The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-08
MEETING OF
TOWN COUNCIL
Nothing the Matter With
Lake LOdOre
ROUTINE BUSINESS DISPOSED
OF AND $2762.45 WORTH OF
BILLS PAID.

can report the matter to the State
authorities"
Such was the action taken at the
| October meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil, last Thursday evening, when the
matter of the condition of Lake Lo-
| dore was brought up for discussion,
| following the statement of President
Caufield that the president of the
| improvement Society was consider
ably worried about the condition of
the Lake Lodore dam, in view of
the recent tragedy at Austin.
One of the councilmen remarked
that he had talked to lawyer about
the matter, and the attorney sug-
gested that the Secretary of the
Town Council ought to write to the
| Water Commission at Harrisburg
about it, as there were two pretty
! big bodies of water up there on the
mountain, and if both should give
way some of those up town would
catch it.
The majority of the borough faith
ers seemed, however, to think there
could be no possible danger from
the threatened breaking of the dam,
and spoke of a similar hue and cry
raised many years ago about the
Lake Lodore dam, when the council
went so far as to send a man up
there to examine the breakwater
construction. Nothing satisfactory
ever came from his report, and it
cost the borough $25 for his SER
vices.
The general impression seemed to
| be that in the remote event of the
breaking of the dam, the water
would all be dissipated before it got
4 to Honesdale. One councilman even
went so far as to say, that, in his
opinion, the State Examiners were
not more practical than the men
here, as many of them held their
/ jobs as political appointees,
| Bills and claims amounting to
! $2,762.45 were ordered paid, large
items of which were the following:
Seaman, Irwin and Brenneman, for
stone used on County Seat streets,
| $2002,13; Light company bill, SEA-
40.
The meeting was called to order
! by President Caufield at SOC p. m.
when all the members answered to
their names at roll call. Others
present at the session were: Street
Commissioner Lawrence Weidner,
Attorney P. H. Iloff, Chief Engineer
John M. Lyons, Christie Rabbit and
representatives of the Scranton
Truth and the Citizen.
Treasurer Penwarden reported as
follows:
Balance on hand last meet
ing 428.67
Received from Tax Collec-
tor Schuerholz ...... 100000
Total ,,.............$5.42S.6l
CIR.
Paid out ............. 3,O39.17
Balance on hand. ..... $ 2389.50
Mr.. Penwarden reported that all
the bank notes had been paid off,
and that there were no floating
debts except the bills for current ex-
penses.
Lawyer Iloff, attorney for Mrs.
Maggie Stengel, Spring street, ap-
peared before the council asking on
behalf of his client, that the sewer
on West street be extended rs feet
to her corner property. The rea-
sons ne assigned in urging the
councilmen to grant her request
were as follows
Mrs. Stengel," he said, was
one of the five or six original con-
structors of the sewer on West
street. Subsequently the borough
took over this sewer. Those five or
six persons each paid S25 to build
the sewer. Mrs. Stengel asks that
the sewer be extended to the corner
property. She thought she should
be entitled to an extension up to the
corner house. She is willing to pay
S25 for the extension"
Mr.. Iloff further declared that he
was going to bring suit against the
borough if the council didn't lay the
sewer. Were like the game cock" +"
he said. 1--WE are willing to fight if
we aren't treated right.
Mrs. Stengel," he continued,
has a good cause for action in the
changing of the grade There was
a cut of three or four feet in front
of her place. If she wished she
could bring a nice suit"
| The president assured Mr. Iloff
that the council would give him a
decided answer within a week, and
the breezy incident was closed.
The committee on testing the fire
plugs, consisting of Councilman Pen
warden and Chief Engineer John M.
Lyons, reported that they had test
ed all the plugs in the borough,
Wednesday afternoon, and found
them all o. X, save the one at Main
and Fifth street, which needs some
repairs.
Frank McMullen, William Road
: knight, foreman of Number 8, and
Benjamin X. Loris, Jr., foreman OF
: Number /, accompanied them on
. their tour of inspection. Chief En-
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