The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-07
SELECT COUNCIL In
REGULAR SESSION
Quite a Large but Unlmportant Volume
Of Business Transacted.
WEST SIDE SEWER ORDINANCES
One Was Reported Adversely and
Died IngioriousIy, But Mr.. Fellows
Presented n Substitute Measure
Covering More Territory Than the
One Which Got n Quietus--AIbert
Lewis Succeeds Fred warnke as
District Fire Chief.

Select council met in regular session
last evening and listened to the read
ing of Mayor Bailey's annual message
and expeditiously transacted a large
but unimportant volume of business.
The mayors message is reproduced In
full in another column OF The Tribune.
The sewers and drains committee re-
ported adversely on the common coun-
Gil ordinance providing for the con-
struction of sewer system in the
Nineteenth district composed of terri
tory in the Fourth, Sixth, Fifteenth
and Eighteenth wards. Later in the
meeting Mr.. Fellows introduced a new
Nineteenth sewer district ordinance. Il
provides for all the territory in the
ordinance adversely reported and ad-
ditional territory in the Fourth and
Fifteenth wards, that is, all the lower
par. of those wards and all west of
South Main avenue where no sewers
are at present located.
Proposals to furnish n new third
CARS steamer for Franklin Engine
company were received as follows:
La France Fire Engine company, %,-
900; Watrous Engine Works company,
$3.50; Manchester Locomotive Works,
$4, 900; American Fire Engine company,
S6 900 for any one of three types of
steamer.
Mr.. Finn's motion that the proposals
be referred to committee met with an
amendment offered by Mr.. McAndrew
that action on the proposals be indefl-
nitely postponed. Mr.. McAndrew
charged the fire department commit
tee with dereliction of duty in not
complying with a resolution directing
them to ascertain and report on the
advisability and cost of repairing the
present Franklin steamer.
COMMITTEE REPORTED.
Mr.. Fellows remarked that the conf
mittee had complied with the resolu-
tion in reporting at previous meet
ing that the cost would be $1,700.
1t was Mr. Roche's opinion that the
city clerks action in advertising for
proposals relieved the committee of the
dereliction charged, as the resolution
emanated from the committee and was
an answer to the resolution directing
them to investigate the question of re-
pair and cost.
Mr. McAndrew's amendment to post
pone action was lost and the motion
to refer carried.
BY consent of the committee there
was no opposition to Mr.. Kearney's
motion that the ordinance providing
for transfer Of an appropriation of
81, 900 for repairs to the Cumberland
Hose house to an appropriation for
filling in the approaches to the Bloom
avenue culvert, be taken from the
hands Of the committee. Later Mr..
Kearney moved it's passage on first
and second readings and that action
was taken without any dissenting vote.
The nomination of Albert l.. Lewis
as assistant chief of the Second Fire
district, vice Frederick Warnke, re-
signed, was received from Mayor Bal
| Icy and confirmed. Lewis has been
foreman of Columbia Hose and Chemi-
cal company. His appointment as
| Warnke's successor was predicted in
| yesterdays Tribune.
Among the ordinances received from
| the lower branch was that providing
| for an issue of bonds for municipal
electric light plant and the ordinance
providing fer chemical engineer for
Columbia Hose company.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Grier
| in the lower branch and passed, direct
| ing the street commissioner to lay
stone crossings on West Market street,
was approved and received the vote of
Mr.. Kearney Notwithstanding his diff
| ferences with the father of the reso-
luton and his past action in opposing
all of Mr. Grier's measures.
| Another concurrent resolution ap-
proved directs the city clerk to adver-
tise fer proposals to furnish coal to
the citys fire department and o,her
buildings.
| SEWER UNDER SIDEWALKS.
| A resolution introduced by President
Sanderson was adopted, directing the
city engineer to prepare plans and es-
innate of cost for a lateral sewer to
be laid beneath the sidewalks on the
North side of Washington avenue be-
tween Marion and New York streets.
The common council ordinance pro-
viding for the grading of Delaware
street between Capouse and Penn ave-
nues by private contract and at the
expense of property owners passed
third reading.
A large batch of ordinances provid-
ing for over a dozen new electric lights
were received from common council
and all We're referred TO committee
Most of them Will probably lie in the
committee boxes as the select branch
IS more disposed than the common