The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-22
BOROUGH COUNCIL
A SHORT MEETING HELD LAST
EVENING
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXPENSIVE
Increased Appropriations Are in
Demand - Police, Light and
Other Expenses on the In
crease-Other Matters.

A very short Council meeting was held
in the Council Chamber last evening
There was not much business on the table
wanted to witness the production of the
dremen's play in Ferguson's theatre. The
COuncilmen who showed up for business
were Messrs. Gable, Lamb, james, Amour,
Hopkins, Holman, Oakley, Wurm,
Betteridge and ScheiAy.
The committee on roads snd high ways
had nothing to report, save that the super
visor was kept busy cutting ice 10 clear the
cutters.
The lamp and wat h com mmittee reported
Chef of Police Amour still upon the sick
list and F. Ii. Hopkins, ST., filling his
place. Policeman Williams also sick and
Anthony Alex, the Polish special officer OF
the First ward filing his place. Mr.
Amour is SO i'll he will not be able to re-
sumo duty for at least month to come.
Mr., Williams is not as bad. Mr.. Wurm
asked Council whether it intended paying
out salaries for seven policemen-the five
| regulars and two specials-he thought il
too expensive. He was of the opinion that
substitutes could be done away with and
three policemen could protect the town as
in former years. The matter was laid over
until the next meeting.
The law committee reported that the
| injunction suit of the Shenandoah Water
and Gas Company against the borough will
be tried on Moaday, next. Also thai
negotiations for settlement of the Burke
case are pending.
Mr.. Betteridge said the work of repairing
the lookup should be pushed more vigor
ously. He also complained that prisoner
smashed the seat board in one of the cell,
and stuffed loaf of bread down into the
trap blocking it. He said the police should
carefully inspect the cells. Mr. Hopkins
said that the paid police search every
prisoner and take bottles and all weapons
from them. They also search the cells be-
fore locking prisoners up and after releas.
ing them. The constables are the people
who should be looked too, he said. Chair
man Gable recommended that Policeman
Conners be sent to Mt. Carmel to arrest q
man for destroying borough property
While occupying one of the cells Of the
lookup the man destroyed a tin water
bucket
The financial summary in the minutes oi
the Councils last meeting shows that the
expenditures to date ara $50 672 80.
Mr., Bailey, of Bailey q Anderson, di.
rectory compilers, appeared and asked
Council for an appropriation He said h
Shenandoah Mahsnoy City directory
will be Issued during the first part of neat
month. Mr.. Lamb said he would like u
assist the firm by purchasing some of The
directories or making an appropriation,
but he thought Council would exceed Its
authority by doing SO. 1.-The money is
needed for other purposes" he said, this
has been the most expensive year of my
term. We have spent 5000 more to date
than in any of the two previous years -
On motion Of Mr.. james, it was decided to
purchase three copies of the directory, one
for the Chief OF Police, one for the Town
Clerk and the other for the Caief Burgess.
This concluded the business of the even
ing