Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-05-04
SPECIAL SESSION
OF COUNCIL

bury Street Railway, who held tlat
thew had been unfairly left out OF the
matter, desired to be heard and were
present at the meeting Council still
insisted upon having six inch rall
laid on the street TO conform with
street paving, but yielded to an ar
rangement which favors the trolley
people somewhat and whereby the
work on the line can begin without
delay.
The special meeting convened at
Z 80 O'Clock with President Joseph
Gibson in the chair Other members
present were: Vastine, Goeser. Reif-
snyder, Boyer, Dietrich, Sweisfort,
Dietz, Magill and Hughes. o. @. Yet
ter, @. p. Hancock and W. A. Heller
represented the trolley company.
@. @. Yetter. Attorney for the Dan
Vile and Sunbury Street Railway, and
the William T. Markce Construction
Company, explained the position M
the trolley company. In the first place.
ne said, the two companies he repre-
sents both desire to maintain friendly
relations with the Borough OF Dan
Vile. Engineers aud foreme1 are on
the ground and all the plans were
laid to start work today. The inten-
tion was to get this end OF the DAN
,ra in, a a
the very earliest date. He felt sure
that the citizens of Danville and RiV-
erside wanted to see the road in OPP
Grafton just as soon as possible ana he
begged of Council that it impose no
conditions that would delay building
The exact height of the rail OH East
Market street, he said, is "A inches.
The six inch rail used on Mill street,
is a special rail aud was not included
in the Danville and Sunbury Com
pany's order; that rail could not be
procured now within thles months.
AS for the proposition to pave Mark
ct street he did not see any probability
of that coming to pass soon. The cir
culating of a petition for paving on
that thoroughfare, he said, had been
talked of for months past and nothing
tangible had resulted YET. He took
the view that the trolley company
ought to be permitted TO lay the rail
that it has on the ground and then
make the change to the higher rall
when paving actually comes to pass.
Mr.. Vastine, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Streets and Bridges, warm
ly resented the imputation that psvirR
on East Market street was any thing
less than an actual tact TO be met and
provided for INN ediately. As mat
ter of fact, he said. the petition would
be in circulation this morning; by the
middle of the week the result of thu
canvass would be known and the paw
was assured. He questioned whether
the six inch rail as used on Mill street
could not be procured without delay
and urged that it was unbusines'-llke
and risky in view of all the facts to
permit the putting down of any rail
not adapted to paving, as there was no
assurance that the trolley people might
not find some excuse for hedging when
the time comes TO make the change to
the higher rail.
Mr.. Yetter in reply reminded Coun-
Gil that the Danville and Sunbury
Street Railway Company was bound
by the ordinance and whenever paving
was decided upon it would be obliged
to lay rail similar to what was used
on Mill street, which is the only kind
that would conform. For the satisfac-
tion OF the members Section 3 of
the trolley ordinance was read. which
seemed to bear out this view. Mr..
Yetter tn an made the following prop
osition:
That the Danviile & Snnbury Street
Railway Company be permitted to be-
gin work at the Eastern end OF the
Borough today and to work down East
Market street Meanwhile lot those
interested in street paving see what
progress they can make with the petit
tion. By the time the construction
crew reaches the squares where paving
10 consideration i'll lp
known whether the proposition will
carry or not. In the event that paving
falls through the trolley company will
proceed to lay the smaller rail now on
the ground, giving an extra guarantee
to put down the heavier rail when
needed. He asked that this be adopted
by Council.
A general discussion followed in
which Mr.. Yetter's proposition was
regarded as very fair. although there
was an evident disposition to "go
slow. =" President Gibson struck the
keynoteswhen he said: II want to be
fair to the Borough, bat | d1 not want
to be narrow.
There seemed to be a unauimlty in
demanding soIue additional guarantee
that the trolley company wOnld do the
right thing when demanded, the ordi.
nance, which seemed 10 cover the mat
ter, in the opinion Of some being not
quite specific enough to suit the pres
ent case.
On motion OF Mr. Goeser the bond
of the Danville and Sunbury Street
Railway Company submitted 1t the
previous meeting. was accepted. after
which was reseinded the action taken
at the previou special meeting which
prohi bited Il, lAving Of the IA inch
rail unloaded on East Market street
Mr. Reifsuydpr moved that the Dan