The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-05-03

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TEEEl 2 a5SlLO sSslL Scheifly, Mcclure ano
E3k4Z2eR Franey being present. |
\ Kye~4R j. Il. Pomeroy, Esq, |
was also present,
Mr.. Lamb occupied the chair. he stated
that the object of the meeting was to con-
sider some bills the committee had con-
tracted and to discuss the water question in
general. He stated that the $4,000 grant
under the special election Of II years ago
had stood in the way of the committee and
the only way by which the committee
could proceed was by the course it had
taken, forcing the water company to take
the matter into court and have a Judicial
determination on the old special election.
Now that the court had passed upon the
matter, he said, the committee is at liberty
to go ahead with its work and have the
people hold special election. s.
Mr.. Pomeroy took the floor and occupied
it for some time He attacked the petition
now being circulated for presentation to
the Borough Council in favor of COM
promise and said that he had no knowledge
that the water company had at any time
made any offer to give free water for fire
purposes, cancel their judgment, etc., to
either the joint committee or the Borough
Council and that the people who were
signing the petition were being misled.
He thought the matter ought to 60 to
special election.
Mr.. Scheify said that DR.. Csllen had
made proposition to Council before the
injunction suit was brought, whereupon
Mr.. Pomeroy said he would defy DR..
Callen, or any other member of the water
company, to place in print over his or
| their signature the exact nature of a pro-
position the water company has authorized
at meeting Of its Board of Directors.
Mr.. Gable wanted to know if the Bor-
ough Council should make an agreement
with the water company and the latter
should sell out TO another company, would
the agreement remain good
Mr.. Pomeroy said it would, providing
the agreement by the water company was
made at a regular meeting of the Board Of
Directors, over the signatures of the presi-
dent and secretary, and recorded regularly
on the minutes of the corporation.
Mr.. Scheify said he wished to ask Mr..
Pomeroy a question of law-he did not
want statement the question was,
Suppose this Council should authorize
the special election and the people should
decide against it, could not the water COM
psny hold the borough for what it owed
them and make the borough pay all the
billsP
Mr.. Pomsroy said, "If you ask ques-
tion l will answer you, but l am not
answering points of law"
Mr. Gable moved that it is the sense of
this Joint committee to offer a recommends
tion to Council to proceed at once and let a
special election decide what the people will
do on the question" Mr.. Doyle seconded
the motion and il was carried.
Mr. Gable asked, Gould this Council, or
this committee, accept any proposition the
water company may ofer2"
Mr. Lamb said Council could, but Mr..
Gable said he did not think it could. The
latter said that he had always been under
the impression, and still labored under it,
that neither tho joint committee or the
Council could entertain any proposition
from the water company; that the only
thing they could do was to establish public
water works, as instructed by the meeting
in Robbins hail.
Mr.. Lamb again said that Council could
entertain proposition.
Mr. Scheifly moved that committee of
three be appointed to ask the water COM
pany to publish the details of its PROPOSE
tion to the people. Mr.. Mcclure seconded
the motion, but after heated debate the
motion was defeated.
Mr. Higgins said that in view of the talk
that had been raised over the $1,000 the
joint committee had received he thought it
would be wise to let the people know what
the committee had done.
Mr.. Ooakley then tried to talk on the re-
ports that seven Councilmen did not know
anything about the 81 600 the committee
received, but when he got as far as
to say that it was read in the minutes
Of the subsequent meeting Mr. Doyle raised
point of order. He said that was a matter
for discussion in Council. Mr.. Coakley
sat down and Mr.. Doyle put on his