Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-08

mayor.
AS will be seen in the report Of select
council proceedings, the bill failed to Sc
cure the necessary vote in that body, and
therefore fails to become law.
After the vote had been taken Mr.. Hays
rose and Indignantly repudiated the asser
tions of the mayor, charging the commit
tee with breaking the law. He was not
going to sit and listen to such language
without protesting.
Select Council Business.
From select council were reported a
number of papers acted on in that body:
among them the resolution adopted at the
special meeting held June 23, referring the
matter of lighting tho city with gas back
to the lamp committee to invite new pro-
posais, together with the communications
from the Lancaster gas company and the
Lancaster gaslisht and fuel company.
Common council refused to concur in the
action of select council.
Select council concurred in the action of
common council adopting the recommen-
Gations of the street committee in its re-
port of June 2.
Increasing Width Of Sidewalks.
Common council ordinance No. 2, to in
crease the width of pavements, introduced
June 2:I, was taken up, read second and
third times and unanimously adopted. In
select council it was read three times and
unanimously adopted. 1t is rs follows
An Ordinance
Increasing the width of sidewalks on North
street, and authorizing Councils by joint resp
luton to change the width of sidewalks in the
city of Lancaster in certain cases:
SECTION I. BE II ordained by the Select and
Common Councils of the city OF Lancaster,
that the width of the sidewalks or pavements
on North Queen street ION both sides) between
Penn square ;tni Orange street he Increased
two feet.
SEC. II. That owners of property on said
North Queen street between Penn Square and
Orange street shall be required Immediately
after the passage of this ordinance to set curb
stones to make the said sidewalks con-
form to the increased width provided for in
section |; and that IN default thereof the Street
Committee shall have such curbstOnes set as
provided for by existing ordinances, ut the
cost of the said owners OF property,
SEC. Ill. That from and after the passage OF
this ordinance whenever twO-thir OF the OWL
of street, i'm the city of Lancaster, shall petit
tiOn Councils to have the width of the side
walks or lDavements on said street or square of
street changed. Councils may by joint resO-
luton provide for the change prayed tor. at
the cost OF the wners OF the Respective prop
critics abuttinS on SAID street or square.
Petitions etc.
The bill of Allan A. Herr, civil engineer,
Frank S. Burrowes and Lorenzo ID. Herr,
for surveying and changing city plans, as
per order of court, dated May 12, 1880,
amounting to $S1.2j, was presented and
referred to the finance committee.
The petition of Moses Hollinser, asking
for additional pay in the sum of $50,
for services in making out the city tax du-
was read and filed.
The petition of Bernard Bergey, 4 resi-
dent of the Eighth ward, praying for exOn-
Grafton from certain liens Of the city
against his property, was pr scented by Mr..
Lichty and referred to the finance commit
tee. Select council cOncurred.
Petitions for street work were presented
Us follows and referred to the street CON-
mttec:
by Mr.. Cox For repair of crossing over
Rockland and Middle streets.
by Mr.. McMullen For macadamizing
Orange street east OF Ann.
by Mr.. Franklin: For inlets ut the
sewer corner of Walnut and Concord
strcets.
by Mr.. Snyder For crossings at the
corner OF West Walnut street and Lancas-
ter avenue.
Uniform Ct.rbstOnes
Mr.. McMullen presented the following
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to the street committee
An ordinance providing for uniform curb
stones i'm the City of Lancaster:
SEC. l. BE it ordained by the Select and Com
mon Councils of the City of Lancaster:
IN m es are reeuire to- Se sst
by the owners OF any lots situated and bound
eel upon any public street or alley within the
granite stone. with an upper or top edge seven
inches thick. not less than twenty inches wide.
nor less than five feet long: and the upper or
top edge and SO much OF the side facing the
street :iS will be exposed above the surface of
gutter, shall he dressed to even and straight
surface.
SEC H. That i'm case of default by owners of
property to set curbstOnes OF the quality and
dimensions provided for in Sec. l, the sire ct
committee sball proceed to have such curbS
set as and I'm the manner provided by ordi-
nanceS now In force. ut the cost of such own
crs of property.
Mr.. johnson presented resolution in
structing the street committee to report to
councils on the necessity of crossings at |
the corner of Shippen and Chestnut
streets. which was referred to the street |
committee.
Mr.. Franklin rose for information con-
ccrning the extensive repairs at the rcser-
voir which he understood to involve a |
large amount Of money, and which had
never been ordered by councils.
Mr.. Brown, of the water committee, re-
piled at length, defending the course of
the water committee in making these re-
pairs, claiming them to he necessary and
important, and said that the work will be
we'll done, though it is Of greater magni-
tudc than at first anticipated by the COM
mittee, who had found, instead of small
fissure, serious leak in the bed of the
basin which required Instant attention.
Adjourned.
Discharged.
John HaberbuSll, of ROthsyille who was