Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-08
RE|NS N NEW HANDS
Mayors Gourley and #yman
Inducted Into Office.
THE NEW COUNCILS MEET,
And The Pittsburg Standing Com
mittees are Announced.
ALLEGHENY'S HELD OVER A WEEK
HE NEW COUNCILS MEET,
ALLBGHENY'S HELD OVER A WEEK

Happy are the dead whom the rain rains
on, and happy the bride whom the sun
shines on, =" is an old adage, and the weather
fully bore out thisproverb yesterday. Early
in the morning the heavens wept over the
men who went out OF Office, and in the after
noon the sun shone with refulgent brill
liancy on the opening of the new admins
tration.
The new groom who is to keep Miss Pitts
burgh curried down and always in the race
with the cities which are in her class, Fl. L.
Gourley took her for better or worse at noon
yesterday On the desk of the incoming
Mayor reposed basket of roses commingling
the white and the red to show that no war OF
the roses exists, and that his well-wishers
congratulate him upon his accession to the
highest Office in the city's gift.
Controller Morrow, who also leaves office
on the same day, reassumed it by the unani-
nous vote of both parties and he also found
a handsome basket of flowers upon his
desk, which, after the donors and their
friends had inspected it, was sent to his
daughter now home on an Easter vacation
from school.
OUT OF A JOB FOR AWHILE.
The Assistant Controller, John S. Davis.
is at present. like good manv others, out
of Job, and will be until the next meeting OF
Councils, when the Controllers list of appoint
mentS will be officially reported. There is but
very slight opposition to his appointment. and
no candidate has vet come into the field against
HIM so that his calling and election may be
regarded as sure for the next term.
Tho organization of Councils was the first
thing to occupy civic attemtion 5o ana Seieee t
foor, among whom the newly elect were:
Frauenheim of the Fifteenth ward; James
Foster of the Tenth: Hugh McCurry, of the
Twenty-eighth; Adam Binder, of the Thirty
first and Joseph Henderson, of the Eighteenth.
Frauenheim succeeds James H Gillespie. Fos-
ter succeeds R. ]. Haslett, McCurry succeeds
George n. Monroe, Binder succeeds w. w.
Nisbet and Henderson succeeds II. T. Watson.
H. p Ford was nominated for President by
John S. Lambie, and unanimously elected,
after which Dr. Evans, Of the Twenty-third
ward. read the oath of office TO the incoming
President. who responded briefly, thanking the
body for Its renewed confidence IN him. The
old rules were adopted, and committee con-
sisting of Messrs. Warmcastle, Heating and
Robertson was appointed to notify Mayor
Elect Gourley that joint session of Councils
would lie held at II noon.
In Comman branch George Holiday, of the
Thirty-tfth ward. was nominated by R. B. Car
nahan and unanimously elected as President.
r B. Carnation then administered the oath of
office to Mir. Holiday. The members in both
branches were then sworn in, and lots for seats
having been been drawn the branches were
ready for the joint session.
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.
At about 1215 P. N. all was in readiness for
the inauguration and both branches met. Con-
troller Morrow sat beside President Ford of
Select Council, and Chiefs Bigelow and Brown
stood up as wall flowers to decorate the occa-
sion with their presence. Captain R. C. Elliot,
bao ,,cl,op 6r,la r+r
unavoidably detained by business of pressing
character and could not attend.
The Inauguration ceremonies were of the
Stereotyped order and rather brief. EX-Mayor
McCaIlin thanked the members of Council for
the courtesy and Kindness shown him during
his term of office. and introduced his successor
in office, Henry l. Gourley, to whom the oath |
of office was administered by H. P. Ford, Presi- |
dent of Select Council.
The Mayor-elect then made his salutatory |
address, in which he reviewed the progress of |
the municipality, and although suggesting |
economy in some of the departments, he on \
the whole found Pittsburg as well governed as |
any city in the country He quoted the passage |
in the charter, which gives the Mayor super
visorv power over the various departments
and referred to the Mrs. Seheney and Carnegie |
gifts.
Councilman A. c. Robertson called the at |
tentiOn of the Mayor-elect to the fact that he |
had omitted the question of free bridges to the |
Southside from his address. and afterward re- |
marked that it was strange he should neglect |
the subject, as 1t was one of the issues upon |
which he was elected |
THE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following standing committees of Select |
Council were then announced by President |
Ford:
Ffnance-A F. Heating, A. G. Robertson. John |
Paul, John NJ. Andrews, / Nick. King Andrew |
Library-John S. Lambie. A. F. Heating.
Suryey1J0hn NJ Anderson, NJ. Cayanaugh,
H. Miller, c. Evans, II. Rohrkaste, u. p. Evans,
Andrew Bender. f. Jones. f. II. Matthews.
II. Treusch, ). L. Williams, r. r. Warren, 5. u. |
Warmcastle, +. A. Gillespie, John Paul, John
Charities T. F Perry, 1. G. ,Reitley. j. NJ
Public Safey s s LamSe OG John Hppa Doyle IauGpE e. T.
ITuesch, .. 5; Williams, T. NJ; Brophy; A.
kaste Daniel Braun.
Public works-A. F.. Keating, S. u. Warm
castle, T. Z. Perry, I. H. Miller, F. A. Gillespie
W. Mchindley, Z. Evans, d. Z. Evans, Z. Jones'
Pesident Holiday announced the commit
tees for the Common Branch as follows:
Finance-W. A. Magee John Dunn. j. j. Nc
Gu!re, Thomas Delaney, X. b. Carnahan, WILL
lam Angloch, X. G. MacGonigle, Mark Donley,
Corporation-John kearns, Robert Johnston.
". A. Magee, Patrick White, Miller Elliott
gle, George w. Wilson, James E. Finn, A. j.
Public CharitIes-Thomas Delaney J. A. King,
]: J. Mcguire J. kearns, II. Maemaier W. c.
McEldowney. ID. Crawford. j. G. O'DonneIl, J.S,
wright, h. Pfcifer. j. L. Finn j. L. Fox
Public Safery-John Groetzinger, David Larkin,
Harvey A: Lowry, W. T. Taggart Henry Hag-
mailer, L. I. Brown George Metcalfe, Mark Dom
ley: John Nogt A. ID. Brewster, W. o, Russell,
{. Gallagher.
Public " orks--K. O. Bigham. w. c. Mason
j. j. King. X. Johnston, t. Mcclure, s. H. Shan
non. John Groetzinger, H. Ferguson, j. l.. |
Jarrett.
Carnegie Library-R. b. Carnahan S. Il. Shan
non, h. Q. Bigham.
HIS FIRST ACT.
The first official paper signed by Mayor Gour-
ley was an order refunding portion of Mrs E.
8. Omohundro's taxes. The Controller had been |
explaining some of the minor duties the Mayor
has to perform when the order came in. and in
order to demonstrate clearly what he had been
trying to explain the Controlle- carried the diff
ferent documents necessary to keep such mat
ters straight into the Mayors Office The new
Mayor was very nervous and signed his name
slowly but legibly and gave a sigh of relief
when he was through with the various paners
The Police Magistrates, Gripp, McKenn
Hyndman, Leslie and Succop, were sworn in NV
Mayor Gourley yesterday afternoon. The cere. |
mony was performed at the Mayors desk |
which was decorated with beautiful basket of
flowers contributed by Clerks McCleary and
Ostermaier. and as soon as it was over the mag
istraUes shook hands with the Mayor and de.
parted.
THE N0RTHSTDE NUiNnC