The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-13
Council Proceedin gs.
BLOOMSBURY, Nov. 9th, 1S,

BLooMsBuRG, Nov. 9th, 1886,
All members present at regular monthly
meeting of Council except Hagenbuch and
Sharpless. MIR. Rosenstock was appointed
secretary 10 absence Of Mr. Neyhard on ac-
count Of i'll health. Permit was granted
Clark Richard 20 lay drain from the eel
lar of his store to the brook crossing Third
street. The Commissioner Of highways
made the following report consider it
my duty at this time, when the work Of the
season is about done, to make some report
us to the work that ought TO be done next
summer. In the first place number OF
our streets are getting worn down until
they are so low In the middle that it is al
most impossible to keep the water in the
cutters. Notably, Third, Iron, Centre and
Catharinc streets are the worst. And at
least in parts must be filed next summer.
The dirt must be hauled from somewhere
at some expense and available material
fit for street filing is getting scarce. In
view this | would recommend that one
of your number or committee be appoint
ed to go to Lime Ridge and make arrange
mcnts with some quarry to place their
cleansst spawls on a pile convenient to
them aud us, and agree to remove them
out Of their way next summer. / under
stand such arrangements have been made
by the Cemetery Company and others
which resulted in getting comparatively
clean spawls. If one hundred and fifty TO
two hundred dollars a year be spent in this
way in four or five years the streets men
toned could be put in good condition, with
very little more expense than the way they
are now worked Another matter for ser
ious consideration is the road to Rupert
especially that part from the double bridge
to the race bridge there is no available
material nearer this place than the lime
stone quarries in the valley. While work
ing on the read last summer | had "a con-
yersation with Thos Barton in reference
to hauling road material from the valley
quarries in which he said he would be will.
ing to haul with two-horse team at two
dollars day through the winter. have
no doubt others would be willing to do the
same. He said they could make he thought
four or five trips day. If arrangements
could be made with number of farmers
IN the lower end of town to haul at that
price, l would recommend that fifty days
hauling be done this winter, and dumped
in heaps along the fence one load ,against
the other then next summer it could be
shoveled over and one solid road made.
Second street should have something done
in the way of repairs, it is twelve years
since 1t was made and scarcely nothing
done to it since by way of REPAIRS and has
been dug up for gas, water and sewer
pipes cross bitches for service pipe every
few feet, until it is in II condition that will
demand considerable work in the near fu-
ture. Limestone spawls are not to be re-
commended for the wear of this street. If
limestone is used, it should be the most
solid kind; broken in pieces in sizes from
walnut to hens egg. think it would
be well that some inquiries be made in ref
erence to the cost of such stone. The flow
of water is so great from Market street to
the lower end of Scott town that in the
near future some provision must be made
to carry it to the creek from somewhere in
Scott town.
Complaint was made against s. c. Shive
and Mrs PetIiken for neglecting to lay pro-
per pavements. The secretary was in
structed to notify the parties to lay pave
ment at once or the town would attend TO
it and 90 per cent added to the expenses.
The Superintendent of sewers made a re-
port calling attention to the Council that
the Town ordinance regulating the sewer
and its connections was violated by Joshua
Fetterman and Exchange BlocH", who had
made connections with sewer without per-
nit, and also l.. Bernard had connected
with the lateral in Fifth street, without per-
nit, and also the Opera House with the
lateral on Centre street. The secretary was
directed to notify the parties who have
thus connected to take out permits within
ten days, or their connections with the sew
er will be severed and further all persons
who now hold orders for permits and fail
to obtain permits from the President on or
before the Both inst, shall then be notified
by the Superintendent of sewers to do so in
ten days from notice. or have their connec-
tions with the sewer severed.
Permit was granted Charles Krug to
build two-story frame house on Iron
street
The following bills were passed and sec
retary instructed to draw orders for the
same:
Expenditures for highway during