The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-12

Select council Saturday night grant.
ed franchise to the Lackawanna
Telephone company to lay the wires
in the streets of the city and imme-
diatcly after the ordinance was passed
1t received the signature Of Mayor
James Moir. The ordinance was
passed by the common council some
months ago, but was held up in select
council by an amendment to the rules
which was repeated Thursday night.
A. p. Bedford, of this city, the vice
president of the Lackawanna Tele-
phone company when seen yesterday
by Tribune man, stated that n meet
ing of the officers and directors of the
company would be held some day this
week and definite plans for the imme-
diate future outlined.
. He said that it would undoubtedly
be decided to begin work as soon as
the necessary plans could be prepared
and as the weather permitted. and
prophesied that by the early part of
the fall a large portion Of the system
would be in operation.
1t is the intention Of the company to
construct lines as far south as Pitts
with the Peoples Telephone company.
OF Wilkes-Barre, and service secured
with the latter city and places in it's
near vicinity. 1t has not vet been de-
cided how far up the valley the lines
will be extended, but they will prob
ably run as far as Carbondalc at any
rate.
TO GO UNDER GROUND.
All Of the wires in the Central City
arc to be placed under ground in con-
duits. and these will be laid next the
curb, necessitating the tearing up of
the asphalt pave for a space about
four feet wide. The pave torn up how
ever. is to be laid again at the COM
pany's expense.
The officers of the company are as
follows: President, w. J. Lewis: vice
president, A. p. Bedford; secretary
and treasurer, $. e. Weiland; direc-
tors Reese G. Brooks, w. Il. Connell
and Charles Robinson.
The Lackawanna telephone ordi-
nance. aroused last Thursday evening
from the dead, was very much alive
at Saturday evenings special meeting
of select council, when 1t passed third
and final reading and a few minutes
later received the signature of Mayor
Mor who was in his Office in the
municipal building.
Not only did the measure pass. but
| there was only one vote recorded
against it and that was Mr.. Roche's.
| Messrs. McCann, Shea and Ross, who
voted against the ordinance Thursday
| evening. came over to the yea side,
while Messrs. Chittenden and Kearney,
| its other opponents, were not present.
The vote stood as follows:
Ayes-Ross. Finn, Thomas, Williams.
James, Melvin, Wagner. Schneider.
| Shea, Sanderson. McCann, Fellows.
Schroeder, Lansing. O'Boyle, Frable,
Coyne, McAndrew-lS:
| Nays-Roche-1.
| Absent-Kearney, Chittenden.
The last stand against the measure
was made by Mr.. Roche. who con-
tended that unless modifying phase
was inserted in the clause providing
for a poll tax of so cents on every pole
the city could never raise the rate,
Mr.. Roche's contentious however went
for naught.
FULL TEXT OF ORDINANCE.
The full text of this important Or
dinance. showing just how much year
the company can charge for phones
and the other regulations, 1t must con-
form to, is given below
AN ORDINANCE
| Authorizing the Lacka wanna Telephone
Company to Construct and Operate
Lines Of Telephone in the City OF
Scranton, State of Pennsylvania, I'm.
der Certain Conditions.
Section l. Be 1t ordained by the select
and common councils of the city OF
Scranton. and 1t Is hereby ordained by
! tho authority of the same, that the Lack
awanna Telephone company, a corpora
ton incorporated under the laws Of the
state of Pennsylvania, be and is hereby
authorized and granted permission to
erect and maintain the necessary poles
string wires and operate lines Of tele
phone upon the several streets, avenues
courts and places of the city of Scranton
Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2. In consideration of the rights
privileges and franchise granted by this
ordinance, the Lackawanna Telephone
company SHALL before October !, 1901
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