The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-17
SEWERAGE
TROUBLES.
Officials Failed to Agree at Confer
ence To-day.
BOROUGH OFFICIALS OBJECTED
Propositions Prom the Representatives Of
the Coal Companies Regarding the
First Ward creek We're Unsatis-
factory State Board Of Health
May be Notified.

Another conference with view to adjust.
ing the difficulties created by the condition
OF the creek at the eastern end of Centre
street was hold this morning. 1t was thought
after the last meeting that way had been
paved FOR an amicable settlement of the
matter, but it seems that the parties inter.
ested are now more divided in opinions than
they have been since the negotiations were
first opened
The officials who attended the conference
this morning we're Messrs. Clemens, of Potts
vile, and Pollard, of Ashland, representing
tho +. & r. G. & l. Co.; Mr.. Baird, of the
Thomas Coal Company Councilmen Lally
and Bell, Messrs Malone and Morrison of
the Board OF Health Health Officer Conry
ana supervisor Burns. The officials met at
the East Centre street bridge, where a view
north and south could be had of the stream
IN question, and Mr.. Clemens opened
the conference by producing blue prints of
surveys that had been made since the last
conference to make estimates on the cost of
improvements. He said there were 300
feet along the creek in which the main diff.
Guilty arose and his company had found that
II would cost about So 600 to crib the sides and
plank the bottom of the creek, as had been
suggested by some of the borough officials.
therefore his company had dropped that sug-
gestl0n for the present aud made proposition
OF It's own, viz : That channel four feet
deep with the sides sloping from eight feet at
the bottom to eighteen feet at the top b,
made in the creek. This, he estimated
could be done for $500, but he would allow
SlOO more and the ?. q Il. c. & |. Co. would
agree to pay one-third of the expense, up {,
$500, the borough to do the work.
Mr.. Baird said his company would clean
out the creek north of the Lehigh Valley
railroad at its own expense, and share half
the expense for cleaning and cribbing the
creek from the railroad south to tue point
whore the creek connects with the Indian
| Ridge colliery stream. Below the latter
point, he said, his company would not touch
because the p. & K. c. & l. Co. was responsi.
| BILE for the coal dirt there. This Mr.. Clemens
refuted, saying the Kelley Run colliery puts
twice as much coal dirt in the creek that the
Indian Ridge does.
Both propositions were unsatisfactory TO
the borough officials. First. because the
Z. & X. proposition practically anticipated
nothing more than clearing out of the
stream with no Improvement of permanent
character; secondly, that cribbing the sides is
the only true remedy; third, that Kehley
Kun colliery is responsible with the p. & r.
company, in part if not equally, for the coal
dirt being in the part of the creek Mr.. Baird
refused to consider and the Thomas Coal
Company should bear pro rata share of the
expense for the whole territory; and lastly,
should the propositions be accepted the bor.
ough would have the small end of the bar-
gain with the bulk of the expense, in that it
would be left with half the expense with the
Thomas Coal Company and two-thirds with
| the P & r. company.
The meeting dissolved without agreement
and evidently much dissatisfaction on the part
OF the borough officials one of whom stated ia
reporter that aggressive action to remedy the
matter will probably be taken in the near
future. He intimated that, as the Borough
Council and Board of Health have exhausted
ali the steps suggested, the matter will prob
ably be laid before the State Board of Health