Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
ACTION TAKEN
ON CANAL

foul and unsanitary beyond anything
ever experienced in the past. Mr..
Everhart reported that owing to the
protracted drought the canal between
Beaver street and the Brake Beam
plant has become foul and poisonous
and rs the result fish are dying by the
hundreds and that in various stages of
decay they may be seen floating about
on the surface of the stagnant water,
presenting nauseating spectacle and
adding to the bad odors that naturally
belong to the old ditch stencil doubly
horrible, which makes life miserable
in that part of town. He warned ooun-
Gil on behalf of the long suffering
citizens thaF the limit of endurance
has been reached and that unless the
borough come to their rescue drastic
measures would be adopted. which
council may deplore.
Mr.. Curry reported that the matter
had been brought TO his attention and
that the citizens demand that the bor-
ough remove the dead fish, the most
Of which are large sized carp
Mr.. Everhart called attention to a
rank growth of cat tails in the can.
al west of Beaver street, which OBJ
structs the water way and adds to
the foul condition Of the upper por-
tion. He recommended that drain be
dug along the entire length OF the can
al TO the end that the stagnant water
might be carried off.
At this juncture Mr.. lies called at.
tention to the fact that the PROPOSE
tion to drain the canal would be i'm
practicable, as the pipes under the cul-
verts are clogged. Ii was his opinion,
too, that the borough would assume
risk, il 1t entered on the canal prop
erty either to dig drain or to remove
the dead fish, as the D. L. & W. r.
r. company has posted notices all
along the canal in that part of town
forbidding trespassing.
The outcome of 1t was that on mo-
tion of Mr.. Cleaver it was ordered
that the secretary be instructed TO
communicate with the ID. L. g W. r.
r. company, describing conditions and
requesting that it sbste the nuisance.
On motion of Mr.. Deutsch it was
ordered that the State department. of
Health as we'll as William E. Meehan,
Nou m criOnar of Riebnr;as he pot;Go5
of the condition of the canal.
The report of Borough Electrician
Newton Smith was received, which
showed that the plant was in op-
Grafton Pr hours during July and that
she total cost of operating the plant
for the month was 1887 IS. Sixty tons
OF coal at 81. 80 per ton were cousum-
ed
On motion the D. L. & W. r r.
90. was granted permission to repair
the street leading from Church street
30 the station uf that company.
On motion of Mr.. Deutsch il was
ordered that the street commissioner
be instructed to repair Front street,
leading from Mill street eastward.
Crushed limestone will be used.
On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was
ordered that D. j. 81 W. avenue be
filled up in front OF the property of
Curtis Cook, spslls from the stone
yard to be used.
Attention was called to the foul con
dition of drain at the Titel property
on North Mill street. On motion Of
Mr.. Deutsch is was ordered that the
street commissioner be instructed 10
Investigate the matter and report TO
the sewer committee in order that a
remedy may be applied as soon as pos
sible
On motion Of MI Everhatt it was
ordered that sewer extension be made
on West Mahouing street to take in
the new properties of J. W. Phillips
and others
The following member were pres
ent Sohat1, CIesyer. lies, Jones, Mar
shall Curry, Everhart, Connollsy and
Deutsch.
The following bills were approved
for payment.
BOROUGH DEPT.
Regular employees SIT. 80