Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-03-23
COUNCIL
PROCEEDING

The reconstruction of North Mill
street with State aid came up before
council Friday and action was tax
en- to hurry up proceedings in the State
highway department relative to the
matter to the end that work may be-
gin on the important improvement at
the very earliest date possible.
Mr.. Vastine reviewed the proceed
ings last fall which consisted of send
ing in the usual petition to the State
highway department. The receipt of
the petition in due time was acknowl-
edged and there the proceedings stop
, ped short. He thought that something
ought to be done to hurry up matters,
otherwise there would be long de-
lay in the highway department, which
would hold back the work until late
in the summer The petition, he said,
called for a brick pavement as far as
Chambers street and beyond that point
a macadam road. In order to get the
improvement under way Mr.. Vastine
moved that Borough Solicitor E. s.
Gearhart be requested to proceed to
Harrisburg and confer with the State
highway commissioner at once, for the
purpose of seeing how soon the work
can be started Mr.. Bedea seconded
the motion and it carried unanimous
ly.
A communication was received from
Borough Solicitor Gearhart raising
some question as to the condition of
the fire plugs and expressing the opin-
ion that these ought to be more fire.
quently examined to determine wheth-
er any are frozen. He called attention
to suit for many thousands of dol
lars brought against the borough of
Shamokin for defective fire plug,
which resulted in 5000, 600 fire. This,
he thought, ought to be practical re-
minder that it might be well to keep
| posted on the condition of the fire
plugs during winter.
Mr.. Boyer took the view that it
should be somebody's business to open
the fire plugs at least once a month to
determine if they are in good working
order. Mr.. Russell and Street Com
missioner f. S. Miller gave it as their
opinion that to open the fire plugs
during the winter would be merely to
invite additional freezing. A discus.
| sion followed, when, in view of the
fact that freezing weather is about ov-
er for this season, the matter was drop
ped without any action being taken.
A communication was received from
the p. & X. railway company relative
to the closing of Cross streets matter
which has been hanging fire for some
time past. The communication was
as follows.
Mr.. Joseph Gibson,
President of Council,
Dear Sir Il beg to ask your honor
able council to consider and if possi-
BILE give the P. g. R. railway some re-
lief in the matter of closing Cross
street in accordance with an agree
ment entered into between the borough
and the Bloomsburg & Danville and
P. 81 r. railway companies.
AS you perhaps know the railway
company completed its part of the
work and it has been many months
since the undergrade has been put in
to use by the borough and the electric
company and as yet the railway COM
pany has not been relieved of the
crossing of Gross street, which was
promised then.
We are very much in need of the
room occupied by this street for the
storage of cars and trains and will
greatly appreciate anything that can
be done to give us the desired relief.
J. E. TURK, Superintendent.
On motion of Mr.. Sweisfort second
ed by Mr.. Russell it was ordered that
the communication be accepted and
that the secretary be instructed to com
municate with Superintendent Turk,
informing him that just as soon as A
street is fully completed according to
contract Cross street will be vacated
in accordance with the agreement.
George Reifsnyder appeared before
council to ask for permit to build q
cold storage building at the rear of 81
Mill street, which will be of frame
sheeted with steel and covered with al
asbestos roof. The building-22 & q
feet-will stand in the rear at the ex
treme end of 100 foot lot and will be
practically fire proof. On motion OF
Mr.. Angle seconded by Mr.. Eisenhar'
the request was granted.
The following members were present
Gibson, Vastine, Boyer, Dietz, Bedea,
Eisenhart, Sweisfort, RUSSELL Angle
and Hughes Burgess Rogers was alst
present.
President Gibson appointed the fol
lowing committees:
Finance-vastine. sweisfort, Fin
negan.
Streets and Bridges-Boyer, Vas
tine. Hughes, Jacobs and Bedea.
Printing-Hughes, Dietz Russell.
Market-Dietz, Eisenharr, Finuigan.
Water-Hughes, Eisenhart, Russell
Sewerage-Sweisfort Russell, Dietz
Ordinance and Police-Jacobs, Vas
tine, Boyer.
Fire-Dietz, Angle, Eisenhart.
Llght-Vastine, Boyer, Hughes.
Building-Boyer, Angle, Bedea.
Public Improvement - Sweisfort
Finnigan, Angle.
Bills and ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Boyer
: Bedea.
Electric Light.