The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-20

"Dr. sitterly says there's no man
owns q hair of his whiskers," said
Select Councilman d. w. Vaughan
last night "Well, If he wants to take
this thing on his shoulders, he'll find
out that he'll lose a whole bunch of
hair before he's through"
Mr.. Vaughan was in a talkative
mood and was discussing the fire de-
partment horse deal, the investigation
of which he started. He is determined
to get the report of the investigating
committee recommending the removal
Of DR.. Sitterly, adopted by select coun-
Gil, come what may.
1t will be remembered that the mo-
tion to adopt the report was lost last
Thursday night by q tie vote. Mr..
Vaughan Immediately moved that the
report be received and filed and be-
fore any one realized the effect of this
motion it was carried. Had any one
raised a point of order the motion
could have easily been ruled cut, in
asmuch as the first adverse vote dis
posed of it.
No one raised the point, however,
and just as soon as Mr.. Vaughan
gets a safe majority, and he says he
can easily get one, he is going to
move that the report be adopted. He's
also going to fight Frank Cobb's bill,
on the floor of the councils.
This bill passed the auditing commit
tee safely enough, but there Is a
clause in the rules of councils which
provides for the consideration by
councils of any bill or bills, providing
any councilman files a protest with
the city clerk.
PROTEST FILED.
Mr.. Vaughan filed a protest to
Cobb's bill and it will accordingly
have to be passed upon by councils.
He contends that the price charged
for the horses, $500 each. is altogether
too high and intimates that he knows
what the extra charge was for. He
contends that the talk of the city hav-
ing to pay six per cent. on the ac-
count is all bosh and claims that no
provision for any rate Of interest was
| made.
"They can claim all they want to-"
| said Mr.. Vaughan last night, that I
want to put a man In Sitterly's place.
| but any fool knows there's nothing in
| that. l have nothing to do with the
| appointing of such an official. The
| mayor does that, and I don't think he
would be inclined to consult me If he
made an appointment.
We've had just about enough OF
DIR. Sitterly, however, and the sooner
the city is rid of his services the bet
ter for the city. He has been allowing
| diseased and worthless horses to creep
into the fire department ever since he
has been in the city's employ. Go
around to the different hose houses
and find out what a fine, high opinion
| of his ability the various permanent
men have.
"I had a little personal experience
myself not long ago. 1 bought a horse
| from an auctioneer for $125 and after
l had him out once I found that he had
heart disease so bad that a veterinari-
an whom l called in said he might die
any moment in harness. I took the
animal back and got another in eX-
change.
"a little while later I learned that
eX-Chief Walker had purchased the
animal a few weeks before l had for
his own use and the city had paid $210
for it. The horse had been subjected
| to a trial and an alleged thorough ex-
animation by DIR. Sitterly before 1t
was purchased and had been pro-
nounced y. X. by MN.
CHEF RETURNED HORSE.
1.-THE chief. after using the animal a
few times saw that he was worthless
and returned him, as l did, later on.
1--WE got more sensations to spring
in case they need any more. l think
/ can prove that $40 was paid for the
Franklin team instead of the 800
turned in to Cobb. The name of the
man who bought that team is Broken
shaw, and he lives on Deacon street.
/ heard about this part of the deal,
and, in fact, got my first intimation
that there was deal at all in a very
peculiar way.
zone of the prisoners working on the
chain gang on one of the roads told
me that while at work he had over
heard Brokenshaws brother tell an
other man that his brother had just
got a line on a fine team of horses
which he had purchased from the city
for $l7O and that he had lent him $40
to pay for them.
THAT set me thinking and 1 have
since discovered other facts that
iwould tend to prove this. Not only
this, but Wade Finn told me last
Thursday night that he had seen Dave
Nichols pay $35 for a horse, whereas
Frank Cobb says the councilman only
turned $25 into aim as coming from
Nichols. Where did that extra $40 &c
tooD