Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-22
COUNCIL
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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 70 hurry up matters,
otherwise there would be a 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
macadam road. In order TO get the
improvement under way Mr.. Vastine
moved that Borough Solicitor F.. S.
Gearhart be requested TO proceed 10
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.
\ 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 a 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 IA practical re
minder that it might be we'll to keep
posted on the condition of the fire
plugs during winter.
Mr.. Boyer took the view that it
the fire plugs at least once month to
determine if they are in good working
order. Nh Russell and Street Com
missioner f. ). Miller gave il as their
opinion that to open the fire plugs
during the winter would be merely TO
invite additional freezing. \ discus
fact that freezing weather is about ov-
er for this season, the matter was drop
ped without any action being taken
\ communication was received from
the p. e r. railway company relative
TO the closing of Cross street. a matter
which has been hanging fire for some
time past. The communication was
as follows.
Mr.. Joseph Gibson,
President of Council.
Dear Sir beg to ask your honor
able council TO consider and if posi-
BILE give the p. Il X. railway some re-
lief in the matter of closing Cross
street in accordance with an agree
ment entered into between the borough
and the Bloomsbury & Danville and
p. q 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
panv has not been relieved of the
crossing of Cross street, which was
promised then.
We are very much in need of the
room occupied by this street for the
storage Of cars aud trains and will
greatly appreciate anything that can
be done to give US the desired relief.
J. f. 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
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| council to ask for permit to build
cold storage building at the rear of 81
Mill street, which will be of frame
sheeted with steel and covered with an
asbestos roof. The building-22 & %
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. Eisenhart
the request was granted.
The following members were present :
! Gibson, Vastine, Boyer, Dietz, Bedel.
Eisenhart, Sweisfort, RUSSELL Angle
and Hughes. Burgess Rogers was also
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, Eisenhart, Finnigau.
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 Accounts Jle IBIS. Boyer
BeGCa
Electric Light.