The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-26
CLEANING-UP NIGHT
In SELECT COUNCIL
A Big Grist Of Measures Was Passed
Upon.
AN ATTEMPT AT RECONSIDERATION
Mr.. Lansing Wanted to Have the New
Assessment Resolution Exhumed
aud Passed. but Could Get No Sec.
Onder..LegislatiOn Affecting Every
Part Of the City.

lHe IeteHt pOiltiCdl interruptions
| caused large amount of business to
accumulate in select council and in or
| der to clear it up special meeting was
held last night. Every measure that
was in shape for consideration was
brought up and disposed and as con-
sequence legislation affecting every
| section of the city was enacted. In the
| absence of Colonel Sanderson, who is
attending the Williamsport convention,
| Mr.. Manley presided.
on third reading the following ordin-
ances passed: Providing for lateral
| sewer on Wheeler avenue; providing for
! laying flag stone sidewalks and paved
cutters on Tenth street, between Scran-
| ton and Luzerne streets, also on Quincy
| avenue, between Pine and Gibson
streets; providing for ten electric lights
in the Twentieth ward, one at the COR
ner of PittSton avenue and Cherry
street.
PASSED TWO READINGS.
The following ordinances passed first
and second readings: Providing for
lateral sewers on Columbia avenue and
Kellum court; electric lights at the in
tersectiOn of Adams avenue and Ash
street. Capouse avenue and Woodlawn
boulevard, Raymond court and Null
berry street, Keiser avenue and George
street, one on the Linden street bridge,
and three on the Spruce street bridge;
also providing for grading Prescott ave-
nue. and laying flagstone sidewalks and
paved cutters on Railroad avenue in
the Eighteenth ward.
A resolution was introduced for an
electric light on the corner of Four
teenth street and Sadie court, and an
ordinance establishing the grade of
Beech street in the Eleventh ward.
Two paving contracts were reported
from committee. Dunn Bros. got the
Mahon court asphalting, their price be-
ing $223 per square yard. Nichols e.
Co. whose bid of s1.59ia is the lowest
received in many years for stone block
paving. received the contract for paw
ing West Lackawanna avenue between
Ninth street and Main avenue.
Mr.. Lansing move a reconsideration
of the resolution approving of the pro-
posed new city assessment, which was
killed at the last meetin, but he failed
to get a seconder to the his motion. Mr..
McCann, Mr.. Fellows, Mr.. Manley and
Mr. Kearney, each in turn offered him.
self as a seconder, but Mr.. Chittenden
raised the point of order that none of
| them had voted in the affirmative and
they could not be accepted.
WEST SIDE SEWERS.
An ordinance providing for the con-
structon of a sewer system on Robin
son street, Lonergan place, Chestnut
street, and Price street. and an ordin-
ance providing for the laying of flag
stone sidewalks and pave cutters on
Bromley avenue and Lafayette street,
were favorably reported from their
respective committees.
The following resolution offered by
Mr.. Durr was unanimously adopted:
Whereas: An effort is being made
by the firemen of the city to have the
| convention of the State Firemen's AS
sociation of 1897 held here, and whereas
we deem such action commendable,
therefore, be it resolved by the select
council of the city of Scranton, the
common council concurring, that we
heartily approve of the efforts of our
| firemen to bring about the holding Of
| said convention in this city and we
| assure them that in the event of said
| convention being held here we will
extend to the members such courtesy
as will meet with their approval and
we feel that we can safely say the visit
ors will lhave good time.
Mr.. Wagner introduced a resolution
| instructing the city engineer to give
| grade on Mahon court, between Olive
and Pine streets, where the abutting
property holders intend to lay cob
BILE stone pavement. Council, however,
feared future complications if the engi-
reer was allowed to give them a grade,
which could not be official inasmuch as
| 1t was not to be established by ordin-
ance, and it was consequently laid on
| the table
CEMENT VS.. ASPHALT.
The ordinance directing the street
commissioner to cover cement sidewalks
| with asphalt was killed on third read
| ing by vote of ten to five. The or
dinance providing for the opening of
Price street was called up but there
! being no available appropriation, it was
| laid over for the time being.
An ordinance appropriating S400 for
| the repair of the road roller was killed
by a tie vote Mr.. Mccain started the
| kick against the measure, complaining
| that the road roller is too expensive.
The ordinance transferring to the judge
ments and incidentals found $11 800, the
revenue from liquor licenses in excess of
| the controllers estimate was called up
on third reading, but after some dis
| cussion was laid over. in order to give
| the councilmen a chance to study It,.
The money is needed for current eX-
| penses and it is feared that If it is
placed in this fund it will be seized upon
by some of the creditors to whom the
city owes about $4,000 secured in dam
age suits.