The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-06
VETOES.
The Mayor Returns Two Bills, with HIS
Objections, to Councils.
This afternoon the Mayor cent the following

The Mayor Returns Two Bills, with Has
Objections, to Councils.
This afternoon the Mayor sent the following
veto messages to Councih:-
Gentlemen:- herewith return the bill entitled
Resolution authorizing the City Solicitor TO enter
satisfaction Of record Of the judgments g. against
charles II. Crawford, George Warner, Theodore
Warner, and Others without my approval.
the judgments referred to in The rest luton are
Cse iSe nd Ens hv haSes ea
ford and howard S. McGlue, two of the contractors
for cleansing the streets In certain districts OF the
city, and their respective sureties, from whom war
rants upon the City Treasury were withheld in
the early part Of last year, because of their not
coming up the TO fulh ment OF their obligations AS
these contracts have not been annulled, even II
suits have been instituted by them against the CITY
and judgments obtained in such actions for work
actually performed, and though Councils have dis
position to consent to the closing out OF these mat
ters regard 1t as unsafe to do so in the manner
proposed, without adding proviso to the resolution
to the ft CT that the contractors named should first
cancel said agreements, ana also execute full re
lease and discharge OF all their claims and demands
growing out of the same to the city Of Philadelphia.
therefore return the resolution for your reconsider
alton. Yours respectfully,
DANIEL M. Fox, Mayor of Philadelphia.
Also the folowing:-
Gentlemen:-I herewith return the bill entitled
can ordinance relative to sidewalks on Baltimore
avenue from Thirty to Forty-second streets"
This seems TO grow out of the widening of Balti-
more avenue date the old Baltimore road), hereto
fore Of the width OF fifty feet, and now about to be
upon the plan OF the city, by absorbing fifteen feet
Of the properties each SIDE; and by this bill it
proposed that upon the avenue being so wdened
the several owners OF the property lying between
Thirty-ninth and Forty-second streets (embracing
and including on both sides of the thoroughfare
three thousand and forty feet Of building lots, por-
tions OF which are already improved), to have the
privilege OF encroaching upon the avenue to the
tent Of SIX feet measuring from the house nel "for
sotinop snEh projections as steps, cellar doors
leaving twelve feet in the clear for
footway, with proviso that the ordinance
"shall extend and apply only to the properties OF
for damages for the land taken in this widening OF
the said avenue" Were this ordinance to become a
law 1t would break in upon the usual proper course
pointed out by law as regards the opening aud
widening of highways, by the city undertaking to
bargain directly with the property owners, allowing
upon their waving the right to damages by jury.
Again there would seem to be consideration given
for the right OF encroachment in this case, to w.t.
the waiver OF damages which would interfere with
the right OF the city at any future period to alter
change the lines OF Baltimore avenue between the
streets mentioned.
Besides as this ordinance is to operate only as to
those who waive the question OF damages, have
reason to believe the whole Of said property holders
cannot be had to accept OF the arrangement pro-
by way OF road jury whilst there are others under
legal disability or absent from the city; thus 1t
would eventuate in making such an irregular ap-
pearance Of lines Chose accepting Of the provisions
ak feet OF the avenue, others preerring compensa-
tion in damages by the award OF jury falling back
to the house lines) as would greatly disigure this
beautiful avenue, and also operate as an exceed
iDgly unsafe precedent for the hereafter. There
fore return the bill for your reconsideration.
Very respectfully,
DANIsL M. Fox,
Mayor OF Philadelphia.