Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-02-11
TRANSIT Co.
MAY Use SALT

Whether or not the Danville & Sun
bury Traction company in the opera
tion of its cars should be permitted to
use salt on the track of its street rail-
way in this city was question that
occupied considerable time before
council Friday night. Permission was
granted, although twice previously
the street railway company was for
hidden by council to use salt in the
borough.
O. p. Hancock, president of the
Danville and Sunbury Traction COM
pany, appeared before council and ex-
planned that during the winter season
the company finds it impossible to
operate its cars on curves and at GER
tain other spots without occasionally
using salt. He held that council was
wrong in its view that salt used on
the track is apt to work through the
paving and cause the water and other
pipe TO crystalline.
This year as we'll as last year. he
said, his company had received notice
TO abstain from the use of salt. To
comply he said would be to impose
positive hardship and loss on his com
pauy. Ia order to be fair in the mat
ter he had opened correspondence with
a LARGE number of other traction com
panies. to see whether they met with
any opposition in using salt. He sub
mitted the replies to the secretary, who
read them before council.
William Terwilliger, general man
ager of the Columbia and Montour
electrical railway. said; 1--WE have
always used salt on our switches aud
all bad pieces of track. The councils
nf al
er made any objection to the use of
salt. - The other replies were of the
same tenor, and were from the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit company and
dozen other leading traction companies
OF Pennsylvania.
On motion Of Mr.. Angle the action
formerly taken by council fotbidding
the nse of salt was rescinded. which
gives the Danvitle and Suubury IraC-
tion company permission to use salt
when necessary
DR. L. A. Garry appeared before
council to ask permission Co cut down
aud grade the alley west of Mill street
at his newly purchased property, No.
IL West MahOniug street. On motion
the request was granted.
On mOtiOu i6 was ordered that the
large room occupied by the Odd Eel
lows on the thIIa floor of city hall be
repapered and repaiuted
On motion Of Mr.. Fiunigau it was
ordered that third wheel be added TO
the hand cart used by the officers in
conveying drunken men to the lock
up.
Mr.. Brisbin, q representative OF Bell
Telephone company, appeared before
council in the interest of a franchise
for the Bell company, as it desires to
relocate its poles With view of ex-
tending its service. The matter of an
ordinance was discussed at length and
referred TO the law committee
Borough Electrician Newton Smith
presented his report for the month just
closed, There were 921@ tons of coal
consumed at a cost of $254 IS. The
plant was in operation t06 hours. The
total cost of operation tor the month
was s400.74
On motion il was ordered that five
carloads Of coal he purchased of the
Peoples coal yard at So % per ton de-
livered at South Danville.
The following members were pres
ent: SChatz, CleaveT Finuigan, Jones,
Everhart, Meyer, Russell, Deutsch,
Marshall, Angle and Connolley.
The following bills we're approved
for payment