Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
LIGHT FOR THE POINTS.
COUNCIL AGREES TO ILLUMINATE
THE LOWER END OF TOWN.

A New Board of Health, Consisting of
Five Members, Appointed Friday
Evening-Borough Officials Report for
the Month of July.
The members of the borough council
held their regular monthly meeting on
Friday evening. All members were
present. The minutes of the last regular
and four special meetings were read and
approved, with the exception of the
meeting held on July II, at which taxes
were levied. 1t was decided to meet
next Friday evening and revise the tax
levy. The following bills were read and
ordered paid:
WIN. Blrkbeck, tapping sewer............S 4 80
WIN. Birkbeck, supplies. s.................. 200
fenna. u u. Il. Co.....,.................. ~ %
Patrick Welsh, feeding prisoners. ........ 10 %
Patrick Welsh, janitor. s IS
Il. A. Lynch. auditor on annexation. .... 3l2 50
A bill for $500 for team from Fisher
Bros. was read and returned to them for
correction, as was also the bill of the
high constable.
A petition was read from the residents
of Luzerne and Washington streets, re-
questing that an arc light be placed at
the intersection of Washington and
Luzerne streets. VIM. j. Eckert, Peter
Timony, f. p Malloy, j. d. Myers and
others spoke in favor of the petition, as
well as having two more placed at Car
hon and Cantrn I
streets.
Council decided that the street
committee be instructed to notify the
Electric Light Company to have three
more arc lights placed at the following
streets and to be known as, No. 20, at
Luzerne and Centre streets; No. 81, at
Carbon and Centre streets, and No. %,
at Luzerne and Washington streets, and
to have them in position as soon as possi-
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The burgess report for July was read,
showing receipts to be $500; expenses,
$2S 80; amount due borough, $53 20. The
following amounts were presented for
police expenses: Patrick Welsh, SIG. rs;
Daniel Jones, Sl5.75; James NJ. Gal
lagher, $3.50; Daniel Gallagher, Sc 25;
j. b. Quigley, So 25 Louis Rymer, 50 90;
Jacob Wolf, $500, R. Ludwig, 81 %;
total, $42.75. The report was approved
and ordered paid
The street commissioners report
showed the work done on the streets in
July amounted to S51.92. He also re-
ported having placed index street. boards
where the same were needed, He was
instructed to place them on the corners
of all streets in the new additions to the
borough.
The street committee was instructed
to visit the nuisance complained of at
the last meeting, and after viewing the
same to report at the next meeting.
A letter was read from the Hazeton
and North Side Railway Company ac-
ceptng the ordinance for right of way
through the borough, but as they ex-
pressed desire to have some portion
of it altered, the secretary was ordered
to ascertain from them what it was, so
that it could be corrected before being
published.
The president presented the following
as the board of health, and they were
approved: DIR. H. M. Neale, i've years;
DIR. F. Schilcher, four years; d. j. Nc
Carthy, three years; Chas. Dusheck,
two years, and Hugh Malloy, one year.
The secretary was ordered to notify them
of their appointment.
Complaint was made by several per-
sons that their cattle was injured while
being in the borough pound, and the
secretary was instructed to notify High
Constable Ludwig to be at the meeting
on the 18th inst.
The invitation from the G.. A. r. to
participate in the dedication ceremonies
on the 23d inst. was read and accepted.
Adjourned to meet in special session
on next Friday evening.