Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-19

numbers and interest have petitioned for 1t.
The beginning of the year 1892 Will see Pitts.
burg thoroughly equipped with well-tested
street laws and we may never eApect amy
more such difficulties as we have just gone
through with"
When Councils meet, next Monday, a
special committee Will probably be ap'
pointed to act in conjunction with the at
toTneys and Chief Bigelow in any matters
that may come up concerning the test cases
under the new street acts.
Chief Bigelow did not care to talk about
tie matter yesterday further than to say
that he anticipated Councils would take
some action such as above referred 20, ana
that plan for proceeding with improve,
ments would be decided upon by the speclal
committee and the attorneys.
His idea is to have test cases brought on
the Aiken and Center avenue paVlngs. a
force of men are at work on both, ana tne
former will be completed in about three
days. NJ. A. Woodward, Esq, has consider
able property on this avenue. He VIII resist
payment on 1t, and compel the city TO go TO
the higher court with his case.
Happy Because the City is Safe.
Chief Elliott, of the Department of Chari-
ties, said yesterday: 81 am glad Pittsburg at
last has some street laws, and particularly
glad that the city will not lose s., 100000.
Chief Brown said: "The passage of the
curative act pleases me more than anything
else. People who are benefited should pay
for it."
Adjutant General McClelland-When peo-
pie charge that the Governor can be inf1u-
enced, they don't know the man. In signing
the Pittsburg street bills, his duty was clear.
When bills are brought to the Governor
fully within the bounds of the Constitution,
and which have been pointed out by the Su-
preme Court, there is nothing else for him
to do but sign them. If the Pittsburg
street bills are wrong, the reSponsl-
and not with the Executive Depart
nlent or the Legislature. Governor Pattlson
would never approve vicious legislation.
If the Governor is blamed for his approval
charter bill is in the list. My understanding
was that the people were not opposed to the
street bills, and everybody should remem-
Der that the charter amendment was with
drawn. The Governor was not Influenced in
the least, you can depend upon it, and he
has done what he thinks is right
A Monument to Finn Proposed.
A. c. Robertson said: "What the people of
the city should do is erect q monument to
Senator Finn. He is q public benefactor
If someone had been at Harrisburg when
the Penn avenue act was knocked out and
SS,0cJ,000 for street improvements would
never have been saddled On the
city. But unfortunately there was
no man in the Legislature who had the hust-
ling capacity. The street bills were care
fully framed to keep within the limits of the
Constitution. At every point the avenues
were left open for dissatisfied property
owner to enter his protests in court. Under
the new laws it will be mighty slow process
to get new streets paved and graded, but it
will be done right
C. \. OBrien, ore of the counsel for Bein-
hauer ct al, on whose appeal the street cases
arose, said that, while he supposed the Gov
ernor had done what he thought best in ap-
proving the curatige legislation, his action
would not preVenj the matter from being
again tested in the Supreme Court, and also
said there would be no trouble for the City
Attorneys in finding testing material. Mr..
O'Brien cited Il number of decisions on the
subject, and said he could not see how the
Supreme Court could do otherwise than de-
eide that curative legislation could not be
applied to mend an infraction of fundamen-
tai rights, or words to that effect.