Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-18
BOROUGH LEGISLATORS.
COUNCIL DlSPOSES OF ITS BUSl-
NESS VERY SLOWLY.
Investigation of the Work on Stone Wall
Postponed for the Present-Details of
of Thursday and Friday Evenings Ses-
sions Given Below.


Postponed for the Present-Details of
sions Given Below.
The borough council met as q com
mittee Of the whole on Thursday even
ing for the purpose of investigating the
amount of work done on and money
paid for the stone wall erected on the
Hill by Riser & Dolan, of Wilkesbarre.
All the members were present and
Councilman Mulhearn was chosen to
preside.
Mr.. Kline opened the discussion by
showing the request made by Mr. Keck,
of White Haven, for the building of the
wall; then read the contract made for
it's erection; claimed that work not
specified in the contract had been done,
and repeated his assertion made at the
previous meeting that the payment
made for the wall was more than was
due the builders.
No one seemed disposed to dispute the
remarks of Mr.. Kline and council for
awhile appeared inclined to let the
matter drop. However, motion by
Mr.. Rute, to request the contractors to
appear before council and explain why
the extra work was done, was unani-
mously passed.
Mr.. Kline then attacked the S150 bill
of Borough Surveyor Rutter. A motion
to request the surveyor to appear before
council and explain why $5 day is
charged for work done before for $3.50
was passed without objection.
Council then went into the regular
order OF business and ordered the pay
ment of the following bills: VIM. Will
Hanson, supplies, SLIGO; j. e. Griffith,
bell-tower repairs, soc; J. L. Griffith,
labor, S51. As; r. c. Roth, labor, 81. G3; S.
Woodring, stationery, $1.20; John M.
Powell, labor, 81; SNDonic Truth, adver-
tising, SIS; Progress, advertising, $22. .95;
Press, advertising, S22.95; Press print
ing, $5.25; George Filby, janitor, $3.50;
Freeland Lumber Company, $1.45; w. j.
Eckert, supplies, IS. IS; Cross Creek Coal
Company, dualin caps, So; G. b. Markle
& Co., coal for crusher, SO; G. M. Nc
Alarney, sewer pipe, $102,43; L. V. R.
r., freight, $6.97; Hazleton Iron Works,
iron plate, $10 G.. c. Farrar, labor, So;
John III. Shovlin, posting notices, $4;
Geo. III. Schwabe, stones and supplies,
$126. A; Geo. I'll. Schwabe, team, etc, S4.
The bills of the Electric Light Com
pany, S266.66 for July and August each,
were ordered paid, less $3.50 for lights
that were out. Police bills to the
amount of $sS. so were also ordered paid.
A bill of $42. 80 from M. II. Hunsicker,
for board for Surveyor Rutter, and a
bill of $1.sS from Joseph Johnson, for
labor, were laid over.
The burgess report showed $685. due
the borough and $53.25 due the burgess.
The report was accepted.
The use of the Public park was
granted to the Citizens Hose Company
on September 23 and to the Young
Mems G. 7. A. b. Corps on October TO-,
after which council adjourned until the
following evening.
On Friday evening all the members
were present again. A motion granting
| the use of the four-wheel hose cart to
the Citizens Hose Company in the
| parade of the state firemen at Scranton
on October was passed, and the fire
| committee was instructed to have the
cart repainted for that day.
A motion to pay Henry Fishers bill of
1928 for the placing of water in the
Public park was carried.
| An ordinance relating to the issuing
of the bonds authorized at the special
election passed third reading.
The printing committee was author
ized to procure sealed bids for the
printing.
| A mntinn To haun the fire cnm mittee