The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-28
STREET NARROWING
AGAIN DISCUSSED
Common Council Grants the Petition Of
Property Holders.
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
City Printing and Advertising Re.
ceives Mr.. divers Consideration.
PatrOnizing Home Industry Is All
Right, but Granting n Monopoly Is
All Wrong, Thought the Com.
mOners..The Measures Considered.

The much discussed ordinance pro-
viding for narrowing Wyoming avenue
eight feet between Linden and Null
berry streets was passed by common
council last night after a warm discus
sion.
Mr.. Flanaghan spoke and voted
against the measure, contending that
it was a bad policy to narrow streets,
and particularly central city streets.
The roadway of the block in question
needs to be of its present width in or
der to prevent possible blockade when
there are funerals at either of the
churches on that block. He also argu
ed that it was not good wisdom to
narray street unless all the property
holders favored it. He understood
that one OF them, Mrs. Susan Spencer,
was against the proposed change.
CAPT. MOIR APPROVED IT.
Captain Moir. who was against the
narrowing project at the last meeting,
voted for it last night explaining his
change of heart by the statement that
he had learned conclusively that the
Traction company proposed to remove
one of the two tracks now laid on that
portion of the street.
Mr. Wenzel favored the measure be-
cause he understood the city had to
pay a big part of the expense of paw
ing and narrowing the roadway would
decrease the city's burden.
Mr.. Zeidler repeated his former ar
guments for the measure, that wider
sidewalks were needed and the road
way could stand a little contraction.
The ordinance now goes to select
council where it will have to run the
gauntlet of the very pronounced op-
ponents of street narrowing to be
found there in large numbers.
An ordinance providing for flagstone
sidewalks and curbs on Washington
avenue, between Marion and New
streets; an ordinance prividing for flag
stone sidewalks on certain streets and
avenues in the Sixth ward; an ordin-
ance providing for paving Kressler
court, between Olive and Pine streets;
an ordinance providing for two catch
basins. one on the corner of Main ave-
nue. and jackson street and the other
on the corner of Hyde Park avenue
and jackson street; an ordinance pro-
viding for q lateral sewer on portions
of Wyoming avenue, Larch street and
Washington avenue; an ordinance pro-
viding for lateral sewer on Schultz
court We're favorably reported from
committee and referred to come up in
their regular order.
CONTRACT AWARD.
The action of select council in award
ing the West Lackawanna avenue stone
paving contract to Nichols e. Co. for
$l.59A per square yard, and the Mahon
court asphalting to Dunn Brothers for
$2.23 per square yard was concurred in.
Other measures of the upper branch
concurred in We're the resolution COM
mending the firemen in their efforts to
bring the state convention here in 1897;
a resolution permitting Conrad Schroed-
er to inscrbe on the city hall corner
stone the names of the then chairmen
of the respective building committees,
c. +. Mates and James Moir, the may
or, Colonel +. II. Ripple, the architect,
T.. L. Walter, and the builder, Conrad
Schroeder
The resolution directing the city clerk
to advertise for proposals to do the city
printing for the remainder of the fiscal
year was laid on the table on motion
of Mr.. Oliver, who submitted the fol-
lowing as a substitute:
Resolved by the common council, the
select council concurring, that until new
bids are received and contracts let, all city
printing and advertising shall be given to
the present city printers only, as long as
the charges remain the same as last years
city contracts.
1t was adopted.
New measures We're introduced as
follows: An ordinance for an electric
light on the corner of Maple street
and Remington avenue; a resolution
calling for grade on Locust street be-
tween Prospect and Pittston avenues;
an ordinance for two electric lights in
the second ward, and a resolution di-
recting that all the gas jets in the
city hall be fitted with Wellsbach
lights This last measure was referred
to committee; the others were ap-
proved forthwith.
PASSED TWO READINGS.
An ordinance providing for the pur-
chase of a fire alarm box to be placed
at the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western cu,vert on Keiser avenue; an
ordinance for an arc light in front of
city hall; an ordinance providing for
three ladders and life belt for the
Crystal Engine company; an ordin-
ance for a lateral sewer on portions
of Wyoming avenue, Larch street and
Washington avenue passed first and
second readings.
The ordinance providing for paving
Kressler court, between Olive and Pine
streets, was amended by striking out
the proviso that the Scranton Vitrifed
Brick and Tile Manufacturing COM
pany's bricks should alone be used, OBJ
lection being made to throttling of
competition.
The following ordinances passed
third reading: Providing for an cleo
trio light on the corner of Hollow
street and Cumberland avenue: anoth-