The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-05
BOROUGH Fathers CARES.
A Brief, But Important Meeting Held
Last Night.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF WATER
People who Devote of Their Supply to the
sprinkling of Streets Will be Fined
and Collection Enforced by
Cutting Of the Water.

bers in attendance Messrs. Mcclure, Lally,
Coakley, Magargle, Boehm, Schoppe ID. r.
James, Straughn, Gable, Kerns, Reese, Hand,
Murphy and President T. j. James. The
meeting was a short one, but considerable
important business was transacted.
Mr.. G. E. Titman asked that a committee
meet him to consider proposition he has to
make for the Shenandoah Water g. Gas Com
pany to give the borough supply of water.
The water committee will meet Mr.. Titman
this evening.
Charles Schoppe was sworn in by Chief
Burgess Burns as member of Council in the
Second ward, to succeed Mr.. McElhenny,
resigned. Mr.. Schoppe will serve on the
same committees Mr.. McElhenny served on
The cribbing work at the west end Of Coal
street will begin at once. The road from
Turkey Run to the Pennsylvania depot has
been repaired. A gutter is being placed at
Bowers street and Apple alley. The gutter
on the same alley at White street will be
lowered.
A special meeting of Council will be held
next Tuesday evening for the purpose of
considering and settling the exoneraton
lists for 1894
Orders for the annual appropriations of
| $500 each for the Columbia, Rescue and
!
| Borough Solicitor POmeroy read an ordi-
nance amending the water works ordinance
so as to provide that the water superinten-
dent shall remain in office until his sue
cessor is elected. The amendment was
adopted.
The lookup is now complete and the steel
cells give excellent satisfaction The idea of
laying new walk from Jardin street to the
lookup has been abandoned. The old one
will last some time as repaired.
The borough has not yet secured site for
a public dumping ground. An answer is
awaited from the land department of the
p. & X. c. & l. Co.
There were IA bidders for contract for
hauling coal from the Brandonvile station
to the pumping station of the water works.
Jacob PeitIer, of Brandonville, was the
| lowest bidder. His figures were 80 cents a
ton ON a 1-year contract, 80 cents on years
and 2S cents on years. 1t was decided to
award him the contract on condition that
at any time within the three years that
Council may adopt other methods for getting
coal to the pumping station it will be al
lowed to cancel the contract without danger
of a suit for damages.
Mr.. Gable, chairman of the water COM
mittee, made a lengthy report in which he
made many recommendations among them
that the boiler house of the pumping sta
/ tion be enlarged so as to afford cover for the
coal and that steps be taken to prevent waste
of coal in loading and unloading He stated
that some cars have been returned to the
railroad company with as much as half
ton of coal in them. The pumping station
needs general overhauling in the way of
painting, etc, A protest was also made
against the reckessness with which some
people sprinkle the streets and it was
charged that they use garden hose for that
purpose to avoid paying the fire companies a
small sum weekly for doing the sprinkling.
Superintendent Betteridge said he caught
13 people engaged in the sprinkling of streets
ON Wednesday and notified all of them that
if they persisted in the practice he would
fine them 81 for each ofIense and cut off the
water until the fine is paid, He stated that
he found no violations yesterday The water
works ordinance only allows pave washing
and that only between the hours of and 8
a. m. The water in the Brandonville
reservoir has ceased flowing over the waste
way and the supply in Fowler Run reservoir
is gradually going down, so that all precaution
will be required to prevent waste.
1t was also complained that the Columbia
/ company
water in washing wagons The water is not
run through the company's meter, but is
taken from a connection with the main. The
Water Committee proposes cutting Off the
connection and require the brewery to make
use Of the meter, 1t was also stated that it
would pay the borough to put meters in
several houses, if only for test. Some public
houses consume water to an outrageous ex,
text,
/ The following communication will interest
many property owners in the First and
Second wards having properties connected
with the stream referred to in it
Pottsville, Pa, May 9th, 1896,
Town Council,
Shenandoah, Pa.
GENTLEMEN II have had placed in my hands
for proper action tho case OF Anthony Flynn
against the Borough Of Shenandoah FOR
damages, &c, arising out of the maintenance of
| a nuisance on his premises by reason Of the
action of the borough authorities.
The creek or stream running by his property
never having been appropriated by the borough,
| II had no rights whatever in the premises, and
all permits granted by it to others to drain
! through this creek or stream or the bed thereof
are ultra wires and contrary 10 law
As | understand the facts, the borough is
clearly liable to Mr.. Flynn in civil action for
such damages as he has sustained thereby, and
the borough officers are liable to Indictment
in a criminal prosecution for maintaining
nusRnces.
] 1Ou are therefore notlucu tndt unless you
make immediate arrangements to abate the
nuisance now existing in this behalf, the
criminal prosecution will be instituted to have
the same abated and the offenders punished
Further, that unless amicable arrangements
made to adjust with us the damages we have
sustained, that a civil action will be instituted
! TO force payment of the same.
Yours truly,
GEo. j. WADLINGER,
Borough Solicitor Pomeroy stated that he
had already given an opinion on the general
facts of the case to the effect that the bor-
ough was not liable, and Council took no
action on the communication.
A communication from NJ. NJ. Burke Esq,
asking that the judgment Of NJ A. Boyer
against the borough be settled, was referred
! to the law committee with instructions to