The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-17
LENGTHY COUNCIL SESSION
A Number of Questions of Importance
Under Discussions.
ACTION CONCERNING PORCH LINES
Sweeping Instructions to the Chief Burgess
as to obstruc' ions-P. D. Holman Made
a Member of the Board of Health.
Surveyor Gregory Reflected

Surveyor Gregory Reelected
A regular and very lengthy meeting of the |
Borough Council was held last evening with .
Councilmeu Boehm, Gable Hand, D. r. |
James, Englert. Reese, Mcclure, Lally, |
Coakley, Schoppe, Magarge, Kerns, Murphy |
and President T. J. James in attendance.
Considerable routine and an equal or greater
amount of special business was transacted
and it was almost II o'clock when the bor
ough fathers dispersed.
Mr.. Boehm, for the roads and highways
committee, reported that upon investigating
the claim by Mrs. Mary Golden for $500
damages for injuries sustained by falling at
the crossing at the corner Of Lloyd and
limerick streets the committee could find
nothing wrong with the crossing that if at
the time of the accident it was the same as
when the committee visited it there was no
cause for the fall due to the crossing.
Some say, Mr., Boehm said, that in making
improvements around his property Mr..
Cussakawcz raised the crossing. The com
mittee had no knowledge of that. They
only knew that the borough had made no
changes and that the crossing is in good con-
dition. Eight 6-inch pipes have been or
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and Union streets. New flooring had been
placed on the West Coal street bridge and
the schuylkill Traction Company will be
asked to pay its pro rata share.
| Mr.. McGuire called attention to the bad
sanitary condition of Peach alley and Mr..
Gable said gutterng was needed on West
Oak street.
President James said pavement on the
south side of Coal street, between West and
! Chestnut and on the north side, between
| Gilbert and Catherine, should be attended to.
And Mr.. Reese called attention to one at
| West and Coal streets. The attention of the
Chief Burgess was directed to all these
places.
Upon motion of Mr.. Lally the survey com
mittee was empowered to give a grade for
Peach alley
The question of hose wagon was then taken
up and it led to a very spirited debate Pro-
posals from one firm to furnish a wagon fol
S51O and a combination wagon and chemical
engine for 81 100 We're read, well as one
from another company to furnish a combina-
tion wagon for 81, 300
d. K. James moved that the fire apparatus
committee be instructed to get the $50 wagon
on 30 day credit
Mr.. Mcclure amended that the committee
also purchase a combination wagon for the
Phoenix Fire Company.
After having the motion iustruCtug the
committee at the last meeting read, President
James ruled the amendment out of order
holding that under the motion the committee
was not empowered to consider chemical
engines, or combination wagons.
Mr.. Mcclure appealed from the decision
and after the secretary put the appeal the
chair was sustained
Mr.. Mcclure then moved that D. X. James
motion be tabled until the next meeting, the
committee to consider the advisability Of
purchasing a combination wagon for the
Phoenix Fire Company. This motion was
defeated and Mr.. James motion was carried,
so the Columbia Hose Company gets q $50
hose wagon to replace the hose carriage that
had been in use for 26 years.
1t is understood that no amount of money
can purchase the old carriage from the com
pany and that it will be held as a memento
of early Shenandoah days.
Mr.. Mcclure was not content with the re-
versas he had met on the question
and followed with a motion that the
combination wagon the fire apparatus COM
mittee had recommended for the Columbia
Hose Company be purchased for the Phoenix
Fire Company, but this motion was also de-
teated.
d. K. James said he had visited the lookup
and found 1t IN hlthy condition and some
thing ought to be done to Keep the place
clean. There was considerable talk ON the
natter Whch hnally drtted to question as
To who liberated prisoner and the condi-
tons, but nothing definite was arrived at,
the President stating, however that the
lamp and watch committee should inyesti-
gate such AFFAIRS
Mr.. Gable raised a storm cloud by stating
that he had been led to believe that the Chief
burgess was IN tine haolt oil giving licenses TO
parties wishing police protection at weddings
Tor fee OF 90 This he considered was en-
coumging nuisance Inc matter lea to a
warm and, m some respects, humorous