The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-19
MONTHLY MEETING !
OF TOWN COUNCIL
viii Issue Bonds to Pay Off
Outstanding Orders, Amount.
ing to $4,000.
Health Board Makes Report.

the Town Council was held Thurs
day night, with President Town.
send and all the members, except
ing Samuel Pursel, present.
Following the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting,
which were approved, Mr.. Rhoades
called Councils attention to the
noncompliance of the Danville 6,
Bloomsbury Street Railway Com
pany, to the order requiring fend-
ers on their cars. Mr.. Townsend
said the company would comply
and that the tenders would be
placed on the cars in few days.
Secretary Freeze Quick stated
that he had given Constable Miles
Betz, list of the people who ac-
cording to the recent resolution of
Council, would be compelled to
lay pavements in front of their
properties.
Chief of the fire department G..
E. Lewis, appeared before council,
and reported that the present equip
ment Of the department is not only
inadequate but that it is not up to
the requirements of the Under
writer's Association. Some of the
companies have only $50 feet of
hose, when they should have 1000
feet. He recommended the inn
mediate purchase of 100 feet of
hose, and also asked tor an appro-
priation of $3.50, to be used for the
purchase of rubber coats and gum
boots for the firemen. The Good
Will ComNany, he said. is in need
of chemicals. He recommended
that the alarm box, at present
located near the Heddens Hotel
on Iron Street, be removed to a
point on First Street, near the resi-
dence of Paul f.. Writ.
On motion Of Mr.. Reimard,
seconded by Mr.. Hughes, it was
decided to make an. appropriation
OF $50, to purchase equipment as
recommended by Chief Lewis.
Fred Neyhart, residing on Eyer
Street, appeared and asked for an
incandescent electric light. On mo-
tion, request was granted, and it
was ordered that light be placed
in the alley for the convenience of
the people residing there.
President Townsend stated that
he had filled the vacancy OCCASION
ed by the resignation of Street
Commissioner William Kashner. by
the appointment of Henry Dieffen-
bach, and that it was now up to
Council to ratify the appointment,
or reject it and appoint some other
person. On motion Mr.. Deiffen-
bach's appointment was confirmed.
The report of the Board of Health,
prepared and submitted by its secre-
tary DIR. S. B. Arment, showed
that there had been placed under
quarantine the following cases !;
diphtheria ~; scarlet fever IS;
measles 2; and chicken pox I.
There was no typhoid fever re-
ported, but it was estimated that
there had probably been in the
neighborhood of IS cases. There
were 2 dea, Is from diphtheria and
from scarlet fever.
The report stated that the sani-
tary condition of the town had been
excellent and the cleaning of the
alleys and cutters in the fall has
had the good effect of allowing the
surface water to flow freely. The
report continued that notwithstand-
ing the flood, owing to the care
the Board OF Health had exercised
in having the wells cleaned in the
flooded district and in enforcing
upon the people in the flooded dis
trict the Importance of boiling the
water before using it no bad results
had followed.
The estimate Of expense for the
coming year was fixed at $3SS. so,
and was made up as follows
Health officer $3.50, secretary, 500,
telephone 1904, $Io.5o telephone
1905, SIS. 90 printing, IS station
cry and postage, $25; sundries,
$25. The report spoke of the good
work of the board in confning the
cases OF smallpox which ragged in
Sugarloaf township to the locality
in which it originated.
THE BOND ISSUE.
Council decided to issue bonds to
pay off the outstanding orders.
President Townsend prefaced the
motion by stating that for wears.