The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-06
WOULDN'T PAY
FOR PAVEMENT
AND so SELECT COUNCIL PRO-
cEEDs TO GET EVEN.
Passed Resolution Directing Re-
moval of Lunch Wagon from Prop
erty Owned by Amsden Estate at
Lackawanna and Washington Ave-
nues-Mr. Costello After Scranton
Railway Company-$171,741 Due
from Liquor Licenses, Says Con-
troller-Other Business.

The select council last night dealt out
little "retributive justice" as it is
called in the United States army regu-
lations. For the sole and openly
avowed purpose of getting even with
the Ainsden estate, a resolution was
unanimously passed directing the d-
rector of public safety to cause the re-
moval of the lunch wagon standing on
the corner of Lackawanna and WASH
ington avenues.
As is we'll known the northerly side
ington and Adams avenues has been
paved with cobble stones while the 9TH
er side of the street is paved with as
phalt. All of the property owners on
the block in question with one eXcep-
ton agreed to enter into private con-
tract for the paving of the street with
asphalt.
The one exception was the represen-
tative of the Amsden estate which
owns the property on the northeast
corner of Washington and Lackawanna
W
agreed to pay $50 towards the cost of
laying the pave in front of this prop
erty but their proposition wasn't con-
sidered On the ten foot reservation
adjoining this property lunch wagon
has been located for many years. The
resolution directing it's removal was in
troduced last night by ID. w. Vaughan.
When asked its purpose he said:
PURPOSE OF IT.
"'rhese people owning this property
have refused to pay for Il pave in front
of it like the other property owners.
The street will look Il sight if that little
patch is left unpaVed. 1t Will be
disgrace to the city. The owners OF
the property get s17 Il month from the
owner of this lunch wagon and If we
can get them to pay for paving in
front of their place by passing this
resolution 1T will be Il good thing. The
lunch wagon has no right on the ten
foot reservation. anyway. It's nui-
sance there and it ought to be re-
moved.
When some one raised the objection
that it might not be legal to remove
the lunch wagon and suggested that an
opinion be secured from the city solici-
tor Mr.. Vaughan remarked:
Don't delay this These people will
probably wake up to themselves in the
morning"
After an amendment reading, pro
vding such action shall be legal had
been inserted the resolution was unani-
mously passed
]. j. Costello was out after the
Scranton Railway company with
toma hawk and two bowie knives. He
introduced no less than one ordinance
and two resolutions directly affecting
that corporation.
The ordinance provided that hereaf-
ter no street cars shall he run across
| the intersections of streets at il speed
greater than four miles an hour and
| fixed il penalty of not less than s. nor
more than $50 for each offense. This
was referred to the railways committee.
The resolutions directed the director
| of public safety and the city solicitor
| to proceed ut once with the enforce
ment of the ordinance requiring the
company to place proper tenders and
wheel guards on all its cars and for
bidding the use of fiat wheel cars with
in the city under any consideration.
Both. these resolutions We're passed
! without argument
| LIQUOR LICENSE FUND.
City Controller Costello sent in II
| communication announcing that in pur.
| suance with a resolution passed by
| councils he had ascertained that the to-
| tai amount of money coming to the city
| for liquor licenses for the present year
is S171,14l after the county treasurers
| 4 Il