Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-11
CONTRACTS AND
BOND APPROVED

whose torn of Office expires.
Mr. T0eSer nominated Mr.. Rogers
for the three years term.
Mr.. Fenstermaoher nominated Curtis
Cook.
Mr.. Reifsnyder explained that he
had been approached by Mr.. Cook,
who asked that his name be withdrawn
in case he should be nominated. Mr..
Cook name was accordingly with
drawn.
Thomas j. Rogers, therefore, was
unanimously elected as Water Com
missioner for three years.
The agreement entered into by the
Borough and ID. j. Rogers for paving
Mill street as we'll as the bond of $lO.-
| 600 given by the latter for the faith
! full performance of the work was read
before Council. Each was discussed
at great length when on motion of Mr.
| Vastine, seconded by Mr.. Reifsnyder,
they were duly approve by Council
and ordered to be sent to the Burgess
for his signature.
! The contract with the Rumsey Elec-
trical Manufacturing Company was
practically approved. Owing to some
details omitted it was left in the hands
| of the Electric Light Committee, who
have power to act. The Committee
will probably accept the contract to-
day and hand it over to the Burgess
for his signature.
Mr.. Reifsnyder of the Streets and
Bridges Committee reported that the
d. L & W. Railroad Company in
building a switch north Of track, near
the station, had encroached six feet
upon the Borough property at an alley
and that upon discovering this fact
| the Committee on Streets and Bridges
had caused the company to discontinue
work cn the switch until the present
meeting when the matter could be
brought before Council. The railroad
company. he said, is anxious to COM
plete the work and proposes to give
the Borough All indemnifying bond
providing for any accident which
might occur and also to fill up the al
ley to make driving over the track
easy.
The matter was discussed at length,
it being the sense of the members that
Council has no right to thus permit
the railroad to occupy the streets and
they were very much afraid that dam
age might ensue to property and com
plications arise.
On motion of Mr. Lloyd. seconded
by Joseph Gibson it was ordered that
the d. L. & W. Railroad be not per-
mitted to lay its track on the Borough
property.
Mr. Reifsnyder moved that the con
sent of Council be granted to the
transfer of the rights, privileges anc
franchises of the Danville and River
side Street Railway Company to the
Danville and Bloomsbury Electric
Railroad Company.
The Borough Solicitor advised that
the matter be referred to the Commit
tee on Ordinance and Police so as Il
secure little delay, which would en-
able him to look into the matter more
fully. His counsel prevailed and th'
action taken leaves the matter In thu
hands of the Committee who will &C
in conjunction with the Borough So
licitOr.
On motion OF Mr.. Fenstermacher i
was decided To purchase five length
r of l6 inch pipe OF the Hospital for tn
Insane to replace the same number o
lengths of broken pipe belonging to tn
small sewer near the water works
The price to be paid is $l2 per joint.
On motion OF Mr.. Reifsnvder it wa
decided to lease the Borough Traction
engine to Mr.. Rogers at one dollar pc
day for use in the work of street paw
ing, he TO be responsible for all repairs
D Mr Reifsnyder called attention @
= Council to the fact that the Mill stree
culyert is finished according to specit
= cations and he moved that the bond c
= d. J. Rogers, the contractor, be dir
= solved. 1t was so ordered.
Mr.. Gibson reported that part
was desirous of building a doubl
y dwelling at the corner of Ferry an
Front streets and that he was desirOu
of knowing whether the Boroug
would extend the sewer existing ]
= that part of town so as to take In I'll
point in question and also what I'll
rates would be. 1t was the sense
= Council that no action could be take
: until the sewer rates are adopte
> which Council is at present workin
>. upon.
q On motion of Joseph Gibson it wi
decided to relay the stone crossings {
! Bloom street at the entrance to A an
IS B streets.
= Mr.. Goeser called attention TO d
,s irreguiarity OF surface on some par
Q of Bloom street. where on each si'
the roadbed is higher than the trollt
track. Something. he thought, ougI
to be done to bring about an equali
of surface, otherwise accidents mig
occur. On motion the matter was
ferred to the Committee on Stree
u and Bridges, with power to act.
On motion of Mr.. Lloyd it was
dered that the alley leading fTo
Bloom to Center streets, known as Pi
he avenue, be filled up to make trav
better, the material excavated on M
r. street to be used in the improvement
er The following members were pre-
ent: Davis. Dietrich, Montgomer
Goeser, Swank. Fenstermacher, Be
-, or, Rcifsnyder, Vastine, Joseph O.