Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
AT LAST FOUND A SITE
Upon Which to Erect a New Home
for the Paupers of the City.
END OF A VERY LONG SEARCH.
Probabilities That Councils Will Have No
Quorum To-Morrow.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT WAR STILL on

noon, put at the present Writing the 1nQlca-
tions are for no meeting. Notices
have been sent out to members of
both branches notifying them of the date
of meeting, but of a dozen or more
members seen yesterday not one of them
seemed to think there would be quorum
present when the meeting hour arrives The
reason for the apathy manifested lies in the
fact that no important measures are before
Councils.
Since the last meeting every COM
mittee of Councils should have
held its regular monthly meet
ing, each committee having business
10 attend to, but the one that did meet was
the least important, the Committee on Sur
veys The Finance Committee has several
important matters in hand, but there was
no meeting on the day scheduled, and the
same may be said of the Public Works and
Safety Committees.
Underground Wire Ordinance Hanging Fire
The important and much-talked-ot under
ground wire ordinance, now in the Safety
Committees possession, was expected to
come up for action tomorrow, but cannot
be considered now before next meeting
should the committee in the meantime
recommend ii. The street railway tax and
the Controllers communication relative to
the Mayors right of approval in city con-
tracts are in the Finance Committee await
ing action.
There is one committee, however, against
which no complaint can be made. That is
the Charities Committee. They have been
1,or5 Of r-or.l- for tba r,oSt uaeC insnantino
the II farms offered for a Poor Farm; but
two farms vet remain to be examined before
the committee can make its report. 1t is
generally understood, however, that the
committees report is practically settled.
The Captain George Neeld farm on Char
tiers creek will be recommended to Councils
as the most desirable one offered. OF the
seven farms the committee has examined
the past week the only one that any MEM
ber of it has given any praise was the Neeld
farm.
Reasons for the Recommendations.
The reasons given for this partial feeling
were generally good ones. The Roach farm,
JIG acres. in Stowe township, was too small
The Campbell farm, 10s acres, in Shaler
township, was not only too small, but had
no water supply worth consideration. The
Wilson farm at Ellsworth was too far from
railroad or water supply besides being
only 80 acres The Jamison farm
in Harrison township, was too
ana it would cost too much to build road
way to it. The bravo farm in Elizabeth
township was objected 20 partially on the
same grounds as the Jamison and moreover
the price, S331per acre, was beyond the limit
provided in the Poor Farm ordinance. The
Snyder farm and the Southit, Nolder and
Billick FARMS near McKeesport, were both
objected to on account oftheir distance from
the city and because they were not con-
Eidered half as good farm property as the
Neeld farm.
The objection to the farm of Mrs Ada
Porter, in Crescent township, heretofore
described in The DISPATCH and visited by
the Committee yesterday, is that 1t is too
tar away from river and railroad
Would Have to Buy the Houses.
Part of the original property has been
sold of in lots upon which houses have |
been built and which would be really a part |
of the farm, and, if the city would attempt |
to buy them, would cost considerable in |
addition to the price asked for the farm |
itself The distance from the city is also |
used against Mrs. Porter's farm.
The Sewickley dairy farm and the Tom |
linson farm vet remain to be inspected, but |
as the latter has been offered two or three |
times before and decided impracticable be- |
cause Of its high elevation, it is not likely |
the committee Will waste any more time on |
it The Sewickley farm of $50 acres is Of |
fered at 5000 an acre, and it is the intention |
OF the committee to visit 1t tomorrow
morning. |
As the Neeld farm was the only one Of |
feTed according to specifications of the ordi- |
nance, it was originally intended not to in |
spect any others, but to avoid censure the |
committee wisely decided to include every
thing offered in their inspection. In view |
of the high opinion expressed by the COM
mittee of this farm there is no doubt of |
their decision. One member caudidly ad- |
mitted yesterday that it was the only farm |
he would own out of all that had been,ex- |
Smined.
Everybody to Get an Invitation.
Before the committee finally reports to |
Councils, an invitation is to be extended |
to Councils, the Mayor and other city Off |
cials and to the people of the city to visit |
the farm selected and pass an opinion on it. |
The committee thinks there will be no |
doubt of general approval of the selection. |
lHe NeeIu IdTIn Is geuerdlly ueScrlDeQ as /
inferior to the Stewart farm. which was |
said TO be the finest in this end of the state, |
in size only.
Chiefs Bigelow and Brown are expected |
home from Minneapolis tomorrow morning. |
With Mr.. Bigelow's return the employees at |
City Hall hope for a return to electric light |
in the building. Since the electric light COM
pany shut of its supply nearly two weeks |
ago there has been dismal semi-darkness |
about the municipal building which has |
not only been depressing to the spirits, |
but has hampered the clerks in their work, |
and in some Offices made work impossible |
during the greater part of the day. Oil |
lamps have been resorted to in most of the |
Offices, but the arrangements for their use
ere not of permanent character, as if the |
electric light were expected to be tnrned on |
most any day.
Strange as it may seem, the free gas,
which was the cause of the fight against |
electricity, is not being used, although the |
gas pipes are run into every room in the |
building, and only few months ago put |
into shape for use. Controller Morrow's |
Office, the darkest in the building is lighted /
bv couple of kerosene lamps, but Con-
troller shows his preference for electricity
by refusing to turn on the gas, and
he will probably be one of the
happlest men in the land when the matter is
adjusted. The fire alarm Office is the only one |
in the building now lighted with electric
light, Superintendent Mead having private
arrangements with the company.
Chief Bigelow, will, it is expected. ask