Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-10
WANT EXTENSION
OF WATER SYSTEM

deal of time before the Borough Ooun
Gil Friday. Danville is .pretty bad.
ly disfgured with poles, ,it is true. but
they yield revenue to the Borough 81
was shown by the Treasurer's state
ment last night. in which an item Of
$s62. 90 appeared for pole tax, which
represented three companies. It de-
veloped, however, that the oompaniea
have not complied with the Borough
ordinance by placing upon their re.
of the company owning them. As .
result it is impossible to keep track Of
the poles and no one in the employ Of
the Borough seems 10 know whether
all are being paid for or not The
matter was discussed at some length
when on motion of Mr.. Dietz, second
ed by Mr.. Jacobs, it was decided that
the owners Of all telephone. telegr aph.
electric light, trolley and other poles
be ordered to comply with the Bor-
ough ordinance inside Of thirty days.
When the ordinance is complied with
and the poles are marked as required
the Chief of Police according to ons-
tom will proceed to count the poles
and see to it that the accounts are all
correct.
Mr.. Jacobs called attention to the
dirty condition of many of the alleys
about town. 1t was explained that the
keeping of the alleys clean and sanit-
ary devolves upon the Street Commits
sioner. 1t was the sense of the men,
hers that ash piles and heaps OF man.
ure are out of place in public alleys
and should not be permitted to re-
main.
Mr.. Reifsnyder called attention TO
the fact that the overooats belonging
to the police officers have become very
seedy and that rather than wear them
the officers are going without over
coats. The Borough years ago set the
precedent of purchasing overooatn for
the officers and Mr.. Reifsnyder moved
that an overcoat be purchased for each
of the officers, the cost not to exceed
Sl4. Mr.. Sweisfort seconded the mo-
tion. which carried unanimously.
Mr.. Boyer of the Committee on
Sewers reported that the extensions
ordered have all been completed with
exception Of the one at the Charles
Ohalfant properties on West Mahoning
street.
Howard Ward, of Guliok's Addi-
tion, on behalf of the residents Of that
Addition appeared before Council ask
ing that the Borough water system be
extended in that part of town. As it
stands now the residents of Guliek's
Addition are without fire protection.
The nearest main is on Wall street at
the d. L. & w. Railroad. the plug be-
ing located at Mr.. Keefer's premises.
Persons who would like to build in
Guliok's Addition, it is alleged, are
deferred from doing SO by the lack Of
water facilities there. Thus it is claim
ed the people of that part of town
suffer, notwithstanding that they have
been bearing their burden Of taxation
for thirty years or more. On motion
Of Mr.. Reifsnyder the matter was re-
ferred to the Committee on Water.
Treasurer Ellenbogen presented a
statement of finances to date, which
showed a total cash balance OIL hand
of So. $685. 4S.
On motion an order was drawn In
favor of the Firemen's Relief Assooia-
tion for $l4l.l2, which had been re-
oeived from the State.
Mr.. Reiisnyder of the Committee on
Streets and Bridges reported progress
in the matter of street paving on East
Market street. Some details in the
matter of survey, which remain to be
attended to has had the effect of caus
ing delay.
The following members were pres
ent: Vastine, Reifsnyder, Sweisfort.
Hughes, Boyer, Dietz, Fenstermacher.
Jacobs and Law. Chairman Joseph
Gibson, being absent, Amos Vastins
was chosen President pro tenn.
The following bills were approved
for payment: