North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-04-04
Borough Ordinance.

An Ordinance directing the grad
ing nd-laying of Side or Foot walks
on certain Streets in the Borough of
Tunkhannock.
Section lst
BE 1t Ordained by the Burgess and Town Council
Of the Borough of TunkhannOck, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same th at che
owners Of lots fronting on TIoGA STREET, in said
Borough--on the north side thereOf-from the ca
nal-bridge the Aqueduct, to the conner at Put
man street, and the south side thereof from the
premises OF John keating to the corner at Putman
street and 'hat the owners OF lots fronting on
TURNPIKE or BRIDGE STREET-on the east ade
thereof from the canal-bridge embarrassment near
Z. Wheelock store-house, to tne corner at Second
street and on tbe west side thereof from the en-
bankment aforesaid to the corner at Tloga street ;
and that the owners of lots fronting ON WARREN
STREET-on the east side thereof-trom the canal
bridge embankment, near Gearhart Co.'S Foun
dery. to the corner of the Public Court housed
square, at Marion Street; and on the west side
thereof fIom the embankment last aforesaid to the
corner Of the Public so uare at Marion street; and
that the owners of lots fronting on PUTNAM STREET,
On the east side thereof from the premises late the
estate of Benson Jones decd, to the corner OF the
Public square at Marion street ; and ON the west
side thereof from the corner at Iloga street, To the
corner at Clay street and that the owners oil lots
Frontinp MARION street on tu siue tueIeOI
and that the owners of lots fronting on SECOND
street. on the south side thereof be required; and
that the said lot owners are hereby required and
directed to grade the side or oOt-waks IN front of
their premises and lots reSpe ctlvely and lay down.
build and construc; upon the same, good and sub
stantial walks of tagging or plank exeept upon
Putnam Marion and Second streets, where such
walks may be of tagging, plank or gravel, at the
election of thu owners or builders.
Section I'd,
And il is further ordained by the authority atOre
said that the side foot-walks on the north side
of Tiogastreet from the east side OF Z. r. Mlllers
Brick stare to the corner aJ Warren street, and on
the east side of Warren street from the corner az
Tiopa street to the north end of Brick block of
perry Marcy and on the east side of Turnpike
street from H. WheelCck's store to the corner ut
Tioga street. be built of width not less than eight
feet--and that ell other walks be bullt OF Wlutn
not less than FIVE (5) feet
Section Sd.
And it is further ordained by the authority afore
said that all plank walks shall he of plank not less
than two inches in thickness the same to be laid
crosswise The five feet walk, upon two, and the
eight feet walk, upon three1 sleepers or sls-said
sis to be four by five inches in sze upon which the
planks are to be securely spiked.
Section 4th
And his further ordained by the authority afOre-
said that all the walks herein ordained ana directed
to be made shall be maue anu uone uhOet ,H0 ~
rection and supervision Of the burgess aid Town
Touuc;I or a street commissioner by them 2pp0lnt-
oGand that the said walks, any part thereof, If
not made and finished on before the lst day Of
June 1866. shall be built by the Borough, at the
cost and expense of the adjoining lot owner---whlch
cost and expanse, with ~ per cent adde's snaN oe
entered as a lien upon such premises and collected
as IS provided by the General Borough Laws of this
commonwealth. . .
JAMES YOUNG, Burgess.
HARVEY SICKLER, Sect'y of Town Council.
March 20, 1866.