Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-11
SUSTAINED A VETO.
Mayor Gourley Supported in
a Knockout OF Two Bills
Passed by Councils.
0'HARA AVENUE LOCATED.
approval of Chief Bigelow's Project
Is Unanimous.
CHAIRMAN FORD'S ANGRY SPEECH.
Lively Wrangle Over Additional Sanitary
Inspectors.
O'HARA AVENUE LOCATED.
CHAIRMAN FORD'S ANGRY SPEECH.
Lively Wrangle Over Additional Sanitary
Inspectors.
BILLS PASSED AND THOSE PRESENTED

Mayor Gourier, for the first time in his
Councils yesterday. His veto of the Nc
Kee Place $3.50 ordinance was almost
unanimously sustained, and to avoid a
similar fate for the resolution providing
for tho employment of additional counsel
in fighting the tax stlits against the city,
those who had originally secured
its passage presented another resolution
Withdrawing il. This method of settling
the question was brought about by the City
Attorney, who had not been consulted in
the matter before the resolution was offered,
and who was not altogether pleased with it,
being ready to proceed in the case without
any assistance except the attorneys on the
city payroll.
in his veto of the Mckee Place ordin-
ance the Mayor points out that the city has
not taken possession of the section of the
street lying between Bates and Ward
streets: that not over 500 worth of damage
had been done and that there is no neces-
sity for the city assuming 5000 damage
there simply to open a street and improve
property Tor people who would be benefited
to nearly that amount and pay none of it.
There would be no more justice, he says, in
the city at large paving this money than
there would be in paying the taxes of those
property holders.
Extent of the City's Liability.
Regarding the work done on Mckee
Place, from Forbes to Bates streets, the
Mayor says the city is liable for S11, 200 to
G. Il. = L. l.
great as S25, goo would be. The Mckee
heirs will finish the improvement and ask
no damages for property taken. The mes
sage concludes by warning officers of the
city to exercise care in opening and fixing
grades of streets 10 avoid involving the city
in damages incident to improvements of a
purely local character.
When the message was read in Common
Council Messrs. Bigham and Magee stated
that it presented the situation in different
light from their previous understanding
and they agreed with the Mayor. On the
roll call the veto was sustained by % votes
TO ., the negatives being Messrs. Finnerty
and Shannon.
The ordinance locating the new business
street, OHara avenue, rom Water to Sixth
streets, was unanimously passed in both
branches without word of argument. The
utAI sltp lONdI SelllHH tilt street opened |
will be an ordinance establishing the grade, !
and following it will be one to open the |
street. Chief Bigelow expects to have !
these bills ready by the next meeting of |
Councils |
Chief Bigelow's park government rules, |
which at the last meeting were amended by |
striking out a clause prohibiting liquor on |
park property, were taken up and defeated |
by vote of 10 TO 8. Then the Chief secured |
consent to reconsideration, the ordinance |
was revived and laid over until the next |
meeting.
President Ford Threatens to Resign.
An interesting feature of the Select Coun-
ell session was President Fcrd's threat to
resign. During the afternoon several of
the members left the room and some stood
about the windows and gazed into Smith
field street. There were probably half of
them in their seats during the call
OF the vote on the ordinance to
remove the overhead wires. The
vote showed less than quorum present,
and Mr.. Ford, in fit of righteous passion,
exclaimed: "Will the members of Coun-
ellis please take their seats. You all know
that you can't vote legally while you are
out of your places The lobby seems to
be more popular than the chamber
/ wans TO say that if you don't stay here
and attend 10 business l will resign and you
can elect my successor. l have made this
demand before You must respect it or 1 |
will step out. At every meeting you miss
your vote, some of you by not being here
when it is called, and then come with re-
quest that you be recorded. You must quit |
the practice and attend to business
The rebuke had its effect The offending |
members shamcfacedly hustled into their |
seats, and in the quiet which followed a |
large amount of routine business was DONE |
The underground wire ordinance, amended !
to allow four years for the companies to |
bury their wires, was finally passed in |
Select, but was not reached in Common
Cnuncil