Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-04
zens for grading and euttering East

zens for grading and guttering East
Marion street, east of Ann street. Re-
ferred to the street committee. Common |
council concurred.
Mr.. Evans offered resolution fixing the |
business hours of the city treasurer as fol- |
lows: From 8 o'clock a. m. to 12 noon,
and from 1 o'clock p. m. to o'clock |
p. m. The resolution was adopted. Com
nom council cOncurred.
Maj. Shenk presented report of the |
city regulator, giving the superficial area
of the Belgian blocks in Centre square at |
2,Ss7.5S square yards.
A long communication from the city
solicitor was read relative to the repeated
violations of the city ordinance regulating
the speed of railroad trains passing
through the city. No action was taken
by councils. Following are the leading
features of the report:
On February %, 1879, seventy-seven
municipal liens were filed for the unpaid
city tax levied for the year 1873, amount
ing in tho aggregate to eight hundred and
ninety-two and 1O-1OO dollars ($S92. 100.
From the same date until until February
20, 1880, nine hundred and twenty-nine
and 43-10O dollars ($929. .43) has been col
lected for the city. all of which amount,
less S3954, which was for water rents,
being on account of the municipal liens
filed for the unpaid tax ofprcceding years.
Other than several nuisance cases which
were in the court of quarter sessions, and
which have been disposed of, and suit
brought before Alderman A. F. Donnelly,
of the Seventh ward, by George Weiman,
no suits have been brought against the
city within the year.
Notwithstanding the city of Lancaster
for a short time, attempted to punish the
Pennsylvania railroad company for its re-
peated violation of the city's ordinance,
the company disregarded and continues to
wholly disregard those rights which the
citizens of Lancaster feel should be theirs.
1t can be positively proven that the
Pennsylvania railroad company has been
running trains of cars over streets, where
they haze no fagnaan or ratchman, and
which are at grade with the railroad, at a
speed greater than at the rate of thirty
! miles to the hour.
If the Pennsylvania railroad company be
| a power which dare not be opposed in any
| y,
| the city of Lancaster would appear to be
less inconsistent if it would blot from its
| laws the ordinance referred to !; but, if the
| citizens of Lancaster have rights, which
| even the Pennsylvania railroad company
must respect, it would appear to be more
consistent if it would enforce it's ordinance.
Why should the city of Lancaster hesitate
| to enforce its laws against the Pennsylva-
| MIA railroad company when the company
refuses to place flagmen at the railroad
crossings? To other cities, this is an un-
questioned, acknowledged, and granted
right. If the railroad company will give
| to the city the flagmen which are neces-
sary, the ordinance should be repealed.
If the demands of the city are not needed,
| and should you wish to enforce the Ordi-
nance, your solicitor will be ever ready
to attend to his duties in relation to the
same.
Mr.. Eberly presented report of the
special committee to which was referred,
at the December meeting, the proposition
of Mrs. Maria L. Clark to exchange a por-
tion of her property east of the city reser-
voirs for the wedge shaped lot of ground
belonging to the city, which fronts on East
King street, east of the reservoirs. The
committee reported that they did not
recommend the acceptance of Mrs. Clark s
proposal, as she wanted in addition to the
wedge-shaped lot belonging to the city
the sum of 81, 700, which, the committee
think, is more thana fair equivalent for her
property. On motion the committee were
discharged from further consideration of
| the matter. Common council cOncurred.
The report of the committee ON city
property was read. 1t contains an abstract
of the committees proceedings since last
September. The committee reported that
they had rented to James DOebler the
basement under the market house for fif-
teen months, from the 1st of January last,
at the rate of $100 per annum, and pro-
posed to rent the basement under the post
Office to John F. Stains for one year, from
the 1st of April next, for s125.
Mr.. Boring said he did not see why the
committee should rent the basement to
Mr.. Doebler for s1OO when others were
willing to pay $50 for it.
Mr.. Eberly defended the action of the
committee, and on motion the report of
the cOmmitte was approved. Common
council concurred.
Maj. Shenk offered the following resO-
luton: Resolred, That the city of Lam
caster, through its councils respectfully
petition Congress to appropriate sum
sufficient to erect a public building to be
used as as post-office and revenue Office"
The resolution was adopted. Common
council concurred.
The annual report of the lamp commit
tee was presented, but not read. 1t con-
tains detailed statement of the commit
tees proceedings during the year. The
whole number of street gas lamps in use is
80, at an annual cost of SIG per lamp.
The number of oil street lamps is ia, and
the annual cost per lamp s22.4. Total
lamps Coil and gas) 4S4 increase during
the year, 81. The report contains de-
tailed statement of the location of every
lamp in the city.
The annual report of the market COM
mittee was read. 1t showed that 265 stalls
in the market houses were rented and 142
curb stands, the total receipts for rent be-
ing $S, ,692.95.
The report of the viewers to appraise
damages to property owners by the regrad-
ing of South Mulberry street was present.