Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
TUE PKOcEEDINGs OFCoUNcILs

Tue EPkOCEEDINGS OF FCOUNCILS
What Was Done by the CITY Fathers
Lancaster to Have tho Elec-
t1ic Light.
Councils met last evening in their re
spective chambers at 7:30 o'clock.
SELECT COUNCIL
Prcsent-Messrs. Baker, Baldwin
Brown, Diller, Evans Wise, Wolf, Zeche
and Berger, president.
Mr.. Evans presented the monthly sepor
of the city treasurer and receiver Of taxes
1t shows tho total receipts to date to hav'
been SAG, 1916; expenditures $21, ,425 10
balance in treasury June 1st, $24, 769 &C.
MIR. Evans also presented the monthly
report OF the finance committee. It wa
| accompanied by bill from Fred Miller
a watchE ian at the county prison, claim
ing reward of $500 for the conviction o.
John Wertz, fire-bug. A certificate from
the clerk of quarter sessions attestins
Wertz's conviction was also read. The
bill of Mr.. Miller was laid on the table.
The monthly report of the street com
mittee was read. The following worL
was recommended to be done:
To cover cutters on Rocklaud street, al
Low, and at kuhlman's, at Green street.
10 make two crossings on St. JOSEPH
street, to DO located by Mr.. Wise.
To fix pavement ut Shippan street bridge
and to lay crossing Oh Shippen street a,
Fulton street.
The committee also recommend that the
following work be done:
To make crossing at Christian and North
streets of small stone.
To relay crossing at North Queen and
Lemon streets.
To grade and gutter both sides of North
Lime streets, between Lemon and James
streets.
To mako gutter on tho west side of Mary
street, between Walnut and Lemon
streets,
To make gutter on Lemon street, be-
tween Mary and Charlotte streets on south
side.
To lay crossing on Prince street, on the
south side of Frederick street.
TO lay cutters On North Lime street.
between James and Frederick streets.
TO build sewer on West Chestnut street
from Market to Water street, provided the
citizens subscribe q sufficient sum towards
the erection of the same.
To lay crossing on tho west side of Duke
street, on New.
TO lay crossing at Lime and New streets.
To lay crossing on Marietta avenue and
West Orange street.
TO grade and gutter Pine street, from
West King street to Orange.
To raise crossing aud repair gutter on
the northeast side of West Strawberry
street.
To mako crossings at Lime and Locust,
Freiburg and Low Streets, and lay gutter
along FrCiburg street. ut Chas Schwebers.
To build sewer at Vine, Rockland and
Church streets, provided the parties inter-
ested pay such sum towards it's erection rs
committee may SEQ fit to- name.
70 grade and gutter tho west side Of
North Charlotte street, between Lemon
and James streets, and half square on east
side.
To gutter Low street, from Duke, about
100 feet.
TO repair gutter on east side of South
Lime street, between East King and Vine
streets. the brsl 20 ut Mifflin street to H..
main.
10 raise crossing over Dukc street,
south of Vine, and over Vine street west
Of Duke.
To raise crossing at Prince and Vine
To relay crossing at Lime and Orange
i" lay crossing at Presbyterian Mission
church, South Queen street.
The committee recommend the building
of sewer and grading and gutterin. Of
l)Orwart street. provided councils apprO
pirate 1T least $1,000 from the oOn:ius ent
fund towards said work
On motion of Mr.. Baker the work rec
by the committee, with the
exception Of tha building Of sewer on
Dorwart street, and the grading and
guttering of said street, was approved
and ordered To be dnna. Common
concurred.
MIR. Wolf offered = resolution that 50 900
be taken from the contingent fund, and
be used towards the construction of the
Dorwart street sewer aud tho grading an
SutterlnS of said street The resolution
was adopted. COmntnn conncil enncur-
red.
The report of the water committee was
read. L: contains nothing new.
The report of this committee on fire
engines and hose companies was read. It.
tho purchase of the Shittler
hose house for the SUM Of $} 500 tho
purchase of 1000 feet of three ply cotton
hose, and contains y statement that the
purchase of the Humane hose house from
Bitner and ZOOll had been ratified
The report was accompanied by cDmmuni
cations from the officers of the Shiffier
company Offering to soil their property
for So 800, and from the American COM
pany offering 10 abate three months rent
now due for the use of their hose house in
of the immediate payment
Df the purchase money agreed upon be-
tween the company and tho city. The |
several matters in the report and accom- |
Dauying documents were taken up item |
by item and approved Common council |
|
A communicated! from the trustees of |
he Empire hook and ladder company was |
cad, wherein the company Offer to sell to |
he city their truck honSs On North Duko |
treet above Chestnut, for s., O0O, the terms |
IT payment to be arranged between the |
company and city officers. After some |
discussion tho communication was laid on |
he table.
Mr. Dilier, from the lamp committee,
resented 4 report recommending that the
Ommittee ba authorized to enter into a |
ontract with the Maxim Electric Light
Ompany to light the city with l20 of their
lectric lights, and the terms proposed by
ne company in Their recent bid for said
Ontract.
The proposals for lighting the city. pre-
ented by other electric, gas and gasoline
ompanies Gall of which were published in
ne lNTELLIGENCER a few days ago., were
sad. "A proposition from the ArnOux
.lectric Light and Heat company of Potts
lille, was also read. but not considered, as
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