The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-04

Unless an agreement can be reached
at the adjourned sessions to be held
at o'clock, an hour before re-organi-
zation, next Monday morning, the APP
preparation ordinance is dead, and the
incoming councils will have to face the
task Of framing and passing Il new ap-
preparation ordinance. While this is
being done the various city depart
ments will be absolutely without funds
and officials and employees cannot draw
any pay.
The report of the conference commit
tee framed at Wednesday nights con-
ference provided that the 5000 item for
a common council clerk and $125 for
extra water rent should be left out of
the ordinance and the other two dis
puted items, $500 for the keyser Valley
Hose company and $1.140 for an as
sistant city engineer should be allowed
to remain.
Select council was agreeable to the
recommendations OF the conference
committee, but 1t did not get an op-
portunity of voting on Them The re-
port went into common council first
and there it was tagged. The Demo-
cratic commoners would not agree to
the killing of the clerkship item. and
voted against accepting the recommen-
dations of the conference committee.
Mr.. Coleman, Democratic member of
the conference committee. voted with
the Republicans. Mr. Norton, the 9TH
er Democratic conferee, did not vote.
The division was as follows:
THE VOTE.
Ayes-J. ]. Evans, snowden, W. W. Evans,
Soaring, Robathan. James, Lewis, Coleman,
Stipp, Keller, Partridge, Pane--l2.
Nays. +. Evans, Haggerty, McGreevy, Ru'
ane, Roche, Phillips, Charles Rosar, Calvin, Cur.
rell, Rush, Graf, Joseph Rosar, Troy, Cusick,
Calpin-l5.
Messrs. Keller Partridge and Paine
changed their votes before the result
was announced that they might be in
a position to move a reconsideration If
opportunity of adopting the report pre-
sented itself. 1t was agreed by mo-
ton from the Democratic side that
when council adjourned it should be to
meet Monday morning at o'clock.
Select council is also to meet at the
same hour. 1t is possible that the or
dinance may be passed at these meet
ings, but this is q rather bare possible
ity.
Before passing from the considera-
ton of the measure, the Democrats
carried a motion to recOmmit 1t to the
estimates committee. Under the law
the ordinance should have been passed
before the last day of February.
Ordinances passed third and final
reading as follows: Providing for the
distribution of city advertising; ap-
propriating funds to pay state tax on
loans; requiring street cars to be pro-
vided with tenders and wheel guards:
providing for an electric light on Col
umbia avenue near the boulevard; pro-
viding for three electric lights in the
Nineteenth ward; providing for paint
ing the Lackawanna avenue and Cedar
avenue bridges.
FOR SIDEWALKS.
An ordinance for sidewalks on
Throop Parker and Depot streets, and
an ordinance providing for the re-
pavement of upper Lackawanna ave-
nue., passed first and second readings.
By a vote of q to 6 the ordinance
making it Il nuisance to spit on any
sidewalk or throw electric light car
bon butts ON the street, was killed on
third reading.
The Vaughan resolution instructng
the director of public safety to dis
charge the employees of the smallpox
hospital and lease the building if pos
sible, was concurred in.