The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-05
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entertained number of little folks
at her home Tuesday afternoon. The
time was pleasantly spent in playing
various games, in singing and recita-
tions by some Of the tots present.
About o'clock supper was served in
the dining room during which time
many pieces were played on the graph
ophone. At $50 all wished the little
hostess good night and many happy
returns of the day, the occasion be-
ing Marjorie's sixth birthday.
Miss Lizzie Cornish and niece,
Frances, Of Scranton spent New Years
with Mrs. Frank noyt
Mr.. and Mrs. McCormic, of Whites
Addition, are suffering from grip.
DIR. w. L. Mott, of this place, who
spends the winter months in New York
city, and who has been very i'll, con-
tinues to improve.
On Tuesday evening a large party
of our young people availed themselves
of the fine sleighing to take a trip TO
Scott. They were royalty welcomed at
the home of Jasper Sickler, at Sickler's
Pond. The young people took advant-
age of the skaung that the ice on the
pond afforded. After spending a pleas
ant evening they started homeward
bound, and reached this place in the
wee small hours. Those who took the
trip We're: Misses Emma Carpenter,
Grace Ayres, Francis Squire, Bessie
Budd Mable Day, Dora Sickler, Mable
Glanville, Flossie Warfield, Estella
Bond, HOnesdale: Mary Roberts, Ida
Best, Messrs. Henry Doyle, Thomas
Williams, Owen Carr, Frank Williams,
Arthur Warne, Joseph English, George
Peck, John Slavin.
Mrs. Mason Pickering is spending q
few days at Susquehanna
on Monday evening the borough
council met in regular session with the
following members present: Smith,
Bloes, Snedicor, Taylor and Reese. Min
| utes of last regular and special meet
| ings were read and approved. The fol-
lowing bills were ordered paid: Lack
awanna Coal company, coai .Or electric
plant up to date, $124.10: f. n. Jones,
engineer, salary month of December,
$50; f. M. Barnes, engineer, salary
| month of December, eos; Jacob Rhod-
en-, janltor service and supplies, $6.15;
Sylvanus Smith, one arrest, So: Arch
bald Water cOmpany's bill for $171.25,
| ing been understood that water would
| be furnished for $75 per boiler per
year, making $3.50 per year; at the rate
| charged, 500 per quarter, it would
| bring the water rent up to $400 a year.
Burgess s. b. Williams quarterly mes
| sage was read. II contained many
| good suggestions. One was that coun-
| Gil instruct the street commissioner to
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| Another was that council find some
| way to help the fire laddies in securing
a team to haul the apparatus to and
| from fires; also that the council pass
| an ordinance directing that gates be
| placed at the Peckvnle and Blakely
| crossing of the Ontario and Western
railroad. A communication from the
| Wilson Fire company was read. 1t
asked for permission to place a gong
and fire alarm signals at the electric
| light plant, also asking aid for the
| procuring of a team of horses. Per-
| mission to make the electric plant a
I fire alarm station was granted. A res
| olution was introduced to purchase q
team to be used in doing borough
work and to be kept at the hose house
for the use of the firemen in hauling
the apparatus to fires. The matter was
fully discussed and w. .. Broad, fore
man of the Wilson's, stated that if the
borough would pay for the keeping of
a team the hose company would, no
doubt purchase a team. The resolution
| was killed and a resolution was intro
duced authorizing the payment of $3.50
! per year towards the keeping of a
fire team, also that such team have
| preference to do all the borough work.
| 1t was carried by am unanimous vote.
The electric light committee was in
structed To have the borough building
| wired for electric light. Messrs. Taylor
and Snedicor were appointed as a COM
mittee to wait upon Manager Silliman
of the Traction company, also TO see
| Attorney Burns in regard TO ousting
| the Crescent Electric Light company
| from the borough, A petition from the
five churches of the borough was pre-
! sented. 1t prayed that council would
| furnish free light TO the churches
I Council weighed the matter carefully
nd owing to the low rate granted the
rches (S25 per year,, il was thought
bI . wait until another year before
taking action. Then the plant would
be on better paying basis. The peti.
ton, therefore. was tabled indefinitely
1t was suggested that the councilmer
from the Second ward look around fol
suitable site for a lookup as tho
present jail was too far from thar
ward, and an officer making an arres
invariably turned in bill for trans
portation, and the cheapest way ou
was to erect another Jail. w S. Bloc!
was appointed as purchasing agent an(
was instructed to procure lamps fol
street service at once.