The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-21


hand of greeting.
Mrs. Angus Smith and Miss Margaret
Smith, of Starrucca, Wayne county,
are the guests of Mrs. Hugh w. Brown.
The members of the Presbyterian
Sunday school are preparing to observe
Children's Day.
Misses Eta Budd and Ida Sampson,
of Peckville, are visiting at the home
of Miss Name Budd, on Railroad street.
Thomas Harris left Wednesday for
Jerome, Ariz., where he expects to To-
tate for the present.
Eddie Jenkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan II. jenkins, is i'll with catarrhal
pneumonia.
Enterprise Hose company sent set
of resolutions to the senator from this
district and the Susquehanna county
representatives, protesting against the
repeal of the volunteer firemen's PEN
sion bill, which provides for the tax
ing of foreign insurance companies to
provide a fund for pensioning sick or
! disabled firemen or those dependent
upon them in case of their death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Pohren, of Port
Jervis, N. Y, are visiting at the home
| of Mrs. Mary Pohren, on Del
| aware street. Mr.. Pohren is a
railroad man of long experience and
was for some years an employe on the
| jefferson division of the Erie.
WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
The Forest City borough council met
on Wednesday evening, there being
present j. r. Budd, NJ. ]. Haley, j.
Fred Wellbrock, Robert Hullah and
John Lynch. Thomas p. Mccormack
| was chosen to fill the vacancy in the
| borough legislative body caused by the
| removal from the place of Arnett Ben
nett. The selection was one which, in
the opinion of The Tribune correspond-
ent, will be generally approved.
| Mr.. Holloway, who represents a
| Scranton syndicate of capitalists, met
with the council and offered on behalf
of those for whom he spoke to sewer
! the town, without charge, his propo-
| sition being that mains would be put
| in on the principal streets and that
| property owners would be charged a
| certain amount per year for tapping
! the mains and using them. ie further
| stated that the cost would be one hun
| dreo and fifty rer cent. less per year
| to real estate owners than what they
| pay for having vaults cleaned out each
| spring. The estimated cost Of the sew
erage they would be willing to put in
| here he thought would be between $35,
| 600 and $4,000. 1t was intimated that
| probably the surplus water on the bor-
| ough streets could he disposed of free
as the sewers would quite frequently
| have to be flushed. The members OF
| the council appeared to be quite ia
| vOrably impressed with the plan, but
requested the Scranton man to be pres
| ent at the next regular meeting or
June 2, with fuller details and speci-
fication of what streets his company
| would be willing to sewer.
| Several property owners were notified
through the secretary, to lay sidewalks
on Main street, in compliance with a
| regularly enacted ordinance. A petit
tion was read from property owners OF
South Railroad street, asking that tina;
thoroughfare should be put in passable
condition. The street committee was
authorized to investigate and to make
the necessary improvements.
| The secretary was instructed to COM
| municate with our district senator eni
| the representatives from this county
and to protest against senate bills 261
and 322, which are intended to prevent
| boroughs from competing with locaL
corporations, thus compelling boroughs
to remain out of the field or else pur.
chase the rights and privileges Of the
said corporations at any rate which the
| latter may name.
OTHER VICINITY NOTES.
Robert Cowyn and George Wilkinson
who have been visiting friends In
Vandling for several months, returned
TO their home in England the first OF
the week.
The net proceeds of the picnic held al
| VandlinG for the benefit of Charles
Melville, amounted to about $3.50.
A meeting of the committee for the
second Sunday school district of Sus.
quehanna county, was held at the resi-.
dence of Alfred Bowell at Herrick Cen.
ter, Wednesday evening. The call was
to make arrangements for an institute
in the near future.
The school at Richmondale will closC
on June |.
The postonice question is still agitat.
ing the Richmondale people. They arr
not worrying about an appointee, but
| they would like to see an office estab.
lished there to which somebody could
be 'appointed-and which would Incl
dentally add much to their convenience
Many improvements that will tend t.
draw summer trade are being made al
Crystal lake.
Miss Josephine Avery and N. w
Smith, of Burnwood, will be married al
the home of the brides parents in Her.
rick Center on Wednesday evening
May 26.