The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-04
That Providence Pave.

Editor of The Tribune.
Slr-lt having been reported by some
of my enemies that / was the only lax
payer along North Main avenue that wa
against paving the avenue before 1t was
severed, | take this method of putting the
facts as they are and don want the pub
lie to think that ! alone was the cause
of holding off this pave until the ave-
nue. was severed, but | am one who wants
a sewer first and a pave after and do
not want the work done over three times
at the expense of the tax payers, and
when done l do not want 1t a poor job,
such as any man with an ounce of brains
ought to know better than to do. 1t Is
haracteristic of this city to do a job
over and over again, and why is this?
BY permission l will give you names
of q few who are trying to hold off this
pave until the avenue is severed. The
first name / will give you is George
Brown. who owns, with his mother, a
double block and two lots on North Main
avenue, and he says he will carry the
suit to the Supreme court before he will
have the street paved in front of his and
his mothers properties until ii Is sew
cred. If paved without a sewer it would
forever spoil the sale of their properties,
/ and / think he is right, as they now
claim there is no money to pay for the
! city's share Of sewcring the avenue, 1t
/ looks to me, the way they are managing,
there won't be any money to pay the
city's share for sometime to come, un-
LEGS they bond the city as they should for
3 this expense. The North End pays a
heavy tax and should have some benefits.
( | must admit they give us n few police
/ men up here, and they look after our in
/ tcrest when not needed down town.
would ask the tax payers In general what
has the North End ever had for the taxes
we have paid into the city treasury, and
u.nt NO n
| nearly half a million dollars In sewers
throughout the city than to put it in two
bridges. that were built to benefit street
cars and brewery wagons?
The names of those l am allowed TO
print are against paving until a sewer is
laid. There are some names that / am
asked to withhold, as they are afraid
Of their Jobs. Isn't this an awful state
! Of affairs, when a man dare not MAKE
his name public because he wants a
sewer before a pave In front of his prop
erty. on this avenue there are num-
ber of cess pools running over and out
into the middle OF the street, as there is
no gutter only in the middle OF the street
most of the way along North Main ave-
nue., although We have a ward appropria-
tion of about eight hundred dollars
am told that should be used to keep the
cutters open on II main avenue like this,
and | would ask the people of the two
twenty-five blocks that are not severed
and who wants to cover up with a pave
about twentv-fvc blocks that are not
severed to satisfy n few who live in the
two blocks that have been severed, Many
| OF them have not paid for their sewer
and say they won't as the city should
pay two-thirds of the cost of sewering
according to decision of the Supreme
court
Well II they won't pay for the sewer
would they pay for the pave if it was
| ILLEGAL, and the contractors would bt
waiting for their money as Flanagan &
O'Hara are. who put down the sewer iT
the two blocks out of about twenty-eight
blocks AS / have taken up considerable
space In your valuable paper. l will give
YOU the names of some of the parties
who are fighting foT theirrignts, and there
are only two men on this list that did no
give s. or more each to carry on this suit
and some gave larger sums. GeoTP,
Brown. Mary A. Fetherby, John Hawks
sr., Michael LOTUS, John Nj. Keisling
7. +. O'Hara, g. s. LOwery, o. V. Palmer
Peter Cerine, Mrs. Rachel Phillips. Johl
4. Kennedy John I3eal, Samuel Arnold
Joshua Vail George W. Constantine
Charles Shotto, John d. Reese. Isaa'
Owen, Frank Harris. Thomas f. Reese
l.. w, Morse, Il. l. benjamin, Lawrenc
Homer, g. +. Crossman, Horace Twining
All the above names and some more
whose names are withheld for causes
stated before, are subscribers Ia pay IN
expense of holding off the pave until W
, can get a sewer. The above names ar