The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-18
COUNCIL IN A BUSY MOOD
Select Branch Considers a Number Of
Important Measures.
ALIENS AND CONTRACT LABOR
Restriction on Foreign Labor and Il
Higher Scale of Wages Will Be Re.
quircd of Contractors - $4,000
for New Sewer System.


witnessed action upon several import
ant ordinances. The courtesy of seat
was extended Select Councilman Schaf-
fer, of Harrisburg, who watched the
proceedings with interest. The judici-
airy committee, through Mr.. McCann,
reported favorably an ordinance i'm
posing a tax on street cars. The Ordi-
nance passed first and second readings.
The alien labor ordinance passed first
and second readings after two amend
ments. 1t was made operative for only
| during the next fiscal year and will not
affect aliens who have taken out their
| first naturalization papers
The ordinance regulating the sched-
ule of wages to be paid by city con-
| tractors was amended so that 1t shall
| be operative for only during the next
| fiscal year. The wages provided are:
| For laborers not less than $l.5O per
| day; rock men. not less than 50; team
| Of horses not less than 81, ana one
| horse, not less than $2.75
All Souls Universalist church on
Pine street was eXonerated from the
payment of $2OS, an assessment for
paving and curbing.
City Controllers Statement.
The city controllers statement of APP
propriations, transfers, disbursements
and balances from April 3 to Jan. l,
! 1895, was referred to its proper commit
| tee. The statement Is vouminouS ana
| ls summarized as follows: Books, 1894,
| $275, $50. 40; books, 1893, $49,9SO.15; total
appropriations, 1927 27,654.40; amount
countersigned, $2O9 747,96; balance, $ll7,-
| 923.36
A communication was received from
| the mayor, recommending that next
year the ward appropriations for street
repairs should be made in bulk ana
expended under the direction of the
street commissioner The present sys'
| TEN, the mayors letter said whereby
councilmen eXpend the appropriations
| for street repairs in their respective
wards is at variance with the appro'
priation ordinance and has been the
cause of numerous complaints. The
| recommendation was referred to 'uhe
estimates committee.
| The mayors appointments of f. H.
Meyer, driver; L. Page, engineer, and
| +. w. ZitZleman, stoker, of Nay Aug
|
ordinance creating a new sewer dis
trlct, No. II, including portions of the
| Eleventh, Twelfth and Nineteenth
wards passed first and second read
ings. The city engineers estimate of
the cost is $4,000.
Route OF the Sewer.
The route of the proposed sewer is as
| a
| Lackawanna river and Stafford Mea'
dow brook, along Stafford Meadow
| brook to Remington avenue, to Locust
street, to Cedar avenue, to Maple
street, to Plttston avenue, to Front
street; also along Alder street from
| Pittston avenue, to Prospect avenue, to
River street; also along Willow street
| from PIttston avenue, to Stone ave
| nue.; also a storm overflow along Will
| low street from PittStOn avenue to
| Roaring Brook; also along Cedar ave-
nue. from Locust street to lot 3, block
IS, in the Eleventh ward, to Stafford
| Meadow brook; also q storm overflow
| for a short distance at the corner OF
| Remington avenue and Stafford Mea.
dow brook.
The ordinance giving the Scranton
| and North End Street Railway com
| pany the right of way over certain
| streets in Green Ridge passed third
reading.
A resolution was introduced direct.
| ing the city solicitor to bring suit
against the Delaware, Uackawanna
| and Western Railroad company for no,
| establishing gates and a gate tender
at the Ash street crossing in accord
ance with an ordinance passed by
| councils in 1892. Mr.. Wagner present
| ed the resolution and stated that a
suit for $4,000 damages has been
brought against the city for injuries
| received and the loss of a team OF
| horses at that crossing.
| After passing on third reading the
ordinance directing thetErie and Wy
oming Valley company to erect gates
at the Beech street crossing, the meet.
ing adjourned.