Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-02-11


tions and suggestions made by TN
Chief Burgess and the Committee ol
Ordinance and Police at meetin!
held Wednesday was read before tn,
Borough Council Friday night. No &C
tion was taken, the first reading be
ing postponed until a subsequent meet
ing.
The ordinance authorizes and pro
vides for the paving and curbing O
that portion of Mill street from tn,
Northern entrance to the bridge
over the Susquehanna river and to as
sess a portion of the cost on the own
ers Of the property abutting on saiC
portion of Mill street and providing
for the collection of such portion OF
such costs.
! Mr. Reifsnyder called attention to
the fact that the ordinance was not
yet fully signed: also that all the
members of the Committee on Ordin-
1 ance and Police were not present when
it was formulated; there were many
| points which would have to be chang
ed and on the whole there was so much
room for discussion that he thought
the first reading ought to be deferred
until at least the next meeting. A vote
was taken when his view was found
to prevail and it was so ordered.
Several sections of the ordinance
were discussed at length. W. f, Pas
coe, of Allentown, who has the con-
tract for building the Danville and
Riverside Electric Railway, was pres
eut and joined i'll the discussion. The
terms of the trolley franchise oblige
the company to proceed with the paw
ing of its portion of the street at such
time as when the Borough is prepared
TO enter upon street paving. Mr.. Pas
coe informed Council last night that
he is prepared TO 60 on with the work
whenever the Borough is ready. He
stated that there are better and cheap
er paving material than vitrifed brick
and suggested Warren Paving,
which is a composition Of much merit,
built upon a concrete base. He also
thought the plan would be good one
TO decide upon one contractor who
should pave the whole street. Mr..
Pascoe's suggestions were very court
10 an1 tInrr N ha
sdered by Council in the discussion
which will precede the first reading
Mr.. Dougherty of the Fire Commit
tee reported that he had examined the
Hose Houses of the Borough and that
he found them all in good condition
with the exception of the Washin gton
Hose House. which is in need of some
inside repairs. On motion of Mr.
Dougherty the repairs needed were left
III the hands of the Fire Committee,
they to report at next meeting. An
exception was made in the case of
defective hydrant, which Mr.. Davis
was authorized to have repaired i'm
mediately.
Treasurer EllenDogen presented his
report, which showed total cash bal
auce on hand of $40. .4j5 50.
Mr.. Reifsnyder called attention TO
an iron plate or cellar door belonging
to the Nail Works property forming a
part of the pavement on Railroad
street, which has become quite slip
perry and causes good many people
to fall. He has heard much complaint
about it and asked that some action be
taken looking 10 its removal, as it is
no longer needed On motion the Sec
rotary was instructed to lay the mat
ter before II. H Ginsberg, Trustee,
Philadelphia, who is responsible for
the building
Mr.. Dougherty moved that fire es-
cape be erected on the South side of
City Hall to aid the occupants of the
lodge room on the third floor to escape
in case of fire. Mr. Reifsnyder OPP
posed the improvement as an unneces-
sary expenditure, inasmuch as the in
spector when in this city had seen the
building and had not notified the Bor-
ough that a fire escape was necessary.
M Dougherty's motion was not sec
onded.
The following members were present
last night: Vastine, Davis, Reifsny-
der, Welliver, Swank, Fenstermacher,
Dougherty, Goeser, Joseph Gibson,
Lloyd and David Gibson.
The following bills We're approved
for payment;
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