The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-06
FOREST CITY.


Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Forest city, April 5.--Thc question Of the bor.
ough pur hasng a lot Main street and erect
ing thereon a building for use as a loeAup'
council rooms, and ircmen's quarters is being
quite generally agitated just at present ani al
who arc heard to express an opinion are in 'avor
Of such a proceeding on the part of the bnnusi
officials. For the present building on fc1'o'
street Sl02 year is paid in rent. The structure
is a cheap frame building, not worth more thaa
six or seven hundred dollars at the mjst AMI
three stories in height. The first two floors only
are rented by the borough The lower one, whith
contains the hose company's fire apparatus and
the borough lookup is rough and unfinished ara
as cold as barn in winter The upper floor Is
all in one room and is used as meeting pldt"
by the council and the Enterprise Hose COM
pany. Yet the rent which is annually paid tor
these inadequate, inconvcniant and nm 'omio"t'
able quarters amounts TO per cent. interest on
s., 200. For that amount n lot in a most con
vnnicnt location can he purchased on N,in
street. a building Of at least twice the value oil
the structure now occupied can he erected and
rent enough can be realized besides furnishing
rooms for tue fire company and council to pay
6 per cent. intcres the money which has
been invested and apply considerable sum each
year to clear off the principal These are facts
susceptible of proof and there seems to be no
good reason why the acquiring OF a building
for the use Of the borough should bc longer a..
laved.
Rev. T. " stcclman, of the Methodist church,
WIi leave here ON Monday. April IL, for confer
encc. Nj. Stcclman has been pastor Of this
charge for year and has done very efficient
work. During that time debt OF over 5000
against ,nc parsonage has been provided for
through the pastors persistent efforts.
John II. Budd, of the Forest city News. has
been drawn to serve on the traverse judy at
Montrosc during the week commencing Monday,
April .. During the week commencing Monday,
pril l6, John ID. Jones will do jury duty at
the county seat
The beautifully finished doubc.barrcllcd shot
gun that will be chanccd off the last night of
the Enterprise Hose company's fair, which be-
gins Monday, May II, and continues six nights,
is now on exhibition at r. J. Pcntccost's store,
on Main street It is a model and will, no doubt,
materially help to swell the revenues of the fair.
The regular semi.monthly meeting Of Enter.
prise Hose company will be held at the Center
street rooms this friday evening. \ special
request is made by the president that every
member attend, preparations for the coming
fair must be actively pushed from now on, and
the cooperation OF every one belonging TO the
company is essential to the complete success Of
the undertaking.
On Friday evening next, at the ucthodst Epis
cOpal church, the question, Resolved, That Eng
land Is Justified in the Present Conflict in South
Africa" will be debated. The affirmative will
he upheld by Benjamin Milton and John W.
Brown, while the negative will be maintained
by Rev W. A. Darlington and f. VI. Gardner
ESQ.
Juanita, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Rafferty,, died Wednesday afternoon, aged II
months. The funeral will be held today at =
O'Clock and internent will be made in St. Rose
cemetery, in CaruOndalc.