Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-08-27
As TO THE
TROLLEY LINE

| Railway Company, appeared before
Council Friday night, making a propo
sition rs to the right of way through
the Borough. But little was accom-
plished in the interest of the trolley
! line beyond the appointment OF g
committee to confer with the repre-
| sentatives of the company on the mat
| ter of ordinance this evening and rC
report at an adjourned session OF
| Council Monday night.
| Mr. Pascoe was introduced by f.,
! G. Angle, Esq, who explained that a
charter had been granted to the Dan.
willie and Riverside Electric Railway
! Company-that the limo it proposed
to build would extend from Riverside
to Mechanicsville, distance of three
miles. The president aud secretary
of the company. he said, were pres
ent in the interest of an ordinance
and he recommended that commit
tee be appointed to meet with the rep
resentatives today to talk over the
matter in all its bearings and that an
adjourned meeting of Council be held
later for the adoption of an ordinance.
Mr.. Pasooe addressed Council at
considerable length, assuring the
momberS that he was here to build
an electric railway-that he had built
many taking in different sections of
the country and that in every instance
he had maintained an interest in the
line, just as he proposed to do here.
He is confident, he said, that a troll
ley proposition will pay III DanvllIe ;
otherwise ne would not he i'll it, He
was emphatic in the assertion that he
was not here for the purpose of OBJ
tanning a franchise and selling it to
some one else, but for the purpose of
building the road. To prove his sin
cerity in reply to a question from
President Vastino, he stated that the
Danyile and Riverside Electric Rail
way Company would obligate itself to
build and equip the road within spec
flied time, complying with the law As
to street paving, etc, and giving a
bond for the faithful performance of
duty.
O2 motion il was decided to act up
on MI Angles suggestion and the
following committee was appointed
to confer with the trolley representa-
tives Saturday George Reifsuydel, D.
A. Montgomery, David Gibson and I.
}. Swank. The matter will be fully
discussed and if sufficient progress be
made an ordinance viii he drafted TO
submit to Council at an adjourned
meeting Monday night.
\ communication was received
from the Board of Water Commission
crs submitting the customary annual
report on the eve for electing the en-
ployos for operating the Water Works.
The report stated that all the en-
ployes had performed their duties to
the satisfaction of the Water Commis-
sioncrs, who recommended their re-
tentiOn.
On the strength of the above com
munication all the present employees
of the Water Works were reelected
as follows: Superintendent, p. j.
Kcefer engineers, Jacob Byerly and
Edward Bell firemen, George Hull.
hen and Charles Bryant
Mr. Reitsnyder reported the canal
bridge on Church street rs III an un-
safe condition On motion the SeCre-
tary was instructed to notify the
Pennsylvania canal Company that the
bridge needs repairing.
communication was received from
superintendent of the S. II. q W. di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad de
clining the proposition Of the Borough
of Danvillo TO furnish filtered water
to the tank at South Danvillc. The
communication took exception to the
rates as entirely too high.
Treasurer ElIcnbogen presented a
statement of finances to date which
showed cash balance on hand of
$l232 l8.
George Kocher representing the fire
department was present asking that
the firemen be furnished badges by
the Borough On motion of Mr..
Montgomery the request was complied
with and the Committee on Fire was
authorized to make the purchase. The
cost Of the badges, it was estimated,
would not exceed $50
Several citizens were present he.
fore Council asking that the road be-
tween Welsh Hill and Sidlrr Hill now
nearly impossible, owing to deep
wa,houts, Ice repaired without delay.
On motion the matter was referred tC
the Committee on Streets and Bridges.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employees. ......... ! iG. g.