The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-13
fire MARSHAL ORDINANCE
Measure Creating the New Office In
troduced by Councilman Keller.
AFTER THE ASSESSORS AGAIN
Mr.. Oliver Wants to Hasten the Appiiea-
tion OF the Pruning Knife to Their
Salaries Now q Good Time TO
Ask Eavors from COuncilmen.


Ask Favors from COuncilmen.
The agitation for the appointment OF
a fire marshal assumed definite shape
last night when Mr.. Keller, In common
council, introduced an ordinance Great
ing the office and defining the duties
attached thereto.
The measure was framed by City
Solicitor Torrey and is drawn up under
authority of the act of general as
sembly approved on June "a, of the pres
ent year. 1t provides that the marshal
shall be appointed by the mayor and
shall serve for two years at a salary
on the first Monday in April, 1896
His duties. in brief, are to keep q
record of all fires that occur within
the city, investigate their causes and
report the same to the mayor; every
three months. or as often as the mayor
may direct. he shall inspect all prem
tses used for business or manufactur-
ing purposes, with view of enforcing
proper precautions against danger to
regulate the storage of explosives and
of all combustible and infiamable ma
terial and compel their removal when
he deems II necessary to safety, and
he shall also prosecute charges of vio-
lation OF the fire regulations.
A fine of s25 or Imprisonment for ten
days is fixed as the punishment for
noncompliance with his orders. The
ordinance was referred for printing.
Mr.. divers Remarks.
When the judiciary committee was
reached. in the call for reports from
committees. and 1t was seen that moth
ing was forthcoming on the much dis
cussed ordinance decreasing the salary
OF city assessors, Mr.. Oliver called at
tentton to the necessity of immediate
action In order to secure the passage
OF the measure before election-after
which time 1t would be invalid-and
moved that it be taken out Of the hands
Of the committee and referred for print
ing.
Captain Moir objected to rushing the
matter through with such haste, which
he deemed unnecessary, and, also, un-
wise, as It was a subject upon which
the judiciary committee should have
ample time for careful consideration.
Mr.. Sweeney was Of the same mind as
Mr.. Oliver and spoke for immediate ac-
ton on the ordinance. ITS q shame"
he said, ito have the assessors sitting
down in their Office day after day doing
nothing, while the assistant assessors
ha
is not good business policy to pay a man
a $1,000 for nothing"
Lost bv Tic Vote.
MIR. oliver claimed that In justice to
the people the matter should be i'm
mediately acted upon and not allowed
to grow mouldy in the committees box.
A vote was taken and the motion to
take the matter out of the hands of the
committee was lost on tie vote.
Ayes-Loftus, Regan, Gilroy. Sweeney.
Oliver. Battle. Norton, Grier-8
Nays-Morris, Moir, Robinson, Seamans,
Zeidler. Keller. Noone, Hickey-s.
A compromise motion that the COM
mittee should report the ordinance
printed If reported favorably prevailed.
AS Is usual at this ante election period
vast number Of ordinances and reso-
lutions were last night introduced, as
will be apparent from glance over the
following raft of new business:
An ordinance providing for a perma-
nent man for the Niagara Hose COM
pany; an ordinance providing for two
electric lights in the Second ward; a
resolution requesting the city clerk to
present a copy of Torrey's digest to w.
Fl. Mayors. city engineer of Pittston; a
resolution directing the city engineer
to prepare plans and an estimate Of cost
of laying fiagstone sidewalks on Mates
street, between Lackawanna avenue
and the Cedar avenue bridge: an ordi-
nance pending for an electric light on
the corner of Stone avenue and Alder
street; a resolution directing the city
engineer to make plans. etc, for open
ing Prospect avenue between Palm and
Genet streets: a resolution calling for
plans for bridge over Stafford Meadow
Brook at Irving avenue; an ordinance
for an electric light on the corner of
Crown avenue and Fig street: an ordi.
nance for an electric light on the CORNER
of Hickory street and kirst court. None
of these measures were opposed.
Changing Name Of LuEerns street.
The ordinance changing the name
Of Luzerne street to Fellows street
| and Fellows to Luzerne, as originally
named, was reported favorably by the
streets and bridges committee and
referred for printing. A communication
was received from Street Commissioner
| II l,n 20 tot ~
General Manager Frank Silliman. jr.
about the condition OF Pittston ant
Stone avenues, on which thoroughfares
at several points. water escaping from
the residences overflows the cutters ant
freezes on the street. blockading the
car tracks. Mr.. Kinsley reported thai
he had found the condition Of affair.
as complained Of, and advised thai
some steps be taken to provide drainag,
for that territory.
The resolution authorizing the city 30
licitor to appeal from the awards of dam
ages incurred In grading New street
was sent to committee, where II will
hardly emerge before Dec. 20, the Las
day for making the appeal.
The following ordinances passed fra
and second readings: Increasing Tn,
pay of permanent firemen to SEQ pel
month"; providing for three electri,
lightsfn the Second ward providing fol
three electric lights in the seventeenth
ward; authorizing the purchase of lane
from r, J. Mccormick estate for L.,
opening Of Wyoming avenue.
Ordinaness on Third Reading. {.