The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-26
FREE FRANCHISE MEASURE
1t Was Held Up by Members Of Com
mon Council.
AN ORDINANCE FOR TENDERS
II Was Introduced by Mr.. Soarnans PRO.
visions 1t Contains-B Received for
City Printing Street Repair Ordi.
nance Meets Sudden Death.

An attempt was made in common
council last night to railroad through
the meeting u franchise to the Inter
state Telephone company. The reso-
luton granting the franchise was
passed under the very noses of the Sc
lect members u week ago. Many of
them did not know what they had vot-
ed upon until the details of the
scheme appeared exclusively in The
Tribune the day following. Last night
many of the commoners were laying In
walt for the resolution, and after a
brief fight succeeded in sending 1t into
committee.
The resolution was read along with
other measures passed by the select
branch. 1t gives the Interstate COM
pany the right to set poles and string
wires I'm any street of the city, but does
not provide any recOmpense to the city.
Mr.. Nealis' motion that the resolution
be adopted was amended by Mr.. Gilroy
to refer to committee Mr.. SeamanS
presented an amendment substantially
as follows, but which was withdrawn
after Mr.. Gilroy's amendment to refer
was carried: Compelling the company
to furnish free telephones and service to
.unniiea 1,,,th toIa,ho,o,. 20 f,,,nish
frae nolioo notrnI bn,o, =, nd eor,,ioa. to
file an occantopce of tho nroyisions of
the amendment with tho m.vor within
tbirtv dave otbaru,isa tho fr, nobise to
be null and void. and that a failure to
establish proner telenhone service
-.
OF the passage of the resolution shall
revoke the permission contained there
in.
,r,ov vo,oa to Adam,
Tho n,on,bors Who ,otad 70 adon+ tba
resolution without NJ Saamons,
auendmar+ ,nd r,,thort rorarr,no +o
coun,ittoa ora. paron craana,, Ssa-
lie IJic,ay p,ttIa No,,,or ,,,d zeidler
onai,ae ,,,a'.,,,,,, o., ro,aor.
IN street cor, w,e intrcducod hv Mr.
Seom.ns .nd raforrod to committee
Tho ordinance contains the following
"Tbat from and after tbe annroval Of
tbis ordirorce n sb.n NOT ha Ia wful for
anv railway, componiee q y to r,,n
onv car mr. oars ,,nless nrovidad with the
most modern imnrovad fender or fond
ers with hotb front and wheel guards
the same to be at all times attached to
the car or cars for the better protec-
ton of life and limb Said tenders and
guards to be subject to the approval
of the mayor and city engineer, whose
duty it shall be to see that the re-
quirements of this ordinance are en-
forced and complied with. And be it
further enacted that failure on the
part of any of said companies to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance
within sixty days after the day of its
approval, shall subject such company
so in default to q fine or penalty of S.
a day for each car operated without
said fender or tenders; said fines to be
collected as other fines and penalties
for violation of city ordinances are col
lected.''
Mr.. Battles motion prevailed that
the bills reported favorably by the an
diting committee, excepting the bills of
the Peoples Water company for water
in the Twentieth ward, be paid. Mr..
Sweeney, Mr.. Reagan and Mr.. Nealis
alleged that several of the bills, which
amounted in total to $500, were not
iNSuhy NOllli tCltu.
Bids for City Printing
Bids for pr;ntinp tho oi+,, oa,,or.,,o
ments and ordinances for the current
fiscal year were received and referrad to
the printing committee as follows.
Truth. cents per line. nonn,rieI tyne
on advertising pages 10 cents nor lin,
on local pages: Republican. a cents nor
line. nonparieI + cents ne,, I;ra ~, roaa
ing pages. cents per line and % cents
per hundred sheets for ordinonces.
Times. Is cents per line for the fIrst
three Insertions Z cents nov line +bora
after, s cents per line and % cents nav
hundred sheets for ordinanoes. Tr;t-
une, cents ner line for fret irsort;o,
and s cents per line tberea ftar 9 cants
per line and % cents ner hnndred sbaat,
for ordinances; Sunday News cents
per line and 30 cents mar bund,aa shoats
for ordinances.
A sudden death met the boards 30