The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-27
MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED.

John +. Roche.
MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED.
a motion was made by Mr.. Durr to
adopt the minority report. Mr., Wag-
ner offered an amendment that the
majority report. be adopted. The
amendment prevailed by the following
vote of to 8:
Ayes-Finn, Thomas, Williams, Chit
tenden, Wagner, Schroeder, Lansing,
F'rable, Coyne-9.
Nays-K carney, Clark, Roche, Durr,.
Manley, Mccain, Fellows, Burns-S.
Present and not yOting-Presdent
Sanderson and Mr.. Ross.
Absent-Mr Robinson, Mr. Mean
drew.
A motion to concur in the action of
council was carried without a division.
Later in the meeting, as a result Of
hurried conference by the leaders of
| the lake asphalt wing, Mr.. Manley
| moved that when the session ad-
journed it adjourns to meet Tuesday
night. 1t was believed that the plan
| was to attempt a reconsideration Of
| the contract award and the motion
was defeated. If any attempt had
| been made to reconsider, President
Sanderson, Mr.. Ross, Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Burns would have voted with the
| majority.
| The meeting refused to concur in
| common councils amendment to the
Chittenden resolution recommending
| the removal of Street Commissioner
| Kinsley. The resolution and the
amendment We're referred to committee
with the understanding that no fur
| ther action would be taken in the mat
| ter. A ViVe-voce vote that was unani-
nous directed that course
Mr. Kinsley will now continue in
office until April 80, the date his resig-
| nation goes into effect
| The 1897 appropriation ordinance
was received from the lower branch
and referred to committee.
CONCURRENT BUSINESS.
Common councils resolutions, direct
| ing the payment of $1,000 to Muldoon
Il Bowe for extra masonry work on
| the Spruce and Linden street bridges
| and the settlement of number of
minor claims, We're concurred in. Other
| concurrent measures We're disposed of
as follows: An ordinance regulating
the manner of making sewer assess
ments, referred to committee; an or
dinance providing for sidewalks on the
west side of Ninth and Robinson streets,
passed two readings; a resolution di-
recting the city engineer to prepare
plans and estimate of cost for q lateral
| sewer on Farber court, between Olive
and Ash streets, adopted a resolution
| directing the city engineer to prepare
plans and an estimate of cost for a lat
eral sewer on Prescott avenue, be-
tween Pine and Ash streets, adopted
a resolution requesting the park com
missioner to furnish an estimate of cost
for properly improving Nay Aug park.
adopted.
communication of considerable
length from City Solicitor Torrey in
answer to request from the fire de-
partment committee was read. 1t was
IN relation to the charge that the Game
well Fire Alarm company had beer
charging the city 1925 for new boxes
when the contract provided that the
price should only be 500. The letter
concluded as follows:
Il am of opinion that If the city de.
slres to purchase other additional boxes
II may under the proposal and contract
with the GameWell company, require
them TO furnish the kind of box de,
scrlped in their proposal, to wit, tn,
Palmer-Gardiner box at the rate O.
sloO. If, however, the city authori
ties continue to select for purchase Z
different box the price is purely a mat
Ter OF agreement not affected by any
existing contract.
Il am of the further opinion that 4
the city, through any misrepresenta
tions, has been induced to pay for tn,
KIND of box described in the proposa
higher rate than that at which /
was agreed TO furnish them, the excess
might be recovered in an action
brought for the purpose"
PLACED ON FILE.
Z 1t had been claimed by the Gamewel
company that the city continued I,
purchase boxes for which the regula
price is $l25 each and that they wer
not the kind provided for in the con
tract. The city solicitors letter wa
ordered received and filed.
That the Sixth and Eighteenth ward
are determined not to be included in
sewer district with the Fifth and Fif
teenth wards was indicated by a reso
luton introduced by Mr.. Clark an
; passed. II directs the city enginee
to prepare plans and an estimate of cos
. for new sewer district in the Sixtl