The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-17

An ordinance providing for the pave
ment of Providence road and North
Main avenue, from Court street to the
city line, with brick, was passed, the
contract awarded, and considerable of
the material delivered on the ground;
but one Of the few unprOgressiVe citi-
2ens of that section of the city (whO
have been, as it We're, a milestone about
the neck of every enteTpriSing move
ment in the North End for the past
forty years, and which accounts for
that section being the least desirable
resident portion of the entire city, pc
| titiOned court to grant permanent
injunction restraining the contractor
from completing the work on the
ground that the ordinance did not re-
CeiVe the necessary three fOurths vote
of the council, when, as a matter Of
fact, there was not a negative vote cast
although there lacked one of being
thrce-fOurthS Of the entire membership
present.
On this slight technicality the learned
court granted the prayer of the peti-
toner, and as q consequence the peO-
pie of Providence are still wallOWinS
in mud and mire, property has deprc-
ciated dfty rer cent. i'm value. and Il
$4,000 damage suit against the city
has been begun. one great plea of
the anti-pavitCs was that sCWer
should he laid first, when they knew
that under a late decision of the Su-
prone court, the city must as least pay
One-third Of the cost Of the sewer,
that it did not have a cent TO apprO-
pirate for that purpose, and that to
get q sewer at the present time was
positively out Of the question. The
fact of the matter is that these very
mon would defeat a sewer proposition
just as they did the paving question,
did the opportunity present itself.
They want neither; they prefer an out
house i'm the back yard and a mud hole
at the front door rather than any
| thing that hints at enterprise and pro-
! gression,
SOLDIERS RELIEF WORK.
At the May meeting the idea OF or
| Canizing a Soldiers Relief association,
| to provide for the families Of our brave
men who hal enlisted in the service
! of the United States at the call of
! President Mckinley was proposed by
| your secretary. \ discussion of the
| question resulted in the appointment
| of a committee of nine, Of which the
| president and secretary should be MEM
/ bcrs with full power to act. w. a.
! May, c. r. ManYilie, Hon. Alfred
| Hand, G. G, EOland, Hon. John r.
| Farr, Thomas II. Dale and Conrad
| Schroeder, with your president and
! secretary, constituted this committee.
| On May 18th the committee organized
| by electing Hon. Alfred Hand presi-
! dent. w. A. May, Vice-president; c. G..
| BOland treasurer and ID. b. Atherton,
| secretary. A finance committee, con-
| sisting Of w, \, May, c. G.. Boland and
| Conrad Schroeder, was also appointed,
! The work of the association commence
| ed at once and continued until the
| following November. During that
| time some sixty families were regular
| ly supplied with the necessities of life
| and over $500 was distributed. In adj
| dition to that over $500 worth of pro-
| visions, donated by the children Of our
| public schools, was distributed TO wor-
| thy families on Thanksgiving day un-
| der the kind supervision of Brother
| Francis, of st. Lukes church, who i'm
| vestigated all cases for the association
during its existence. To solicit funds,
properly investigate cases, do the
| necessary corresponding and clerical
! work, was no slight task; yet each