The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-23
Golden OPPOSES RULES
He Says That The Police Officers Cannot Obey
Them.
they PASS COUNCIL However
Appropriation Ordinance Passes on
Two Readings in the Select Coun.
ci(--ordinances on Third Reading.
Business Transacted at the Meeting
of Common Council-Action Taken
with Regard to Viaduct Ordinance.

Select Councilman Patrick Golden
does not favor tho new rules that have
been drafted for the government OF the
police department. At last evenings
meeting of the city's senate he made II
speech against ths passage OF the rules
by that body and Unlimited that if
they were lived up to tho city would
have to sSek other than moctals to do
duty on the police force.
The police regulation ordinance
which contains the rules WAS brought
over from the common council and.
after being intro iuced, WAS placed in
the hands of committee with direc-
tions to report forthwith. The r'Dort
being favorable, the measure WAS vt
once called up on first reading When
City Clerk Lavelle finished Grating
from the lengthy document Mr. Col
den claimed the attention of the chair,
and from his manner 1t was very eVl.
dent he was intensely in earnest.
"l5 there any good, honest men in
this council" he cried. "who can vote
for that ordinance? Is thers any mtu
here who could 1.-Two up to them rulos
himself? Way, the chief of police
could not do it? think this is gag
law and I'm in favor OF square deal.
| was on the police rorcs for eight
years aud know what I'm talking about
when say those rules can't be ob4ysd !"
WANTED 1T REFERRED.
Mr.. Schwsnk moved that the ordi-
nance be referred back to the commit
tee for correction, but the motion
failed aud the ordinance wts after
ward passed on first Ani second rsai.
ings. The appropriation ordinance
was also introduced. reported forth
with and passed GA first AMI second
reading
The following ordinances passed
third reading: Providing for repair
ing the Mountain road which passes
through the southsriy portion OF tho
Twelfth ward to Roaring Book town-
ship; for construction Of sewer sys-
TEN section "B" in the Fourteenth
ward; establishing grade on William
street, between Brick avenue and Mar
garet avenue.
The report Of the city engineer nam
ing and remaining streets, WAS adopted
and the bids for Roche court and Ash
straOt sewer were ri 'ctad a reiuc-
ton Of the assessment of VII II w
lett for the year 1893, from $2,62) TO
| 50, 100, on tho recommendation Of the
! city assessor, was allowed, and reso.
luton requesting the mayor to enforce
the resolution with regard to leaving
vehicles standing in the streets was
approved
LOWER BRANCH MEETING
The common council also held a
meeting last night, Mt which the bonds
Of the following delinquent tax collec-
tors were approved: Charles s Colbert,
Frank Moeller Jacob Schaeffsr and
Frank Mechler.
The mayor returned without his ap-
proval the ordinance providing for the
filling in front of private property on
tbs easterly side Of Garfield avenue.
The veto was sustained by vote of IL
to /.
A resolution canCelinS the contrlct
OF Richard T. Harvey to grade Twelf til
street between LuZerns and Division
streets, and authorizing the city clerk
to advertise for new proposals for tbs
work, was referred to the streets ant
bridges committee and the city engi.
Eeer
The following ordinances pissed third
aud final reading: Providing for thC
purchase OF single drop harness 70,
William Connsll Hose company; ap
propriatiDg private property for ap'
proaches 10 the Linden street and Roar
ing Brook bridges
Council went into committee o
whole for the purpose Of amending th-
ordinance providing for the construc-
tion OF visducs over the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western railroad
main track and switches on West Lack
awanna avenue. The amendments
proposed were reported fa7orsbly aud
adopted. The amendments were CON
cerning the payment OF the city p)r
tion of ths fund for the work, aul the
other was that upon the authority o
the city engineer the work of con-
structing tho viaduct may be begun az
soon as the Traction aud Delaware,
Lackawanua and Western comp InieS
have paid in the $40 900 each, thus in.
suring the fund for the payment Of eI'