Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-01-27
COUNCILS
BUSY SESSION

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The Borough Council met in reg.
ular session Friday, aid transacted
great deal of business. The follow
ing members were present: Davis, Reif-
snyder, Vastne. Swank. Fenster-
macher, Goescr, Dietrich and Lloyd.
A bill of S., s,0O2.07 due the Rumsey
Electrical Company, one half of the
contract price for building the NUM-
cipal electric light plant, was on mo.
tion of Mr.. Vastine, ordered paid.
A communication was read from O.
M. Lewis, Superintendent of the Phil
adelphia and Pottvsille Teleg graph Com
pany, setting forth the agreement the
Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad
Company desired executed with the
Borough relative to where poles for
the municipal electric light plant
should be placed,so as to stretch wires
across their lines. The agreement was
to be signed and executed by the pro-
per Borough officials here. and then
returned to the Company for like ex-
ecution. On motion of Mr.. Vastine
the matter was referred to the City
Solicitor.
A similar communication was read
from L. Bush, Chief Engineer of the
d. l.. & w. Railroad. 1t set forth the
usual form of license and permit, grant.
ing permission to place an inch terra
Gotta sewer pipe under the main line
of the d. L. g. W. tracks, between
Pine and Ferry streets. and requested
that the permit be regulsly executed
by Council and returned to Mr.. Bush.
so he could, in behalf of the Company.
sign and execute the agreement. On
motion of Mr.. Vastine, it was ordered
executed.
Mr.. Hungerford. of Philadelphia and
7. L. Painter, of Williamsport, repre-
senting the Pure Water Publication
Company, of Philadelphia, were pres.
ent with view of interesting Council
in their water softener. The former ex-
planned the merits Of the apparatus, and
made proposal to Council with the
view of having one established here.
He agreed to deliver the machine,
make the necessary connections and
run it for period of four months
without any cost to the Borough. If,
at the expiration of the specified time.
the apparatus did not give satisfao-
tiou,it was to be removed The soften
er, he said, removed all scale from the
water before it entered the boiler,
leaving it sparkling and clear. At the
close of the four months if the ma
chine gave satisfaction and Council
concluded to purchase it, Mr.. Hunger
ford said that he would give a surety
bond guaranteeing that the softener
would give satisfaction for one year.
The machine can be run at from 8 to
10 cents per day. The purchase price
is $780, aud the machine will last for
20 years.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine, seconded
by Mr.. Swank, the gentlemen were in
structed to put in the machine for four
months.
The sewer connecting ordinance came
| up for the third and final reading. On
motion of Mr.. Vsstine, it was adopted
by unanimous vo.e. 1t only needs
the signature of the Burgess new to
make it a law.
Tho chair appointed the following
members as a Committee on Sewer
Mesrs. DIETRICH. Reifsnyder and Fens.
| termacher.
Mr.. Fenstermaoher reported that the
telephone at the Washington Engine
Hcuse was not in work ing order, and
in consequence. $3.50 was deducted
from the bill of $lS rendered by the
Telephone Company. That amount,
Oounci said, would not be paid until
the phone was repaired.
The Chief of Police was instructed
to enforce the ordinance relative to
merchants occupying space with good
displayed in front of their stores. Too
much space was being used.
On motion the matter of disposipe
of tickets on the curbstone market will
be III the hands of the Street Com
missioner, instead of the Chief of -Po
lice.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine. seconded
by Mr.. Reifsnyder, the Borough print
ing was awarded to the Montour Am
erioan and the Montour Democrat.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employees .......... .$l44. 81
Phils. g. Reading r. r. Co.. 74.9t
Phila. Coal g. Iron Co. ...... 1874 6,
S. J. Welliver r............... 1873
Hoover Bros. s............... 1874
Atlantic Refining 90 o......... q
John W. Farnsworth, Agt. 500
Franklin Boyer er.............. 24.7
E. W. Peters, Commission .. go
H. B. Patton. 900
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.