The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-28

portant Session.
Common council last night killed and
buried the Lackawanna Telephone or
dinance, refused to consent to patch
work repairs on the asphalt pave and
declined to accept A. A. Nosburg's
bond as city solicitor, besides passing
/ upon a big raft of other matters of
lesser general interest.
The streets and bridges committee
reported the Lackawanna telephone or
dinance as il was originally presented
and with the approval of the entire
committee. Mr.. Calpin inquired as to
| what had become of the other tele-
phone ordinance that was referred at
the same time as the Lackawanna.
Mr. Tewkesbury, chairman of the COM
mittee, answered that there was no
report forthcoming.
Then" said Mr.. Grier. advancing to
the front of the room with hand dram
atically extended aloft. 'If that is the
case, | move that We indefinitely post
/ pone action on the Lackawanna ordi-
nance"
/ "Eoth ought to be reported and given
I
Mr.. Zi2elman, who is q member of
the streets and bridges committee, Of
fered the explanation that the Scran-
ton Telephone company's ordinance
was not reported upon because it was
/ not presented in proper shape and the
| committee did not have time to fix it
up.
| Mr.. Srier called for the question on
/ his motion to postpone. Chairman Kcl-
Ter declined to receive it, alleging that
/ 1t had been duly referred to come up
! in its regular order before Mr.. Grer
had offered his motion and could not
be considered except under the sew
enth order of business--first and Sec
ond reading.
| Mr.. Grier appealed from the decision
! of the chair but the chair declined TO
entertain the appeal and directed Mr.
Grler to take his seat. Mr.. Grier in
sisted on his appeal and questioned
the right Of the chair to order him
to his seat.
MIR. KELLER WAS FIRM.
Il will not entertain your appeal and
I will not listen to anything you say
until you retire to your place." said
Mr. Keller, bringing down his gavel
with THAT goes-see!" sort of a
whack.
| Mr.. Grier glared at the president for
a moment and the president glared at
Mr. Grier. The chair proved the bet
ter glarer for Mr.. Grier sullenly turned
away, retired to his seat and subsided.
! When the seventh order of business
was reached and the ordinance came
up on first reading Mr.. Zizelman moved
to pass it by title. Mr. Grier offered
an amendment to indefinitely postpone
action. The motion being unbeatable
the vote was taken forthwith. 1t re-
suited as follows:
! Ayes-Messrs. Reese, NJ. V. Morris
Gricr, Walker Calpin, Ruane, Nageh,
| Monaghan, Coleman, 4. f. Morris, Smith
| Norton-l2.
Nays - Mossrs. Grif'iths. Zizelman,
| Tewkesbury, Phillips, Harvey, Wenzel
! Watkins, Cusick, Keller-9.
Mr. Wen2el was highly indignant at
| the result don't see," said he,
"how any man can vote against this
measure, which tends to directly bene-
fit 70 per cent of the people of ...e
city. To defeat it is an outrage and
shame"
Mr. ZiZelman also deplored the re-
suit. He told of having visited Wilkes
Barre TO personally learn whether or
not the Peoples company, which is
the same as the Lackawanna company,
was simply a speculative concern, as
was reported Dy opponents Of the ordi-
nance. He found the company estaD-
lished in a beautiful, fully equipped
Office and actively at work laying un-
derground condults of the most modern
type.
Mr. Zizelman's speech had a deep
| effect. On motion of NJ. V. Morris,
seconded by Mr.. Coleman, action on
the ordinance was reconsluered and it
was killed again, the purpose being
to prevent ii from ever being called
up, The rules permitting only one at
tempt at consideration.
WILL TRY, TRY AGAIN.
S. f. Wayland, representative of the
Lackawanna company, stated otter the
meeting that he will introduce anothC:
ordinance in the near future.
Towards the close of the meeting NJ.
V. Morris presented the bond of A. \.
Vosburg in the sum of $4,000 for the
faithful performance of the duties of
city solicitor, to which office, the bond
recited, Mr. Vosburg was duly elected
bered he received twenty-one votes.
j. B. Fish, Enos Flynn and George Il.
Clark were the sureties.
The clerk had only read 1--WE, 4. A,
Vosburg--" when Mr.. Grier pro-
tested against the bond being read,
contepumg that there had been no
election Of city solicitor and the chair
had 50 decided when president of the
joint convention.
Chairman Keller hesitated for some
time before deciding, saying he would
prefer to have council vote on the ques-
tion, out finally when it was brought
to his attention thai 1t mattered nCtle
whether it was he or the council
that rejected the bond, and that TO
be consistent he could not receive it,
he ruled the matter out of order.
Mr. Vosburg will go into court, as
Mr.. Torrey did on a former occasion,
and ask a mandamus to compel coun"
Ci. 10 approve his bond. This iii
settle the question as to whether or
not a vacancy exists in the office aud
whether or not Mr.. Vosburg was elect
ed to fill the vacancy, if one exists.
The action on the asphalt repair mat
ter viii be found under a separate