The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-02

I assessor and city solicitor. John A.
Neuls, the one Democrat on the old
board of assessors which would
yet have Il. year to serve. but
for the ripper was removed.
Tho new man, Elias Morris. is
one Of the shrcwdest real estate
men in the city and it was at the per-
sonal solicitation Of Recorder Moir that
he consented to accept the Office. He
is independently wealthy and the re-
muneratlon OF the office was a minor
consideration in his determination tu
accept the recorders appointment.
city solicitor NOsburg was dropped
to make room for George NJ. Watson.
who is a close personal friend Of tho
| recorder and who has been his private
counsel for u number of years. Mr.
Vosburg's removal was not finally de-
| cidcd upon until yesterday morning.
J The appointments to the bureau OF
health mean the dissolution OF the
present board of health. The health
affairs OF the city will hereafter he d-
rected by Dr. Allen instead Of by n
board. Dr. kolb will look after the i'm
spections and most of the other OUT
door work formerly attended to by DR..
| Allen.
A Lively Fight.
The fight for the office OF director OF
| public safety was an extremely lively
one. Colonel F. l.. Hitchcock came
, into the field yesterday morning and
but for the fact that the appointments
practically had been already made,
| would have bpen a formidable candi-
date. Recorder NlOir said yesterday
that it would have given him great
| pleasure to appoint Colonel Hitchcock
and had his candidacy been announced
ten days earlier he would have been in
a good way to get the appointment.
| The announcement in yesterdays
| Tribune that MIR. Roche was to be the
| director of public works came as a sur
| prise The appointment, however, met
! with universal favor. 1t was agreed on
I all sides that IL a Democrat was to be
| appointed to the position, as had been
| agreed upon. Mr.. Roche was peculiarly
| entitled to it, by reason of his stand
ing in the party, the excellent work he
did in preparing the city for it's tran
sition, and, last but by no means
! least. his unouestioned fitness for the
! office. The recorder and Mr.. Roche
had a long conference yesterday
! over the conduct OF the office and the
! most harmonious relations can be
| looked for between the former mayor
| and his former opponent.
city Engineer Phillips was a, cam
didDte for the office, but voluntarily
| withdrew, when assured OF his appoint-'
| ment as chief of the bureau of engi-
| neering, which is more to his liking
than !. position which is solely eXecu-
tive. The salary OF the chief engineer
is TO be $2,00o. or only $500 less thau
that OF the head Of the department.
Attack OH Poor Board.
As explained in yesterdays Tribune,
the appointment OF Mr. Fuller as dircc-
tor of charities means that an attack
is to be Eadc on the present poor board
with "a view of taking from 1t the
| management OF the charities of
Scranton city. Recorder Moir said
yesterday that the matter will be taken
tc court at AN early day.
The board Of park commissioners, lika
the board Of health. goes out of "Nis-.
tcnce and the affairs OF that body
will he looked after by Supern.
tendent OF Parks Phillips, under the
guidance of Director Roche, to whose
department the bureau Of parks is att
| tacned.
The recorder says the new ordinance,
to carry the Muehlbronner act into cf-
feet, must conform strictly to the act
The vetoed ordinance will be trimmed
up to meet the requirements and intro
duced nj once in the new councils.
The new officials We're all directed
to furnish temporary bonds, that they
might enter upon ther duties today.
Some of them have already done so.
| I ,i thn IitI- NviI IN rnisb hpnUA
by contract with a surety company.
some question has been informally
raised as to Mr.. Watson's eligibility,
because he lives just over the city line
| in Dunnore. The act does not requir.
| that the city solicitor shall be a resi-
| dent of the city. In the case OF al.
most every other officer 1t is specifically
| stipulated that he shah have been a.
resident of the city for "A certain terms
| of years. All that the city solicitor
clause requires is that "The solicitor
! and assistant solicitors shall he attor-
| neyS-at-iaw, admitted and qualified to
practice in the courts of this common
| wealth." Mr., Watson claims this en-
| ccption was purpoS"ly made To lit the
case of Pittsburg, many of whose a -
lorneys have their homes In the SUI
burbs, A all events, Mr. Watson says
| h" viii he resident of Scranton
proper within short Time
Magistrate w. :. Mllar took The oath
Of office last evening, and will today
conduct police court at headquarters.
The appointment OF Select Council
men Roche uad clemons to Recorder
| Moirs cabinet viii leave The Seventh
aud Seventeenth ward without repro
sent.tion il the city's senate,
Eh.. ~ 10,
| for any great length of time, however.
Already in tEe Seventh ward there are
five candidat ~ Tpomas Gordon, James
| Padden. James MalOney, Timothy
Burke and 4. Y. Scanlon, and in the
Seventeenth ward w. :. Dlehl and
| Common Councilman Luther Keller
are Offering tn mselves for their neigh
| bors' suffrage, The call for special
elections win be issued at once.