Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-22
PROCEEDINGS
OF council

Thomas j. Rogers was reelected by
the borough council as water commits.
sioner Friday to serve for the next
three years. He was nominated by Mr.
Jacobs and was unanimously elected.
Peter ]. Keefer as superintendent of
the water works, on motion of Mr..
Angle, was i'll turn unanimously re-
elected.
1t was the date on which the engine.
ers and firemen of the water works
also are usually elected but some mat
tiers came TO the surface during the
meeting that suggested the advisable
ity of postponing the election of eng
ineers and firemen until the next meet
ing and on motion it was so ordered
j. 7. Magill of the board of water
commissioners was present at the
meeting to urge that six inch pipe
be laid on Beaver street to take the
place of the four inch pipe which has
been ordered for the new main. He
had been waited upon, he said, by W.
A. Sechler, general manager of the
Danville Stove q Manufacturing COM
pany, who is very anxious on the score
of fire protection to have a water
main of increased capacity. He was
followed by Mr. German, another wat
er commissioner. who vigorously op-
posed the six inch main.
On motion it was ordered that q six
inch main be laid on Beaver street
provided the Danville Stove q Manu-.
featuring company at Its own expense
install another fire plug.
On motion of Mr.. Schatz it was Or
dered that the fourth ward school
building be connected with the bor-
ough sewer at Ash street.
Mr.. Jacobs reported that a foul
stencil arises from the sewer at Mill
and Mulberry streets and he moved
that the sewer be flushed, after which
an examination be made and if it be
found that any one has connected with
the sewer at that point, said sewers be
plugged up and the parties be ordered
to connecU with the sanitary sewer.
The motion carried.
Mr.. Dietz called attention to the
bad condition of the crossings on East
Market street He moved that the Dan
vile and Sunbury Transit company be
notified to relay the stones between
the rails, satisfactorily. in ten days
time.
Mr. Everhart called attention to the
deplorable condition of East Market
street, which at some points is we'll
nigh impossible. The people, he said,
are highly indignant and are not in a
mood to endure it much longer. The
remedy, he said, lies in paving the
street, which could easily be accom-
plished, in his opinion, if the people
were given the same terms as the
property owners on North Mill street
and would be obliged to pay for no
more than the curbing.
On motion of Mr.. Schatz it was ord
cred that bids be invited for placing
the curbing on East Market street this
fall preparatory to paving the street
next spring. 1t was ordered that a
petition be circulated immediately.
wherein the property owners shall re-
lease the borough from all damage and
agree to pay for the curbing and to
keep up repairs on the paving.
On motion the p. u r. railway COM
pany was ordered to clean out the gut.
ter along the tar pavement on East
Market street.
On motion council adjourned to go
into executive session, at which it was
understood that some matters were to
be considered pertaining to the un-
healthful condition ON West Market
street caused by the borough sewer
The following members were pres
ent; Sweisfort, Pursel, Jacobs, Ever
hard. Dietz, Angle, Meyer, Hughes
and Schatz.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPT.
Regular employees. ............ 1886. 90
Labor and hauling ON streets. 103. 3S
George +. Keefer 56. 40
Labor in Light Dan't 40 az