The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-08
Sets Good Example for Other Scranton
Municipal Bodies.
BIG LOT OF BUSINESS HANDLED
Lower Branch's Award of Asphalt
Repair Contract to tho Barber
COMPANY Was Cencurred in-.Prop.
erty Owners, Scranton Railway
Company and the City viii Pave
Upper Lackawanna Avenue..Raii.
road Gates for North Main Avenue.


Of late been setting the other Scranton
municipal bodies examples of how to
dispatch a big volume of business prop
erly and with speed. 1t did that same
last night
City Solicitor Mckinley on Sept. 16
wrote to councils as follows in relation
to the Seventeenth district main sewer:
80 The viewers have reported
that the total costs would be
s36,OoO OF which the city is assessed with
S22,96375 and the abutting property
owners with s1S,O36.25. I have appeal
ed from this report so far as it relates
to the assessment against the city.
If you desire that this report shall
stand and the city pay this assessment
of s22963.75, so advise me and 1 will
withdraw the appeal. If you conclude
that the city should not pay this as
sessment and desire it contested, in
struct me accordingly and I will con-
tinue the proceedings already institut-
CO."
The judiciary committee, through it's
chairman, Mr.. Lansing, submitted the
following report: your committee ap-
prove the action of the city solicitor
in taking an appeal and recommend
that no further action be taken in re-
gard to this sewer as there is no S22, 900
available at present, but they would
suggest that an ordinance be passed
asking the people of the city to author
ize the issue of 100000 bonds for gen.
eral sewer purposes"
MR.. ROCHE OBJECTS.
Mr.. Roche advocated withdrawing
the appeal and permitting the construc-
tion of the sewer. He contended the
contractor could secure his pay by pc
titioning court which would direct a
levy to cover judgment. Mr.. Roche
further opposed "dribbling" issue of
bonds. He thought a much larger is
sue than 100000 should be made, If
any.
The report was adopted, a number
of members not voting.
A complaint from the board of health
concerning the unsanitary locality at
the corner of Brick avenue and Oak
street and along McDonough avenue
was referred to the councilmen and the
city engineer with power to act.
The pavement committees report
was adopted recommending that the
contract to pave Dix court from Linden
street to Mulberry street with vitri-
fed brick on a concrete base be award
ed to NJ. ]. Ruddy at $1.75 per square
yard for pavement, 40 cents per foot
for straight ucrb, and S5 cents per
lineal foot for circular curb.
The claim of Casper Sassong for
s63751 for grading Fig street, was or
dered paid on recommendation of the
judiciary committee.
The contract for erecting an iron
fense on Railroad avenue in the Sixth
ward culvert was awarded to the
Scranton Iron Fence company, the
price being 500.
An opinion was received from the
city solicitor regarding the city's liza
bility for injuries resulting from ex-
cavatiOns, etc, inside fence lines. The
opinion was that the city was obliged
to erect barriers and take precau-
tions against injury to pedestrians
but was not liable for injuries to per-
sons using or entering the properties
in question.
ONE POINT OVERLOOKED.
City Solicitor Mckinley did not state
what recourse the city has to compel
property owners to guard against pos
sible accidents. AS this was one of
the questions submitted for an opinion
the city solicitors communication was
referred back to the author for a future
opinion.
Common councils resolution award
ing to the Barber Asphalt Paving
company the contract for repairing
asphalt pavements was adopted. 9th
er concurrent resolutions We're adopted
as follows: Providing for a fire hy-
drant on Hampton street near the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
land line; directing the fire committee
to investigate the sanitary condition
of Century Hose house; permitting
property owners on the south side of
Linden street, between Webster and
Clay avenues, to construct a sewer
on Alton place 20 connect with the
Webster avenue sewer; directing the
city assessors to place a nominal val
uation of 500 on the grounds and plant
of the Realing, David & Sheen silk
factory for period of ten years; pro-
viding for fire hydrant at the corner
of Irving avenue and River street.
Mayor Bailey's nomination of James
O'Boyle as inspector of the lateral
sewer on Farber court between Olive
and Ash streets. was confirmed.
A resolution was adopted directing
the city engineer to prepare plans for
laying fagstone sidewalks, curbs and
cutters on Clay avenue between Myr-
tie and Pine streets.
The common council ordinance pro-
Viding for a sewer on Won Storch
avenue between Main and Glen streets
passed two readings. A common coun-
Gil ordinance passed third reading pro-
viding for sidewalks on Meridian
street between Luzerne and Ninth
streets.
LACKAWANNA AVENUE PAVE.
The select council ordinance provid- :
ing for paving Lackawanna avenue
between Jefferson and Washington
avenues with asphalt at the expense of
the property owners and city, three
quarters and one-quarter respectively,
the city to pave the intersections and
the Scranton Railway company to pave
within its tracks, was adopted
The railways committee presented an
ordinance, which was referred for
printing, providing for gates on the
Leggetts creek branch of the Della
ware and Hudson railroad on North
Main avenue and imposing a penalty
OF $40 per day for each day the gates
are not operated within sixty days
after the passage of this ordinance.
An ordinance providing for the OPEN
fns Of af.npr