Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-06-27
BOROUGH Fathers
IN Session

meeting Friday night. In view of the hot
weather the members thought a short
session would suffice and plunged into
the work with determination of get
ting through as speedily as possible
As things turned out, however, the
session proved to be about the limit in
length. The proceedings were vol
luminous, the regular meeting being
followed with an executive session.
The secretary reported that only one
bid had been received for making a
borough map This was from o. II.
Ostrander, of Riverside. His price
was 1925. No one disputed that an
elaborate modern map would be worth
the figure named in the proposal. 1t
was the sense of the members, however,
that the borough funds at present are
little too low to Justify the outlay of
so much money for map and accord
ingly on motion the proposal was laid
on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Pursel it was ord
cred that Chambers street be paved at
the intersection with Mill street as far
eastward as the end of the steam grist
mill, the borough to pay one-half of
the cost.
On motion of Mr.. Schatz the clerk
was instructed to notify the Danville
and Bloomsbury electric railway COM
pany to relay the crossing on Walnut
street with vitritied brick.
Borough Surveyor G. F. Keefer pre-
sented the grade, showing the eleva-
tion of curb line on Front street, be-
tween Mill and Honeymoon streets,
which on motion was accepted by
council as the established grade.
On motion of Mr.. Finnigan it was
ordered that five hundred copies of the
''release" be printed relating to the
removal of the dead from the old ceme-
terry that was adopted at the previous
meeting. In this connection it was
reported that excellent progress is be-
ing made in the preliminaries relating
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terry. Several families have already
removed their dead others intend to
do 50, while still others have express
ed their willingness that the tomb
stones over graves in which they are
interested be laid fiat over the graves
and the spot filled up to conform with
the adopted grade.
On motion of Mr.. Angle it was ord
cred that sewer be laid in the alley
between Cherry and Vine streets.
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs the secre-
tary was requested to notify property
owners on Cherry, Vine and Ash
streets to trim the trees belonging to
their properties in order that the dis
tribution of light ON that thoroughfare
may not be interfered with.
On motion of Mr.. Everhart it was
ordered that the request made at the
previous meeting be refused which
asked that the arc light on Railroad
street be removed to a new position
and that the property owners on that
street be requested to trim the trees.
On motion of Mr.. Russell it was
ordered that S. +. Ricketts, be notified
TO make connection with the sewer
On motion of Mr.. Jacobs it was ord
cred that the fire companies of the
borough be notified to be careful that
the lights are extinguished in the fire
houses when they leave the buildings
at night. He cited an instance in
which the light was kept burning In
definitely in the hose house.
Mr.. Angle reported that the old and
disused hand engine belonging to the
borough had been sold. Some fifty
two dollars was realized by the sale.
During the session of council an
additional bid for making a borough
map was received from William Kase
West, Esq. Mr.. Vests figure was 81
500 On motion it was laid on the
table.
Treasurer Ellenbogen presented his
report, which showed total cash
balance on hand Of $5261.70
The following members were pres
ent Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, Fin
nigan, Everhart, Meyer, Dietz, Rus
sell. Angle, Schatz
The following bills were approved
for payment
Labor and hauling ..........$ $12l. so
f. Hartman ............... 500
J. H. Kase.. =. ........... .6S
Atlantic Refining Co. ...... 1886
Rumsey Electric Mfg. Co .... 53.17
Danville Fd'y and Machine 90. 5490
J. H. Cole Observation-Disclosures. 22.45
Labor in light dept. ......... 21.00
S. A. French h $50