Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-24
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNCIL

The Borough Council held a regula
meeting Friday night. A great deal o
business was transacted ANON
other proceedings, the permit granite,
George Reifsnyder to build a fran
annex at the rear of the store occupi
ed by j. J. Newman was on motion
recalled. The permit was granted a
the meeting held on July 1st. 1t wa
regarded then as i'll violation of tn
ordinance which prohibits the building
of "any frame or wooden building o
buildings of any description witt
wooden roofs within distance of l5
feet of the line of Mill street" New
ertheless precedent was followed anc
the ordinance was set aside, relyin,
upon the fact that no one would rails,
| objection.
President Vastine explained that III
had been waited upon by Attorney w
j. Badly on behalf of his client, G.. +
Smith, who objected to the erection o.
the frame annex, as it would stand in.
close proximity to his own establish.
ment and increase the danger of fire.
AS it was in violation of the ordinance
the attorney insisted that council re
scind its action which granted the
permit.
Mr.. Reifsnyder who was present,
quoting the clause of the borough
ordinance as printed above insisted
that it applied only to buildings with
wooden roofs and not to the one he
proposed to erect which was to have
tin or metal roof. His remark Great
ed some doubt in the minds of the
members as to just what was implied
by the language of the ordinance and
the borough solicitor was called in.
The latter interpreted the provision of
the ordinance as forbidding within the
prescribed limits the erection of all
frame buildings regardless Of the kind
of roof. He deplored that council i'll
so many instances had granted similar
permits in violation of ordinance and
stated that he thought the present was
good time to stop such Irregularities
1t was on his advice that the permit
was recalled, Mr.. Lloyd making the
motion. The action was unanimous.
Mr. Kemmer stated that G. @. Rit-
ter wanted permit to erect yeranda
i'll front of his residence. East Market
street. The matter was referred to the
Building Committee with instruction
to grant the permit if they find the
space sufficient.
A communication was received from
Theodore Voorhees,, First Vice Presi-
dent of the p & r. railway company
relative to the proposed roadway under
the company's tracks at Blizzard s
run on Walnut street. The writer
seemed 10 have notion that the Dor
ough could be induced to enter upon
the work itself and the communication
stated that should council decide to
construct the under grade crossing the
railway company would offer no objec
tion, but would make contribution
toward the cost. This, however, was
only OH condition that the proposed
roadway be so arranged as to increase
facilities for the passage of water and
the borough at the same time agree to
any grade crossings of
streets between the passenger station
and the crossing on Bloom street. The
communication suggested that con-
ference be held in regard to the matter
between the engineers, representatives
of the borough and of the railway
so that plans may be devised
that shall meet approval of all con-
cerned.
1t was the sense of council that the
Borough could not dispense with the
crossing at the station also that the
railway company had no right to ask
the Borough to erect or to bear any
part of the cost of the undergrade
crossing. The matter was left III the
hands of the Committee on Streets,
they to confer with the Borough
Solicitor.
The following bills were approved
for payment by council: