The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-02
MIDNIGHT
SESSION !
An Interesting Meeting of the Borough
Council Last Night
CZAR INQUIRE IN FULL SWING
Points of order Never Touched Him While
He Had the First Ward Paving Pro-
ject in Hand--The Report Of
the Borough Auditors
Presented.

The Borough Council met in regular session
last night, with Councilmen Mcclure,
Harkins Coakley, James, Straughn. Hand,
Murphy, Bell, Tracey, Neswenter, Brennan
The Second ward was not represented and
Howells was the other absentee.
A new order Of business was inaugurated,
the reading and adoption Of minutes being
followed by the reading Of bills. The reason
assigned for this is that too many Council
men leave before bills are reached when
they are left to the closing hours of the meet
ing.
A communication from NJ. G. wurm, re-
cording secretary of the Fire Department.
stated that at a meeting Of the department
on May oath, last. it was decided to recon-
mend the following elections Chief Fire
Marshal B. c. Hess, Of the Rescue Hook &
Ladder Co. First Assistant, David Holvey,
Columbia H. & S. +. L. Go. Second Assist
ant Edward Whalen, Phoenix Hose Com
pany The appointments were approved.
The first snag struck in the reading Of bills
came up when the bills Of the Borough Audi
tors were read as follows; Johu Mcdonald.
sos; NJ. J. Byrne, 500; NJ f. Maher. 500.
Mr.. Bell moved that the bills be paid and Mr..
James offered an amendment that the Audi
WAS
defeated and the motion carried. Messrs.
Straughn, James and Mcclure were the only
members recorded in the negative.
The next snag that was encountered was in
the bill of the Daily News for SIPS for pub
lishing the borough audit. Mr. James OBJ
jected to the bill saying it was extortionate
and illegal, because the Auditors had no right
to contract it, He said Pottsyille only pays S17
| ba inff Of 70 nd Il /.
| bids. The Auditors, he said, should have
brought the audit in and given Council a
chance to get bids for the printing.
In answer to a request for advice Borough
Solicitor Burke said it was serious question
whether, or not, the Borough Auditors have
a right to contract debt of the kind, par.
ticularly in the way it was contracted. He
asked that the bill be referred to him and
promised to give it his attention before the
next meeting On motion of Mr.. James the
bill was so referred.
After wading through big batch of bill:
Council took up the reports of officials.
The Chief of Police reported that during
the month there were 21 arrests. Sever
people paid fines, two escaped and two served
time. Lodgings were furnished to five per
sons. Fines collected by the Chief Burgess
S24; by Justice Toomey, $40; total, S34.
Fire Marshal p. j. Reynolds reported three
fires for the month and recommended that q
number of supplies be purchased, including
| branch pipe and nOzzles for the Columbia
Hose Company.
Borough Treasurer 7. j. Mullahy submitted
the following report for the month Balance
last report, S12,504 SO; MISUNDERSTANDING
Beard of Health, S36 75 Superintendent o
Water Works, 81, $50 Chief Burgess, Si7
total, SIS, 1881. Disbursements-Orde
paid, S5,S592s; TOrbet note, s. 800 balance
on hand, s., ,6s9.03 total, SIS, 1881.
Chief Burgess Tabor reported the fOllowinl
collections: Arrest fines, .S24; theatre licenses
$3.50; ball licenses, So; circus license, SEQ
agents license, 50 permits, S16.75 total
S75.25, of which 50 is still outstanding.
A petition of Messrs. Lewis Hughes, Nose,
Davis and William T. Evans, as trustees O
the Welsh Presbyterian church, requesting
that an arc street light be placed at the in
tersection Of West and Poplar streets, was
read and filed. A petition from property
owners in that vicinity, stating that they
were unit in favor of the request, was ais,
read
The report of the Borough Auditors wa
next taken up and Mr.. James said there wa
a difference of over $50, 900 between tn,
statement of total disbursements for the fsea
year 1854 in the books of the secretary O
Council and that shown by the audit H,
thought Council should appoint a cOmmitte,
to find out where the discrepancy arises. TIL,
Council minute book shows total expendi
lures amounting to little over $40, 900, anC
the audit puts them at over 500, 900.
Mr.. Stnughn asked why the audit did no
show water duplicate as large as the pre-
viOus audit did.
Mr.. Bell replied that there were quite
number of exOnerations on account of empty
houses during tho past year.
Mr.. straughp could not see why ther,
should be such difference, even cOncedinj
that, when it is we'll known that additiona
connections have been made wholesale II
; Klondike and other parts Of the borough
The former superintendent, he said, cOllecte,
in the neighbOrhoOd of $4,000, while tn
present audit shows only collections of abou
600, and in that amount Is Included
balance of Sl,19l, which should be made
debit, instead OF credit,
Mr.. James moved that the secretary an,
finance committee be instructed TO bring In
written report at the next meeting, shoWin
where the discrepancy arises between tn
secTetary's accounts and the audit Tn
motion was voted down, whereupon Nj
James said il seemed to him that some of tn
, Councilmen had something to hide. To thi
} Mr.. StTaughn replied that he voted agains
the motion because he did not think tina
work the seoretary is paid for should b
placed on the committee that it is the seer,
tary's place to have his books correct.
Mr.. James then moved that the seeretar
3 bring in the report and Secretary Coakle
a said his books were correct and he would z
: over them providing Council pay him for IL
p work. Mr.. James said that if the secretary
!. books should be found correct, he should /
4 paid for the extra work hut il they al
e wrong, he should not get anything. Th
motion prevailed,
The roads and highways committee T
ported that the road leading to Laulgan
complained of by the District Attorney
q office, has been repaired. Two sewer ira
a | were placed ON East Coal street
4 Mr.. Oakley then presented petite
4 bearing seventy-fve signatures, praying tn
East Centre street. from the l.. V. railroad
Union street. be placed in proper eonditio
The paper set forth that the street is Il
r worst in town, and that it is really cruelty
o animals to drive them over it. This start
:, a proposition TO pave the two squares
ferred to aud Mr.. James asked, If the b,