The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
NEWS GATHERED
IN THE CITY HALL
There viii Be No Delay 10 Makisg the
Appropriations.
SELECT ESTIMATES COMMITTEE
Was Appointed Yesterday by Presi-
dent Chittendcn-.Joint Committee
May Report Tomorrow Evening--D.
l.. d W. Assessment Appeal Has
Not Been Heard--PubIics school Es-
Inmates Are Being Prepared This
Week--Piumbing Board Report.

The new estimates committee of
select council was appointed yesterday
by President Chittenden. Its members
are c. F. Wagner, chairman; George
Sanderson, T. ]. Coyne, II. II. Will
liams and Edwin Frable.
A meeting of the joint committee will
probably he held tonight, when will he
prepared an appropriation ordinance
for presentation to select council to-
morrow night There will be no delay
in the drafting of the measure. as the
appropriations which recently died will
be used as a base. The Republican
members, at least majority of them,
are united on certain changes to be
made. The few items concerning which
no agreement has been attempted will
he considered during today, so there
will be no delay or misunderstanding
at the session of the whole committee.
In selecting the select estimates COM
mittee President Chittenden aimed to
appoint members from wards other
than those represented in the esti-
mates committee Of the lower house.
The remainder of the select council
committee will be announced tomor-
row evening.
There was no hearing yesterday Of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern cOmpany's appeal before the board
of revision and appeal for the elimina-
tlon of the assessment against the COM
pany's buildings in its railroad yard.
The board received word in the morn
ing from Judge Z. N. Willard. the
company's attorney, that it would be
inConvenient for him to be present.
Early in the afternoon he telephoned
that he could attend, but the board was
not in session. No date for hearing the
important appeal has been fixed.
Several weeks of diligent work is yet
required before the board will have
finished the revision. Nearly all the
proposed inspections have been made
and memoranda secured, but decisions
have vet to be reached on scores of
properties.
There is no ground for the doubt that
members of the hoard whose terms
have expired as councilmen have a
right to serve on the board. While the
election of the board was wholly re-
stricted to candidates from the coun-
ellis. any citizen might have been a
candidate. Those members of the
board whose terms as councilmen have
ended. will serve on the board until
the term of that body is ended. A
precedent has been established, how
ever, and it is doubtful If any but
councilmen will ever become members
of it.
The building committee of the board
of control is visiting the public school
buildings in search of Information for
estimating tho repair and improvement
fund to be included in the 1898 appro-
priations. The committee will meet
Friday night
1t was hoped the finance committee
could report the 1898 estimates to next
Monday nights regular meeting, but
that does not now seem likely.
The high and training school COM
mittee will this morning visit the High
school building for data on which to
estimate the repair and similar ex-
penSes for that structure during the
coming fiscal year.
At tomorrow evenings meeting of
the insurance committee, 1t is intended
10 decide upon a final report in the
boiler insurance proposals and end a
competition which has been unneces-
sarily dragged along for several
months. The fault rested no less with
the old board than with the old COM
mittee, but the time has been SO
stretched that the bidders seem justi-
fed in their requests that the matter
be settled.
In view of the closing of the schools
on Good Friday suggestions have been
made that the vacation, which con-
tinues during next weeks institute, be-
gin tomorrow. The teachers commit
tee viewed the matter negatively, but
came to no decision, as the schools
could not be closed tomorrow without
authority from the board, which does
not meet until Monday.
The supply committee will meet Fri
day evening.
Late yesterday afternoon the board
of examiners for a plumbing inspector
reported to Mayor Bailey the result of
the examination. Before Mayor Bailey
left his office two of the applicants had
called there to learn the result but
We're informed that the appointment
would not be made known until the
nomination went to select council to-
morrow evening. OF the five appli-
oonto npa foila1 to finish 40