluge Era Genealogy Fragment Highlights Shems Hefn Lineage
The fragment notes Bimete as a figure in the lineage from patriarch Shemshen to the flood era. It states the descent of people, age claims of 500 years for an ancestor, this figure being ninety eight at marriage and childless, dying at six hundred, reflecting ages common in ancient patriarchal records.
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Shemshena Ele
Measures Speed of Clouds Observers Scales Cloud Velocity with Spike Scale
An upright brass rod nine feet long supports a cremepiece with evenly spaced vertical spikes. The observer rotates the device until a cloud appears to pass along the line of spikes and records the time to move from one spike to the next. This timing yields a cloud speed estimate.
How They Do It In Jungle Scene With Painted Backdrop
Describes a cinema trick where a real lion chases a hero and heroine as a painted tropical background scrolls by on rollers. The scene relies on heroine timing and motion to create the illusion of a speeding chase.
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Vion
The Fine Art of Smiling
A reflection on smiling as a universal greeting, noting children’s natural smile and its effortless social function. The piece argues smiling is a simple, universal art that connects soul to soul in daily interactions.
Junk ships noted for seaworthiness in maritime trade
A Junk is a common river and coastal trader in China used by both Chinese and Japanese. Junks carry high forvens and poop with typically three masts. Though clumsy, they show notable seamanship and seaworthiness, while Japanese ships are regarded as superior to those in China.
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China
Japan
Improvement on Nature in a Chicago Packer's Sunset
A Chicago pork packer visiting the mountains witnessed a vivid sunset described as a sky streaked with lights evoking the nova. He praised the display as mighty colorful and noted an auxiliary remark about a painter named Candhter.
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Chicago
Ms Candhter
Richmond Times-Thepetch
Ringers Perfected Clockwork Stone Carvers Tool
A machine has been perfected to copy in detail a stone statue fixed under cutting tools, enabling precise replication. The device operates under a guiding tag Gagers.
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Mertaly
Watley
Belance Bank of
Deporite
Ween
Femer Comsmisalon
Nutley Board of Commissioners
Pranklin Avenue
Censtreet
Stager South
Stager Street
Park Ave
Rams
Passaic
H. Findlay
Cd Ton Board of Health
J. M
Clarence J. Howe
Reading
Foote, Davis and
Doyle
Stan
T. Bald
Ming Mn Ts
River Road
Pola
East Ton Avenue
En Jewel Filtration Co
Centre
John Streets
W. A. Ripple
Spat: Bros
Board of Chosen Freeholders
Essex County
Union Avenue
Roma Streets
James T. Boyve
Lahaa Nance
Nutoeted
Humbert Street
Essex County Board of Taxation
Frederic A. Ericson
Home Protective
Charles Rummell
Henry M. Jowett
Daniel R. McGinnity
Lakeside Drive
Kingsland Street
Board of
Home Hall
Nene
Simon Blum
Emil Diebitsch
Wildey
E. P. Cook
P. Cook
Adrian J.C. van Leeuwen Carpenter and Builder
New Jersey
Brookfield Avenue
Market Street
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