Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-03
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In select council Mess n. DtllCr, Evana
Wise, Wolf, Heoher aud Borgor, president,
were present.
Tho monthly report Of tho committee
ou iiro engines and hose WAS read. IL states
that tho contract for supplying feed To the
horses OF the iiro department Tor tho uext
six months had been awarded to ID. II,
Lands aud that tho committee had ad-
verified Tor proposals for bedstsad, and
mattresses Tor the tircmun.
The report OF tho water committee WAS
read 1t showed that bills had boen pass
ed during tho past month amounting To
~, 2JG 22,aud that tho contract for putting
III iOists and stairway aJ tho water works
had been awarded to- y. StUrmfeltz at a
cost of s232, Also that an invitation OK.
tended 10y Mr. WorthiDgtUn TO visit his
works and inspect his & 100000 gallon
pump bad been accepted.
Tho monthly report of tho finance
! committee was read. 1t contains nothing
of Importance that has not heretofore
been published.
The report OF tho city treasurer aud
receiver of taxes was read. IL shows the
! receipts for the past month to have boon
| $1,000 90 payments, ~. O9S O2 balance
| in treasury, s3l ,5O1.T
Tho report of the street committee was
| road. IL contains a state meut Of the work
| bDllb ny lUe tbllNlllLfN uNtllln tllO Dhht
month recommends that suits bs entered
against the subscribers TO the Rocklaud
| street sewer who have not paid their sub
scriptiOns unless tho same shall bo paid
within ten days and recommends tho lay
| lug of crossing ut the corner of New and
| Duke streets ono at tho corner of West
King and Charlotte two on High street
two on st Joseph street ono ON Poplar
street ono mt Lime and Frederick one
vt Walnut and Mary ; one at East King
and Plum bridge over the run on ST.
Joseph street aud two traps to tho sewer
At Locust aud Limo streets The work
recommended by the committee was ap-
| proved by council. Common council con
cured.
UunMCN COUNCIL.
Common council vas called to order by
| President Hurst with the following mem
! bors present
Messrs. Adams, Albright, Bare, Beard
Bolcnius, Colmeny, Domuth, Dinkleberg,
Ebcrman, Eyarts, Fraim, Hartley, Henry,
| Huber, kendig, LOur, Mckillips, Nc
| Laughlin, Powell, Rcmloy, Riddle Schum
| Spaeth, Stormfeltz, Hurst, president.
Tho minutes of tho last stated aud
special meetings were read and approved.
| The street Railway.
Mr.. Riddle presented the following
petition
= To ne honorable, TIE Scicci ana Common
| Councils " me Guy oJ LdHcdaCr
Lancaster City street railway company
through the undersigned, it's board OF
| directors, respectfully pTays that tho resu.
luton passed at the regular meeting IN
December, 1888 granting permission to it
TO lay track for street railway purposes
| IN the city OF Lancaster, from McGranu's
park To tho intersection of North Queen
| and Chestnut streets, ho 50 modified as To
| grant permission TO lay the said track
| from tho lnteTsCGton of East Walnut and
| North Lime To Duke street, thence south.
ward aud thence along East King street to
Centre Square," The petition was signed
by the board
On motion Of Dr. BOleuiuS the prayer
ot the petitioners was granted, providing
| they comply with the resolution passed at
the last meeting. It. was thon discovered
that the resolution had called upon the com.
pany to keep in repair only four inches of
| tho street outside the rails of the road,
| whereas 1t was intended that the distance
| should be IL inches. IL was then moved
that common council reconsider the reso-
luton as passed IN select council cUupell.
ing only four inches outside of the track
to be macadamized This was carried,
and it was then resolved by common oSuu-
Gil that the petition of the board of
directors DO granted provided they
macadamize or pave twelve inches on tho
outside Of tho track Select council con
| Cured.
Mr.. Eyarts handed IN a petition of the
trustees Of tho homo for irlendless chill
dTen, representing that there is y great
necessity for the erection of a culyrrt pear
tho homo across Aun street. Referred to
| street committee.
| 40 Ordinance Voted Uowp
Common council ordinances, No. B, Tela
tive to the lioenSipg OF itinerant and non.
resident wonders Of merchandise. Intro.
duced December II, 1888, and read and
referred to q special committee, was read.
Tho consideration of tho ordinance
prompted 4 good deal of dispute, and after
a short time it became palplblo that, AZ
Mr.. Long remarked, tho ordinance was
" narrow and contracted, which ho could
not consistently vote for" A vote was
then taken, and the yeas and nays being
called, the ordinance was lost az follows I:
| Ycas-Messrs. Adams, Beard, BOlgnIus,
| COrmony, Dinkleberg, Ebermau, Evarts,
! Hartley, Henry, Huber, Ken dig, Long,
\ McKillips, Mclaughlin, Riddle, Storm
feltz-1G ; nays~-Messrs. Albright, Bare,
| Fraim, Powell, Schum, Spaeth, Hurst,
Tho Indian Question
Some papers concerning tho Indian pol.
10y of the country were sent to common
council by tho mayor, accompanied by
communication from him asking councils
to take some action upon them They
consisted OF resolutions, etc, re
garding the Indian question which is to
como before Congress, and the object Of
having municipal governments to act upon
them is to secure tho endorsement
of the people to the proposed policy, which
| endorsement will be forwarded to Con
gress by agents In Philadelphia.
| An Explanation.
| Mr.. Powell arose before the meeting
adjourned, and said that he wished to
vindicate himself OF charge made at the
meeting held to consider the electric light
question, when he said that tho lights were
not all up. Mr.. Schum, no said, fatty
contradicted him and said that thoy were
all up. Mr.. Powell since then had made
PERSONAL observation and found on last
Friday that only III lights had boon put
up. Mr.. Schum, in answer, said no merely
stated what he had heard. lle had boon
told by, as he thought, good authority
that the lights were all in place. The
matter was then dropped.
| Adjourned.
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