The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-02
ASPHALT REPAIRING
CAUSES DISCUSSION
Counter Insinuatlons Made In Select
Council.
TAX LEVY ORDINANCE INTRODUCED
Rate Is IL s-IO MilIs--Two New BIZ
cycle Measures Presented, Making
-Four in All That Are Now Before
CounciIs--Upper Lackawanna Ave-
nue. CobbIe to BE supplsnted with
Asphait--B Bids for Fire, Hose and
Combination Wagons.

Both councils were to have met last
night but the commoners didn't have
much on hand and 1t being insufferably
warm they decided to adjourn till next
Tuesday night, when the Joint ses-
sion of councils is to be held to elect
city solicitor.
Select council despite the heat pound
ed away at municipal legislation for
nearly two hours and then not being
yet satisfied with what had been ac-
complished adjourned to meet next
Tuesday night.
The usual warm discussion eventu-
ated. 1t was on the matter of asphalt
repairs. At the outset of the meeting
a communication was read from Street
Commissioner Dunning announcing
that he had solicited and received bids
for repairing asphalt from Dunn Bros.
and the Barber Asphalt company, and
that unless otherwise ordered he would
proceed to award the contract. This
communication was simply received
and filed.
When the sixth order Of business, the
Introduction of new business, came
along Mr.. Schroeder presented reso-
luton directing the street commission
er TO advertise for bids for keeping
the city's asphalted streets in repair for
a term of five wears.
Mr.. Chittenden opposed the measure
because council by it's action in receiv-
ing and filing the street commissioners
| communication had virtually told him
to go ahead with the awarding Of the
contract. He also opposed the resolu-
tion because of the five year clause
saying mo one Is going TO vote for
that; we all know what that means"
Mr.. Chittenden believed in letting the
commissioner go ahead. He had seen
the bids and was satisfied that they
were extremely low.
Mr. Roche said there appeared to be
a bad mix-ur lewhere. Some time
ago he intro -. a resolution direct
ing the city engineer to make plans and
specifications for asphalt repairing.
The engineer had figured out the
amount of repairing necessary and
made an estimate of how much repair
ing would be necessary for several
years to come. The joint paving COM
mittees had acted on the information
and the resolution before the house was
| the result.
Mr.. Roche scored the street commits
sioner for ignoring the proceedings Of
the paving committee and proceeding
without any authority to solicit bids,
| and from only two companies when
| there are three companies in the city.
There has been lobbying going on
fere to night to prevent the introduc-
| tion of this resolution" Mr.. Roche
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there was something queer" about the
whole transaction.
| Mr.. Lansing made a speech against
the resolution, saying he believed that
immediate repairs were necessary for
! If the pavements were not attended to
at once the cost of making the repairs
| would be soon doubled.
| Mr.. Chittenden moved to refer the
| resolution to committee, but this was
lost, and on motion of Mr.. Schroeder
| the measure was passed. Mr.. Chitten-
| den took exceptions to the five-year
| clause, and on motion of Mr.. Roche.
who interrupted him in the midst of
his speech, the five-year provision was
stricken out and lone year" inserted
| In its place.
Later in the evening Mr.. Chittenden
| picoCHlcu a lcooiutloli cIupoWCilhb Ihc
street commissioner to expend $1,500
of the $1,000 appropriation at once for
asphalt repairs, but 1t was ruled out
Of order by Mr.. Wagner who was
chairman pro tenn.
Two new bicycle ordinances were in
troduced last night. both by Mr.. Chit
tenden. One of them is a copy Of the
| rather stringent measure recently
adopted in Wilkes-Barre; the other is
the Lansing ordinance, which failed
to pass last year. Mr.. Chittenden stat
ed that his object was to get as many
bicycle ordinances as possible in the
hands of the committee, that 1t might
select the best features of each and
combine them into one good, salts
factory measure. The Wilkes-Barre
measure was as follows:
WILKES BARRE ORDINANCE.
An ordinance relating to the riding of
bicycles and tricycles and declaring GER
tain practices OF the wheelmen 20 be nuis-
| ances:
Section THAT the following are hereby
declared to be nuisances: "a Riding a
bicycle or tricycle. upon and through any
of the pubic highways of the city at a
greater speed than eight miles an hour.
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