Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-25
TIE SELECT COUNCIL
Proceedings of the Netting Held wednes-
day Evening

read and approved.
Mr.. Moses presented petition signed
by ninetY'two citizens, mostly propertv
holders, protesting against the proposed
changing of the curb on Morris street.
To ne Honorable, the Mayor ana ca,oets q,
the CitD or JOItastotcn
Ihe petltion OF the undersigned citizens OF the
Filth and Sixth wards OF the city of Johnstown
respectfully represents:
That the proposed width of theEsidewalks
along the line of Morris street In said wards
would involve large expenditure OF money
not only tn the changing OF the line OF the curh
but in the changing OF the artificial and natural
gas connections as also the water, electric ana
telephone connections. They therefore prav
that instead OF narrowing the sidewalks along
the hne Oh sald stfeets some arrangements be
nade WhereDy The line OF the street railway
sllall De oiVldea and single track laid along
Moifls street ana single track along Somerset
street, in which event there viii be no necessity
for change in the width OF the sidewalks.
Your petitioners are Informed and believe
that a long period would necessarily elanse he
lore the cnange in the gas connections could he
made, during which period the gas would have
to be entirely shut OF and your petitioners de-
prtved of the use thereof; that II the arranoe-
ments could be made OF running a linerof rail-
way ON each street, the difficulty now existing
and the expense will be avoided
Signed by ninety-two petitioners Of the Fifth
and Sixth wards
On motion, tie petition was referred to
the Committee on Highways.
A petition calling attention To tbe had
condition of Griffin alley in the Fifteenth
ward. Referred to the Committee on
Highways.
A message from the Mayor was then
read as follows
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF .JogYsrowxl
April %, 1899.
1othe Select ana CJnDtolt Council or he Gin, or
JoltflStoUn: - "'o '"0V
MY atteLtlon has been called to the condition
Oh aHalrs at the intersection OF Center and Rail-
road streets, in the Tenth ward
0hoFtiy oeIore the consolidation of the several
ooroughs into the city, an agreement was effect
ed between the Cambria Iron Company and the
borough OF Conemaugh, whereby to enable the
company 10 acquire compact territory for
the eerecUlon OF a branch of its works. known as
ehe 1autier department, all the streets, lanes
ohu sh"ays In the scarborough lying north
Vi CenCer sVreet were vacated .except..th upper
ehd OF center, or perhaps sit'was called Railroad
stfeeC Before the vacation, Portage street
eighty feet in width. was the main thoroughfo,e
east ana west from Clinton street to the upper
end OF the borough. Railroad street was nfty
.IeeG In width to Fenlon street, short street
connecting Portage and Railroad from Fenlon
TO where the same fell into Portage. Railroad
street extended, as it was called. is only about
thirty feet wide. .s,tsr T.. "a.
Now the result is, that Center street fifty feet
wide and Railroad street fifty feet wide. empty
INTO Railroad street extended which is hut
Chiruy leet wide. The borough granted the
StreeI hallway the right to lay two lines of
track on Railroad extended. The street was
too narrow Tor one track, and now that it is the
ohly outlet OF the other two Streets Port
age Oelhg vacated, it is simply too narrow and
lu9V oe "iuehed IL there Is to be travel upon It,
Nheh Che people begin to build in the Eleventh
"aIu' lhe outlet viii be constantly jammed
ne matter was certainly overlooked and
great olunder was committed by the authority
VI ehe borough innot providing width OF street
9uihcieht TO accommodate the ordinary travel,
" say hothing of the two lines of railway tracks
peihg lald on the connecting line between the
TWO thoroughfares mentioned and the Woodvale
bridge.
recommend the appointment Of a Joint COM
HliIGse OF your bodies to act I'm conjunction with
Vne executive, in the endeavor to have the Cam
ofia iron Company.gve Sufficient amount of
ground TO open; RAILROAD street, at least to The
sam width that the..street SIS above. and below
the.polnt tcllled;RallroadIStree extended ssss..,
tlil Che CompanyIwil not yieldl the amount OF
srouhd necessary to give a proper width OF
'VieeC lor an outlet, the Council should take i'm
lneaiate action to secure by legal process and
nr0rpGninpg fI,ny
~uiuinss are erected, else large expense is
nNely 10 DC incurred. 1t is quite probable that
When the matterIs presented to the offlcials of
the Cambria Iron Company, they win concede
the point and have the street opened
w. HORACE ROSE.
Moved by Mr., Moses that the matter lie
reierred to the Committee on Highways.
Amended on motion of Mr.. Kennedy that
II be REFERRED if the Common Council
concur to special committee com
posed of Messrs. Moses, Smith, and
BrlXner, TO consider the recommendations
contained in the message. Carried as
amended.
The Finance Committee reported favor
ably the resolution in regard to the grad
ing OF Ridge Avenue in the Tenth ward.
Resolution adopted.
The Committee on Rivers made the fol-
lowing report:
10 me PfeSiden dhtd Members Qr .Select Council
afour committee to whom iyas referred the
message Oh The Mayor in regard to rivers, would
respectfully beg leave to offer the following re-
port That we attended to that duty and saw
Mr' Fulton, the General Manager OF the Cambria
iron Company, who states that his company
would furnish cinder and do the filling provided
mat the city pay for the building of a tempo
rary bridge across the river and pay for the
labor OF laying the track.
p. j. Mclaughlin, Alex. Kennedy. Ed. A.
Barry Benz Kist G. w. Moses, Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Haws the report was
referred back to the Committee with the
instruction to procure further information
concerning the cost of the plan proposed.
Mr. Smith introduced a Sewer ordi.
nance, providing for the tapping of sewers
by private parties and the charges for
frontage, together with penalties for vio-
lating the provisions of the ordinance.
tl.nsa al