The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-07
BILE for any damage that may result to the

BILE for any damage that may result to the
pipe.
Mr.. Gable and Superintendent Betteridge
said it would be impossible to make the
test, as the reservoir is being repaired and
there is no water in it and it was decided
to notify Quinn & Kerns that Council was
not prepared for the test.
Fire Marshal James s. Williams sent in
a lengthy report in which he made many
recommendations of supplies for the fire
department. One important part of the
report was that which referred to the fire
of last Saturday. 1t stated ,.'The cause,
as yet, is unknown. The fire had too
much start. The alarm was late There
are many different stories and 1 am unable
to decide in which place it started. /
would like Council to instruct some conf
mittee to aid in trying to locate the cause
and place Among the parties who claim
to have seen the fire before the alarm was
sounded were Mr.. L. A. Bamberger, who
claims it started in the HERALD office;
Mr.. II. II. Zulick, who says it started in
the bake oven; and Mrs. Pooler, Joseph
Peters, Mrs. Graeber and P. j. Feeley
say 1t started in the stable. Mrs.
Greener says coal oil was burning very
strong, Many people claim the stable was
set on fire by electric wires. Mr.. Ploppert
claims all the fires at his place were drawn,
Mr.. Boyer says there was no fire in his
building, or under the boiler and Mr..
Titman says there was no fire of any kind
in his stable. A lady claims a man jumped
over the back fence at the stable and ran
out through the yard of her premises to
| White street before the alarm was given"
The report was accepted and filed.
On motion of 7, j. James, Council de-
cided to give the fire apparatus committee
one week to ask for bids for hose and to
hold a special meeting to consider the bids.
The report of Chief Burgess Burns was
read. 1t showed more revenue from fines,
licenses and permits for the month than
has been recorded for any one month in
the history of the borough The collections
amounted to S156.5O, more than enough to
pay the salary of the Burgess for three
months.
The report of Chief of Police Tosh was
also remarkable one. 1t also broke all
records in the police annals of the town as
to the number of arrests and collections of
fines for a single month. During May 81
arrests were made and 80 of the people ar
rested paid fines aggregating SS1. Twelve
of the people served time and lodgings
were furnished to IS people.
Mr.. T. j. James said Mr.. T, H Hutchi-
son, of the Ferguson House, claimed his
driver was nnjustly fined for fast driving
Mr.. James said he only heard one side oi
the story but he thought Council should
have the matter investigated and he moved
that it be referred to the lamp and watch
/ committee with instructions to report al
the next meeting. The motion was carried
Superintendent Betteridge stated thai
the repair work at the Brandonville reser
voir was about completed. Many of the
water pipes have no protection. He has
made measurements of the distances o.
stops, or valves, from houses and curl
lines and has recorded them in book
The superintendent was instructed t.
make written reports to Council.
A Pottsville company asked permission
to erect a small structure on one of the
streets to make test of fire proof paint
Council refused to permit the experiment
some of the members remarl1ing that tn,
town has had enough fires.
After the bills had been considered Mr.
Meluskey arose and stated that on accoun
of changing his place of residence he de
sired to resign.
On motion of Mr.. Kane, the resignation
was accepted.
Mr.. Kane then nominated Timothy
O'Brien to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. 7. j. James amended that the fillina
of the vacancy be left until the next meet
ing of Council.
The question was raised as to the order
of business and Mr.. Kerns moved thai
Council proceed to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. t. j. James said the majority mem
bers were taking advantage of the Others
and he would not remain. He left tn,
room followed by Messrs. Gable anC
Reese and bec1oned to Mr.. Magargle t.
follow. The latter gentleman responded
and as the four were leaving the presiden
put Mr.. Kerns' motion and declared i
carried.
Mr.. Kane then moved that Timothy
O'Brien be elected to fill the vacancy bu
the president stated that there was NJ
quorum and declared Council adjourned.
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