Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-03
CITY COUNCILS.
A. ~ WAY or L,osr,so THE U,ry
A proposition and ststement rtom the Gas
Uoippauy-Uounciisi In no Snrry
Co DO Anything


Co DO Apything
Tho regular monthly meeting of coun'
ciis was held last evening but little
business OF lsblic Importance was trans
acted, "a appears from the following |
detailed reports
sEIEUT COUNCIL.
The following named members were
prrseut Mcssrs. Berger, Demuth, |
Dtllcr, Doerr, Urban, Wise, Hcchor and |
Evans, president
Tho reading of tho minutes Of last
meeting was dispensed with.
Tho report ul the water committee was
read. IL contains u statement of the
amount OF bills approved during tho
mouth aud states also that tho committee
had granted To Fred. lioofel certain water
pipe, aud To George Kline tho uso of tho
water for cleansing East King street. Tho
report was approved.
The monthly report of tho city property
committee was read.
GA motion of MIR. Dcmuth tho CON.
mittteo was given another mouths time
to make arrangements for remodcllng tho
old pOstOtlico to m AXE II suitable for CITY
offices.
The monthly report of tho market
committee was read, showing that the
StSO, aud one of tho ten stalls rented for
$2J per annum,
A petition from the stockholders OF tho
Farmers Northern Market company.
asking for rebate of their tax (S2ijD by
reason Of their recent heavy loss, was
presented, aud referred to the finance
committee with power to act.
The following communication from the
Lancaster gaslght and fuel company was
presented
LANCASTER, July |, 1854.
| To ne SgiCri and Common CUmrtSo o. me cay
OF Lancaster
GrNrLEMEN Tho Lancaster Gas Light
aud Fuel company has frequently been
charged with u disposition to take advau-
| tagc of the city in lighting it with Cas,
aud this has been given as the reason Tor
introducing first gasoline and subsequently
the electric lights. To correct this wrong
impression, at lesst upon the part Of your
honorable body, we beg TO lay before you
the following brief statements
The company furnished gas to the city
during the years 1879, 1850 and 1881. Tho
amounts received for lighting the city
lamps were in 1879 - 44S 81, in lSS0 a.
| $50 33, and in 1881 sj, ,O33 -. The mum
Der of lamps lighted during these years
were respectively 294, 3ll and 3l4.
The company has repeatedly made
| known its Willingness to furnish the city
with gas by measure, exactly rs it is 'ur
| nished to private corporations and ludiyid
uals, and at so low q figure as to leave no
possible room for complaint.
ln addition the company has been and is
| now willing TO accept word for word the
! contract the city had for years with the
old Lancaster Gas company, aud light the
city as then lighted, prOportlonally to the
number of lamps for less than one-half
then paid for this service.
| In accordance with the require
ments of the existing city oTdi
nance in regard TO lighting the city, this
company has offered To light the city for
the ensuing year at the rate of s2S per
lamp. The gas mains now reach about
400 lamps. This worhd cost the city
| al 200. There would remain about l20
lamps TO be lighted with gasoline at s2j
per lamp, amounting to 80 22j. Total for
| lighting the city with gas and gasoline
| sl4 42j.
The Maxim electric light company offer
to light the portion of the city they are
now lighting for slG, 800. There are now
about 2iO lamps lighted with gasoline a;
;2j each, amounting to $4,000.
Total tor lighting the city With electric
| light aud gasoline ................s22 s22, SOt
| Gas and gasoline. .................. Ii, ,42,
Difference in favor Of latter. IS, 31j
Certainly nothing is needed beyond this
plain statement To show that our company
has always been willing To deal fairly by
the city, and in return VIC ask only that
our proposals for lighting the city shall be
fully considered on its merits.
Yours, respectfully,
| LANCASTER Gas LIGHT AND FUEL Co
Mr.. DIler presented a supplement t.
the ordinance prohibiting the erection oi
| wooden buildings within specified limits,
wherein it is proposed to extend the limits
Oa the west from Charlotte to Mary
streets. After the supplement had beet
read it WAS withdrawn by Mr.. Dlller with
a view Of having the limits extended il
other directions.
Mr.. Doerr presented resolution ex
tending the thanks of councils to Prof
T. X. Baker, OF Millersyille state norma
school, for his valuable analysis Of th'
waters of Lancaster. The resolution was
unanimously adopted. Common council
concurred.
Mr.. Berger moved that the propert!
committee be authorized TO sell the Board
man mill property, and give TO the pur
chaser the water right Of the city a
determined by the Carpenter survey. TIL
resolution was agreed to. Common conn
Gil cOncurred.
Adjourned.
COMMON UOUkUILs.
The following members of the lowe
branch of councils answered to thei
names
Messrs. Is. Frank Adams, Josepl
Adams, Auxer, Beard, Bertztield
Buckius, COrmeny, Dinkelberg, Eaby
Eberman, Evarts, Goodell, Hershey
Huber, Hurst, Lichty, Lippold, David L
Long, Mayer, Mclaughlin, Schum, Shirk
Spaeth, Boleuius, president.
Petitions were presented as follows an
duly referred
by Mr.. J. ii. Adams, for the gutterinl
of Poplar street, between DOrwart an
Laurel alley; asking councils to hay,
:, fences on Love Lane, from St. Josepl
street to Fremont, set back to the cit
, line for the erection Of fire alarm box a
, st. Joseph street and Love Lane for
/ lamp at the corner OF South Dorwart an
Poplar street by Mr.. Eaby, for crossin
0 at East Walnut and Christian street.
by Mr.. Eby, for crossing at East Wa
4 nut and Christian street.
BY Mr.. Bortzfeld, for new crossing a
East Vine and Rockland streets for
i crossing at Church street, at its junctio
I with Lime and Vine streets.
By Mr.. Goodell, for a sewer on Lemo
| atraat onp,mannipu az North prinna street