The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-03
TRACTION COMPANY
BRANCHING OUT
Prop Oses to Extend Its West Side and
Providence Lines.
ASKS COUNCIL FOR FRANCHISE
Select Council Refuses to Protest
Also Refuses 10 Offer u Reward for
Van Horn on the Grounds That the
County Commissioners Are Bound
to Attend to Such Matters.

r,,,,,, xo,,;s;,,.s Ara Rouud
to AttcUd to Such Matters.
At last nights meeting of select coun-
Gil, the Traction company asked per-
'''.lo'. ~ .1''l' ', ,'s we" ,an cannon,s
In, ,nt,t,o -, .,.a,. its entira
CT,
SUI Nes scr ,aiies anu '"e
ehtai uistflct' also 10 run d i'he ou.
West Market street. Wnich Is lhtehueu
10 run up into Abingdon.
The ordinance was introduced by Mr..
M,Anar.v, and ;s ,s follows.
,n arli,,n,, ,r,ntirr tho peop,e's
S.roa. p,i,,.n,. ,.omrnuv If / i.uy,tnr conn
-, ,h, IL, of ,,,,,, n,..r the f,I,,winu
=, =; 7', a,,a,.
~, 4 ,,,a,.,,., s,raat ,fror, tho nresent end
a., -, =, ,r,,,,,,, ,o,,,h s,r..t. nm
~, "a, -, -, -, ,,,,.,,na street
- 49,, ,t ,i, I a W,.hhurn stree.
,, ~. -, nt ~, ,h,, ,r.,,l to Grant
,,,.at ,r,i an nr,nI street 10 Jackson
.,r,,t a., ,h. ,,;,,, iin. N,, on Infavetta
.,,.,,, r,n,,, Min ,,,.,u. IN Van Rur,r
,,.a,Io lJ,o az sw.,,,n1 street from tho
,,r.san, onI of RI. Track I'm R.hrrc, ave-
n,,.. anJ 90, pa,,ahnno street Also on
Wet N,rka, stroat srom Providence
,', ~ No,,h ,Ioir ,,,.,,o 4, ,.i,v lin.
rio ia nomn,nv shall law on an
,,r.,, n,l ,,,n,,a,, nnw n,vca :, n,t
,,,,< -, ,,'nrn,,o,i n,,t.rn and of a
wai,,ht ,b,, win no suitnhle for tbe traf-
H.. ~ ,ha ,,iu r,iIrn,1
RAILS AND PAVING
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-, ''n '""S ,,,'. 49,, ,,.. To-, nr
W'n p', p'"N9 "a. ;,I th .
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'op VI wv '"''9 do - ~, ,,,i
any ''eI'9 ". ''.''''eo '.', ''' .,''i th.
"''''''n'e no, "om p',e" ,, pr'
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~ vs., .i,,, 10. "',' iari,,,, ~. ~.
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NV '', VI g., A., 80
u.s." ~" "''" '''~ -" "S 80
ma, nm ,,, l.,
Nv 49, 'oi, w ,"e ~,
.ne a. u,' ., 'eu''o,' ot 'm' ny ""'.'o a.,
w. Dut ,'' ioo, ,''.' s''''., ~, ''.t" ~ -"
l.., a.', ""'e ','' '.,'! III '"'
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,'t ,,,, ~, +, ,,.;,h ~ Wv, "s .,,,,
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y. VIM '"' P"N''''' was 'o' '''e''S @o'-
The said company shall at all times con-
,orm TO tne grade established by the ri,y.
for fire alarm, police telegraph and po-
pany shall grade all streets. roads and
avenues ON which 1t shall lay Its tracks
""c'' 'h' saihc are NOT Sraueu' from
,,,;,, ,, r"'o ''"r, 1,',u''a''eo..S,s
,,'cn,,nnc., y,i,h III ,h % ~, ~
civ councils and shnu rnmnv,. nli mnna..
essary obstruction as the work of cor
struction proceeds.
The company shall keep its tracks at
an tlinrs MED with substantial material
', uia,. 'ne ua,'t.lon oi ,he street 'omiiiis
,,'',' ~ ."a. 'n.t pun.r va" "ri'e Oh an"
Tbc construction Of tbis rooa sba,, ba
cOmpletei within two wears from IN. jat,
of the approval of the ordinance by the
mayor, or such parts of these franchises
as are not completed shall be forfeited On
otrii;lhu ol the citS.
,,, ~, ,o"p'ns shali w.,n'h tnirty DAYS
in the c;tv c,ert,s oti".. W ,,'ri,,n, u''no @ n'e
rcptauce under the cornorat. seoI or ,ho
company. of the provisions or this or,Ii-
nance, otherwise the same shall be null
ana OF no effect
,rha o,di,,, .
oo,,n;,,o. ,,itho,,. ,I;,,.,,,
FOR NARROWING STREETS
Ihree uliiereht ordinances Tor mar
rowing roadways received tav)!alie
conslderatloh. The ordinance ;or mar
~ i n
den ana Mulberry streets. passed first
'l"o se'oru Ieauihss' mat providing
ior narrowing the remainder % Clay
avenue passed second reading and the
one pro'idihg Tor narrowing up Mul-
berry street from wyoming avenue to
Jefferson avenue passed third and final
reauihs.
Ihe question mas been so thoroughly
discussed that none OF the members
thought lit to say ausht more on the
subject ana the measure passed with
out debate. Messrs. Lansing, Mccain
an" a .n"', i.oin ,, Ma,''ra themselves put
",' i'''""s !" ''ie en'rai 'tE ana
an '",'' I"''o "s"ii'S' t'' iast ehi'In-
e'"''" o'".''''t'
N'' "'''.,s "''rt" resolution en-
'"'"ei n'S '''c mayor I" oi''f $I"o re-
war" ~. ,ne "ireS' vi van h"ih. the
sia!sr VI MrH. "es'o''' pu' '"uhcil re-
iuSeu W approve Vi .he measure. argu-
'''S 'iiat IL IL the uuiN "l the county
commissioners 10 a'Iend I" such mat
ters. MI. w hiiahiS. IN speaking on the
SUBJECT salu ne ana not believe in the
iirs' pace III renewing the county COM
n''ss''hers Oh 'heir obliSation, and in