The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-07
WILKES-BARRE.
A STREET LINE.
Some Legnl Sport Promised By Owners OF
the Square Properties.


the Square Properties.
There IS. from all appearances. going
70 be some fun about the sidewalks on
the square in a short time, and PROB
ably a number OF law suits Will grow
out of the mayors recent proclama-
tton. This proclamation. harmless
enough in itself, simply warned mer-
chants to keep their goods on the cl.y
sidewalks. Something like forty mer-
chants paid no attention. and, as a
result paid S225 fine and costs to the
mayor. There was considerable trouble
over the exact location of this line,
and the mayor told City Engineer Ing
nam to mark the line, which he did,
yesterday morning with gang of as
sistauts. And now the fun will begin.
Beginning at the corner OF East Mar
ket and the Square the line runs along
rhe step of the new Osterhout build
ing. the first obstruction over the line
being the iron steps of the First Ma
tional bank, which extend out about
six inches. The line is three and one
half feet from the Bristol House, but
crosses its celler door. The first real
obstructions ale Constine's and Marx
Longs markets. The line here runs
midway through their produce stands,
and gives those merchants only three
feet in front of their buildings. The
line cuts two feet off their cellar way
and af enforced will put those mer-
chants to a great inconvenience.
Messrs. Long and Constine have re-
fused to move their goods from the
sidewalk line and say they will take
the case to the Supreme court. Presi-
dent Harvey was appealed to by Marx
Long. but would only say that he
thought Long owned his cellar door.
Mr.. Long says the line is not right. as
there was some trouble about the line
since the borough was established over
fifty years ago, when Elias Hoyt, now
deceased, surveyed line.
The stand at Springer's clothing store
Is also on the line. The WeitZenkorn
building at the Bon Ton store is two
feet inside of the line. On the west side
of the Square the line is all right run
ming along the step of the Marks, Ian
ing, Wellss and Peoples Bank build
ings. The show cases in front of the
Bee Hives store and part of the fruit
stand on the corner of west Market
street are on the line. On the north
side of the Square the line runs within
two feet of Jonas Longs store but the
doors Of their cellar extend three feet
outside the line. The cases in front of
the Broadway store are grazed and
the cellar doors at Marks and O'Keefe's
extend beyond the boundary.
On the east side Of the Square more
trouble is promised. The line runs
within two feet OF Lawrence Myers
building and through the fruit stand on
the corner. Mr. Meyers says the line
is wrong and he will spend $4,000 in
the courts before he will submit to the
mayors order The boundary crosses
the grating at Browns grocery store
and is three feet from the Excelsior
store on the other corner, meeting with
no obstruction.
Mr.. Ingham saws that. the lines are
right, and that they are the same as
the old borough line. The buildings
which encroach over the line are all
old buildings none of the modern
structures conflicting with the side
walk boundary. The merchants are
considerably excited over the matter,
and a number of law suits will prob
ably be brought If this ordinance is
enforced.