The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-15

1t is but natural that officials who
realize the debt they owe to the taxpay-
ers and are conscious they are as much
the servants of the humblest as of
the most opulent taxpayer, should sur
round themselves with assistants who
are in sympathy with their ideas. This
accounts for the uniform courtesy OF
the men, who of recent years at least,
have assisted the prOthonotarieS of the
county. Myron Kasson, for nearly ten
years deputy prothonotary under Mr..
Dale and Mr.. Pryor, was a most oblig-
ing official, whose wonderful store of
information concerning legal matters
in general and the prothonotary' office
in particular, made him invaluable, not
only to laymen but to members of the
| bar as well.
When Mr.. Pryor retired from the
office Mr.. Kasson also retired to be-
come alderman of the Ninth ward and
was succeeded by John +. Cummings,
who had been one of the assistants in
! the office for several years. He has
| the quiet, courteous manner thar dis
| tinguishes his chief and is an immense
| favorite with those who have business
! to transact in that office. He has the
| fondness for a good story that char
acterized Messrs. Pryor and Kasson,
and is quite the equal of these celeb
rites in his ability to tell a yarn that
| has both point and merit. The as
sistants in the office, Messrs. Beck and
| Williams, make quartette of unusual
| ly courteous public officials.
School Controller ID. j. Roche of the
Seventh ward, is making a very de-
! termined effort to secure a new build
ing to take the place of No. 9 at Wyo-
| ming avenue and Ash street. 1t ought
not be necessary for Mr. Roche to
make much of an argument to secure
a modern building to replace the time
| worn structure known as No. Q. 1t
| is nearly thirty years old and has the
distinction Of being the second in the
city in matter of age. Several years
ago it was condemned by the board OF
health, and it has been condemned and
disapproved of by every building and
visiting committee that has been in
the building for at least five years.
| Several years ago the third story be-
came so dangerous and unhealthy that
1t was closed and has not since been
used for school purpose. Those who
have examined the structure say they
would not be surprised to here OF the
building tumbling down at any time.
| A few weeks ago when the school was
opened one Monday morning it was
seen that large section of the plast-
er on the ceiling of one of the rooms
had fallen during the night. If it had
come down during school hours a num-
Der of children would have been in
jured and a panic in all probability
| created
This talk about No 3 building be-
ing good enough and that it is sense
less extravaganza TO replace it with
a new building" is the veriest rot, says
Mr.. Roche. ANY taxpayer who will
take the trouble to visit the building
will, l am sure, agree with me that
it cannot be replaced n moment toe
soon"
The life of the late James Nolan
whose funeral took place last Satur-
day, was II romance which was out
of all proportion 10 his plainness
simplicity and practical nature a'
the latter generation OF Scrantonian:
knew him.
From his boyhood Mr.. Nolan had
been a phenomenal student in the field: