Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-23
TRAMPS WILL
HAVE To WORK

Danville has fallen in line with
neighboring towns and has decided to
put all tramps to work that happen to
stroll this way.
Chief of Police Mincemoyer called
the attention of council to the matter.
explaining that he already had four
in the lookup and was likely to have
at least half a dozen more yagrants in
his care before the hour of midnight.
In addition it was reported that tramps
or men of the same class. a dozen or
more in number, are in the habit of
lodging in the Continental hose house.
The chief of-police explained that he
nightly makes an examination of sthe
engine house, but it appears that the
fellows wait until the officer makes
his round when they crawl into the
building Begging has become great
nuisance about town, many families
receiving several visits from the
tramps daily.
On motion of Mr.. Angle, seconded
by Mr.. Everhart, it was ordered that
the ordinance be enforced and that
tramps be put to work, either by work
ing on the street or breaking stone on
stone pile to be installed at the rear
of the city hail.
INSPECT AMUSEMENT PLACES.
A communication was received from
a citizen inquiring Of council wheth-
er, in view of the terrible catastrophe
at Boyertown it would not be wise
move to appoint committee to eX-
anime the various places of amuse-
ment to see that none of them are un-
safe. On motion of Mr.. Angle it was
ordered that the communication be ac-
cepted and the building committee,
consisting of Messrs. Hughes, Fin
nigan and Meyer, be instructed to ex-
anime the various places of amuse-
ment in Danville, especially with ref
erence to ingress and egress of the
establishments.
INSUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY.
A communication was received from
the Reading Iron company calling at.
tention to the inadequacy of the bor-
ough water supply during the fire last
Sunday morning when dwelling
house on Welsh Hill, belonging to the
Reading Iron company, was entirely
destroyed The insufficient pressure,
the communication stated, was due
principally to the fact that the pump
ing station was not notified of the fire
and therefore the crew did not in
crease the pressure in the mains The
communication suggested and petition
ed council to the same effect that
suitable automatic alarm be installed
to connect the city pumping station
with the fire alarm and fire engine
houses so that a bell or alarm will
notify employees at the pumping sta
tion Immediately when a general fire
alarm is sounded.
1t was also petitioned that the four
! inch main in the section of the bor-
ough adjoining Welsh hill be replaced
with new 6-inch wrought iron pipe to
increase the volume and efficiency of
the water supply in that section.
On motion the communication was
accepted and referred to the commit
! tees on fire and water.
THIEvES.IN HOSE HOUSE.
Mr.. Angle reported that some one
has broken into the Good Will hose
house and stolen the nozzle of the
large hose, an axe and fifty feet of
small hose. On motion of Mr.. Dietz
it was ordered that a nozzle be pur-
chased to replace the one stolen.
NO MOON LIGHT SCHEDULE.
Mr.. Dietz moved that the borough
light plant 20 back upon the moon
light schedule, now that the trees are
divested of their leaves. The idea did
notsprove popular and was lost by the
following vote; Yeas-Dietz, Meyer,
Hughes.
Nays-Sweisfort RUSSELL Deutsch,
Everhart, Finnigan, Angle, Schatz.
HEATER & SEPARATOR.
On motion of Mr.. Russell it was
ordered that a Cochran open heater
and separator be purchased of the
Harrison Safety Boiler works for use
in the borough light plant.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
BOROUGH DEPT.
Regular employees. 1927. 81
j. +. Bare. Observation-Disclosures. 20. O(
A. o. Amesbury ..... ........ ~ 81
Peoples Goal Yard. .......... 4.9C
DR.. O. Shultz ........,.......,. 1877:
WATER DEPT.
Labor at Light Plant ........ $3.50. 8
d. L. & W. r. r. Co. ..... -. Al. L
Friendship Fire Co. .......... 2O.2
Welliver Hdw. 90. ............. 1C0 OF
Silver Snrinu Ouarrv Co 90 G