Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-22

ward to the first ward, aud is there.
fore disqualified to serve as a member
Of the local law makers
Mr.. Bcdca tendered his resignation
in the following communication
To Joseph N. Gibson. president, and
members of council: 1 hereby tender
INV res :assatian As councilman of the
second ward
Il. w. BEDEA
Mr. Bower. of the second ward, rec
ommended i. H. Woodside as mem
Der to represent the second ward for
Mr.. Bedea's uneXpired term, which
comprises the remainder of the present
year. He was nominated by Mr. Angle
and unanimously elected.
A communication was received from
the Danvile and Bloomsbury street
railway company calling attention OF
council to the fact that the extension
on a street has lorg ago been complet-
ed in every detail and \ street itself
has been finished in accordance with
every requirement Of council and
therefore requesting that the borough
now perform its part of the contract,
accept the work as done and forthwith
abandon Cross street. In this connec-
tion the Danville and Bloomsbury
street railway company requests coun.
Gil to require the abutting property
owners on a street to properly gutter
in front OF their properties Otherwise
it will be impossible to keep the street
in repair.
The matter was discussed Nm various
relations, after which on motion it
was decided to lay the communication
on the table.
On motion the street commissioner
was instructed to sink au eight-iuch
terra Gotta pipe at Chestnut and West
Market streets on the South side of the
latter thIoughfare.
Mr.. Dietz, of the committee on
market, presented report Of the citi-
zen's meeting held on November 18th
to consider questions relating to the
curbstone market. Some of the merch-
ants and butchers. he said, were in
favor of excluding all but the farm
ers, while others were in favor of alb
olishing the market altogether
Mr.. Jacobs presented an ordinance
to amend the second, third, fourth,
fifth, and last clauses of section II and
also TO amend section 81 etc.
The amendment proposed to raise
the market fee from ten cents to fif-
teen cents for one horse vehicle wheel
barrow or hand cart and TO raise the
fee for two-horse vehicles from fifteen
cents to twenty-five cents. The pro-
posed amendment raised the fee for
hucksrers and butchers from twenty
five cents TO one dollar
Mr.. Vastine moved that the propOs
ed ordinance be rejected and that
council abide BY the market ordinance
at present in force. 1t was carried by
the following vote Yeas Vastine,
Sweisfort Russell, Dietz, Bedea, Fin
nigan, Hughes, and Angle. Nays:
Boyer, Eisenhart aud Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs after explaining his posi-
tion in the matter. which was to the
effect that he was merely acting as
chairman of the market committee,
presented the same ordinance with the
amendment changed so as to raise the
market fee for hucksters and butchers
from twenty five cents to fifty cents.
This was adopted as amended on first
reading, by the following vote:
Yeas: SweisfoIt Boyer, Bedea,
Eisenhart, Jacobs and Finnigan.
Nays: Vastine, Russell, Dietz,
Hughes and Angle.
Dr. G A Stock of the local medic
al society, accompanied by Dr. p. G.
Newbaker, president of the board of
health, appeared before council asking
that an ordinance be enacted to pre-
vent the distribution of medicine
about town in the form of samples.
Both gentlemen spoke at some length,
explaining the danger to which people
are exposed by the practice. Council
concurred in the view and on motion
it was ordered that Drs Stock and
Newbaker meet with the committee of
council and draft an ordinance that
will prohibit the distribution of med
icine as samples
The followingPmembers were pres
ent: Vastine, Sweisfort, Boyer, Dietz,
Bedea, Russell, Angle, Hughes, Fin
nigan Jacobs and Eisenhart. Chair
man Gibson being absent DR.. Sweis-
fort was elected president pro ten.
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT
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