NJDARM: Archives Collection Guides: Morris Canal and Banking Company, General Correspondence Files, ca. 1840-1974

Record Group:	Morris Canal and Banking Company
Series:	General Correspondence Files, ca. 1840-1974
Accession #:	1979.005
Series #:	PMORS007
Guide Date:	3/1992 (JK)
Volume:	9 c.f [18 boxes]

Institutional History | Contents

Content Note

While some material in this series dates from as early as the 1840s and as late as 1974, the majority of the correspondence is from the period after the acquisition of the canal by the state in 1923, to the 1930s. In addition to correspondence, the files contain photographs, contracts and agreements (including canal dismantlement contracts), maps and blueprints, minutes, reports of the stockholders' annual meetings, court records, and public sales notices. Of special note is folder #156, "Old Deeds," which contains lists of canal company deeds for Essex, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Contents

Box 1
1.	Morris Canal and Banking Co., General, 1955-1974
2.	Abandonment and Dismantlement Memoranda, 1924-1931
3.	Accidents, Injuries, etc., 1923-1938
4.	Allamuchy Township: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1923-1946
5.	Bear Pond, 1923-1936
6.	Belleville (weir tracts 158-162), 1923-1926
7.	Bloomfield (weir tracts 163-212), 1923-1939
	Board Members (see also folder #43, "Executive Committee"):
8.		1923-1957
9.		1931-1953

Box 2
10.	Bonds -- Questions and Opinions, 1960-1962
11.	Boonton (weir tracts 414-425), 1923-1938
12.	Boonton Township (part of weir tracts 425-430), 1926-1929
13.	Boonton Township (part of weir tracts 427-428) -- Gay and Littell, 1923-1933
14.	Bridges, 1923-1927
15.	Byram Twp. (part of weir tracts 524 & 525), 1931-1940
16.	Casey Associates, Inc. & Affiliated Enterprises -- Edward Cassatly, 1971
17.	Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1931-1932
18.	Clifton (weir tracts 212-244), 1924-1933
19.	Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1951-1959
20.	Cranberry Lake Suspension Bridge, 1930
21.	Crossings and Poles -- Schedule of Rates, 1925
22.	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co. (Morris and Essex Railroad), 1924-1938
23.	Denville Township (part of weir tracts 430-466), 1924-1959

Box 3
	Dismantlement Contracts:
24.		Section 2-20 -- Phillipsburg, Lopatcong, Greenwich, and Franklin Twps. (F. H. Clement & Co.), 1927
25.		Section 21-51 -- Washington, Mansfield, and Independence Twps. (Hyde-McFarlin Construction Co.), 1926
26.		Section 52-53 -- Saxton Falls (F. H. Clement & Co.), 1927
27.		Section 54-55 -- Cranberry Lake, Bear Pond, and Waterloo (John W. Heller Co.), 1927
28.		Section 56-57 -- Lake Musconetcong (John W. Heller Co.), 1925
29.		Section 58-85 -- Port Morris to Boonton (Culp Construction Co.), 1926
30.		Section 60 -- New Dam at Lake Hopatcong, 1924
31.		Removing Bridges: No. 63 at Ledgewood and No. 71, Dickerson's (Culp Construction Co.), 1925
32.		Section 86-102 -- Boonton-Mountain View (Culp Construction Co.), 1925
33.		Section 103-115 -- Pompton Plains and Little Falls (Franklin Contracting Co.), 1924
34.		Section 115 -- Colfax Bridge (Winston & Co.), 1928

Box 4
	Dismantlement Contracts (cont'd):
35.		Section 116-127 -- Little Falls, West Paterson, and Paterson (Dyer-Kane Construction Co.), 1925
36.		Section 128-141 -- Paterson to Belleville (Franklin Contracting Co.), 1925
37.		Greenwood Lake Dam (Richards and Gaston, Inc.), 1927
38.		Pompton Dam and Pequannock Spillway (Tuller Construction Co.), 1928
39.	Dover (weir tracts 461-464), 1923-1931
40.	Erie Railroad Company, 1924-1927
41.	Essex County (Bridges), 1925-1927
42.	Essex County Mosquito Extermination Comm., Newark, 1923-1926
43.	Executive Committee, 1924-1928
44.	Franklin Township (part of weir tracts 598-618), 1924-1927
45.	Governors Silzer, Moore, Larson, and Hoffman, 1924-1936
46.	Grass Cutters, no date
47.	Green Pond, 1932 & 1974

Box 5
48.	Greenwich Township (part of weir tracts 618-634), 1925-1929
	Greenwood Lake:
49.	"Floating Island," 1924 & 1964
50.	Miscellaneous, 1923-1971
51.	Sale of Property at "Glens", 1923-1940
52.	Titles, 1924-1940
	Water Level:
53.	Correspondence, 1923-1932
54.	Under Water Rights, 1950-1951
55.	Water Rights, 1923-1934
56.	Hackettstown, 1924-1926
57.	Independence Township (weir tracts 535-538), 1925-1939
58.	Index to Files, Morris Canal and Banking Co. and L. P. Plummers Data Report on Bridges, 1922
59.	Jersey Central Power and Light Co., 1923-1927
60.	Jersey City: Sewer Crossing Gage Stations, 1923-1940

Box 6
61.	Jersey City vs. Jersey City Water Supply Co., et al., 1923-1925
62.	Kenvil, 1925-1927
	Lake Hopatcong:
63.	Cancellation of All Leases, 1923-1939
64.	Concessions and Applications, 1932-1939
65.	Land-Flowage Rights, 1955-1969
	Park at Dam:
	Maintenance and Supervision:
66.	1929-1937
67.	1938-1940
68.	Road, 1965-1966
69.	Shoreline Regulations, 1970
70.	Water Levels:
	Kümmel, H. B. -- Computations and Reports, 1924-1936
71.	Correspondence, etc., 1923-1926

Box 7
	Lake Hopatcong (cont'd):
	Water Levels (cont'd):
72.	Correspondence, etc., 1927-1928
73.	Correspondence, Petitions, etc., 1929-1930
74.	Correspondence, Court Action (Mountain Ice Co.), etc., 1931-1932
75.	Correspondence, etc., 1933-1935
76.	Correspondence, etc., 1936-1940
77.	Vermeule, C. C. -- Report and Computations, 1925
	Lake Musconetcong:
78.	Carr and Banghart, 1930-1934
79.	Encroachments, 1924-1933
80.	Fence at Dam, 1926-1937
81.	General, 1957-1961

Box 8
	Lake Musconetcong (cont'd):
82.	Growth Removal and Dredging, 1929-1940
	Improvements:
83.	Claims against Contractors, 1931-1933
84.	Correspondence, 1931-1932
85.	Correspondence, 1931-1933
86.	Engineer's Reports, 1931-1933
87.	Experimental Work, 1930-1931
	Land Sales:
88.	General, 1953
89.	General, 1950-1969
90.	General, 1955-1958
91.	General, 1959-1969

Box 9
	Lake Musconetcong (cont'd):
	Land Sales (cont'd):
92.	Lot #114, Mrs. Junghans, 1969-1970
93.	Lot #115, Prescott Holden Thorp, 1968
94.	Lots (miscellaneous correspondence), 1949-1963
95.	Marginal Land, 1953-1961
96.	Sewer -- Deeds and Surveys, 1966 (2 files)
97.	Motorboats and Planes, 1931-1940

Box 10
	Lake Musconetcong (cont'd):
98.	New Jersey Power & Light Co. Transmission Line, 1939
99.	Port Morris Fill, Hanley Drive, 1949-1953
100.	Sanitation, 1938-1939
101.	Lease Memoranda, 1927
102.	Ledgewood, 1924-1933 (see also folder #180, Roxbury Twp.)
	Lehigh Valley Railroad Company:
103.	Miscellaneous, 1923-1933
104.	Transfer of Morris Canal Property and Organization, 1923-1971
	Little Basin:
105.	General, 1947-1952
106.	Appraisals, Valuations and Title & Area, 1925-1967
107.	Correspondence:
	Between C. P. Wilber and Clayton L. King, Des. Engineer, Bureau of Navigation, 1948-1954
108.	Miscellaneous, 1920-1946
109.	Dredging, 1938-1939

Box 11
	Little Basin (cont'd):
110.	Naval Militia -- Quartermaster General, 1932-1942
	Negotiations with Jersey City:
111.	1924-1928
112.	1928-1929
	Photographs, 1927-1946:
113.	#2310
114.	#2311
115.	#2312
116.	#2313
117.	#2314
118.	#2315
119.	#2316
120.	#2317
121.	#2318
122.	#2319
123.	#2320-2322
124.	Hercules Company Prints, 1946
125.	Port of New York Authority, 1929-1953
126.	Report and data report, 1955-1964
127.	Swenson Dry Docks, 1950-1955
128.	Little Falls Township (weir tracts 281-286), 1923-1940

Box 12
129.	Lopatcong Township (weir tracts 635-644), 1929-1938
130.	Mansfield Township (weir tract 565), 1926-1934
131.	Maps and Related Memoranda, 1923
132.	McCarter and English -- Legal Opinions (correspondence), 1889-1928
133.	Metz, Benjamin B., 1923-1931
134.	Montclair, 1923-1924
135.	Montville Township, 1923-1941
136.	More, A. K., Inc. -- Canal Bridge 40, Rockport, 1931
137.	Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1924-1928
138.	Morris County Traction Company, 1925-1926
139.	Mortgage of the Morris Canal, 1924-1948
140.	Mount Olive Township (weir tracts 520-524), 1924-1928
141.	Mountain Lakes Borough, 1926-1927
142.	Mountain View, 1925-1929
143.	Mules -- Disposition, 1924-1925
144.	Musconetcong River Rating Curves and Discharge Measurements, 1924-1940
145.	Netcong Borough, 1928-1939
146.	New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Delaware & Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph Company, and New York Telephone Company, 1943-1945

Box 13
147.	New Jersey Power and Light Company, 1923-1933
	Newark:
148.	Appraisals, 1925
149.	Bannister Co., Schlesinger Inc., & Fidelity Union Trust Co., Deed to, 1925-1927
150.	Plaut & Co. (later Kresge Department Store), 1924-1927
151.	Reversion Claims, etc., 1924-1938
152.	Sale of Property to City, 1889-1929
153.	Sewers -- General Correspondence, 1923-1928
154.	North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, 1924-1971
155.	Nutley, 1924 & 1928
156.	Old Deeds, 1840-1880s [see Content Note]
157.	Passaic Consolidated Water Company, 1923-1930
158.	Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1925-1926
159.	Passaic County Park Commission (Pompton Feeder Strip), 1928-1967
160.	Paterson, 1923-1963

Box 14
	Pequannock Township:
161.	General, 1923-1941
162.	Kuser, Donald C. -- Inquiry, 1925-1972
	Phillipsburg:
163.	Correspondence, General, 1924-1937
164.	Pursel, Harry S. -- Correspondence and Deeds, 1927-1938
165.	Photographs, 1923-1927
166.	Pohatcong Township, 1924
167.	Pompton Dam and Pequannock Spillway, 1924-1941
	Pompton Feeder:
168.	Offers to Purchase, 1924-1927
169.	Wayne Township Reversionary Claim, 1924-1929
170.	Port Colden, 1924-1925
171.	Port Morris, 1926 & 1930
172.	Port Murray, 1924-1930
173.	Public Records, 1924-1925
174.	Public Service Electric and Gas Co. Crossings, 1923-1932
175.	Reports and Recommendations -- Hercules Gallie, 1962
176.	Richards and Seldon, Judgment against Morris Canal and Banking Co., 1924
177.	Rockaway Borough, 1924-1927

Box 15
178.	Rockaway Township, 1924-1934
179.	Rockport, 1927-1930
180.	Roxbury Township, 1924-1939
	Saxton Falls:
181.	Encroachments, 1923-1962
182.	General Maintenance at Dam, 1928-1939
	Lloyd, H. C.:
183.	Miscellaneous Material, 1923-1962
184.	Belvidere Data, 1960-1962

Box 16
	Saxton Falls (cont'd):
185.	Stump and Weed Removal, 1924-1938
186.	Water, 1924-1938
187.	Schedules, 1920-1940
188.	Scrap Iron and Steel, 1924-1928
189.	Ship Canal, 1924-1928
	Stanhope:
190.	General, 1924-1936
191.	Ice House Tract, 1923-1929
192.	State Highway Department, 1924-1935
193.	State House Commission, 1925-1926
194.	Stewartsville, 1923-1933
	Stock Condemnation:
195.	1923-1927
196.	1928-1937

Box 17
197.	Stockholders Annual Meetings, 1938-1954
	Taxes and Assessments:
198.	Attorney General, et al., 1923-1924
199.	Essex County (Bloomfield and Newark), 1923-1925
200.	Jersey City (Little Basin), 1924-1925
201.	Morris County (Boonton, Boonton Twp., Denville Twp., Montville Twp., Rockaway Bor., Rockaway Twp., Roxbury Twp.), 1923-1925
202.	Passaic County (Clifton, West Milford, Little Falls, West Paterson), 1923-1926
203.	Sussex County (Byram Twp., Hopatcong Bor., Stanhope Bor.), 1923
204.	Warren County (Hackettstown, Mansfield Twp., Independence Twp., Washington Twp., Washington Bor.), 1923-1924
205.	Warwick, New York, 1923-1931
206.	Towaco, 1924-1925
207.	Trucks -- Purchase and disposition, 1923-1934
208.	Unsold Morris Canal Property, 1931 & 1937
209.	Vermeule, Cornelius C., Sr. -- Correspondence, 1924-1925

Box 18
	Vermeule, Cornelius C., Jr.:
	Correspondence:
210.	1926-1929
211.	1933-1946
	Reports to the Board:
212.	1924-1926
213.	1927-1930
214.	Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1927-1928
215.	Washington Borough, 1924-1939
216.	Washington Township, 1924-1936
217.	Water Rights, 1924-1938
218.	Waterloo, 1928-1929
219.	Wayne Township, 1924-1932
220.	West Paterson, 1923-1933
221.