The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-12
HILL IS TO BE PAVED
WITH STONE BLOCK
Permanent Improvement Of West Lacka.
wanna Avenue ID Sight.
ORDINANCE IS NOW UNDER WAY
Plan for Improving Platt Place.
Separate Cells for Women Are Being
Provided FOr..New Member from
the Nineteenth Takes His Seat.
Other Happenings In Lower Branch.


the Nineteenth Takes His Seat.
Other Happenings In Lower Branch.
After many years Of agitation, West
Lackawanna avenue hill Is at last to be
permanently improved. At the meet
ing of common council last night an or
dinance was introduced by Mr.. Nealis,
providing for the laying of a West
Mountain stone-block pavement from
Ninth street to North Main avenue,
which when done will give a continued
stretch Of stone pavement from the
railroad to the top Of the hill.
The petition accompanying the ordi-
nance contained the following signers:
E. NJ. Clarke, 120 feet; A. Barrowman,
so feeet: George F. Kellow. 100 feet;
John r. Farr, so feet: Peter Ross,
so feet; Mary Pritchard. SO 1-3
feet: Mary Williams. SS 1-S feet; David
NJ. Williams, 80 1-3 feet; Thomas A.
Evans. 30 feet; Roger MCGOWAN, 5Ols
feet; John F. Gaffney, so feet; Mrs. Cro-
min. so feet; Mrs. NJ. w. Clarke. 5Oh
feeet; ]. A. Cassese & Co., so feet; Ryan
q EuWdTus, lOU Ieet.
The ordinance was referred to the
paving committee with instructions to
have 1t printed If 1t Is reported favor
ably. The other attendant legislation
providing for the grade, the publication
OF the petition and the like, was also
introduced and passed.
A petition was received from the
property holders on Platt place asking
to merge the Spruce street approach to
Roaring Brook bridge with Platt place
and call the combined thoroughfares
by the latter name. They also propose
that the triangle below the point where
the streets converge be laid out for park
purposes, and that the city join with
them In paving the present territory of
Platt place. The contemplated Platt
place will assume the shape of a frus-
tum Of pyramid enclosing small tri-
angle resting on the lower base, which
Is Jefferson avenue. It wasn't all clear
to council, so the matter went to the
streets and bridges committee for con-
sideration.
TRANSFERRED A SURPLUS.
The surplus revenue Of $11, 800 over and
above the controllers estimate for 1895
was, by a resolution presented by Mr..
Nealis, transferred to the judgments
and incidentals fund, which is about de-
pleted. An old bill of $963.44, for work
done on the third district main sewer
by Hays, Thurman & Co., in 1887, was
resurrected by resolution, introduced
by Mr.. Keller and adopted, directing
the city solicitor to allow Judgment
to be entered for that amount against
the city. the claimants having agreed
to withdraw the litigation now on in the
courts and refrain from collecting until
after the annual appropriation next
year. The bill passed councils in 1887,
but Controller Eisele refused to coun-
tersign 1t for some technical reason.
CITY Solicitor Burns approved Of the
bill and then suit was entered to COM
pei Its payment which suit has been
hanging fire ever since. This action
Will wipe out the claim and stop the ac-
cumulation Of interest.
. The resolutions authorizing the city
solicitor to settle on a basis of so per
cent all claims against the city in which
arpltrators have given an award was
favorably reported by the judiciary
committee and adopted.
communication from the board of
health urging the necessity Of estab-
fishing a sewer district on Columbia
avenue was referred to the councilman
of the ward, Mr.. Gordon.
The select council resolution granting
to the chief of the fire department per-
mission to use the old station house as O.
store room was concurred in. The peti-
ton from North Washington avenue
property holders complaining that the
Trinidad Asphalt company has utterly
failed to live up to its contract to keep
the pavement in repair and praying
that the city compel the company to live
up to its agreement was read and res
olution directing the street commits
sioner to take the necessary steps to en-
force compliance was unanimously
adopted.
GARBAGE ON THE RIVER BANK,
Mr.. Zeidler secured the passage of a
resolution directing the board of health
to put stop to the dumping of garbage
on the river bank at the foot of Null
berry street and instructing the mayor
to detail an officer at that point between
the hours of 6 and o'clock p. m. A
resolution calling for plans for a wo-
mans ward In the central police station
was introduced by Mr. Keller and
passed. A resolution introduced by Mr.
Keller, appropriating $3.50 to settle the
claims arising from the construction Of
the Farber court sewer through the Nc
Carthy. Rifenberg and Gehrens proper
ties, was referred to the sewers and
drains committee
Mr.. Gilroy introduced resolution
directing the city solicitor to furnish
councils with copy of the negotiations
received by him from the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company relative to the
opening of Wyoming avenue, between
Olive and Gibson street. If he is in re-
ceipt Of any such" The resolution was
approved as 1t stands.
An ordinance appropriating $500 for
the repairs of East Mountain road; an
ordinance for an electric light at the
intersection of Adams avenue and Ash
street, and an ordinance for grading
Wyoming avenue. between Delaware
street and North Park, passed first and
second readings.
George Wirth, jr., the newly elected
member from the. Nineteenth. was
sworn in at the opening of the meeting
by Captain Molr, chairman pro TEN, and
took seat next to his brother, the
member from the Eleventh.