The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-13
Opening WYOMING Avenue
Select Council Makes Provisions for
That Improvement.
SOLICITORS SALARY RAISED
Ordinance Requiring Temporary Floor.
ing 10 BE Laid in Buildings During the
Course OF Construction Passed
Two Readings.

The estimate of city expenditures was
received from the estimates committee
in select council last night and passed
on ffSt and second reading. 1t was not
altered except in an addition of the pole
tax revenue. which will be devoted to
opening Wyoming avenue between
Phelps and Ash streets.
y communication from City Con-
troller Widmayer stated that the pole
tax revenue will amount to about $1,000
which was not included in his estimate
of revenue for 1895. Mr.. Roche moved
to refer the matter to the estimates
committee with instructions to add it
to the appropriation ordinance to be
applied to the opening of Wyoming
avenue between Phelps and Ash streets
Mrs. Durr offered an amendment that
the sum be appropriated for paving
Penn avenue between Lackawanna ave-
nue. and Spruce street The amend
ment was lost.
n motion prevailed to lay the original
motion on the table until the second
reading Of the ordinance when Mr..
Roche's amendment prevailed by 10-S
vote to devote $2.4Gl.7G accruing from
the pole tax, to the opening of Wyoming
avenue. The sum is the difference be-
tween the estimated pole tax and the
| excess of the previous estimated eX-
penditures over the revenue.
City Solicitors Salary
The ordinance providing for the in
crease of the city solicitors salary from
| 81 800 to $1,000 passed two readings, the
| following voting in the negative: Mem
| bers Kelly, Clark, Schwenk, Mccain,
Fellows, Burns, Coyne, Lauer.
The paving committees recommends
tion that the contract for paving
Franklin avenue between Spruce and
| Mulberry streets be awarded to Dunn
Bros. was confirmed The prices are
SlS3, per square yard for a vitrified
| brick pavement an a concrete base, 80
cents per foot for laying new curb, IL
cents per foot for relaying old curb, SO
cents per foot for circular curb, SO for
| gutter gratings.
The sewers and drains committed $
recommendation that the contract for
building the new Main avenue sewer
be awarded to Fahey Bros. was con-
firmed. The price is $1.61 per lineal
| foot.
The mayors appointment of George
A. Connor and NJ. McManus as engineer
and stoker respectively of Crystal
Engine company were referred to COM
mittee.
An ordinance directing that temper
airy floorings for the protection of work
| men be laid on every other story OF
| buildings in course of construction
passed two readings. 1t makes archi.
| tectS and contractors liable to fine OF
from So to 800 or Imprisonment for not
over thirty days.
Mr.. Lauer wanted to restrict the
heighth of buildings to nine stories, but
his proposition was not seconded.
| Tax Levy for the Year.
| The general and special tax levy
ordinance for 1895 was referred to com.
| mittee. 1t provides for a total levy OF
thirteen and sixteenth mills, divided as
follows: A 10-mill levy to pay general
expenses; siXty-four one hundredth OF
one mill to pay interest on $99 500, 6 pei
cent. bonds of 1876; fifty-six one hun.
dredth of one mill to pay interest OF
| PiV't"VV, = pSi N'h'' i9Sut VI iooV, anu ~
provide q sinking fund for the liquda,
tion of said bonds; fourtenths of one
mill to pay interest on $4,000, per cent
issue of 1890, and to provide a sinking
fund for the same; four-tenths of one
mill to pay interest on $4,000, Az pei
cent. issue of 1891. and to provide @
sinking fund for the same; five-tenths
of one mill to pay interest on $l44O00
AZ per cent. issue of 1898. and to pro
wide a sinking fund for the same; one
and one-tenth mills for interest on $3.50
900, Az per cent, issue of 1894, and tc
provide sinking fund for the same.