The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-09
Lively Time at Council Meet
ing Last Night.
MAJORITY AND MINORITY
The Two Factions Clash and Indulge in
some Very Warm Debates-Report EN-
onerating the Accused Authorities I'm the
szlupas Case Finally Adopted.

The postponed regular meeting of the
Borough Council was ,held last evening
and for nearly five hours fourteen of the
fifteen members were engaged in discus
sion and adjusting affairs pertaining to
the interests of the people.
Mine inspector T. r. Edwards was pres
ent as a representative of the Gilbert
Estate and said that in response to re-
quest made by the borough the estate was
content to set aside plot of ground to be
used by the borough of Shenandoah as a
public dumping ground providing the
agreement presented received the sigma
lures of the borough.
The agreement set forth that the bor-
ough should abandon all other lands
then those granted and now used as dump
ing grounds and that should any damage
by such use be caused to the underlying
coal beds the borough will be responsible.
The plot set aside includes all the land
south of the road to Turkey Run, west of
the crop falls, and north of the Shenan-
doah creek; and the grounds not to APP
prOach within twenty feet of the crop
falls, wagon road or creek The estate
will not be required to leave coal or other
material 60 sustain the surface designa-
leu LOT Jne jumping BIOuuu. / ne AREA
assigned is 500 feet long and $50 feet wide.
The agreement was accepted and signed
and the following instructions agreed
upon The Chief Burgess shall procure
four sign boards designating the dump
ing ground and offering a reward of S. for
the arrest of any parties dumping out
side the place; that line of posts twenty
five yards apart shall be put in position
to mark the lines of the grounds; and
that the Chief Burgess shall advertise in
the newspapers that the grounds have
been set aside as public dumping
ground.
Robert McAdam reported that in dig
ging ditch on Lloyd street under the l..
V. tracks a sewer had been found and it
was not deemed safe to run the water
pipes there.
Council decided to overcome the diff
Guilty by putting blow off" at each end
of the line at that place.
Mr.. James said that the stones left upon
the streets where pipes had been laid were
making travel dangerous and Mr.. Nc
Adam promised to have them removed.
D. j. Doyle complained of the speed at
which the electric cars are run through
the borough.
A motion of Mr.. Lamb, that the secretary
of Council write to the Schuylkill Trac-
tiCn Company calling attention to the
complaint and that the Chief Burgess en-
force the ordinance was amended by Mr.
Finney that a similar notice be sent to all
railroad companies running through the
the town and carried as amended.
Mr.. Dougherty, chairman of the lamp
and watch committee, presented a major
ity report on the charges by DR.. John
Szlupas against the borough authorities
for neglect of duty. The report set forth
that the committee had examined a num-
Der Of prominent citizens, among them
Rev. 7. NJ. Morrison, r. A. Glover, j. j.
Franey and Senator b. j. Monaghan and
the majority had concluded that the
charges preferred against the officials were
unwarranted and without foundation.
This report was signed by Messrs. Dough-
erty, Kane and Kerns.
Mr.. Gable then presented a minority
report which was read as follows:
Gentlemen We, the minority mem
bers of the committee appointed by your
honorable body to investigate the charges
| against the Chief Burgess and the police
force, preferred by certain societies repre-
sented by DR.. Szlupas, after hearing the
| evidence in the case on the evening of
April 7th would respectfully submit
the following as our report In our opinion
the Chief Burgess was, to say the least,
direlect in the performance of his duties
as the executive head of the borough
Single handed he was certainly unable to
cope with so unruly a crowd, and to that
| extent he performed his duty as an Off
cial of the borough. But he should have
gone further and provided the necessary
protection that the law guarantees. In
his evidence before the committee he ad-
mits that the scenes in question were "a
| disgrace and a shame" and If that be
! true he is certainly subject to a vote of
censure by your honorable body for fail
| ing to summon the required assistance
| that the occasion demanded. To say that
| he could not get it is an acknowledgement
of incompetency. He had the lawful
nj nd
such course. The Chief Burgess, in our
opinion, as the executive of the borough,
is not supposed to personally combat
with a mob. but Is sworn to guarantee
| to every citizen of the town equal rights
| and protection under the laws. 1t is his
| duty TO furnish and direct the movements
of a sufficiently large posse of men to
| suppress any contemplated or existing
violation of law and order, no matter
| from what source it may come. To this
| extent he failed in his duty, and Is there
| fore subject to censure.
| As to the charge against the police force,
| the evidence admitted is certainly against
| Chief O'Hara and Lieutenant Casey. The
| Chief was asked by Dr. Szlupas for pro
| lection. The latter gentleman requested
that one of the policemen be stationed in
| front of his residence, and offered to pay
for the same. This the Chief admits he
refused to do, and the doctor was then
compelled to ask the assistance of two
private citizens for the protection which
the law grants him and which is the
sworn duty of the police to give. Tie
evidence of Mr.. Glover shows conclu-
sively that had not the Rev. Morrison and
| himself acted in the manner they did that
| Sunday evening there would have been
trouble and probably bloodshed. 1t is a
sad commentary upon the government
of the town when private citizens
are. compelled to give the protection
which the law is supposed to guarantee
and which the officials refuse to carry in
to effect. Mr.. Glover, in his evidence,