The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-05

1t was expected that Mayor Bailey's
nomination of Thomas A. Potter to the
police force would be confirmed by Sc
lect council at its regular meeting last
night, but the meeting adjourned be-
fore the necessary eleven votes to con-
firm could be secured, although all the
twenty-one members were present.
Previous to the meeting the police
| committee was in session and decided
to report favorably on the nomination.
The committee did not report, however,
during the first order of business,
which. by rule, is devoted to committee
reports. Throughout the meeting sew
eral members who were chiefly con-
cerned in Potter's nomination lobbied
| vigorously, but evidently to no avail,
as nothing was heard from the police
| committee
During the recent telephone fran
| chise fight the promise was made to
| Select Councilman Adam Schroeder
! that Mayor Bailey would nominate any
acceptable police candidate who might
be suggested by Schroeder. The prom
| Use was carried out in the nomination
| OF Potter, but the members who voted
against the new franchise remain solid
| in opposition to confirmation. Those
| who wanted to see the nominee con-
| firmed devoted most of their efforts to
| Mr.. McAndrew, but he remained firm
in his determination to oppose and vote
| against confirmation. Only one vote is
| necessary to make Potters appoint
ment a surety.
BONDS APPROVED.
On recommendation of the judiciary
az,
spector NJ. +. O'Malley and Street
Commissioner p. ]. O'Boyle were ap-
proved. The formers bond for SO, 900 is
| signed by Thomas and James II.
O'Malley. Mr.. OBoyles bond is for
$5,OOO and is signed by A. j. Casey and
| John A. Mears.
The streets and bridges committee
reported favorably the common coun-
| Gil ordinance providing for plans, etc,
| for sidewalks and cutters on Prospect
| avenue from River to Beech street,
also the ordinance for narrowing the
roadway and widening the sidewalks
of Vine street, between jefferson and
Madison avenues and between Taylor
| end Arthur avenues.
| Among the concurrent resolutions
adopted were the following: For plans
and estimate for sidewalks and curb
II Gibson street, between Capouse and
| Washington avenues; awarding the
| contract for building the Bromley ave-
rue sewer between Washburn and
jackson streets to Flanagan G. O'Horo
at S1.59 per lineal foot directing re-
pairs at Neptune Engine house.
| Resolutions approved were intro
duccd as follows:
|
| missioner to notify the Scranton Railway
| company to repair the pavement between
| its rails on Cedar avenue from Cedar axe
| nut bridge to Hickory street
Mr.. Coyne-Directirg the city engineer
to prepare plans, estimates, etc, for side
! walks on the following streets: Cedar
avenue. between Brook and Breck
| streets: PittstOn avenue, between Brook
and Breck streets Breck street, between
| Pittston and Cedar avenues; Brook street
between P!ttston and Stone avenues.
| The following contracts were award
ed by resolutions from the streets and
bridges committee: To r. S. Kiester,
sidewalks on West Linden street. be-
tween Ninth and North Main ave-
nues; to Nicholas and company, the
Mt' Pheasant ravine culvert for 1863.
ON THIRD READING,
Ordinances passed third reading as
follows: (SelecD Providing for a
sewer basin and an elevated cross
| walk on the northeast corner of wv
ominS avenue and Spruce street:
(common) as amended providing for
pavement and cutters on Hyde Park
avenue between Lafayette and Divi-
sion streets and narrowing the road
way (common) providing for an elec-
tic light at the corner of Clay ave-
nue. and Gibson street in the Ninth
ward; (selecD for paving Dix court
in the rear of the city hall.
No little amusement was occasioned
by referring to the vice and immoral
ity committee a challenge issued by
the city hall base ball team to the
two branches of councils to play n
game of base ball at the outing of
the CLAY Pipe club" at Lake Ariel
tomorrow.
The ordinance providing for side
walks on the South Side of Scranton
street between Seventh street and the
gas house bridge passed first and
second reading.