The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-08-20
MEETING OF
THECOUNCIb.
The Session Was a Brief But interest
ing One.
CHESTNUT STREET TO Be OPENED.
It Will Result in the Abatement of Several
Sanitary Nuisances instructions on
Telegraph and Electric Light
Poles Given to the Chief
Burgess.

Borough Council was held last evening and /
was Of short duration, although considerable |
important business was transacted The |
members in attendance were Messrs Mcclure /
Coakley, Boehm, Magargle, Shoemaker |
Straughn, James, Neiswenter, Gable, Hand |
and Reese.
In making his report on roads and high |
ways Mr.. Boehm stated that it would be |
necessary to open Catherine street at Straw
berry alley and Lloyd street. At the corner
of Gilbert and Coal streets 200 feet of plank |
ing must be renewed every year. If 20
inch pipe was run along there the plankiug
would be dispensed with, and the laying of
the pipe would be part of the opening of
Catherine street. On motion of Mr.. Gable
the recommendations were adopted and the
street committee was instructed to procure
bids for the purchase of pipe to be used
Nr. James called attention to a gutter at
the corner of Jardin and Cherry streets and
the matter was referred to the street com
mittee.
Under finances letter was read from
General Manager E. W. Ash in which he
stated that three cars are run daily on the
Shenandoah branch of the Schuylkill Trac-
tion Company and two on the Lakeside Rail-
way, and wanted to know why six cars are
taxed on the former line and four on the
latter.
On motion of Mr. Gable the secretary was
instructed to notify Mr. Ash that the bills
rendered were correct that the borough
taxes all cars run into She borough.
whether run only one day or every day of
the week.
President Staughn stated that Mr. Brewer,
of the Columbia Brewing Company, had
called upon him and stated that the company
pGoposed erecting new building on the lot
adjoining that on which the Borough build
ing standsH M. Brewer said he understood
that the borough intended putting a. build
ing on the rear end Of the lot and suggested
that it bear half the exbense in putting up a
partition wall
Council evidently did not favN the propo-
sition and hence no action was taken
The broken piston head of one of the
pumps at the water works pumping station
was a subject of discussion again and it was
decided that it, in the opinion of the water
committee, the piston head was defective and
the Jeanesyille Iron Works does not do what
the committee deems fair as to repairs, the
committee take its work elsewhere hereafter.
Mr.. Boehm said that four electric light and
telegraph poles are planted on the 80 foot
frontage Of f. J. Brennan's property and the
latter asked for relief The matter was
referred to the Chief Burgess with a similar
complaint made by William Niswender.
This brought up general discussion on
poles and Mr.. James wanted the one in front
of the Primitive Methodist church replaced,
as he deemed its condition dangerous. This
brought forth statement from the Solicitor
to the effect that telegraph and electric light
companies place their poles under authority
secured by their charters and not by local
authority, and that before the latter remove
poles they must first ascertain if the poles
are nuisance, or dangerous Having ascer-
tanned this, it is then the duty of Council to
notify the owners of the poles that they must
be removed or placed in safe condition within
a reasonable time, or else the borough will
remove the poles as a public nuisance. If
any pole is in such a condition as to threaten
immediate danger, the Solicitor added, the
borough has the right to remove it without
delay.
Mr.. Reese moved that companies having
erected poles within the borough limits be
instructed by the Chief Burgess to have such
poles as have become nuisance put in proper
condition. Mr.. Gable offered an amendment
that the companies replant the poles within
two weeks and the motion was carried as
amended,
A letter was read from Swift & Company,
asking permission TO occupy portion Of the
pavement ON Bowers street. near Centre, to
the extent of at least four feet beyond the
| building line. The matter was referred to
the street committee for a report at the next
meeting g.
A letter from Marshal Baugh, repeating
request for an electric light at the corner o.
White and Cherry streets, was read. Nc
action was taken as under the preson
status Of the electric light question it is i'm
possible to put any additional lights on thD
system.
A written application from Herman V
Hesse, for election as Borough Surveyor wa
read. The filling of the vacancy was laiC
oyer until the next meeting,
The report of the Borough Treasurer fo
the month ending August 2nd showed a bal
ance Of SO, 235.9a ON hand. The deferred re
ports Of the Chief Burgess Chief Of Polio,
and Fire Marshal for the months Of June anC
July were also read.
President Straughn called the attention O
the Chief Burgess to bad pavement pp Wes
Lloyd street, the north side, aud hetweeI
Main street and Pear alley. He said a boy
had his foot caught in the boards
Mr.. Mcclure suggested that right Of wal
be granted to the Commercial Electric Ligh
Company. The President replied that it baS
never been denied that Mr., Tally made
motion 70 lay the matter ON tho table and j
had never been brought up again.
Mr.. Hand said that the company had a
much right to pole the streets as the othe
companies, according to the Solicitor, and h,
could not see why it didn't so ahead Couuci
adjourned at this point.