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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
9
Fragmentary text shows the city council and mayor weighing a pending passage related to Corey and an EME angle. The item references council meetings and potential actions with no clear decision or outcome available in the readable segments.
The council adopts a measure to drain, curb, pave Smith Street from West Wayne Street to York Street. It authorizes assessments on abutting properties, issues street improvement bonds, and sets bidding, timing, and payment terms under city supervision and engineer specifications.
The city commences an improvement project on a street with vitrified paving or similar materials. The council will publish proposals, accept bids, and determine assessments payable in annual installments with six percent interest, funded by city funds and abutting property owners.
The mayor shall issue street improvement bonds to pay costs of grading draining curbing and paving Washington Street to Mott hereet. Bonds bear 6 percent interest, payable semi annually, secured by city funds and assessments. The contractor may have liens and assignments, with city solicitor to finalize, ordinance repealed conflicting parts, final passage pending.
The City of Corry proposes Smith Street upgrades from York to Hatch, grading, draining, curbing and paving at 24 feet curb to curb. It outlines assessment, bond financing, bid procedures, and city responsibility with ads for proposals and bidder instructions.
The Corry City Council enacts the Smith Street project from Hatch to the Corry Wayne line, grading draining curbing and paving at least 18 feet wide. It authorizes street improvement bonds and an appropriation to cover City costs and assigns supervision to the City Engineer under published plans and specifications.
The ordinance has passed field and second readings in the Caer city of Corry and now awaits final passage by the council. The text references GB, PORTER and Dlerl in the formal record.
City of Corry council adopts ordinance to grade drain curb and pave Allen Street from Washington to Mort including street improvement bonds and assessments on abutting properties. Pavement to be ten feet wide excluding curb and drainage features.
City of Corry Erie County Pennsylvania proposes issuing bonds totaling thirty thousand dollars to fund the city’s share of street improvements on Smith Frederick Congress Wright Allen and Main Streets. Bonds of one thousand dollars each bear five percent interest, payable semiannually, with principal due in staged yearly installments from 1925 through 1936.
A garbled Erie court note reports Mossford missing, alleged to have fled after a violent incident. It mentions Sachristin as a key figure, a Mossford automobile entry, hospital treatment, and possible murder charges, with uncertain timelines and names.
In Wilkes Barre a priest attempted to intervene in the Pittston coal strike involving 14,000 miners employed by Pennsylvania Coal Company. He declared he would continue efforts to resume work at Pittston collieries despite his failure.
The ordinance discusses issuing bonds of the City of Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania, to fund city operations including taxes and interest, with bonds to be sold to the highest responsible bidder. Proceeds go to the city treasury for authorized purposes, with annual tax levies to cover interest and principal payments, and detailed historical payment figures for several years following the ordinance.
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