Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-13
COUNCIL MEETING.
Report of the Business Transacted at the
Meeting on Saturday Evening.

The borough council met in regular
session on Saturday evening, with the
following members present Messrs.
Williamson, Fritzinger, Mclaughlin,
DePierro and Moore.
The following bills were ordered paid
L. H. Lentz. lumber, S. .26; P. NJ. Boyle, |
surveying, SSl.20; Penna Light Com
VAny, So 20: Condy Boyle, janitor, Sl2,
Cor1y Boyle, feeding prisoners, 75 cents.
. \ bill for $500, presented by James
/ Williams, for concrete sidewalks on
WAlng: street, ordered by the street
commissioner. It was laid over until
the next meeting.
The street commissioner bill for
October was read, amounting to $94.99,
and ordered to be paid. He made
statement that he had repaired side.
walks on three properties amounting to
1894. He was instructed to prepare
bills and present them to the property
owners for payment, with penalty at
! tached.
September and October as follows:
September receipts, $3.50; commission
800; due borough So so; October receipts,
$26.50; commission, 5000; due borough,
$l6.30.
The following amounts were returned
for police service for September and
October: VIM. Fritzinger, $S, 90; Patrick
Welsh, 1925; ]. NJ. Gallagher, 500;
Patrick Mclaughlin, 81 %; It. A. Buck
, ley, j. P, one hearing, $1.25; total
S26.75. The report was approved.
a communication was read from the
, Citizens Hose Company recommending
, the names of E. P. Gallagher and Robert
: Dunlap for chief, also calling the atten-
l tion of the council to the bad condition
: of the runway leading from the hose
l house to the street. Owing to the
1 absence of some of council and directors
r the election of chief was postponed until
the next meeting.
The members of the lookup committee
were instructed to have the runway
from hose house repaired as soon as
possible.
A communication was read from S. B.
Gresham, of Danville, Pa, requesting
the council not to remove the electric
light poles without his consent. The
secretary was instructed to notify Mr..
Gresham, as he is the owner of the
poles, to have him authorize some per-
son to remove them.
A communication was read from Theo-
dore Pennock, agent for the Western
Wheeled Scraper Company, requesting
council to settle for the machine left
here last spring. AS the council had al
ready instructed the company to take it
away, no action was taken on this COM
munication.
p. M. Boyle, borough surveyor, read
statement of the amount of sewers laid
in the borough from May 30 to Septem-
Der 2, together with the cost of the same.
The report was accepted and placed on
file. lie also presented draft show
the present location of Johnson street,
together with sketch of the original
survey as completed in 1871. The
council instructed him to have the To-
cation of the dwelling houses and other
distractions along johnson street plac-
ed on the map so as to be used in court
II necessary.
The street commissioner was instructed
10 remove all sound pipe now lying on
Walnut street to the pound. He was
also instructed to notify all property
owners to have their sidewalks cleared
of distractions.
Assessor Pritchard requested that paw
ment be made to him for assessing dogs.
The council informed him that thew
would be paid for as soon as the collec.
tor makes his final settlement.