The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
TOWN TOPICS.

TOWN TOPICS.
That there was so little damag" done
by reason of the overflow of sewers
during saturdays storm. goes IL great
way towards sustaining the reputation
which city Engineer knpp has earned
for his forethousht aud his personal.
activity since assuming office.
To the forethought OF Mr.. kupp can
De credited the "sranc which The city
had from damage and loss by reason of
the wild storm of saturday. The cle-
inentS were in til" mood to do almost
amy old thing that might mean harm
or loss. but thanks to Mr.. \upp'S rore-
thought. as stated before, ii was cheat
ed out of this chance in tarbOnialr.
Just after III" fan Of leaves, the city
engineer foreSaW that If these were not
destroyed they would ultimately prove
II troublesome factor in blocking the
sewer pipes ANA the catch basins. Ac-
rordin.ly. he saw to ii personally that
all the leaves, twigS nnd branches that
Uttered The streets were carefully gath
cred in heaps aud allowed to dry.
When all the dAmpncsS left them they
W"r" burned. This lell no chance. for
them 10 create mischief and trouble by
strayine into the sewer basins.
Later. Mr.. kupp had all of III. gut
tcrS cleaned thoroughly. 50 that they
could accommodate" u greatly in
creased iloW of water, With th. gut
tcrS cleaned and the leaves dead
branches and lNiaS, removed. he felt
SAT" that the streets and sewers would
have good chances Of successfully cop
in2 with Il heavy rainfall ani ,haw.
The story of Saturday nights fearful
downfall OF rain shows how we'll he
calculated ana planned. No damage
can be located in all the city that can
| be traced /" amy lack Of preparation or
iorethOught. There We're three instances
where water did overflow. but these
We're due To outside causes and inIiu-
e,res At the city line trouble was "N-
p"licnccd from the water and dirt that
Was swept along through tn" township
and carried into The city limits. At
Highland Park ana at the ontario ANA
Western bridge over BROOKLYN street
there was the same trouble. the source
being th" same. the basins becoming
blocked by brush lha, was carried
down tn" mountain side. What trouble
there WAS. was not of long standing. Hs
city Engineer kupp and Street Fore
man John killcen We're out early sun
| day morning and late Sunday night on
the alert for trouble.
In all the city there, was no washing
of dirt ana gravel as in the spring.
| principally because Mr.. kupp profited
| by the experience of Il year ago, when
| he assumed office and caused II general
| cleaning up.
Saturdays storm put the Scranton
| Railway conpanyS tarbontlalr aivis-
| ion Oul of busincSS-Or rather. out of
| service, FOR il can hardly be- said that
| the company has any business to lose
at this end Of its line, not 81 soul pat
| roniZing the cars.
The storm pat III" division ont Of SER
vice. as montin ned by washing OUT the
| tracks here and there all the way down
| The valley. a good deal of damage WAS
done 1T Alumni park and along toward
| and through the borough of Mayticld.
| But aside from the washouts. there
| was another unnblc, on" that required
a good deal of attention yesterday.
| This was the freezing of the water that
! submerged The tracks after Saturday
! night = downfall.
This freezing occurred Frequently
ANA IN big patches. In some places the
| rails had AN Ice covering several inches
! thick. 1t was slow work picking this
AWAY, so slow, that no ears could bc
run yesterday until afternoon. ana then
! ther" WAS only one or two.
/ reference to In" running of The
| Scranton Rul!NuN cOmpany's cars on
! this division calls to mind that in no
| place along its lines is the patrona go
80 little. ON no division or line are the
people 50 StcadfaSt in their refusal TO
| patrOniZe the cars This has been the
firm disposition Of The people sine" tho
strike though there has been no aGi-
| tntion of the strikers causes, such as
Is I'm" of ,ScraH:on .\ol resident Of
| the town has ridden eN"ent Two. who
rode for only n shoot time, however.
| Less than u dozen passengers have been
| carried sine" the strl'" began. and Of
these all but the two referred To We're
strangers The company is exceedingly
| anxious 10 get the pasSenSer' to riding
ON this lime, as its officials indcat" ON
their wish to Ihis cit! from time to
Time, one feature of IN sn'tk" that
gives the greatest satisfaction to resi-
! h'lltS VI ina 'bNil - lll'il lfi'if mas nor
hren the least sign Of disorder.
! The denortmont OF the citizeng has
Drcn most "difying, even though it
lnighl bs only Whar should be expected
from amy !aW-abiding community Not
| only has here been 40 disturbance, but
not ',rn hav" tnr men who "ul The
cars been noticed. They have heen left
scNeroly alone. us u Is sometimes said,
uu1 have heen r"gard"d with silence
eyer since tn" -lrh,.
Whether or uoI The "ul'panN VIII run
cars 10 Forest Nl,Y this winter, IN ihc
event of the strike being prolonged, is'
bninE discussed among The morrnalts
rl The city There's plenty ot evidence
that the Iulbondalr stores are suffer Q
inG in patronage because rf the STRIKE,
and there Is no question ,s a. the pos
slblity uf the holiday rradc being ap-
preciubl! affected, Residents M the
county have had most prosperous fan
and have plenty of money 10 spend FOR
holiday necessities and gifts, The street
cars not running, however, will greatly
hinder th"m from coming Ia Town ~
] max, uurchuscS.