The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-07
STREET TALK.
what an Occasional Contributor Finds TO
Mrirn Ahnut


wrire About.
The Borough Councils action in refus-
ing to accept license fee for street
corner huckster stand is in line with good
sense. Many of these stands are the worst
possible distractions to pavements, es-
peCially in places where the hucksters
have established n annex on the curbs
of the pavements. Sometimes it is almost
impossible for pedestrians to secure pass
age way at these points. The Council
would have no right to legalize these
obstructions and by attempting to do so
it would only give additional encourage
ment to the nuisance. As a rule
the owners of properties derive
ample revenue from the present scale
of rents without assuming the right to
absorb the pavements as a source of in
creased revenue, aud it is with them the
Council should deal. The occupancy OF
street corners by huck 4ters has long been
a custom, but it is very doubtful If one of
the stands was ever constructed by per
mission sought of or granted by the Bor
ough Council, which goes to build up
presumption which many municipalities
would not hesitate to promptly resent.
This presumption has gradually devel-
oped into impudence, and should a citizen
ask some Of these hucksters why he does
not keep barrels and boxes off the pave
the impudence by their answers. Now
that the question has been brought up it
would be well if the Chief Burgess would
notify the proprietors of such places that
unless they exert themselves to keep
passage ways clear for pedestrians Wig
orous steps will be taken; in other words,
the borough will assert its power over the
pavements and have them cleared 1t is
recognized that in some instances the
owners of stands are men incapacitated for
bard work and deprived of other means
Of livelihood, and it is this recognition
which has made the Council merciful.
7 his suffrage should be nursed by the re
cipientS exerting themselves to see that
the public is Inconvenience as little as
possible, and not abused by an assump-
tion of easement.
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l admire the pluck of the Council as
exhibited in it's action at the last meeting
in connection with the public water works
II seems that Council has been informed
from one source that certain pipe has
been ordered, and from another source it
has received contrary information. 1t
also appears that Council has always ex-
perienced difficulty in getting the engineer
in charge of the work and the contractor
IN attendance together at its meetings.
and for that reason the conferences OF the
past have not been very satisfactorily
] lltSt re llit tuIlSlduttS WUlCn nave
led the Council to decide that if the con
tractor and engineer do not make a Joint
appearance AT the next meeting work on
the water works will he stopped.
~
Anyone who has paid attention to the
proceedings of the Borough Council can
not fail to see hat there is spirit of dis
satisfaction lurking under the roseate hue
which most of the Councilmen are in
clined to give the works, and | am salts
fed that it would not require the strength
of an eight-year-old boy TO create an open
rupture unless the Council engineer and
contractor get together and understand
each other. For the sake of the taxpayers
Of the community it is hoped this will be
accomplished very soon, tor should the
project become muddled they alone will
tie the sufferers and l would not dare
estimate to what extent.
"a
understand thai the Columbia Hose
| Company intends to open its new park on
| Augu- t 18th and make the day gala one.
| 1t was too bad that this company was not
| able to get ready in time for the Fourth
of July, Everything goes when its
members take IL in hand and they never
| do anything by halves. Had they been
| able to get on deck in time for the Fourth
the day would not have passed as it did.
In view of the expense it is under this
summer and the plans it had made the
company could not be expected to under
take the celebration of the Fourth single
! handed. REX.