Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-12
A BUSY YEAR
FOR COUNCIL

Inc ensuing year opens up greater
possibilities in Danville than have oc-
CURED for long time past and the
town Will ndoubtedlya.s,take big
stride forward, completing improve
ments already on foot and inaugural
ing new ones The spirit of enterprise
and progress revealed during a few
years past will be amply sustained and
all will labor to advance and protect
business interests and to make Dan
vile lofty bea eautiful." :"
During the year the public pSrk will
be completed, soldiers's monument
will be erected. street and sidewalk
improvements will be pushed forward,
a new unit representing considerable
expenditure of,money will be install
led in the municipal light plant, in
addition to which it is reasonably GER
tain that the canal problem will be
tackled in a manner that will insure
tangible results.
Borough SolicitorsE. S. Gerahart
feels confident that council as organiz-
ed with its working..for marshalep
under new committees sFplanned with
reference to the needs of growing
town is better equipped than ever be-
fore to grapple with the problems that
arise in municipal government At the
meeting of ,oounoii. Friday night, Mr..
Gearhart descanted eloquently ON the
advantages gained.
The duties of the new committee on
public property and public improve
ment," Mr.. Gearhart explained, will
consist in part of receiving the public
park and the soldiers monument,
which will soon be transferred to the
borough as a trust. 1t will be be the
duty of this committee to take care of
the park and the monument.
Acting on the recommendation of
two grand juries the county commits
sioners during the coming year will
no doubt cause the retaining wall to
be built between the filter plant and
the river bridge. The borough solicit
or alluded to responsibilities that ex-
ist there for creating beauty
spot After the retaining wall is
built it will devolve upon the borough
to complete the improvement by filling
up and grading at the spot. This
work, along with the planting of flow
ers, required to beautify the spot, he
said, will be the hands of the COM
mittee on public property and public
improvements. which will also have
charge of city hall, water works build
ing, public square on East Market
street, public fountain, etc.
The above committee will also act
in conjunction with the board of
trade. The solic tor deplored that no
meetings have been held by the latter
body for long time past. With such
aid and inspiration as comes from the
committee of council, he thought, a
policy of aggressiveness may be reviv-
ed in the board of trade and, as the
result of the combined.efforts outside
capital may be induced to invest in
Danville.
The new committee on public sur
veys has large and fruitful field to
operate in, embracing in it's scope not
only the changing of municipal
grades, fills, excavations, ornamental
plots, ETC., but also the project of sew
ering and filing in the abandoned can
al.
Not the least important of the new
committees is the one on public health
The State legislature has enacted
health laws with the strictest kind of
requirements on theipart of the mum
icipalities, which laws can be effectu-
ally enforced only through the medium
of standing committee of council
The committee Of health will also
render effective assistance to the local
board of health in times of emergency
or epidemic