Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
KENNEDY PULLED OUT.
He Is Now Free Footed for the Alle-
gheny Hayoralty Fight
PATTON HASAN AUDITING SCHEME.
Councils Asked to Investigate Chief Ehlers'
Conduct.
BCHAD is CALLED DOWN BY MR.LINDsAI

Allegheny Councils held the initial meet
ing of the new Councilmanic year last night,
and scarcely anything was done but receive
new business Mayor Voegtly's first veto
was received and fled. 1t was on the
ordinance fixing the market clerks salary
at 81 200 year and the market constable's s
at 5000 year. The veto was read in Select
Council, but even before that the ordinance
had been offered in Select
The feature of the evening was the pre-
dicament in which Major William, Kennedy
was placed. He is to be elected Mayor on
Tuesday, and if he did not sever his con-
nection with Select Council his election
would not be legal For time it looked
as if there would not be a quorum and that
the man with the Mayoralty bee would be
forced to remain in Select Council. As it
grew later he sent out messengers to hustle
in members and at last succeeded in bring
Ing in a quorum. His resignation was
accepted and resolution passed notifying
the Sheriff to order an election on June a.
to fill the vacancy from the Fourth ward
Insisted Upon Public Improvements.
Another feature is Select branch was the
way Mr.. Schad stood up for the repaving of
East Ohio street in the rural districts. He
was very emphatic and objected so much to
the interruptions that the Chairman finally
called him down, but his ordinance passed.
On motion of Mr.. Lowe the following
resolutions were passed: To advertise for
supplies fo- the Public Safety Department,
for repaving the City Hall driveway, and
for new doors for the Market House.
Councilman Wertheimer presented the
Coptrn11ar'S fnr last xrbioh
appears on the twelfth page of this ISSUE
1t was approved, and $50 copies ordered
printed. He also presented a resolution
providing for caucus of the taxables to fix
the representation in Common Councils,
and another for the appointment of a COM
mittee on redistricting the city. Both
measures passed
In the Common branch Mr.. Patton pre-
sented a resolution praying that the Legisla-
ture pass an act providing that in all second
class cities any citizer can go into the Court
of Common Pleas, and, on petition, have
three auditors appointed to make an audit
of the city's accounts for the previous wear.
This was adopted, and then Charles Dahlin-
ger presented resolution for the creation
of the Office of auditor, who is to be elected
by Councils at once and serve for four years.
The salary is left blank so that it can be
filled out by the committee.
Wants Chief Ehlcrs Investigated.
The only resolution of the evening was
one by Mr. Armstrong, asking for the in
vestigation of Chief EhIers, of the Depart
ment of Public Works. 1t reads:
WHEREAS, 1t is stated that John McFar- |
partment of Public Works, has been dis |
charged on account of his refusal to yield |
his preference in a certain political contest |
now pending and support the candidate fa- |
ah hr-h hiS -ifNrs- isa III
Whereas, IL is an il ice to coerce en- |
ployes of the city, th'.' nre be it
Resolved, That the matter be investigated |
by the Committee on Public Works, and, if |
the facts developed justify. the said com, |
mittee shall make report to Councils con- |
corning the same.
A somewhat similar resolution was pre-
sented by John Boutwell,, cousin of the |
Mayors clerk, to the effect that ex-Oficer |
Ben Clark be paid for 35 days between the |
time he was suspended and the time he was
discharged by Superintendent Muth.
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. |
Knox stirred up the remnants of the con-
tingent fund by asking for money to repair
the Council chambers, but he was refused |
the money, and Mr.. Nesbit quietly re-
marked that he had told them they were
not allowing enough for the contingent
fund.
A. g the other papers filed in the two
branches last night were e following:
Common-RepealiLg OF dinance for ring
ing locomotive bells in the parks, petition
for footwalks on Euclid, Ellis and Wilson
avenues, opening Hanlon avenue, sewer on
East street, Iepaving and sewer on Fell
street, petition for removing north and
south Pleasant Valley tracks on Ohio street,
sewer on East Diamond street and widening
Hanover street.
Select-Petition for repaving Ohio street
from Cedar avenue to Western avenue, re-
paving Federal street from North Diamond |
street to North avenue, resolution for ad-
vertising for bids for erecting a stone wall
on Troy Hill road, a resolution providing for
securing the safety of property on California
avenue, now in danger by reason OF slipping |
earth and to compromise claims for damages
growing out of the improvement of that
avenue.