Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-01-05
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meeting Saturday night for the pur-
pose of winding up the business of the
year 1905. With one exception every
member was present as follows: Glib
son, Reifsnyder, Vastine, Sweisfort,
Boyer, Jacobs, Magill and Hughes.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment Edward Purpur presented his re-
port for the year 1905.
He enclosed an inventory of the
equipment of each of the four COM
panies and recommended the purchase
of gum coats and four pairs of gum
gloves for each company, to be used by
the men who work at the nozzle.
Nine alarms of fire were responded
| to during the year, which is consider
ed very fortunate showing. In each
| case the loss was small and was cover
ed by insurance. The total loss sus-
| tained by fires during the year is put
down at one hundred dollars. In four
cases the damage was inconsiderable !;
| in four cases the loss was estimated at
| ten dollars in one case, that at the Z.
q r. Railway, the loss was $500
On motion it was ordered that the
| report of the Chief of the Fire De-
partment be accepted and the recon-
mendations as to rubber coats and
! gloves be referred to the Committee on
Fire for investigation.
Chief of Police J. G. Mincemoyer
presented his report for the Police De-
partment, which showed that during
the year 1905 there were twenty-nine
arrests for violations of Borough Or
dinances. In twenty-five cases the
offenses were drunkenness or drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. In one
case the offense was Drunkenness and
cursing and the penalty paid consisted
of thirty days in jail Another case
was fighting and the penalty paid was
thirty days in Jail. There was one
case of fast driving and one case OF
obstructing the sidewalk. In the
drunk and disorderly'' cases the
penalty paid was in all cases seven
dollars A plain drunk was only two
dollars. There were several cases OF
''disorderly conduct in which drink
did not seem to play part, the penalty
being five dollars.
During the year 1856 tramps were
sheltered in the lookup.
On motion of Mr.. Goeser it was or
dered that the report of the Chief-of-
Police be accepted and placed on file.
On motion of Mr.. .Dietz an order was
irawn in favor of the Chief of the
Fire Department for his annual salary
of fifty-two dollars.
1t was ordered that the fourth quart
erly appropriation of S37. 30 due the
fire department be paid.
On motion of Mr. Magill it was also
ordered that the annual salary of twen-
ty-five dollars be paid the Executive
Board of the Fire Department.
On motion of Mr.. Vastine it was
ordered that iron guard rails be erect
ed at the canal culverts both at Ferry
and at Church streets as precaution
against accident at those points.
Jacob Shelhart appeared before
Council and complained that while he
has gone to the expense of repairing
the sidewalk in front of his property
on Mill street, the pavement adjoining
his own belonging to the Chalfant and
| Rodenhoffer properties respectively is
permitted to remain in very bad con-
dition. He said he had reported the
| neglect previously and he read the
Borough Fathers quite little lecture
warning them against the fault of dis
| elimination.
| On motion of Mr.. Goeser it was or
dered that Messrs. Chalfant and Rod
enhoffer be notified to repair their
pavement in thirty days, otherwise the
Borough will have the work done at
the owners expense.
| Mr.. Dietz complained that the Bor-
| ough light is turned off too early these
| winter mornings, stating that it has
become matter of common complain
| in the Second Ward. Borough Elec-
| trician Jones was called upon to eX-
| plain and he stated that the plant at
| this season is not shut down until = 4O
or 6 40 a. m. After discussi ON 1T was
agreed that this was matter that
| should be left to the discretion of the
engineers. who it is believed are men
of Judgment and quite conscientious in
the matter. No one denied that at hour
above named daylight is coming on
quite rapidly, nevertheless Council
favored extending the limit of light a
little, if need be.
While on the subject of light Mr..
Reifsnyder took occasion to praise the
quality of light and the general efficacy
of the municipal plant, incidentally
paying nice little compliment tc
Borough Electrician Jones for faithful
and intelligent service
The prisoners in the lock up during
the wear ate sixty one meals at the
Borough's expense. The meals were
furnished by the Chief of Police, who
as shown by the list of bills paid re-
ceived 50. Is for this branch of service.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular Employees ............ Sll5 0,
James Gibson .... 1.5(
Thomas Reifsnyder ......... u. .;
John Hixson .... 37i
]. G. Mincemoyer ............. y. II
A. G. Amesbury. ........... 40 81
Frank Schram ......... e. a. !;
Sarah McCuen ..... .......... 30,
Standard Gas Co Co.............. .2I
Labor and Hauling ...-.. ..... "a. q
T. l.. Evans Sons. ............ l.O'
Reading Iron Co ...... IA. 0,
b. b. Brown 81. O.
DIR. c. ShuItz. ...... 1919
G. A. Rossman ....,. 45. II