Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-04
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The following message from the mayo
was presented by Mr.. Zecher and read

The following message from the mayor
was presented by Mr.. Zecher and read:
To the Honorable Select and Common Council.
ofhe city of Lancaster:
GENTLEMEN Early last fall when the
blocking of Centre Square was in contem-
platiOn, there were subscriptions made by
many of the property holders on the square,
the exact amount of which l do not know.
The work has been done for months, and
it is time that the subscriptions should be
collected. The present street committee is
acquainted with all of the circumstances
of these subscriptions, and should see to
their being collected before the expiration
of their term. Mr.. William G. Baker, one
of the subscribers, has paid to me the
amount subscribed by him, $50.
The cost of the blocking as made to me
by the regulator is 81, 1876. From which
it is estimated that subscriptions on 46O feet
house front, at 81 per foot, will yield 1920
to be deducted, leaving balance to be pro-
vided by the city of Sc, 223.76.
The cost of the sewer across Centre
square, as reported by the regulator is
$40, from which must be deducted the
sums paid for connections. How much
has been received l do not know. The
amount is probably known to the street
committee, and should have been, under
the law, paid into this Office.
Under the joint resolution of councils it
is made the duty of the street commits
sioner, superintendent of water works,
clerk of lamp committee, clerk of the mar
ket committee and city solicitor, to make
reports of the operations in their respec-
tive departments to the 2Sth day of Febru-
ary Immediately preceding at the stated
meeting of councils in March. 1t is hoped
that when councils ascertain this has not
been done, they will insist upon these
reports. They are very important in many
respects, and will aid very much in bring
ing about a better system of conducting
city affairs than now exists in several de-
partments.
would respectfully suggest that com
mittees of councils call in all bills contract
ed in their respective departments before
the expiration of their terms. Trouble has
heretofore been experienced in obtaining
the approval by new committee of bills
contracted under committees whose terms
had expired; the new committee alleging
frequently that they knew nothing about
the matter upon which they were called
upon to act.
On January Goth, 1880. John Pontz, esq.,,
chief of police, resigned his Office, which
was accepted. Ihave filled the vacancy
by the appointment of Officer John F.
Deichler, of the Third ward, chief pro.
tem., and in the place ofOfficer Deichler, l
have appointed B. Frank Leman, pr0. tenn.
respectfully ask the approval of councils
in the action taken in the several cases.
Iwould respectfully ask councils to order
the erection of telephone between the
mayors Office and the station house. 1t
would be very great convenience, 1acili
tating police matters very much, enabling
me at all times to ascertain whether the
officers are attentive to their duties :;
whether they are lettering at the station
house when they should be out in their re-
spective wards, &c. The total cost will be
somewhere between $50 and $50. The
annual rent of the telephones, after
the first year, will be $40.
Very respectfully,
JNO. T. MACGONIGLE,
Mayor.
MAYORS OFFICE, March 8, 1880.
That part of the mayors message rela-
tive to the appointment of John F. Deict-
Ter as chief of police, and B. Frank Leman,
as policeman pro. tem., was referred to the
committee on executive appointments.
Mr.. Zecher moved that the city property
committee be authorized to advertise for
proposals for the erecting of telephone,