Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-14
A LIVELY STRUGGLE
Takes Place in Allegheny Councils,
With a Railway Subject.
THAT NEW OHIO CONNECTING ROAD
Combines With the Herr's Island Dam to
Stir Up the Menagerie.
ORDINANCES WITH SPICY SUGGESTIONS

Both branches of Allegheny Councils met
| last night in Select Council. Mr.. Hartman
presented petition for a roadway for the Ohio
Connecting Railway. Mr.. McAfee pre-
sented an ordinance for opening
and widening California avenue extension.
Mr.. Walther presented petition of residents
| of the Third and Seventh wards asking that
| the sewerage be improved. The petitioners
assert that the sewers are inadequate and they
are in danger of being flooded out by every
hard rain.
Mr. McAfee presented an ordinance giving
right of way to the Ohio Connecting Railroad
as approved in the committee; they were sent
back for printing.
An ordinance granting right of way to the
Observatory Hill Passenger Railway, Cross
town branch, was passed.
DR.. Gillifred presented the report OF the Al
legheny City Sanitary and Medical Relief
Corps at Johnstown showing the work done.
Mr.. Roethlin asked if the reports of bad be-
havior on the part of few of the Allegheny
Relief Corps were correct Mr.. Snaman re-
piled that he had been on the ground the en-
tire time and was positive that the men had
acted properly.
In Common Council about score of ordi-
nances were passed for the erection Of frame
buildings, but those of the Standard Manufact-
uring Company for frame building on River
avenue, Eighth ward, and the United Bohemian
Society for building in the Thirteenth ward,
were referred
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
The multiplicity of this business may have
induced Mr.. McKendry to offer resolution
instructing the Wooden Building Committee to
refuse action on any ordinance for frame
building when work on such building has been
commenced. The resolution was lost.
The action of Select Council in passing on the
payroll of the workmen who were sent to Johns
town was not concurred in. The matter was
referred to the Finance Committee with in
struction to prepare an ordinance authorizing
the payment of the money.
Mr.. Neeb presented an ordinance compelling
corporations and others who own and control
telegraph poles in the city of Allegheny to
paint them white and black: also forbidding
the posting of bills on all polls; it was passed
finally.
Mr.. Stauffer presented an ordinance granting
a lease Of portion Of Monument Hill to cor
poration called THE Allegheny Geological Gar
den Company" for geological garden; the
lease to run 20 years at $500 per annum. 1t was
referred. as was an ordinance granting the
same company the right to erect an elevator
near the line of Marshall street, at the head of
Bank street.
AGITATING UNCLE SAM.
The ordinance granting to the United States
title to piece of land on the wharf in the
Eighth ward to be used in connection with the
Herr's Island dam, was discussed at great
length, and price to be fixed suggested at
various sums ranging from 81 to s., ,00O Assist
ant District Attorney Alcorn was heard on the
subject, and the result of all was that the or
dinance was finally sent back to the committee.
The question of awarding the contract for the
Alice, whose bid was little higher than that of
I. M. Seaman, caused a big row, Mr.. Simon
limiting that on its face 1t wore an aspect of a
political job. Chairman Hunter proceeded to
walk all over and through Mr.. Simon, charging
that his language was an insult to the Water
Committee, but the ordinance went over for
want of legal majority.