The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-05
.COUNCILNBNS CHAT !
They Spend Several Hours DicusS-
ing Affairs Pertaining to the
Borough Government.
SOME CAUSTIC EXCHANGES.
THE CONTRACT FOR MAKING THE
POLICE UNIFORMS CAUSES A
LENGTHY DEBATE.
Continued Agitation Results in the Doom
of Roaming Animals Being Declared.
Ordinances to be Enforced by
the Officers.
SOME CAUSTIC EXCHANGES.

The Borough Council held meeting
last night and for a while had q more
lively time than the School Board had on
the preceding evening. For about half
an hour President Mcclure was obliged
to keep his eyes, ears and gavel busy to
keep matters straight and avoid collisions
on points of order. The tussle of the
evening was an attack upon the lamp
and watch committee on the subject of
police uniforms.
A disinterested spectator can readily
see that effects of the deal by which the
last organization was effected still hover
in the Council chamber. The way the
Counuilmen sit denotes this. Those who
were in the deal sat on the north side of
the room last night. Those who were not
in it occupied seats on the south side.
Each side glared furiously at each other
at times last night. The Councilmen in
attendance were Messrs Mcclure, D. r.
James, Hand, Boehm, Kerns, D1ugherty,
Meluskey, Gable, T.J. James, McElhenny,
Reese, Gaf1igan, Straughn.
DR.. S. c. Spalding, president of the
Board of Health, appeared and called at
tention to the dog and hog nuisance. He
said it was disgrace to the town and the
proper officers should take some action.
Joseph Knipple asked Council to abate
nuisance created by insufficient drainage
on Coal and Gilbert streets.
Mr.. MeElhenny stated that the. roads
and highways COMMITTEES visited num-
Der of places aud found plenty of work
for the Chief Burgess. Residents of the
west end of Coal street suffer water flow
ing from Apple alley and it can
be abated by Council giving people
residing on the alley grade and re-
lquiring them to put in cnrbs and cutters
The condition of Coal street from Main
west, is very bad. Council should make
tour of the town. The street at tht
west end of Coal street, near the bridge
has fallen in where the water pipes wert
laid and several places along the electric
road need repairs. The Chief Burgess,
should give attention to the pavements
= Many of them are very bad and ther
are none at all in some places. The off
= Ger should also stop the piling of manur
! on Apple alley.
The president told the Chief Burgess t.
attend to the matters complained of an,
! instruct people who have not got grade
to get them.
Mr., Meluskey stated that the ashes a
the approaches to the Lakeside Electric
. Railway bridge had been washed ava
and made the place dangerous.
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crossings at the Conry and Delaney prol
critics on South Main street.
Mr.. T. j. James, of the finance con
mittee, stated that there was no none
d in the treasury and that the tax collector
should do something. 1t takes abou
$40 900 a year to run the borough and onl
Z about $40, 900 has been coming in. Betwee
$4,000 and $4,000 is due from th
collectors. The borough would be in fir
class financial condition, if it could g
;e its own. There is no use making appr
II priations on the '95 duplicate If the taxi
are not coming in better than they did
1913 and '94. Council has not been willin
= for the last two or three years to sta1
! and assert its rights.
Chairman Mcclure said, "what do
e Council propose doing If it can g
l. along without money we will p ass o 9th
business" no one had any remedy
suggest and the matter was passed wit
> out action,
Mr.. Gable, of the fire apparatus col
mittee, reported that some OF the fire a
paratus was found in bad condition. III
Phoenix Hose Company had 500 feet
bursted hose on hand the Columbias /
G tween 800 and 700 feet. About 1 200 fe
of hose held by both companies we
serviceable. The hook and ladder tru,
Is needs four new wheels. The commit
n recommended the purchase of 500 feet
hose for each of the hose companies al
that four new wheels be placed on t
. hook aud ladder truck. Mr.. Gable
@ not approve the screw coupling althoul
:, some of the fremen do. The report W
Ii accepted and the recommended
adopted.
d, r. James, of the lamp and wat
committee, reported that the uniforI
IN for the police had been ordered of w.
RI Jacobs. This opened the battle of t
evening. 7. j. James asked what tn
were to cost and d. r. James answer
~ one dollar less a suit than last year al
better material. Mr.. Gable said bids
the uniforms should have been procur
and declared the contract TO Mr.. Jaoo
was one of the concessions of the de-
d. h. James said the COMMITTEES did