The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-21
GEO. |. BURTON REELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
 COUNCILMEN UNTIL NEXT JUNE.

Half Hour Session of the Lower House or
 City Legislature Held Last Night-Re-
 port of Lamp Committee Concerning
 Lighting Contracts Accepted and Orders
 Passed.
 The councilmen last night held short session of about half an hour after wa;,- ing some time for quorum. At S:15 the roll call showed twenty-two mem- bers present, but a few minutes after Councilmen Smith and Wrinn come in and made up the required number. The first business taken up was the consid- eration of the report of the lamo com mittee in regard to lighting contracts for the next year. The report recom- mended that the. committee be given power to let contracts to the New Ha- ven Gaslight company for not less than 600 lights at $2.25 each, and not less tran 'G0 Welsbach lights at $50 each: to g. w. Scranton for street signs, at the following prices, plain signs 50 cents each, with extension. 75 cents each; lantern signs 13 cents each, and to the | Sun Vapor Street Lighting company of | Scranton, Pa, for not less than 800 naphtha street lights at s19.97 each. The above contracts are to be let on basis of three years cntract, with the un- | derstanding that if appropriations suf- | ficient for the fulfillment of the con- 1 tracts are not made for the last two years the contracts are null and void. The report was accepted, the recommen- | dations adopted and the orders passed | unanimously.
 l The board concurred with the all dermen in accepting and ordering on | file the report of the special committee looking up a site for the contagious dis eases hospital. The amendment to the report ordering that the hospital be built at Springside was adopted on mo- tion of Councilman Burton Brown, all | though Councilman Graves moved that | a consideration of the matter go over until next month.
 | The resolution to dispose of the Clin- ton avenue site which the aldermen adopted with the amendment to turn the money received for 1t into the city treasury was taken up. Councilman Is- l bell, on whose motion at previous meeting of the counclmen the resolu- | ton was sent back to the committee to l be properly signed again, insisted last night that the technicality which he pointed out should again be taken into consideration, and the board adhered to l it's previous action in ordering the re- I port back to the committee.
 l The petition of J. A. Mcintyre for l damages and the petition of Charles H. Cook for damages for personal injury
 were referred to the committee on
 claims. The petition for a sewer on
 Sherman avenue, between Goffe and 1 Henry streets, was referred to the sew CT committee. The resolution passed by the aldermen last Friday night rendering i a vote of thanks to the board of finance
 for the boards work for the city the
 past fall was brought up last night and
 the councilmen concurred.
 A resolution offered by Councilman
 Graves extending the term of office of
 President Burton of the board of coun-
 cilmen was passed unanimously, and
 after the vote MT. Burton was applaud
 ed. He thanked the members in few
 words for the honor conferred upon him
 and the board then adjourned.