Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03

Attorney speaks of as SO important is still
hanging in the air.
After the meeting the Controller said
The committee should have instructed thu
City Attorney to mandamus me into cour
on stated case, but il was not my place t.
tell them so, as am not member OF th'
committee-ohly its Secretary"
"What will you do now?"
'I will do as / said I would. That wa
no idle threat. 1 will refuse to pay, ana il
| won't be long until someone will go intt
court. The contractors will be the first te
suffer, but can't help it As sto the money
for street Improvements, that will be pait
to them as fast as it comes In, but we will
get way to decide that point also"
Value of . Brick Wagon Horse.
A funny incident followed consideration
of tine contract question. Mr. Robertson
| from a subcommittee reported favorably or
| a resolution to pay Richard Knowlson S24t
for damages to horse that had been in
jured by stepping on an iron gstter cover
on Grant street which had tipped up and
hurt the animals leg. Mr.. Robertson went
| on to show how Mr.. Knowlson was poor
man and could not afford to lose SO much
money. He only had four or five horses,
which he used in hauling brick, and the
loss of this animal had injured his business.
Mr. Binder wanted to know how much
the horse cost, how long he had been haul
ing brick and what had become of him.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures bought the
horse Is months before the accident and
paid 1915 for him. He spent $40 in doctor
ing him and then sold him for S60
Mr.. Binder-And does he think the
horse worth as much money after hauling
brick for IS months?
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures He was
worth more.
Mr.. Binder-Well, 1 don't think so. /
am opposed to that resolution.
Mr. Robertson (e1citedly) - What?
Would YOU rob poor man in case like
this? Why, he can go into court and get
every cent of his money back by suing the
city.
Not So Poor, After All.
Mr.. Paul-Oh, he's not such poor man.
guess he's worth S25, 600 or $50, 900 in prop
erty alone.
figure for brick wagon horse. About 5000
will buy an excellent horse nowadays, and
move to fix the damages at that amount
There seems to be no doubt that some DAM
ages are due.
Much to Mr. Robertson's disgust the
motion was adopted A petition for S73 %
damages to Absolom Pettigrew for filling
caused by the Thirty-thIrd street bridge,
was referred to Chief Bigelow. Mr.. Robert
son tried to get even by cutting the amount
to $50, but his motion failed
Mrs. Batten's petition, for duplicate
water loan bond of $500 which was de-
stroyed by the fire which burned the Ingram
homestead about year ago, was discussed
at length, but no action was taken. Mrs.
Batten is q neice of Hannah Ingram, to
whom the bond was issued. 1t had been
transferred to Mrs Batten and is registered
in her name. Controller Morrow declines
to issue duplicate even if ordered by the
committee, as he has been legally advised
not to do so. He says Mrs. Batten can col
lect interest on the bond until it natures,
because it is registered in her name, but
even her offer of indemnity In double the
amount of the bond is no inducement to is
sue duplicate There is chance, he says,
of recovering the amount of the bond when
it natures, but even that is questionable.
Wants to Collect the Balances.
David NJ. Park also had petition before
the committee asking to be paid a small bal
ance due on two old Borough of Temper
anceville bonds which he had lost. The
matter was referred to the City Attorney.
1he street car tax ordinance, imposing a
$50 tax on all street cars operating in the
city, was referred to committee of three,
who will confer with the street railway
companies on the subject Mr.. Robertson
said the tax was not high enough. 1t should
be S100 per car. Fifty dollars a car would
not pay for the cornermen on street cross
ings. He thought better plan would be
tax on the gross receipts of the companies
The claim for S4, 500 damages to the King
estate for damages by the Larimer avenue
bridge was referred to subcommittee.
The claim of the Standard Oil Company for
$37, ,952 for Lima oil used at Brilliant last
November, December and January was rec
commended to Councils. Ordinances for the
purchase of lots within the Highland
Park lines for 50, 45O were affirmatively
No action was taken on the
bicycle tax bill because it was not filled
out A number of tax generations and
small warrants were approved.