The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-19
BUSINESS and Law points
Discussed by the Board of Trade
Last Night.
THAT TEN-FOOT RESERVATION
City Solicitor TOrrey Had Somcth ing TO
Say About It-llopcs for the Tin
Plate Mill Ordinances Pigeon.
liOled in Council.
A well-attended meeting of the boart

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of trade was held last evening.
Luther Keller, chairman of the manu-
facturer's committee, presented re-
port that the Eureka Cash and Credit
Register company of Elmira. n. Y,
had made arrangements to move their
plant to this city at once, and that Il
controlling interest in the stock had
been purchased by Scranton capitalists.
With regard to the tin plate industry
the committee reported progress MIR.
Torbet will return on April IL, when,
with his assistance, the committee
would make a determined effort to To-
cate the industry in this city. They
were also in correspondence with the
West side silk mill, of New York city,
and the Ashley and Shaw silk compony
of Hackettstown, n. j. Both PROPOSE
tions had been referred to parties nav
ing manufacturing sites to dispose and
they anticipated that satisfactory ar
rangements would be made at an early
date.
Appointment OF Fire Marshal
A rcuort was submitted by the COM
mittee on public safety regarding the
.
which it stated that after ascertain
ing from the city solicitor that the
councils could not create the office OF
fire marshal and to give the office suil
cient powers, they communicated with
the authorities of various cities having
fire marshal and found that the act
of assembly OF March %, 1864 and of
June. 81, 1885. gave Philadelphia, and
other cities of the first class the power
needed in Scranton. on further CON
sultation with the city solicitor the
committee had prepared a bill granting
the same privileges to cities of the third
class. This bill was in charge Of Sene-
tor Vaughan and was now in commit
tee. The report was adopted.
For Wider Wagon Tires.
Chairman II. T.. Paine of the legis-
/ lative and taxes committee, presented
a report relative to house bill No. Al
which was intended to encourage the
use of wide tires upon wagons upon the
public highways. The committee sup
ported the passing of the bill, which
/ Mr.. Paine explained, provided for tire
Of 3 inches in width upon wagons, and
| croditing the owners of such wagons
/ with a deduction Of - per cent. in road
| taxes. Upon his suggestion the secre'
| tary was requested to write the loca
representatives favoring provision fol
a 4-inch tire and deduction of one
| third in the road taxes.
/ City Solicitor Torrey referred to The
/ ten-foot reservation and cited the cast
/ of John Jermyn vs.. Nelson, in which
I Judge Edwards held that the city haC
/ no power to restrain encroachment'
on the ten-fout reservation. If the new
structures were gradually going to covel
/ the reservation, the owners were taking
! Il narrow view of their own interests
and IL would be necessary for the en-
tire block as it was gradually erected
to conform to the action of the mar
who brought his building farthest out
| Business men and property owners
| should not quickly surrender their val
liable rights, but should carefully safe
guard them, and he suggested tina
where the necessity occurred that they
should agree among themselves anC
sign an agreement binding each on'
individually to observe the ten-foo
] reservation, OlIleIN lSt lHtN N'uiu nav
"saw-tooth" blocks inflicted upon th'
city The question was referred to tn,
streets and highways committee.
X. II. Patterson and +. 5. Williams
were elected members. letter from
James p. Dickson stated that as he wa
not in Scranton in the evenings, and al
his company was represented by Mr.
Perkins, he desired to resign his mem
bership The resignation was accepted
A letter was read from the manage
of the New York World suggesting tha
the board should insert a one page ad
vertisement in that journal. The pro
posal was not favorably received.
H. T.. Paine drew attention to tn
ordnance providing for the use of wild
tires in this city, which had been intro
duced in common council and pigeon
holed by the judiciary committee. III
proposed that the question be referred
to the streets and highways committee
with instructions to use their iniiuenc
to urge upon councils to pass the ordin
ance.
A. w. Dickson supported the motio'
and urged that the members OF tn
board should use their influence indi
vidually to assist in the matter. TIL
motion was unanimously adopted.