The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-13

Of the conduits or the operation OF its
wires. That also passed.
The next amendment was that the
bond should be forfeited and the fran
chise should be void IL the company
should merge or sell It's stock. Mr..
Sanderson said he didn't think the
amendment was worth the paper it was
written on, as the stock belonged to
the stockholders and they could sell IT
If they pleased Messrs. Ross, Finn,
James, Wagner, Robinson, Sanderson,
Schrader and Coyne voted against 1t.
The lost amendment proposed was that
the company shall have at least 500
customers supplied with a satisfactory
service by June 1, 1899. 1t was after
the vote on this was taken that Mr..
Finn made his remarks.
After quiet was restored and the epi-
sode between Messrs. Finn and Nc
Cam had passed into history, Mr..
O'Boyle, of the Eighteenth ward, made
a speech in which he said it was about
time the wires were put underground
and the lives of the people protected.
He said, too, that it was about time
the city stopped giving away fran
chises.
Mr.. Robinson asked permission for
the president of the company to
say a few words. Mr.. Connell arose
and was pulling off his overcoat to
come within the enclosure, when Mr.
Mccain objected. Mr.. Roche took the
floor and became quite eloquent. He
said competition is very proper. Peo-
pie get better service. But he believed
no more franchises should be given
away as they were in the past. He
said that not one of the amendments
proposed by Mr.. Mccain was hard
ship on any company going into legiti-
mate business.
FINN WANTED TO KNOW.
Mr.. Finn wanted to know why the
new company should be asked to do
more than the present one, or than the
| one year ago. Mr.. Roche said the
| city is progressing. A vote was taken
on the ordinance as amended and it
| passed second reading. 1t has yet to
| go through third reading in select, and
| through the common branch on three
readings.
The ordinance for the appropriation
| of $4,000 for a new steamer for the
| Franklins was defeated. Mayor Bailey
vetoed the resolution awarding the
| contract for the Monsey avenue sewer
| to Donahoe & O'Boyle for the reason
that they were not the lowest respon-
| sible bidder. Thomas +. Jones was
| appointed district engineer in place of
| Joseph Birtley, who is away with the
| regiment. He was confirmed. An in
vitation to attend the one hundred and
| fiftieth anniversary of Reading was
| read and referred.
| The printing committee awarded the
| contract for the city printing to the
Republican and Times. The second APP
preparation ordinance was amended
and passed on first reading. Bids for
the repair of asphalted streets were as
| follows:
| Columbia Construction Company-Rc-
surfacing per yard, 81; sklmming, 80 cents
| replacing, S2lO; scrapng joints. , cents
and cleaning crevices, 16 cents per lneal
| foot.
Keystone Paving company Paul +.
Dunn, superintendent-Re s.
cents; skimming, % cents; replacing, S1SO;
| scraping joints and coating CUTTERS 4
| cents a foot; replacing stones in street
| car tracks, Is cents q foot.
Trinidad Asphalt Refining company
| Rasurfacin9, Sl.O2; binder, Is cents; skim
ming 20 cents; replacing. sl9l; resettnS
| stones in car tracks, 16 cents a foot; re-
placing new stones, 80 cents.
WARNING GIVEN.
The Barber Asphalt company by its
attorneys, Welles & Torrey, sent a
| communication stating that it entered
into a contract with the city on Nov
3, 1897, for one year to do all repairing
and furnish all tools and material, and
that it stands ready to fulfill that con.
tract, and warns the city not to lei
the contract to anybody else.
The bids and communication were
referred to the paving committee in
conjunction with the city solicitor tC
report at the next meeting.