The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18

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appointment confirmed but it was un-
successful. The appointment went to
the fire department committee for con-
\ sideration.
Immediately afterwards the mayors
! appointment of Rudolph Euenzli as in
spector os the Kellun court sewer and
the appointment OF William Fickus as
permanent man of the Neptune engine
company to succeed Charles Wirth, re-
signed, We're read. the rules were sus-
1 pended by a two-thirds vote and the
| appointments were forthwith confirmed.
FOR AND AGAINST PORTICOS.
Under the head Of reports Of commit
| tees committee reported favorably on
an ordinance allowing porticos to be
erected on certain kinds of buildings.
MIR. Chittenden moved that the report
be received and action on the ordinance
indefinitely postponed. IF we open the
door to this sort of thing we can't tell
where 1t will stop" he said. This mo-
tion Dercipitated quite a lengthy de-
bae in which Messrs. Chittenden. Wag-
ner Durr and Roche participated Mr..
Chittenden maintained that II the city
allowed the erection of porticos 1t would
eventually be compelled to abolish
them as other cities have. The re-
moval of them after being erected by
consent of councils would probably
involve the city in many suits for dam
ages to cause their removal.
| Mr. Roche said 1t was proper that
the ordinance should be read and come
regularly before the body that the
members might decide whether OF not
it is good. bad or Indifferent. He said
that porticos exist In New York. Bos-
ton and many other large cities and if
they are good for these cities they
ought to be good for Scranton. If the
ordinanc0>was properly safe-grounded
he thought it's passage would be good
| thing.
Mr.. Durr held that the ordinance
was unconstitutional for the reason
that 1t would be special legislation
while Mr.. Wagner contended that Mr.
Chittenden's motion was improper Tor
the reason that council could not in
definitely postpone action on an
ordinance that was not before 1t. He
| held that the only thing before them
for consideration was the report OF the
committee with reference to the
ordinance. Mr.. Chittenden's motion
was put by the chair and was adopted
by the following vote: -
Yeas-Ross, Finn. Kearney, Thomas.
| Clark Durr, Chittenden. Robinson, Man
ley. lansing, Burns, Frable' Coyne' NC
Nays-Wiiliams, Roche, Wagner. Fel-
lows, Schroeder, Sanderson-6.
Mayor Bailey returned without his
approval the resolution allowing the
| deaf mutes OF the city to hold a liter
| ary entertainment in the council cham
ber every Friday night on the ground
| that 1t would be a dangerous prece-
dent to establish. Councilman Will
iams of the Fifteenth ward, moved
that the resolution pass notwithstand-
! ing the mayors veto, but 1t was de-
feated. The majority of the votes cast
for overriding the mayors veto came
from Democrats.
CITY DAMAGE CASES.
The joint special committee to whom.
| in conjunction with the city solicitor,
were referred claims pending in court
| against the city for damages, for the
purpose of securing, II possible,
| compromise thereof, presented par
tial report through Chairman Chitten-
den, In which they recommended the
| payment Of the following amounts to
claimants:
Dominick Healey. $1,000; p: c; German.
estate, $780, James Healey. 5000; White. es-
tate. 500: Cathar:ne DeLacy, $500: Thom-
| as p. Jones, $500: II. b. Lackey. 5000; w.
| p. Gilroy. $500; John Long. estate. $1,000;
Ann OHara, $50; John Jones, Sl29; Mrs.
slaO; Patrick Kutchen, $40; Frank Slate.
500; Mary A. McCommon, s6S; Helen J.
Renchler. $40; Patrick Crossin ross $40; n c.
Wis. 800; William C. Jones. $50; +. A. Bur
| ras, $4O;. Ira r. Lees. 500; NJ. l.. Lee, 800:
Fanny, Aswell, 500; Fanny Aswell, $500;
Amelia Goering, $50; William McWiiliams,
$50: ID. H. Jones. $40; Alfred Payne, $500;
Mary Hurst, $3.50; Mary Fisher, $50: Will
| lam Maner, estate, $50; Wolfand Meyers.
James Terwilliger, $50; Joseph Ansley,. f.,
| and James Shiffer. $3.50; Sarah Hale. 800;
Henry May, 5000; William Gisner $500; s.
| +. Addyman, $50; Theodore Shotto, 500;
Samuel Boorem. $50; r. NJ. Lindsay, $500.
The total amount of these claims ap-
| proved by the committee Is SO. 0.405. The
amounts allowed by the viewers ap-
pointed by the court In these cases was
| $15,17O9S.
The committee presented resolu-
| ton agreeing to allow the amounts re-
| ported to be entered up as judgments
against the city provided responsible
persons agree to take assignments OF
all such judgments and permit the city
to pay the same at the rate Of not more
than $1,000 per annum, beginning April
1, 1897 the city to have the option.
| however, to pay more rapidly If 1t shall
see fit. The resolution Was adopted.
Several responsible persons stand
ready to take an assignment of the
claims according to the terms of the
resolution.
NEW BUSINESS.
The following new resolutions were
| adopted besides the ones referred to
above:
Misunderstanding the city engineer to
prepare map of sewer district to in
clude all territory in the Fifth, Sixth. Fiji
| teenth and Eighteenth wards that may be
| drained by main sewer along LuZerne
street; directing city engineer to prepare
plans Of grading Of Sherman avenus.
Wagner-Directing the city clerk to re-
advertize for bids for paving Mulberry
street.
An ordinance was introduced provid-
ing for narrowing the roadway and
widening the sidewalks of Columbia
street from the Boulevard to Washing
ton avenue and referred to commit
tee. A number of ordinances were
passed on first and second reading.
There were no ordinances for third
reading.
The streets and bridges committee
reported in favor of awarding the con-
tract for the erection of a culvert on
Bloom avenue to NJ. A. Donahoe and
the report was adopted.