Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-09
II E SELECT COUNCIL.
Proceed ngs of that Body at the Meeting
Last Evening.

the call of their names were Messrs. Slick,
Smith, Moses, Kennedy, Haws, O'Shea,
Barry, Kist, Hochstein, Huebner and
Brixner-11.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
There being no petitions or communi-
cations the. followining messages were
read from the Mayor.
MAYORS OFFICE, CITY OF JoHNsTowN,(
Apnl5, 1890.
To tte Select Council or the Cttyor JohaStotDn.
hereby nominate the following persons to be
Policemen nf the City OF Johnstown, and, in ac-
eordance with the Act of Assembly, request you
TO consent to such nominations: Leonard BuTk-
hard, John T. Martin, Austin Neary.
W. HORACE ROSE.
Mr.. Heubner moved that the appoint
ments be confirmed which resulted in
vote of for to against.
The following call for joint meeting
of the Select and Common Council was
read
MAYORS OFFICE CITY OF JoHNsTowN,l
May 5, 1890.
To the Select ana Common Council or the CiB0r
Jol,astotCn.
BY virture OF the authority conferred by Act
of Assembly, hereby call upon and request the
members OF the Select and Common councils of
the City Of Johnstown. to meet in joint session
at the hall of the Common Council on Wednes.
day, May z, 1890, at O'Clock, P. NJ to consider
the plan OF Engineer Schenk for the proper
We0th and location or limits OF the river lines
within the City, and TO further examine and
consider proposition for relief from danger OF
future floods, and such cognate matters as may
be then and there presented by a committee
representing the Board OF Trade, and also the
representatives Of the Flood Finance Committe
A full attendance OF the members the councils
is earnestly enjoined.
W. HORACEROSE, Mayor
The following message was read from
the Mayor.
MAYORS OFFICE CITY OF JoHNsTowNl
May 5, 1890.
10 he Select ana Common Council Of the CtyoJ
,IoltiStol1H:
The borough of Johnstown by an ordinance or
resolution duly passed. 'nDroved and published
established The grade i'll i, POI ,.Ol. the
borough lying North and West of Market and
Vine or Lincoln street. Parties along that por-
tion of the City affected by the grade lines thus
established in many instances have built their
houses in conformity with that grade; others
are waiting to see what steps the city authoIi-
ties will take towards bringing the streets and
alleys up to the grade elevation fixed by our pre-
decessOTs, the borough authorities.
The street railway is rapidly pushing its work
and within a very short time must reach the line
of Market street in Main thence 1t will follow
the line of Main to Walnut street thence along
Walnut street to the bridge crossing the Little
Conemaugh.
Again, the authorities OF Millville established
a new grade for Iron street. Persons building
along the street nave conformed to the grade as
thus established; the street railway will
traverse Iron street. We must determine at once
what steps to take in reference to these grade
lines as thus established. If our streets are to
be raised above the line that will mark the water
level every time there is slight RAINFALL we
must raise them to the lines fixed by the author
tiles of the two boroughs referred to.
Your bodies should take immediate action in
the premises. The amount of fill necessary to
grade the line of the street could with great re-
lief to the water courses, be taken from the beds
of the Two rivers within the limits OF the City.
1t will not do to permit the Railway Company to
lay its track upon the old Or present grade lines
as the streets stand to-day. If we are at all to
elevate the line. | therefore recommend that
you at once, either by contract or by forces en-
ployed by the Street Commissioner proceed to
ill up Main, walnut, Iron and Washington
streets and the Broad street alleys and streets
at the iroTediate intersection of the above
named streets.
! hope TO see the work done with as little cost
aspcssible but want to see it done.
w. HORACE ROSE.
MIR. Kennedy moved that the Mayor and
City Solicitor be authorized to advertise
for bids for rlling up the grade of Main,
Walnut, Iron and Broad streets, and the
intersections of all alleys and streets con
Meeting with these streets, preparatory to
the construction of the new railway, His
motion was carried.
An ordinance prohibiting the posting of
bills ON telegraph, telephone, electric
light or street railway poles was referred
to the Committee on Nuisances.
An ordinance req firing shows or exhl.
bltions to take out a license and providing
pena ties for the violation of the same
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
An ordinance to prohibit nuisances in
the city OF Johnstown passed second read
ing.
An ordinance making an appropriation
for city prison and police station, and
for holding the Mayors court was referred
to the Committee on City Property
The Committee on Rivers and Nui-
sances reported favorably on the bill pro.
hibiting nuisances in the City of Johns
town.
Mr. Shea moved to strike out the clause
regarding the penalty for keeping a
nuisance in the shape of slaughter house
and no slaughter houses be allowed in the
city. The amendment was lost by
vote of 6 to 5.
Mr.. Haws then made an amendment
that no additional slaughter houses be
erected in the city. His amendment was
defeated.
Mr.. Haws then moved to reconsider
Mr., Shea's amendment aboIishing the