Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-14
CITY COUNCILS.

CITY COUNCILS.
Special Meerlug--Treasurer McComsey' 3
Bond ApprOved-Protest Against Ran
ming Pspe Lines Through Cities.
A special meeting of select and common
councils was held last evening.
Select Council.
The following named members were
present : Messrs. Barr. Bitner, Berger,
Doerr, Judith. G. w. Zecher, Philip
Zecher and Evans, president.
+ The president stated that the meeting
had been called to take action on the off.
cial bond of VIM. McComsey, treasurer
elect, and also in reference to bill now
pending before the Legislature, authoriz.
ing the construction of oil pipe lines.
Mr.. G. W. Zecher, of the finance cOm-
mittee, presented the official bond Of VIM.
McComsey, city treasurer-elect, with
James Stewart and d. p. Locher as sure
ties in the sum of So, 900, and moved that
the bond be approved. The motion was
unanimously agreed to. Common council
concurred.
By unanimous consent Mr.. G. w.
Zecher presented the monthly statement Of
VIM. 5. Shirk, city treasurer, which was
not ready for presentation at last stated
meeting of council 1t shows the receipts
for March to have been 81, ,O1S. Ii the pay
ments 81, ,21S.64; and the balance IN the
treasury April l, 81, ,7S7.52.
Common Council.
The following named members were
present
Messrs. Albert, Barnes. Brown. Cor
meny, Cox. Ditfenderffer, Everts, Frank
lin, Hays, Huber, Johnson McNIullen.
Middleton, Ostermayer, Reith, SHREDDER,
Shulmyer, Smeych, Stone, Yackly, Lever
good, president.
President Levergood having stated the
object Of the meeting, called Mr.. McMul
len to the chair, and taking the floor Of
fered the following resolutions and moved
their adoption
"WHEREAs, In view of the fact that there
is now before the Legislature of this state
bill entitled "A supplement to an act
approved April 90, 1874, entitled San act to
provide for the incorporation and regua-
tion of certain corporations, ." providing for
the further regulation of such corporations,
and for the incorporation and regulation of
certain additional corporations, enabling
companies Incorporated under the provis-
ions Of said act, and the act to which it is
supplement-, for the purpose Of transpOr-
tatiOn aid storage of oil. to enter upon and
take lands, right of way, material and
property necessary for the purpose Of such
corporation :; therefore be it
Resolred, by the selec: and common
councils of Lancaster, that they enter a de-
cidcd and emphatic remOnstrance against
the passage of the act referred to in the
preamble and known as House bill No.
u, providing. for the incorporation Of pipe
line companies
"1,esOloed, that councils earnestly protest
against the perpetratiOn of such an out
rage rs that Of permitting any body OF
men or corporation to establish depots
tor the storage Of oil, Or locating through
the streets or within the corporate limits
of any city, pipe lines for its transpOrta-
ton without the consent of the municipal
authorities.
"ResOlred, that the members OF the House
and Senate from this city and county be
respectfully requested to use all lcgiti-
mate means to defeat the passage House
bill No. H. and that the clerks Of cOun-
ellis be authorized to transmit to each of
them copy Of these resolutions
Mr.. SHREDDER seconded the motion for the
passage of the above. He hoped to see
councils give their very emphatic "NO"
to any project looking to the laying of a
pipe lille through our streets
DR.. LevergOOd, in a speech of some
length, pointed out the dangers that would
be certain to attend the construction Of u
line of oil pipe through the city. Blight
and death, he said, are tic invariable ac-
compartments of oil, as is witnessed
in the fact that vegetation has
been destroyed in the oil region and pub
lie health most injuriOusiy affected. The
doctor said he understood tho projectors
of the scheme arc already looking around
Tor the most desirable route for their line
and had been favorably inclined toward
East Orange street, which would most
likely be selected in the event of the pass
age of the bill, against which the pro-
test contained in these resolutions
was directed. They have already pur-
chased the turnpike road between
DOwningtOwn and Philadelphia, and now
proposed to buy the read between this
city and Downinstown. DR.. Levcrgood
thought there were SO many arguments
against the propOstiOn-the certainty Of
the oil polluting our streams, the cOnse-
quent deleteriOus effect upon the public
health, Nc.-that further remarks were
Unnecessary. He regretted to know,
however, that some Of the members Of the
Legislature from this county were some
what favOrably inclined toward the pro-
posed pipe line bill, and would be likely to
vote for it unless they were fortified
against it by vigorous protest
from the councils of the city. These oil
people are rich and influential and might
be able to easily bamboozle into support
Of the measure some Of our members, who
are no wiser than they ought 20 be, ii they
are members of the Legislature.
The resolutions were unanimously atlOp-
ted, which action was cOncurred in without
debate by select council.
Treasurer McComscy's bond was read
and approved, latter an inquiry by MIR.
Franklin as to whether it's provisions
would hold the suretics i'm the event of a
repetition of the misunderstanding
with recent treasurer had been satisfac-
torily answered by presiding officer Nc
Mullen. Common council heard Treasurer
Shirk's report and ad journetl.
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