Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-04-09
NEW MEMBER
OF COUNCIL

Ward was elected member OF tl'
Borough Council at regular meeting
of that body Friday night to succeed Nj
d. L. Sechler who rendered his resig
nation at the previous meeting.
But one candidate was named. Mr.
Welliver was nominated by 7. j
Swank. a vote was taken which lie
suited in his election with two dissent
ing voices, Lloyd and DouRherty. Mr.
Welliver being present Burgess Pur'
sell administered the oath Of office
and the new member took his seat.
Mr.. ReIfsnyder moved that the ca
nal bridges on Mill street be advertised
for sale preparatory to removing them.
The motion was seconded by Mr..
! Davis.
Mr.. Goeser opposed the motion and
wanted advertising postponed until
| the Borough was ready to dispense
with the bridges, which he said would
not be until the new survey was COM
pleted. An amendment was agreed
upon, which provided that the bridges,
although sold, could not be removed
until the borough was ready to part
with them. The motion as amended
finally carried.
Mr.. Montgomery called attention to
the bad condition OF East Market
street, which was recently scraped at
the direction OF the borough. He sug-
gested the advisatility of covering the
street with limestone. Mr.. Reifsny.
der acquiesced in his view, explaining
that the street since the mud has been
scraped off is in such bad condition
as to make Immediate action neces-
sary. The matter was referred to the
Committee on Streets and bridges, who
will see where suitable limestone can
be obtained, determining the cost etc.
On motion OF Mr.. Reifsnyder it was
ordered that the Committee on FL
nance meet and assisted by the secre
tary arrive at an estimate Of the avail
able funds that the borough will have
on hand the coming year to the end
that definite sum may be set apart
for the streets, so that Council may
act intelligently in inaugurating re-
pairs.
Mr.. Goeser made u strong plea for
sewerage. He said that he thought
that Council had been hoodwinked"
by the attorneys and that the law
afforded no remedy for the evil exist
ing in Billiards s run. Neither did he
take any stock i'll the opinion of the
Mt. Carmel engineer who visited this
city last week, which made it appear
that sewerage in Danville is not feast
BILE. He explained that modern sewer
age provides self acting gates, which
close against the action of back water
and prevent flooding. However, If
there is any doubt about the feasibil
ity of sewerage he thought the queS-
tion should be settled by reliable sur
vey. He would not advocate entering
upon sewerage until the question was
submitted to a vote of the tax payers.
The first step taken, however, should
be TO ascertain the feasibility and cost.
To this end he moved that the clerk
be instructed to advertise for bids for
bottom as we'll as for top grades, to be
kept separate The motion, which was
seconded by Mr.. Dougherty, was lost
by the following vote:
Yeas Reifsnyder, DougheIty, Mont
gomery and Goeser.
Nays-Vastine, Davis, Welliver,
Swank, Fenstermacher, Joseph Glib
son, Lloyd and David Gibson.
On motion of Mr Goeser, it was
ordered that the attention OF the
health officer be called to the nuis-
ances existing about town in the form
of cesspools which have become Objec
tionable and are men ace to the pub
lie health. The Health officer will
find it in his line of duty TO proceed
at once to have the nuisances abated at
any cost.
The following bills were approved
for payment: