The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-07
BROKE IN A WRANGLB
Interesting Borough Council Session
Last Night.
Mr.. MELUSKBY RESIGNED |!
7. j. James objects to the Immediate
Election of successor and Leaves
the Chamber Followed BY
Three other Members.
MR., MELUSKEY RESIGNED !

A lengthy and important session of the
Borough Council was held last night and
the Councilmen spent nearly four hours in
various interests of the borough.
The meeting was comparatively har-
monious one up TO almost the close, when
the good humor of some of the Council
men ran over what they considered a mis-
placed switch and the meeting adjourned
in the midst of proceedings attending an
election for want of quorum.
When Council was thinking about giving
up labor for the night Mr.. Meluskey arose
and said he desired to resign his seat as
Councilman from the First ward because
he had moved into the Second ward. The
resignation was accepted with expressions
of regret on the part of Mr.. Kane, who
made the motion to accept, and followed
with motion to fill the vacancy, Here
was where the kick came and four of the
members (Citizens) retired leaving no
quorum
The Councilmen in attendance at the
meeting were Messrs. Kane, Hand, Boehm,
Reese, T. j. James, Gable, Straughn,
Meluskey, Dougherty, d. r. James, Kerns,
Magargle and MCGUIRE
Mr.. Morris, a representative of the Col
umbia H. s. S. f. E. Co., asked for the
company's appropriation and it was
granted.
Mr.. Kane said it had been decided to
put 2O-inch terra Gotta sewer pipe at the
west end of Coal street, so as to do away
with the bridge and ask the Schuylkill
Traction Company to pay its proportion of
the expense
Mr.. Meluskey reported that the Jeanes
vile note that created so much talk a few
ment of S22 interest.
Mr.. Gable said the fire of last Saturday
showed that the borough was in need of
fire hose and two bids had been received
for the repairing of the hook and ladder
truck, one for S73 and the other for SO.
Thirty connections for the hose and fire
plugs have arrived and the committee
recommended that each fire company be
supplied with six of them.
Mr.. Reese made a lengthy statement on
the result of a test of the fire hose on hand,
and on motion of d. r. James, the fire ap-
paratus committee was instructed to pro-
cure bids for 81, 900 feet of hose. The style
of coupling was left to the committee.
A discussion arose upon a question as to
what powers a member of the safety COM
mittee had at fire. The result was an
informal declaration by Council that the
committee has full police powers. Chief
Tosh stated that the people who acted as
members of the committee last Saturday
and were ordered off the ground were
under the influence of drink.
After some discussion over grade
adopted for the Rice properties on South
Pear alley, between Poplar and Laurel
streets, it was decided to require other
property owners in that vicinity to put
their cutters to that grade.
Mr., Kane said Raspberry alley was in
very bad condition on account of there
being no cutters. The Burgess was in
structed to attend TO the matter.
The construction committee was in
structed to put trap in the sewer pipe that
runs through the cellar of the Borough
building.
Mr.. Meluskey reported that the pumping
machinery at Brandonville had been in
sured for 81, 900 and building for $4,000.
Borough Solicitor Pomeroy stated that
he had entered appeals from the awards of
the arbitrators in the cases of William L.
Torbert and the City of philadelphia against
the borough.
Mr. Boehm and the Chief Burgess re-
ported that the property owners were pre-
pairing to abate the West Coal street and
Strawberry alley sewer nuisances.
Mr.. Meluskey said the water committee
was not prepared to make a re-
port on the rates of water rents,
or on the connections. 1t involves
considerable work. He also stated that
he had received an answer from Contrac-
tors Quinn s. Kerns relative to the test of
the pipes, in which they state that the
specifications upon which their contract
was based do not provide for any final test
of the pipe; that they have reference only
to the testing of the pipe before being
placed in the ground and that test was
made at the plant of r. d. Wood & Co.,
where the pipe was made and Council
failed to have representative present at
the test as requested by the contractors.
The latter also stated that there is toe
much pressure in the town for an economic
distribution of water and it should be re-
duced.
A communication from the contractors
to President Mcguire was then read II
stated that the contractors would test the
pipe on Saturday, June sth, at 10 a, M,
with hydraulic pressure, from the dis
tributing reservoir and after the test is
made the contractors will not be response