Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-23
PUBLIC ELECTION
AUTHORIZED

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imIortance. Acton wa; taken in
crossing the Borough Indebtedness,
aud providing tor the lao ding of a
IuNlic clnetlou; 50 eli" tIons for
street paving were adopted, and adj
vertising for bids authorized which
take in both paving and an electric
light system.
On motion of Mr. Reitsnydcr, sec
onded by Mr. Nastine, a resolution was
unanimously adopted ordering that
the legal Indebtedness of the borough
be increased by and TO the amount OF
S5I 900 for the following purposes ::
S2l, 900 for properly furnishing and Sc
curing the existing indebtedness i'll
excess Of tho ordinary constitutional
and statutory limitation; the amount
of Sl2, 600 for erecting and maintain
ing municipal electric lighting plant,
all to be owned and operated by the
Borough solely for the purpose of
generating electricity and electric
light for lighting the several Borough
buildings, Borough property, streets,
alleys, &c. SlS 600 for properly grad
ing, curbing and paving Mill street
from the northern entrance to the
bridge to the northern building line
on Center street as provided for by the
ordinance approved May %, A. D.,
1904 also that public election be
held on Tuesday, August ,, 1904, be-
tween the hours of seven o'clock III the
forenoon aud seven O'Clock in the al
ternoon of the said day for the pur-
pose of obtaining the assent OF the
electors to such increase OF indebted
ness and that thirty days notice of
such election be given by weekly adj
vertisement in the Montour American,
"Danville Intelligencer" and Mon
tour Democrat" and by at least TWEEN
ty printed hand bills posted in public
parts of Borough.
The specifications for paving, n vol
luminous document of seventeen sec
tions. was read as amended section by
section and very carefully considered.
On molten of Mr.. Reifsnyder, second
ed by Mr. Vastine, the specifications
were unanimously adopted and two
hundred copies ordered printed, the
lob to be let to the lowest bidder
On motion of Mr.. Reifsnyder, second
ed by MIR. Boyer it was ordered that
bids be invited for street paving, all
bids to be in by the next meeting
night, July lst.
Mr.. ReIfsnyder of the Committee on
Light introduced the subject of muni-
cipal light. He explained that six
specifications along with a map taking
in .he Borough and all its additions
showing the proposed location of arc
lights were in the hands of the Secre-
tary. The contract with the Standard
Electric Light Company, expires on
November lst and he declared there
was no time to lose. Regardless of
what the result of the election j st
authorized might be Council, he said, ,
sees its way perfectly clear in obtain
ing the money needed. He therefore
recommended that the specifications,
which had previously b,en approved,
along with drawings be submitted for
bids He made a motion, which was
seconded by Mr. Fenstermacher, that
Council advertise for bids for an
electric light plant. bids to be in by
the next meeting, July 1st. 1t carried
UNANIMOUSLY.
Bids for printing the paving ordin-
ance invited in advance were in the
Secretary 5 hands. ii was discovered,
| however, that there was a misunder-
standing among the bidders as to the
nature of the work. The proposals,
therefore, were not opened and the
printers today on fuller instructions,
will be given an opportunity to revise
their bids. The bids will be opened
tonight by the Committee on printing.
In the matter of the bridge over NAH
ioning creek at Chestnut street petit
| toned for at the previous meeting the
| Committee on Streets and Bridges re-
| ported prUgress.
The following members wer3 pres
ent last night: Davis, Dietrich, Goe-
ser, Swank, Fenstermacher Boyer,
Reifsnyder, Vastine and LLOYD.
The following bills were approved
| for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.