The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-29
OLYPHANT.

vi IlANA
a mass meeting of citizens of Oily
phant and Rakely was held in tha
borough hall last night for the purpose
of organizing board of trade. A large
number were present, and a deep in
terest was manifested in discussing
plans to bring industries to the town.
Burgess McNulty called the meeting to
order, and a premature organization
was effected, which was afterward
made permanent. T. Frank Jordan
was elected president; b. j. Lynch,
secretary. and William II. Davis, treas
urcr. The following were then enrolled
es members: Rev. p. ]. Murphy. Al
torncy John y. Martin, NJ. J. LAWN,
W. j. Schubmehl, Is. N. Kennedy, DR..
f. l.. Van Sickle, Daniel Jones, G. A.
Prokopovitz. G. NJ. Hull, Antol Gilin-
ski, u. D. Edwards, Michael I3osak,
W. w. Jones. +. j. McNulty, c. NJ.
Hathaway, George Shylak, John A.
Lennon, William Novtoski. ]. w. Pat
ten. NJ. p. O'Malley, T. NJ. Voyle Will
liam II. Davis, r. +. Jordan, j. ].
Lynch, S. Middleton, Attorney F. NJ.
Lynch. Jacob Gambol, b. Rosenfeld, j.
j. Fadden. 1t was agreed that the ini-
AieANiOAl lNt NC BAeiONh ~ Ps' "a NOllililiNtNC
of five were appointed to solicit for ad-
ditional names. w. j. Schubmehl, DR..
f. L. Van Sickle. b. ]. Lynch, u. d.
Edwards and c. VI. Hathaway We're
named. Mr.. NJ. j. LAWN and Y. d.
| Edwards were appointed TO draw up
! bylaws and rules for the organization.
| Mr.. q. NJ. Hull offered some good sug-
! gcStions ard made an offer of donat-
! i,,c 10 I'D &c,
| ney Martin also made some timely re-
marks. and urged that the board get
| down to business at once. He said he
| knew of q firm employing about $50
| hands who were ready to lk,ate here at
once if given the proper encourage
| mcnt. The meeting adjourned to meet
next Tuesday night at the council
rooms at s o'clock.
At Tuesday nights meeting Of the
council the report of eX-Secretary Dol
! phin was read. 1t showed that for
the month of January the expense for
! operating the electric plant was $iS4;
due for light and wiring, 1914; col
! lected on same, $243. For eleven
months ending Jan. 81 the total eX-
! pense of running the plant was $3,S64,
while the collections were S3,259. The
| statement of the borough accounts
showed that for maintaining streets.
! police, board of health. salaries of Of
| ticers, etc, the total expenses for the
year amounted to $5,617. The total in
debtedness of the borough was placed
| at $3i,2S9. The reports were referred
to the finance and auditing commit
! tee. After reading the report the bur-
| CESS subpoenaed the eX-secretary to
appear before Auditor Osthaus, al
| Scranton. on Saturday. The street
committee was instructed to confer
| with the sewer contractors, Flann-
| gan & O'Horo, regarding the contract,
etc, as the firm is about to dissolve
! partnership. The pave bond which
was reported missing, was turned over
! by Inspector 6'Brien. \ bill from ex-
| Burgess Hitcbler for salary due him,
was referred {to the finance commit
tee. After the regular business was
| transacted Mr.. T. +. Jordan stated
! that he was in receipt Of a communi-
| cation in the nature of a personal let
ter from a firm in New York who are
| desirous of locating here for the pur-
pose of manufacturing silk. one Of
the conditions required was the eX-
| emptior from taxa ation for the period
! of ten years. 1t was decided to ap-
! point committee in conjunction with
Mr.. Jordan and correspond further
with the firm and get further details
Of the matter Mr.. O'Brien and Mr..
Marks We're appointed.
Miss May Jones is quite i'll at her
nome on the West Side.
\. j. Golden, of Dunmorc. called
! an
day.
Frank McNulty of Archibald, was in
4 town yesterday.
The slot machine case between
| Councilman Marks and Jerry Stack
came to a settlement yesterday. Stack
was arraigned before the burgess at
the instance of Marks, charged with
maintaining gambling devices in the
borough in the form Of slot machines.
At the hearing yesterday stack prom
ised TO remove the machines. five in
all, at once ana tho charge was with
drawn.
The funeral Of the late Martin Cur
ran was held from the family home
on Grassy street yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock. After the remains had
been viewed by the many friends of
the deceased they were borne TO st.
PatriCk's church, where a high mass
OF requiem was celebrated. Rev. j.
NJ. SmOulter preached a touching and
impressive sermon. lie spoke OF the
many commendable qualities of the
deceased. The pall-bearers were:
Messrs. Peter Mack John Kane,
Thomas Curran, Thomas Sheridan,
Thomas Craig and Thomas Gllboy. In
terment was made in st. Patrick 5
! cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, OF Nanti-
coke, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. T, p. Jones, have returned home.
Misses Sadie O'Malley ana Lizzie
Dougherty have returned to Blooms
burg TO resume their studies after a
: short vacation.
Mrs. Arthur v Hara, of Port Jervis
left for her home yesterday after
spending a few days with relatives al
this place,