The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-08
BOROUGH OF PYNE
PETITIONED FOR
Want TO Cut Loose from Lackawanna
Township.
NOVEMBER GRAND JURY TO DECIDE
The Proposed Borough Will Con.
sist Of the Sloan, Hampton, Con.
tinentaI, Archibald and Pyne VIII
lages..Lackawanna Township Will
BE Left with but MinOOka, Green.
wood and MOOsic.

A petition was filed yesterday in the
office of the Clerk of the Courts John
II. Thomas by the residents of the
Sloan. Continental. Archibald. and Pyne
villages of Lackawanna township, ask
ing to be allowed to form the borough
of Pyne. The petition will come before
the November grand jury, and If the
jury sees fit to act favorably President
Judge Archibald will grant a decree of
incorporation, providing that the law is
fully satisfied and the proposed i'm
provement does not conflict with the in
terest of the township of Lackawanna
from which it will be parceled.
Warren & Knapp are attorneys for
the petitioners. The proposed borough
of Pyne will take in all the land of
Lackawanna township now lying west
of the Lackawanna river, and will leave
the township consisting of Minooka,
Greenwood and Moosic.
Every resident from the Sloan down
to the Pyne is in favor of the borough.
This is shown by the signatures on the
petition. There Is a large acreage of
unseated land within its boundaries,
and this would be a formidable oppo-
sition. to granting the request, but for
the fact that the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad company
and the Lackawanna Iron nd Coal COM
pany, owning nearly all of the land and
industries, are in accord with the move
ment. The first signature on the petit
ton is that of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western attested by W.. r.
Storrs, general coal agent. and the sec
ond signature is that Of the Lacka-
wanna Iron and Coal company, by Cen
eral Manager Charles c, Mates.
The other property owners are: JOS
eph Chambers, Richard Lanyon, Philip
Pfaff, John II. Hodge, Leng Metcalf,
w. ID. Davy, p. f. Gibbons, William
Kaugher, b, f. Fern. Caroline Fraley,
Daniel Karns, David Lloyd, ST., John
Bonholzer, Ep. Pfaff, Elention Jones,
Samuel Carey. Anna Kirchner, owen
Gibbons, Mrs. Mary Falkenhagen,
Samuel Ringsdorph, and Thomas Nor
ris. These are all satisfied to have a
borough and after their signatures on
the petition come the names of every
male resident who Is either a voter or
pays occupation tax.
There are five breakers, the Archibald,
Sloan. Hampton. Continental. and Pyne
in the proposed borough. The tax on
these alone will make the borough self
sustaining. The western boundary
runs to the Ransom township line.
Lackawanna township, If Pyne Is
formed, and there is not much doubt but
that it will, will then be but shadow
of its former greatness. Three years
ago, before Taylor borough was formed
it was the richest township in the state,
and it Is not reduced to the lowest rung
of the ladder yet, but with Pyne bor-
ough formed. there will not be enough
left to make it self supporting.
Minooka is awaiting a favorable OPP
portunity to present her claims again to
councils for annexation to the city.
Moosic would then have to apply to be
incorporated as borough, and thus
L.ackawanna township would pass
away.