The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27
COMMON COUNCIL
RECEIVES WARNING
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disposed to agree with all the business
created by the select council and re-
ferred the following measures to COM
mittee: Awarding the contracts for
printing during the fiscal year of 1898.
providing for a special committee to
prepare an ordinance directing the
bond ordinance committee to include
In the ordinance $4,000 for a new Cen
tury hose house.
Among the new ordinances and reso-
lutions introduced were the following,
the former being adopted and the lat
ter referred for printing: BY Mr.. Wal
ker, directing the street commissioner
TO repair the Third street culvert be-
tween Luzerne and Fellows streets; by
Mr.. Gilroy, directing the city solicitor
to defend Patrolman Block against any
action that may be brought against him
by ID. T. Swartz; by Mr.. Keller, an
ordinance for narrowing the roadway
and widening the sidewalks on Vine
street between jefferson and Madison
avenues and Taylor and Arthur ave-
nues; by r. Morris, directing the city
clerk to notify the Scranton Railway
company to repair it's tracks at the
corner of Seventh and Scranton streets.
avenue with brick between Lafayette
| and Division streets was introduced by
MIR. Walker and referred for printing.
An accompanying resolution directs
| the city clerk to advertise for bids to
do the work.
APPOINTED COLLECTOR.
On recommendation Of City Treasurer
| c. G. Bolaud Morris r.. Welsh was APP
| pointed collector of city taxes in the
| Fourteenth ward, vice Thomas Cos
| grove resigned The formers bond
| was approved.
Mr. divers vehicular traffic ord-
| nance passed two readings. Ordi-
| nances passed this reading as follows:
| Providing for an electric light at the
| corner of Clay avenue and Gibson
| street; providing for cutters on Lu-
zcrne street; appropriating funds for
| repairs to the Crystal Hose company
| wagon.
There was some opposition to hurry
! ing action on the supplementary appro-
| priation ordinance providing for the
| expenditure Of $4,000 of surplus furds,
| but it was finally referred to the esti-
mates committee for immediate report,
| 1t was returned favorably and later
| passed two readings.
| The city controller submitted his an
nual report for 1898, which was made
up of n bundle cf voluminous state
| nents and figures. UneXpended ap-
| pended appropriations Of $50, 56l61 were
| shown as follows: Mayors depart
| ment. Sl21.92; treasurers department,
| $1023; controllers department. $47616;
solicitors department, S44226; city
clerk, SS72.46; maintenance city hall,
| S5l4.60; city engineers department,
| $746S 80; street commissioners depart
| ment, 81 $685. assessors department,
| 1915; police department. STAGE; fire
| department, Stills. building inspec-
tors department, S43: board OF health,
| S3,36795; parks $l79S1; board of re-
vision, S37; general city, sS,066.67; defic-
iency, S49.97.
In the statement of receipts and
| disbursements, the general revenue
| was shown to have been $685.
| 12520, from assessments on local i'm
| provements, SiS9l295, a total Of S4l7,-
| 03625 The disbursements amounted to
| 73,61O.19 showing a balance on April
| of SAL 462.07. According to the state
| ment the prompt payment of taxes re-
| suited in a surplus of S15,99S.44
The Indebtedness and resources at the
close of the fiscal year showed S67i,-
| 412.66 in the former and as follows in
the latter: Cash, general city fund,
| S4S,4l1.07; cash, interest and sinking
fund.- S74.29Oi5 delinquent taxes, etc,
$4,000; total, Sl42, ,7Ol.52; net indebted
| ness, S531 ,7l1l4.
The statement of delinquent accounts
showed $l9,.4j29 in the city solicitors S
hands for collection; a total of $40, ,265,4i
in the hands Of delinquent tax collec-
tors and Si1.972%4 due from sundry
sources
An adjournment was made to next
| Wednesday night.