The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
PECKVILLE.


last Monday evening with all the MEM
bers present. The minutes of the pre-
Nious meeting were adopted. The res
ignation of Secretary r. E. Williams
was laid over for another month. The
police committee that was appointed
at the last meeting to make some com
pensation for the services of the police
officers for the past year. reported that
they had attended to that duty and
presented the following report: Chief
Of police to receive Is cents per hour,
and the other officers 10 cents per hour,
which was accepted. The following
bills were order paid: Chief of Police
C. J. Ganzemuller on duty 376, hours,
$50. .40;' T.. l.. Craig, 81 hours, $50; L.
n. Jones. II hours, s1.4O; John l.. Jones,
II hours, $170; Mark Walker, 264 hours,
$26.40: Stephen Cole % hours, $780,
Ancurin Williams, 36 hours, $3.50; A.
J. Hazen. Is hours, $3.50. The bill Of
DR.. J. b. Grover, for removing a dead
tree i'm front of his property, tn the
amount of $500, was ordered paid by
the request of the following Communi-
cation. which the council asked the
press representatives present to pub
lish:
Mr. 4. r. Williams, secretary
of the Blakely council: Yours of the
l4th inst. to hand. In reply we have
to say that by the correct rule of law
DIR. j. b. Grover cannot collect from
your borough this absurd claim. But,
nevertheless. by the Justice of peace
rule of action he probably could, in
case he is determined to do so The
almost universal practice Of justices of
the peace is to give the plaintiff d
Judgment. In your case the amount is
too small to he appealed from. 1t
would be cheaper to pay the small
amount than have the trouble of law
suit, even though you might get the
suit" Respectfully yours.
Ward & Horn,
Attorneys at Law
The salary of the burgess was fixed
at $50 for another year and treasurer
commission was placed the same as last
year, three per cent. Ward & Horn,
of Scranton, were selected as borough
attorneys for another year. retaining
fee to be $25. Mr. c. NJ. Hathaway and
Mr.. +. L. Craig were present and asked
for an appropriation of $3.50 for the
board of health for another year, which
|
received from Burgess S. b. Williams
asking that there be two paid police
| appointed for Sunday nights, to receive
| 81 per night for their services, was laid
on the table until the next meeting. A
| bill from the Archibald Water company
| amounting to $71.25 for eighteen fire
hydrants was ordered paid High Con.
stable Wermouth presented a bill OF
| 81 for burying a yearling and two dead
| dogs. which was ordered paid. Jani.
tor Rhoden presented a bill for ser.
| vices and serving meals to prisoners
| N.OO which was accepted. An ordin
| ance was introduced by Councilmer
| Reese, of the Third ward. in regards
| to bids and specifications for erectins
| electric plants, which caused quite {
| debate by several of the other council
men, and especially by the electric
| light committee Mr.. Bloes. the chair
| man of the electric committee, asked
Mr.. Reese to explain his reason for in
| Producing such ordinance, but Mr.
Reese did not reply. The electric ligh
! committee stated that they had visit
ed several plants and reported progress
| There We're several consulting electri
cal engineers present, among whom
| was T.. b. GoldSberry, a representa-
tive of the Fort Wayne Electric cor
| poration, Of Fort Wayne, Ind. H
gave some good suggestions to tn
| council how they should proceed l.
erect their electric plant. F. T.. Wad
and f. f. Platt, both of Scranton, wer
| present and offered some good sugges
tons. President ]. w. Smith asked tn
consulting engineers present what tn
usual fee that was charged for sup
erintending the erection of a plant
Mr.. Wade replied that the usua
charge was five per gent. Mr.. Moule
moved that the electric light commit
tee be empowered to hire a consultin
engineer, which was carried. Council
man Bloes stated that he was salts
fled that they could procure the ser
vices of consulting engineer for les
than $3.50. a motion was carried tina
the counci! give eX-Treasurer r. .
Uren an order to turn over all book
of the borough in his possession to hi
successor, Mr.. William Jones. Ne,
locks and keys were ordered to /
placed on all the doors Of the Jail an
council room, after which adjournmer
was had until Monday evening, Abr
II.
The miners examining board of II
First district will meet at the counc
rooms i'm the Third ward Monda
morning, April H.
Come to the warm maple sugar soci
to be held in the Ledyard hall, Thurs
day evening, April 7, for the benefit
Pocohontas council. The public is col
daily invited.
Mrs. w. f. Kilhorn and daughte
Katie, Of Philadelphia, are visiting h,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell.
the West Side
The employees of the Grassy Isiar
Delaware and Hudson breaker will
paid this afternoon.
The social TO be held at the Bapti
parsonage this evening promises to e,
coed anything Of the kind held. Don
fail to attend It,
|, Our public schools closed here ye
terday until next Monday, on accoul
of Easter holidays
Several of the members of Sherida
lodge, Knights of Pythias, visit,
Lackawanna lodge, at Olyphant, la
evening to witness the third rank tea
Of one of the Scranton lodges conf
, the rank of knight ON several ne
members.
, TRAMP PROBLEM.