The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-04

All city business was transacted by
telegraph yesterday. In fact there was
very little, if any, transacted, for the
day witnessed the Clay Pipe clubs an
nual outing at Lake Ariel.
The Clay Pipe club is an organiza.
tion Of the city engineers office formed
during Ed. Blewtt's term and kept
jim existence ever since. Once a year
they take a day off and invite the city
officials and a few Others to partake or
their hospitality. These outings are al
ways highly enjoyable but yesterdays
contained more of good things than
any held yet. The crowd was much
larger than ever before and having
profited by past experiences, the clue
was better educated as entertainment
caterers.
One hundred and fifty invitations Were
sent out and nearly all were accepted.
The largest part of the crowd went up
to the lake on the morning train, the
afternoon train bringing those who
could not get away before noon. Every
guest upon his arrival on the grounds
was presented with clay pipe. the
badge of the club, which, if he did not
in the band of his hat. The club fur
nished filing for the pipes and also for
the guests.
SPORT OF ALL KINDS.
During the day there were athletic
games of all kinds and during the later
part of the afternoon q shooting match
for set of pictures took place. Owing
., hn oh hn clnSa nf
the day, the match could not be fin
ished and the pictures were awarded
to Councilman Burns who is a crack
shot and who undoubtedly would have
won the prize beyond peradventure had
not somebody rung in a box of blank
cartridges when he was shooting.
The City Hall club won a game of
base ball from scrub team in the
morning and in the afternoon played q
tie game with a club composed prin-
cipally of newspaper men, captained
by James O'Connor, of the Truth.
Mayor Bailey umpired the last game
and gave thorough dissatisfaction. He
knew the game, meant well and all
that, but the drzzling rain which fell
during the first two innings warped
his Judgment.
A hand ball tournament which was
in progress during a greater part OF
the day was won by eX-Deputy Con-
troller Gaffney, the one-time champion
of the "Con'n'tal' and Contractor Glib
bons, of Wilkes Barre. Z. w. Gallagher
won a spirited fat mans race in which
Dan Battle and Chief Hickey came in
respectively second and third.
At the close of the day an impromptu
meeting was called and John j. Flana-
CHAN presided. City Solicitor Torrey
was called upon to speak for the guests
and in a few well chosen words en-
pressed the congratulations and thanks
of the guests for the Clay Pipe clubs
excellent entertainment
GALAXY OF NAMES.
Those who attended were: City En-
gineer Joseph =. Phillips, Assistant
City Engineers L. B. Therwood. DOM
mick Healey and w. H. Sadler, Frank
Phillips, Patrick Coar. William p.
Reilly, william Kingsbury. Evan Wal
ters, William Skunk and James Smith.
of the engineers corps; Mayor James
G. Bailey, City Solicitor James II. Tor
rey, City Treasurer G. G. Boland. City
'DHtTOlleT I.uIHuHu a. iNODliiSOIl, Wy
Clerk Martin II. Lavelle, Assistant City
Clerk Evan j. Morris, Assistant City
Solicitor David j. Davis, Building In
spector John Nelson, Street Commits
sioner c. X. Kinsley, M. J. Kelly, presi-
dent of the board of health; Clerk of
the Common Council II. c. Halton,
Chief of the Fire Department +. j.
Hickey, G. Il. Penman, l.. w. Costello,
l.. II. Lynde, Frank Cobb, John Stan
ton, John F.. Gaifney, John p. Mahon,
c. w. Westpfahl. Thomas =. Cosgrove,
Andrew Smith, T. C. Melvin, p. II. Col
den, =. w. Gallagher, "a. =. Connell,
James O'Connor, d. ]. Moriarity. c. IL.
Derby, T. p. Duffy, G. T. Reed. John
Kaufman, Ed. +. Blewitt, William C.
Griffith, J. Nealon, George Fassold,
Daniel p. Battle. Select Councilmen
f'inlay Ross, Wade NJ. Finn, John j.
Kearney, William J. Thomas, Michael
T.. Clarke, Peter F. McCann, Horatio
r. Fellows, Adam Schroeder, NJ. J.
Burns, Edwin Frable, Thomas ]. Coyne,
Common Councilmen p. +. Gordon,
James f. Grier. Simon Thomas. Rich
rad f. Thomas, John +. Regan. Michael
+. Gilroy. ]. ]. Flanaghan,, Edward f.
Wenzel, Morgan J. Sweeney, Patrick
]. Nealis, James F. Noon and Thomas
Norton