The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-12
OLYPHANT.

on Tuesday evening a meeting of the
borough council was held All mem
horS responded to the roll call cXcept
Messrs. Pattcn and Lewis. After the
usual routine business, the street COM
missiOnCr's bills for the month Of April
were ordered paid. They amounted to
$50. Various borough and electric light
bills were then read and passed upon.
Burgess McNulty presented petition
signed by large number Of the prop
erty owners i'm the Second ward, ask
ing council to appoint two paid night
policemen to protect property i'm that
portion of the borough, The petition
crS are willing to pay a part Of the
expense of said officers, the remainder
To- be borne by the borough. Mr.. Nc
Nulty also reported that Ferris street
was i'm a very unsanitary condition.
caused 10y the waste water from pri-
vato properties flowing into the street
He further suggested that the council
erect an electric light lamp on the
fountain at Mahon's square. The bur
CESS stated that Jones Il Son, in erect
ing new store on LackaWanna street.
passed beyond the building line, and
were encrOaChinG on the borough prop
l.
1t was explained to the council, how
ever, that Mr.. Jones will have the
building moved to the proper line. The
new hose company asked council to
appropriate about two hundred feet Of
hose for their use, as the hose they
now have is about worthless. The re-
quired amount will be secured from the
Excelsior Hose company. A fire hy-
Nli "a l,a in,
An ordinance providing for the paving
of LaCkaWanna street passed first and
second readings. The ordinance speci-
ties that the proposed pave is to be Of
Vitrifed brick, laid on concrete base.
Two-thirds of the cost of the pave is
to be paid by the property owners
abutting on the street, and the balance
by the borough, and a five years limit
Is allowed for payment. The work is
to be done under the supervision of
Civil Engineer \. b. DunninE, Of Scran-
ton. The police ordinance passed two
readings, and a petition was read from
taxpayers in the central part of the
town, asking councils permission TO
construct a sewer along Delaware and
LaCkawanna streets. \ committee was
appointed To confer with the property
ll'lh'iS' llN NtAi ifldlN WAS instructed
to ascertain the exact amount of the
Indebtedness of the borough by having
all parties having orders present them
to him. When the borough's standing
is known a series Of bonds will be is
sued To pay off the Indebtedness. The
meeting adjourned TO meet next Tues
day evening.
Druggist and Mrs. jenkins Of Provi-
dence, We're the guests of Mrs. Mary
PrObert yesterday.
Miss Gertie Dearie is confined To her
home, on Delaware street, with throat
trouble.
A meeting of the executive committee
appointed 10 arrange for a celebration
on Memorial Day was held Tuesday
night. Another meeting win he held
on Saturday evening, when definite ar
rangements will be made.
+. j, McHale left yesterday to spend
two weeks in New York.
Francis Jones, Of Providence, was a
visitor i'm town yesterday.
The funeral of Mrs. Gordon, mother
of Mrs. John Pedrick, who died at her
home in Jermyn on Tuesday last, will
he held in the Presbyterian church at
this place this afternoon at o'clock.
Joseph. the little son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wheeler, of Lackawanna street,
is quite ill.,