The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-21

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mer.
At the last meeting of the Borough Council
a petition praying for the paving of Main
street, between Lloyd and Coal, was presented
and adopted and the proper committee was
authorized to prepare an ordinance to carry
out the spirit of the petition.
Only one question was raised on the peti.
tion and that was due to a statement by Bor
ough Solicitor Pomeroy, who said that the
paper was not in exactly the form as required
by the law but that he would prepare one
and have it ready for the signatures of the
petitioners before the presentation of the or.
dnancc One of the points Mr.. Pomeroy
raised was that the petition should not set
forth any particular grade of stone for the
paving, as that should be left for insertion in
the ordinance by the Borough Council.
AT the meeting Of Council last night Mr..
Pomeroy stated that the street paving project.
50 far as the petition referred to was con
cernd had been practically abandoned that
shortly before the meeting one oftheproperty
owners notified him that three of the sgners
had stricken their names from the original
petition and that left the paper without the
necessary wo,thirds representation, hence
nothing could be done in the matter.
m auetva,, 10 n ,u,et;,,,
knew why the signatures were stricken off
Mr. POmeroy said he had no positive infor.
nation, but he understood there was some
dissatisfaction about material and its price.
This ended the matter and Council proceeded
with other business.
The members present at the meeting last
night were Messrs. Betteridge VanDusen,
Scheify Dougherty, James, Gable, Mcclure
Holman, Stout, Coakley, Kane and Gallagher.
The committee on roads and highways re-
ported work done ON South Jardin, South
Main and East Coal streets, and said it is ex.
pected the electric railway company will re-
pair the bridge on East Centre street when il
constructs its line through that district.
Mr. Coakley said that in his estimation the
paving on West Coal street was not satisfac
tory. He did not think the paving outside
the grade would be satisfactory to tenants in
the winter because they were being laid at a
pitch.
Nh. NanDusen said the curbs and cutters
on one side OF the street are from 6 to inches
lower than the grade of the street.
Mr.. Gable said that the street, from one
end to the other, has gone down from five to
seven feet since the original grade was given |
and that accounted for the depth of the curbs |
and cutters He thought the main question |
was whether the property owners or Borough
Council should raise the curbs and cutters to
grade.
Mr.. James said the railway company should
put its paving in according to grade and after
that is done the Borough will look after the
other parts of the street.
The committee on roads and highways was
instructed to see that the paving is done ac.
cording to grade.
Mr.. Holman said considerable curbing at
the corner of Cherry and Gilbert
streets had been done and the
borough should do some filling in to give
It backing He also said South Pesr allev
was in need of repair
Mr.. MCGUIRE of the lamp and watch com.
nittee, reported that he called upon the
superintendent Of the electric light companv
and informed him that the street lights are
not started early enough in the evenings and
ire not kept up long enough in the mornings,
'ut received no satisfactory reply to the
complaint.
The secretary was instructed to notify the
company that it need only expect pay under
Is contract in proportion to the light fur.
iished.
MIR. Holman reported the cellar of the Dor
ugh building in bad sanitary condition and
he construction committee was instructed to
lttend to the matter.
Mr. Gable reported chimney on the Ellis
property, ON South Jardin street. in danger
'us condition, and the committee ON fiues was
instructed to take action
The law committee was instructed to settle
he claim Of Mrs. Cecilia Hodar by paving
's5, The claim was for damages on account
If Mrs. Hotfars child tripping over an OBJ
truction on a Union street pavement.
Mr.. YanDusen said he had secured the
consent of all bat five or six Of the people
Interested to a change of the Brandonville
road to make room for the public water
works.
Mr. Pomeroy said viewers have been ap
'ointed in the matter and will meet next
Thursday.
President Betteridge was asked if he would
ppoint Board of Health and replied that
10 WIS not ready to do so, '
Messrs, Gallagher Pomeroy and Mcclure Z