Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-13
council STILL
At DEADLOCK

The deadlock in the contest for wat
er commissioner is still on. The mat
ter in the natural order of business
came up before council Friday. 1t
was found, however, that DR.. Swels-
fort, one of Pusey's supporters, was
absent from the meeting. This would
have broken the deadlock, but council
was not allowed To take a vote. Mr..
Boyer moved that council proceed to
take vote on the old candidates, but
the motion was lost.
Mr.. Eisenhart then moved that
council drop both candidates and take
up ". G.. Pursel A vote was taken
to see whether or not the old candi-
dates should be dropped; the motion
was lost. Thus council by its own ac-
tion was prevented from voting on the
old candidates, also from dropping
them for the purpose of taking up
new ones. The water commissioner
ship, therefore, had to be dropped for
the night
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs seconded
by Mr.. Eisenhart it was ordered that
the clerk be instructed to send bills to
all parties in the first ward on the bor-
ough sewers who are not paying rent
al, the bills to cover the entire period
of time intervening since the sewer
ordinance went into effect.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine Mrs.
Streetmather was ordered to lay dry
walk in front of her property on b
street
Mr. Jacobs stated that many persons
object to the use of cindeT in repair
ing the streets As good many re-
pairs are needed he moved that the
clerk obtain prices on limestone and
that the use of cinder be discontinued
for the present. His motion prevailed
and il was SO ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine it was
ordered that the authorities of Mahon-
ing township be notified to keep the
gutter open at the head of Cherry
street and thus prevent flooding in the
borough in times of rain.
On motion of Mr.. Boyer it was ord
cred that the Pennsylvania Telephone
company be prohibited from planning
or resetting poles in the borough until
it pays the arrearages for pole tax and
secures the necessary permission.
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs it was ord
cred that iron pipe be sunk at the cor
ner of Cherry and Bloom streets; also
on the north side of Bloom street be
tween the two old cemeteries.
On motion of Mr. Bedea it was ord
cred that the Hanover Brewing COM
pany be instructed to repair the side
walk on Spring street; also to keep
obstructions off the sidewalk.
Mr.. Boyer of the committee on
streets and bridges reported that it
had made an estimate of the cost of
paving or concreting Swentek's alley
and that they found the cost of either
would approximate $l30. Mr.. Bedea
moved that the borough proceed TO
pave the alley in question with brick
of the same quality as used on the
crossing Mr. Hughes seconded the
motion. 1t was carried by the follow
ing vote Yeas-Dietz, Bedea, Eisen-
hart, Jacobs, Finnegan, Gibson and
Hughes Nays-Angle, Russell. Vas
tine, Boyer.
On motion it was ordered that Front
street be repaired and the gutter be
put in good condition at Myerly's
property.
Mr.. Boyer reported that gutter on
north side of Bloom street between the
r. & X. crossing aud Ferry street has
been found inadequate to carry of the
water in times of rain and that the
property owners there are put to much
inconvenience by reason of having
their pavements flooded and in some
instances their cellars filled with wat
er
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs as a mea-
sure looking toward relief it was ord
cred that the committee on streets and
bridges obtain estimate on the cost of
"a inch terra Gotta pipe to be laid
from Bloom street down Church street
to carry off the excess of water.
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs il was ord
cred that the Danville and Blooms
burg street railway company be re-
quested to remove, the disused track
on Bloom street between A street and
the +. Il r. crossing and to at once
repair the street, fixing it up in the
same condition in which it was orig
inally found
On motion of Mr.. Boyer, seconded
by Mr. Hughes, it was ordered that
Clerk H. b. Patton be sent to Harris
burg to interview the State highway
commissioner relative to beginning
work on the reconstruction of North
Mill street.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Regular employees ........ ..... .l59. l. >
| II. III. Foust ..... ........ %. 70
Francis Hartman .......... IL. 20
/ Cleaning wells d. o.. ....... .. 80. 30
Wall at water works 81. so
/ T. & r. Coal Go ....... 80. 70
| u. S. Express Co ............... go
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