Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-11-10
IMPROVEMENT OF
FRONT STREET

Property owners on East Front street
presented petition to the borough
council Friday night asking that five
! squares he paved with vitrided brick
q The petition was accepted and action
I was taken looking TO the holding of a
meeting to hear objections, the en-.
actment of required ordinance, etc.
4 petition was received from maj.
ority of property owners on Front
street between the western building
line of Ferry street and the eastern
huilding line Of Railroad street, res.
pectfully, petitioning and requesting
council to enact an ordinance requir-
ing and providing for the grading and
paving with vitritied paving brick and
curbing with stone of all of said por-
tion of the above street.
The petition was signed by the fol-
lowing Joseph Helm, II, r. Edmond
son, John Hxson, Hunter estate, Dan
willie Structural Tubing Co., T, W.
Bedea, f. A. Adams, George E. Ornd-
orf, w. w. Davis, Wesley Hollobaugh,
Mrs. w. l.. Clark, T. W. Bartholomew,
f. German, Mrs Martha Y. Gearhart
Mrs. Joseph L. Frame, T. j. Price,
Trustee, Danville Foundry and Mach
inc Co, Wallace A. Hoover, Julius
Helm, ID. b. Fetterman, ID. b. Heddens,
W. l.. Gouger, Mrs. Harriet |. Myer
lv. Lille NJ Purpur. r. l.. Marks,
Harry Ellenbogen, Joseph Helm, trus-
tees of B'nai Zion congregation, f.
Herbert Myerly, Edward +. Bell. 7,
j. Jones, George a. Meyers, j. v
Gillaspy, A. d. Myerly and George L.
Rowe
On motion of Mr.. Helm it was ord
cred that the above petition be accept
ed and filed of record for further ac-
tion of council.
On motion of Mr.. Helm resolution
was passed providing that "a twelve
days public notice 10y hand bills post
ed on line of proposed improvement
be given that the town council will
meet on Friday, November is, 1910, at
s o'clock. p m, for the purpose of
hearing objections to the proposition
to pave and curb said part of East
Front street and also then and there
to consider the propriety of the enact
ment of the necessary ordinance.
On motion of Mr.. Helm it was ord
cred that as soon as the chief burgess
approves the foregoing resolution the
secretary be directed to sign, attach
the borough seal and to post along the
line of the proposed improvement the
notices provided fer in said resolu-
tion.
The following communication was
received from Charles =. Gearhart,
district attorney of Montour county:
AT October sessions, 1910, of the
court of Montour county, the const-
able of the second ward of the borough
of Danville returned as follows, 10
wit: Street in bad condition from
Front to Grand. From corner of Honey
moon to Cooper and to Mowrey; stone
and garbage i'll same.
II beg to advise you that unless the
defects so reported be promptly repair
ed it shall be my duty to apply the
law for your neglect in this behalf -
Street Commissioner Keefer report
ed that the street reported to court
had been fixed up as far as possible
under existing circumstances. The
sidewalks, he said, are in such bad
condition as to make proper repairs
impracticable at present.
On motion the secretary was in
structed to order four extra car loads
of coal each week in order that IA
sufficiently large supply may oe got
ten on hand for winter use.
On motion of Mr.. Jones Borough
Electrician Smith was authorized to
purchase a dozen electric light poles:
also $50 pounds of magnet wire.
On motion of Mr.. Curry it was ord
cred that the third quarterly appro-
priation due the fire department be
paid.
On motion of Mr.. Marshall it was
ordered that the benches be removed
from Memorial park and stored away
in the basement of city hall.
The following bills were approved for
payment:
WATER DEPT
Regular employees ......... SI53. 30
Dearborn Drug & Chemical Co 3S. IS