Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-06
- .rnrEr CommrrrEs MEETS.
ou~~uuscssioa From . Tarrpiks Com
pssy laid ON the Table.

pnpy laid ON the Fable.
s. a slated meeting OF the street committee
<w1o held on Monday evening. Il
+. q IVES decided 10 lay the crossing ordered |
~ nuby street and Columbia avenue, $50 |
I1Ge oast OF the outer section Of those streets,
.1n0 crossing ordered for Coral street TO DC /
inG11 on Coral street.
John w. Menzer appested before ere tss ths
''tHmmittee aud represented that ne ns9
i mAlohod the pixies on North Lime auu
xnnon streets for which he bad the con.
xHoCf. and he asked the committee TO accept
\ - same and pey him the contract price.
TIE regulator and commissioner eald
- nikee were not rammed according TO
Z 110iancations, aud did not have suficient
Il oSoa0 on them,
Ino regulator and commissioner werein
e14ucted 20 examine the pixies and report III
what condition they were.
u Wsssu Auxer, Rem.ey, Comu,iss!o1 1er
Bsrlx and Regulator Slaymaker were sp,
Do1nted committee to prepare plans nnu
: 6pocifcations for the election OF puliulns
- house the road roller ana tne reserve
flEo engine.
The mouth of the sewer on East Walnut
{ e1reet near Shippen was reported es not
large enough 10 carry of the water that
Z 6oWs towards IL. Tho commissioner WAS
directed to attend to the matter.
3 City Solicitor Brown submitted the ioi-
lowing opinion
In req ard to the East End street Railway
company saw MIR. Nauman, the solicitor
o. the company, and he stated that counciis
4 rave the company consent to lay down
tracks, subject TO the provisions aud regu.
lntions OF an ordinance |" Regulating
Passenger Railway Companies In the City
Of Lancaster" as introduced on October .,
1896 BY reference to the minutes of select
Z council o. October 9, 1856, ma that tuch
were the conditions under which inc CON-
ocnt of councils was given.
i would therefore say that The said com.
pany is bound by all the provisions OF that
u ordinance which were not changed or
altered on its passage through coupcils;
even though said corporation has moi niea y,
m acceptance of the ordinance as pr0yided
for in the ordinance. BY a comparison OF
the text OF the ordinance with the original g
introduced 1 find that section 4, which reg.
ulstes the fare and that part OF section
which fixed the wagon tread OF the Isils ~
three inches were not in the original copy
20 that the company would not be bounc
by these provisions,
But that the company Is subject to there
mainipg provisions, whether 1t now accept
the ordinance or not, no one will deny, no
sven the company. Upon request OF Mr.
Nauman to formally have the directors o
the com pany accept the provisions OF ih
ordinance, he stated they would comply
with the ordinance rs introduced, In olhe
words the conditions annexed to the gran
or consent of councils, but that the direc
tors did not feel like being bound by new
and further provisions.
The following communication was read
To the Street Committee Of Lancaster City:
Tho committee OF the managers OF TIT
Litiiz turnpike company make the follow
ing propositions to the city Of Lancaste
for the purpose Of smicably djusiiDg th
dispute existing az to repairs on that por
tion OF said turnpike within the city limits
- FfEsT. We Will sell that portion of th
turnpike which lies within the city limit
from the point where the turnpike Intel
sects North Duke street to the point wher
Il intersects with North Queen street, fo
the sum Of 81 500.
SECOND, We will pay annually towar
the repairs OF the turnpike between the tw
points named In first proposition the sut
OF 500, the city Of Lancaster assuming I'll
responsibility of keeping tho roadway
good order and as required by law.
EMN'L KELLER,
&. II. SHENK,
X. A. BAER.
The committee wanted to know what ha
become OF the third proposition offered b
the turnpike, asking what proportion OF th
road In the city the turnpike would keep !
repair and no one bsing able to answer tn
communication was laid on the table.