Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-13
City Councils Hold Their First
Meeting After the Sum-
mer Vacation.
VERY FEW VACANT SEATS.
Highland Park Purchases Approved
Over the Mayors Veto.
NEW STREET RAILWAY GRANTS.
Measures Are Considered for the Proven
tion of Cholera.
TROUBLE OVER A BRIDGE CONTRACT

Few vacant seats were to be seen in Coun-
cils yesterday. The members were late ar
irving, and when they did arrive spent con-
siderable time shaking hands and talking
over the past vacation, so that it was nearly
3 o'clock when the gavels sounded the call
to order. There were large number OF
printed ordinances ready for action on the
members desks, and nearly every Council
man in both branches had one or more new
bills to offer.
The session would have been incomplete
without new street railway ordinance or
two. In the Common branch there was Of
fered one giving additional rights to the
Grandview Traction Company. 1t gives
the company the right to connect with the
Transverse tracks at Water street by way of
the Monongahela bridge, to use the Trans
verse tracks to Liberty street and the Pitts
burg and Birmingham tracks to the Union
station, with privilege to put in switch
at New Grant street. This will bring the
Mt Washington electric ears into the city
without change.
A Central Traction Extenston.
In Select Council there was offered bill
to allow the Central Traction Company to
extend its electric line out Center avenue
to Neville street. At that point, with con-
sent of the Duquesne Company, it will fol-
low the latter's tracks to Negiey avenue,
leaving them at Negley and following
Center avenue out to Highland, where it
will cross the Pittsburg Traction line and
continue to Penn avenue by the Duquesne
racks on Ellsworth avenue. The bill pro-
vides that if the Duquesne Company de-
clines to allow the use of its tracks the
Central may straddle the rails with others
laid close alongside.
Mayor Gourley's note accompanying the
resolutions from labor organizations re-
questing Councils to return Andrew Car
negie's gift library fund to him was read by
President Ford, and on Mr. Warmcastle's
motion the resolutions were all referred
without reading to the Finance Committee.
A question was raised on this action but
the motion passed unanimously.
Chief Brown presented ordinances author
Eing him to increase the police force by the
addition of so men and to add an inspector
for electric railways and a general inspector
to the Bureau of Electricity. His ordinance
pits under Mt Washington for sewer pur-
poses was also presented. There was large
attendance of residents from that portion of
the city ready to protest against the bill,
but it was referred to the Public Safety
Committee without comment
Passed Over the Mayors Veto.
Mayor Gourley's veto of the resolutions
authorizing the purchase of the Fite, Lock
hart and Finn properties as an addition to
Highland Park at a cost of S241 200, was
treated as His Honor's messages usually
are. Select Council passed the resolutions
over the veto by vote of q to 4, Messrs.
Braun, Donahoe, Epping and Frauenheim
being the only negatives Common Coun-
Gil followed suit, the vote being 80 to 6,
Messrs. Ferguson, Eiler, King, O'Donnell,
Russell and Wainwright being the only
members to vote no.
A resolution with the Endorsement OF
Controller Morrow and the City Attorney
was presented in the common branch pro-
viding for the settlement of damages to the
amount of $4,000 for property injured by
the opening and grading of Mckee Place
There was no explanation as to how the
damages were caused, simply the statement
of the Controller and Attorney that the
money must be paid. This was not consid-
cred plain enough and the matter was laid
over until next meeting.
Chief Bigelow's ordinance, locating
O'Hara avenue, the new business street, ex-
clusiyely described in yesterdays DIS
PATCH, from Water street to Sixth street,
was presented among other bills, together
with one opening Jouette street, from
Stanton avenue to Highland Park, one of
the Chiefs projected boulevard drives in
the Negley Run ravine.
Funds for tho Cholera Campaign.
Councils took cognizauce of the threat
ened cholera epidemic by the adoption of
resolution presented by Mr.. Magee author
izing Chief Brown to do such work and ex-
pend such money as may be required to put
the city in good sanitary condition, and di-
recting the Finance Committee to furnish
the money. Another resolution adopted
provides for covering the expense already
incurred in this work, and still another au-
thorlzed the transfer OF 81 900 from the con-
tingent fund to the Finance Committee.
All these resolutions are in line with a
communication which Mayor Gourley sent
to councils calling attention to the existing
danger, reciting what had been done to pre-
pare the city for it, and suggesting the
propriety of councils preparing for the
emergency by an appropriation of money.
The resolution providing for q contract
with R. h. Smith for the operation of the
garbage furnace was referred TO Chief
Brown, at his request, he having decided
the present bad time to make any such
change, and asking more time for con-