The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-15

The ordinance providing for the clos
ing of Cliff street was reported favor
ally upon by the streets ana bridges
committee of common council las.
night and was passed on first and sec-
ond readings by that body after argu-
mcnts for and against its passage had
been presented by Attorney = II. Price.
representing the Haslam interests. and
G. II. Zehnder and Attorney w. J.
Hand representing the Dickson Manu-
featuring company.
Mr.. Price spoke first. and said that
If no individual property rights on
the street We're to be interfered with
without the consent of the owners of
such property the ordinance should
pass. Such was not the case, however.
The rights of an estate owning 100 feet
front We're seriously interfered with
by the ordinance. he said.
His clients. if the street is closed,
would be obliged to reach LaCkawan-
ma avenue by street having a very
heavy grade. The interests which he
represented of course. might not he
as important as the interest of the
Dickson Manufacturing company. but
if justice was to be done they should
be consulted, ha said.
Where private interests clash. he
said. and where it was necessary for
contract to be entered into between
such interests, council should not force
such a contract if it was not agreeable
to both parties. The individuals should
be left to agree between themselves as
to it's terms.
MIR. ZEHNDER'S REMARKS.
President e. II. Zehndar of the Dick
son Manufacturing company, was next
heard He stated that between 600 o.
| 200 of the employees of the company's
locomotive works We're obliged TO cross
| the tracks of the Lackawanna. every
| day at the Cliff street crossing and
| that largely for this reason it was de-
sired to close the crossing.
1t was proposed to make Bridge
street a thoroughly passable thorough
| fare. easy OF access at very slight
grade to Cliff street. Every property
| owner on the street with the single
| exception of the Haslam estate had
| signed Il release from all damages
| which the city might be called upon to
| pay and the company agreed to put
| up a bond in the sum Of $4,000 to in
! dcmnify the city from any loss if the
| Haslams should sue.
w. J. Hand spoke briefly. explaining
| that councils, under the law, have a
| perfect right to close any street if the
| majority of the property owners sign
a petition providing for such a clos
| ing. The ordinance was passed on first
and second readings by the following
| vote:
L
l.. Lewis, Ruanc, Roche, Paine. Phillips CALVIN,
| Harvey, VIM, Lewis, Coleman, Keller Rush.
| smith, CuSiCk, Norton.-l,.
| NayS--Nagcli, Gurrcll, Calptn.-3.
The resolution from the select coun.
| ell. explaining the dockaGc clause in
the ten-ycar electric light contract by
setting forth that when lights are out
for only "A few minutes they are not tC
be reported as out al night. but pro.
vding that this should not become cf.
fective until all lights had been raise,
to a heighth of Twenty-Five feet, came
in To- a deal Of discussion.
THOUGHT IT UNJUST.
Mr.. Paine thought it downright in
justice to compel the company To rails,
its lights to a heighth of twenty-five
tion of the resolution providing fo
this. He was seconded in this stanc
by Mr.. Keller, but his motion to strik,
the section out was lost by the follow
ing very close vote:
| NcasMcDouald, Ilaeecrty, Paine. Nagcii
| Phillips, Calvin, Harvey, Keller. smith, Norton
10.
| Ny,-Alworth, Evans, A. l." Lewis, Ruarc
Roche, Gmrcl, VIM Lewis. Coleman, Rus,
CUsick, 'spn.--ll
The motion to pass the resolution
was then adopted. by the followin.
vote, Il number of the gentlemen VIII,
Just a moment before had voted il
favor of striking out the last claus,
of the resolution getting I'm out of tn,
wet" and voting for the resolution:
YEAS Mcdonald, Iiaggcr,y Evans, \. /. Lcwi
IuJnc, Roche GmrCll, Nm. Lewis. Coleman
Keller, Rush, Smith, Cu,ick, Norton, Clpn.-l' 4
l..
| Mr.. AlwOrth offered an ordinance es
tablishing police maeistrial district
and creating the offices of polio
magistrate. The ordinance provides
for five police districts and a magis
trdte for each. The districts are al
portoned as follows:
lhst disrict-First second, Thld and Thir
tCCuth Wurd,.
Second di,trict-Eghtu Fourteenth Eishtceut
, and Sixth wards
Third districr-fourth, Fit.h, Fifteenth an
, | Twenty.frst wards
Fourth district-Elcycn,h, Twelfth, Nmcccnt
and Twentieth wards.
Fifth dstrict-Scvuth, Niuth, sixteenth Sc,
cntcenth and Tenth wards