Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
council
''' PROCEEDINGS

The subject of drainage. brought TO
the surface by the heavy down pour OF
rain on Thursday evening, occupied
the attention of council for nearly an
hour Friday night.
4 communication was received from
j. p. Bare anal John Patton, calling at
tention to the undue accumulation OF
water at the corner of Ferry and Low
er Mulberry streets. by which the Gel
| lars of the two above named property
owners were flooded and the pavement
of one damaged. The flooding was at
tribdted in the communication to the
inadequate means of carrying the wat
er across Lower Mulberry street. The
| present, it was affirmed is the fourth
time that the two above cellars have
been flooded due to this cause and the
property owners affected demanded
that council repair all damage caused
by the water; otherwise they would
have recourse to law.
On motion of Mr Sweisfort it was
ordered that the cellars of both John
| Patton and J. F. Bare be pumped out
and cleaned up at the borough's eX'
pense. also that the pavement damag-
ed ir front of John PattOn's dwelling
be repaired by the borough.
A prolonged discussion followed rel
Al ,,,athA1c of N ~
rid of the excess of water on Bloom
street above the p. e r. crossing. Mr.
Bower and others favored the laying OF
pipe along the alley at the rear of the
| Grove church to divert the water from
b loom street 1t was finally decided
| to refer the matter to the committee
on streets and bridges, which, with the
borough surveyor, superintendent of
sewers and street commissioner is
carefully to go,,over the ground and de
eide upon the best method of getting
rid of the excess of water.
Borough Treasurer Ellenbogen pre-
sented a statement Of finances to date,
which showed a total cash balance
on hand of $ll, ,404. n
Last night was the time set for the
opening of the bids for raising the
Gillaspy property, the expense OF which
the borough has assumed. There was
only one bidder. H. b. Sharpless. of
Bloomsbury, who agreed to do the
work according to specifications for
$69I.
On motion of Mr. Jacobs the bid was
accepted by the following vote:
Yeas-Vastine, Sweisfort, Bedea,
Eisenhart, Finnigan, Jacobs and
Angle.
Nays-Russell, Boyer and DietZ
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs it was ord
cred that S72, interest on the Josiah
Wolf bequest. be paid over to Mrs. |.
A. Persing, treasurer of the Woman 5
Benevolent society, of Danville.
On motion of Mr.. Dietz it was ord
cred that necessary repairs be put ON
/ Iron street. Considerable filling up is
required.
On motion of Mr.. Finnigan it was
ordered that the crossing on Bloom
street at Ferry street be raised several
inches.
On motion of Mr. Boyer it was ord
cred that Mrs George Lawrence be
ordered to raise the pavement along
her property on East Market street up
to grade.
Mr.. Dietz called attention to rum
or that certain merchants are i'll the
habit of purchasing goods i'll the curb.
stone market and selling the same il
their stores, which is in violation OF
the market ordinance. On motion the
matter was referred to the chief of
police, with instructions to see that
the practice is discontinued, if it ex.
lists.
Mr.. Dietz moved that the actor
taken some time ago to the effect that
no coal be purchased of the ID. l.. <
W. railway company and no freight
be received over that line be rescindeC
and that the borough purchase cal
load of ID. l.. Il w. coal and that it bt
given a trial at the light plant. =
Redea seconded the motion, which Ol
being put to a vote was lost.
| On motion of Mr.. Jacobs il was de
cided to purchase full supply of Goa
of the Reading Coal q Iron company
Borough Electrician Smith presented
his report of the cost of material useC
at the light plant during the month o
September. Seventytwo tons of Goa
were consumed Total cost including
supplies was $27l.47. The plant wa
in operation 305 hours and minutes
On motion of Mr. Bedea it was ord
cred that an incandescent light b
placed on West Mahoning street at Et
, ter's alley.
On motion it was ordered that al
arc light be placed at the corner o
, Spruce and Ferry streets.
On motion of Mr.. Bedea it was ord
cred that the incandescent light be rt
moved from the canal bridge at Raj
road street to a spot in Gulick's 5 add
tion near the residence of Peter }
Keefer aud that an arc light take tn
place of the incandescent remove
? from the canal bridge.
Employed on South Side.