Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-08
CITY LEGISLATURE.
MEETING OF SELECT AND COMMON
COUNCILS.

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Two Now Firs ordinances Pre-
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A stated meeting of select and common
councils was held last evening.
Select Council.
The following named members were
present; Messrs. Barr, Berger, Doerr,
Franklin, Judith, G.. w. Zecher, Philip
Zecher and Evans, president.
The report Of the city treasurer and re-
ceiver Of taxes for the month past was
read, from which it appeared that the re-
ceipts for the past month were S3S, 9E.09 ;
payments, 81, 1893. .16 balance in treasury
S3l, 1898,
&. W. Zecher presented the monthly
report Of the finance committee, showing
the amount of unpaid city taxes in the
several wards Of the city for the year 1881,
showing ss, 76O. 90 on real estate, s2, 1864
on tenants, and 81, go on single meu ;
total $12, ,5G646.
The monthly report of the water CON-
mittee was read. The committee recon-
mend that 5000 be taken from tho contin-
gent fund and applied to the water appro-
priation for the purpose OF laying $50 feet
of water pipe on North Lime street north
of James. The committee also invite
councils to meet the committee at The
mayors Office at o'clock on Friday
afternoon and proceed thence to the city
water works for the purpose of inspecting
the new boiler house and boilers recently
erected and put into use. On motion
both the above prove propositions of the
committee were agreed to. Common
council concurred.
A petition praying councils to repair
R0ckland street from Vine street, south
to the city limits, or compel the turnpike
company, which charges toll on said street,
to put it in such condition as will make it
safe to drive through, was read, and re-
ferred to the street committee to inquire
into the matter.
A petition for permission to lay a rail-
road siding on North Charlotte street
from Schuberth's tobacco warehouse, near
James street, northward to the Pernsylva-
MIA railroad, was read and referred to the
street committee.
Common Council.
The following named members were
present
Messrs. Albert, Barnes, Brown, Cor
meny, Cox, Davis, Difenderlfer, Everts,
Fisher, Franklin, Hays, Huber, johnson,
Leibley, L,chty, McMullen, Middleton,
Ostermayer, Reitb, SHREDDER, Shulmyer,
Smeych, Stone, White, Levergood, presi-
dent.
AS soon as the minutes had been read,
Mr.. Barnes offered an ordinance to reor-
ganize the fire department.. 1t is the same
measure, with few verbal changes, de-
vised by the special committee ON reorgan-
izatiOr, that passed select council at the
recent special meeting, but which failed
in the common branch for lack of a consti-
tutional majority.
Mr.. Cox then presented an ordinance
with a similar title and object, except
that it proposes to reorganize the depart
ment on the volunteer basis. The ordin-
auce was read before the Firemen's Union
on Tuesday evening, and a worry fair idea
of its scope and character is gathered from
the communication of Mr.. Cox to councils
printed in full in last Saturdays INTEL
LIGENCER.
Both ordinances were referred to special
committee consisting of Messrs. Shul
myer, Fisher aud Difenderffer, who retired
for the purpose of examining them, and
after prOtracted absence returned re-
port recommending tho adoption of the
ordinance offered by Mr.. Barnes.
While common council was acting upon
the business sent over from select council
the latter adjourned, SO that the grave and
reverend members Of that body didn't get
q whack at the proceedings in the contem-
porary branch.
Mr.. McMullen presented the report of
the street committee, which showed that
the appropriation for grading, macadam-
izing, guttering, &C., is exhausted
within $35.52, and that the contract for
tho construction of a five-feet sewer on
Water and Chestnut streets, which was
made upon the credit of said apprOpria
tion, has not yet been completed, and will
require for its completion the further sum
Of $3.50 also, that tho appropriation for
| repairs of streets is exhausted, and that
work has been dore in excess of said ap-
preparation to the amount of $40j also,
that there is due to the regulators the
sum of 392. All work on the streets
has now been suspended, and the
| report goes on to state that such
work as was done after the appro-
priation was exhausted consisted of filling
up in front OF new cutters in places whore
the recent plan and survey of the city
required such cutters to be laid higher
than the present bed of the street. This
| filling up was absolutely necessary to pre-
vent tho cutters newly laid from being
destroyed and torn up by wagons driven
over and against them.
The reading of this report was followed
by Mr.. McMullen presenting resolution
transferring the sum of 81, 147 from the
contingent fund to the street fund for the
purposes shown in this report to be neces-
sary. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. McMullen presented a communica-
ton from Mayor MacGonigle, in which
that functionary informs councils that lie
had written to Mr.. Provost. Pennsylvania
railroad superintendent, urging upon him
the great need of placing watchmen at
certain crossings in the streets Of Lancas-
ter, and reciting some Of The more serious
accidents that have occurred for the want
of them, but Mr.. Provost had not answer
ed his letter nor paid the slightest atten-
tion to it.
DR.. Davis expressed the opinion that the
proper thing for the city to do would be to
press the suits it. has instituted against
the railroad company, and which have
been permitted to lie dormant.
Mr.. Cox presented q clipping from the
INTELL1GENCER of last Friday, in which
the action of the commit tee on fire engine
and hose companies with regard to the
fines against the Shiffler, Friendship and
American companies, is reported, and said
he wanted it to 60 upon the record as the
action OF the committee in the cases
statod Tho nroo;dor< xuoo d,,h;o,,o about