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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1892
Page
5
Debated measure ties city revenue to higher taxes risking factory departures. O'Donnell cites Carnegie Phipps & Co and Union Iron mills as current outside-city firms affected by rising rates. Southside and workers fear 14 000 glass jobs may vanish. vote 37 to 5 confirms ordinance becoming law.
The council passed the amended auditing ordinance after a heated session. O Donnell challenged a typographical error in the text and pressed to send it back for reprint, while Holliday refused. The debate covered the ordinance's scope for the Controller and the act of Assembly, ending in a 27 to 11 vote in favor.
A Common Council session debated leaving the business tax unchanged for 1992. Mr. MacGonigie pressed a reform to shift tax burden toward real estate, but the Finance Committee was urged to make no change. Mr. Flinn moved to postpone action until the next meeting as members grew tired and sought to go home.
The passage notes disagreement over a resolution with Mr Brown hoping for a favorable vote. The Finance Committee chair was absent, making consideration risky. Mr Ferguson questions the need of the colleague, while Mr MacGonigle pushes for immediate action and a future fix, but the resolution is postponed.
The council approved an ordinance to regulate sidewalk size style and width, enabling the city to compel landholders to install sidewalks for public use and to stipulate pavement type. Opponents argued it ceded too much power to contractors, but the measure passed 37 to 2 with Ferguson and Pitcairn voting no.
The council passed ordinances for sewers on Garret alley and Howe street. It repealed part of Mulberry alley sewer and renamed Greenfield avenue to Wheatland street. It located Griffin street and Auburn at rest, Victoria street, Brookline street, and set grades for Jet, Coleman, Hoosac, Denmarsh, and Hamilton avenues. It relocated Greenfield street, Alger Street, Irvine street, and Merton street vacations, plus vacation of Garfield street. It opened Fifty fourth and Dithridge streets, named Colombo street, graded McDevitt, Ophelia, Hamlet streets, and Castleswanan street. It granted right on Spruce alley to United States Baking Company on Liberty street and vacated Plum Run road portion of Butler street known as Plum Eun roa.
In Common, Mr. Pitcairn from a special committee presented the ordinance granting Park Bros. & Co. the right to lay a switch on Spruce alley. The ordinance had been before Councils previously. Opposition existed but no fight occurred and the ordinance passed 25 ayes to 14 noes after the committee reported affirma tively.
O'Dorxelt presented an ordinance locating Daum street. Contracts for sewer and street work were approved in both branches. An award report for street improvements and a lease proposal for the Fifth Avenue Market moved forward. Ordinances for paving and grading alley and Dithridge street were passed. A vacating Butler street was approved as unnecessary. January reports show receipts and expenditures with a small remaining balance. Chief Brown’s account shows bureau spending and a fund balance. A donation proposal to West Penn Hospital was referred to Finance. Bond readings and concerns about bond type were noted.
Dick Quay arrived in Pittsburg from Philadelphia and checked into the Duquesne for a two day stay. He spoke of a Florida trip, said his father the senator had a serious illness but is improving, and hinted he might seek reelection though no final decision was made.
Last evening the Central Hotel closed for repairs as guests registered from Sonsometown Quitville Last Day and So Long. Manager Mr. Rowan expects a first class reopening around May. Clerk H. P. plans a Buffalo trip then return to supervise improvements.
Messrs Cage and Sherman of Alexander Texas report a remarkable cure of rheumatism in Williams Pruitt’s wife after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. They sold a bottle for 50 cents and claim a complete cure. They invite others to verify the statement.
Judge Collier outlined how upcoming hearings will proceed with remonstrances due by March 17. If no objections are filed licenses may be granted without a hearing, while filed remonstrances will prompt regular hearings and witness testimony. City liquor trade views diverge on competition, with many praising Brooks law aims to curb speak-easies and protect legitimate saloons.
The Second Avenue street car strike ends in an unusual self act with a two thirds vote missing by three, three proxy votes pushed the assembly to declare the strike over and disband sending equipment to the district office. District Master Workman Dempsey called the move war and declared anger yet accepted it as permanent.
John Jarrett, consul to Birmingham, has tendered his resignation and is expected to become secretary of the American Tin Plate Association, based in Pittsburgh. Labor leaders express surprise, noting the need for a time devoted leader to unify tin plate and sheet iron interests and that Clarence Britton lacks time to take the role.
A Wheeling report claims puddlers and rollers will quit the Amalgamated Association to rejoin the Sons of Vulcan, swelling seceders toward ten thousand in the Ohio Valley. Amalgamated officials in Pittsburgh dismiss the tale as unfounded while acknowledging some district unrest tied to recent conventions.
Dull iron and steel markets spark possible wage reductions for puddlers at the Vesuvius mill in Sharpsburg. The plant employs colored workers and operates non union. An August agreement was informal, promising steady work, but a 15 percent cut could drop pay from 550 to 475 per ton if implemented.
Yesterday issued charters include the Smith Burdenold Glass Company of Pittsburg with 75000 capital and corporators Charles N Burdenold Courte L Smith and James R Brown of Allegheny City plus James P Smith and George Reed Sullivan of Pittsburg and the New Castle Steel and Tin Plate Company of Lawrence County capital 150000 with directors George Greer John Stevenson Jr W S Foltz J P H Cunningham of New Castle and J W Cunningham of Pittsburg Also the Girard Building and Loan Association of Erie County capital 1000 The Knights of Labor salesmen plan Thursday night meetings to form a sick benefit fund paying 750 a week to ill members, abandoning a previously planned social club.
The Typothete of Pittsburg has issued a monthly paper in its interest titled The Typothra. An effort will be made to have the paper accepted by the United Typothete as its official organ.
A hearing before Magistrate Succop drew interest as Benjamin Kirschmeier and friends drank at Pat Devlin's saloon on Washington Street. Kirschmeier claimed he was shorted a quarter when paying with a 50-cent piece. John Anderson, the bartender, faced suit to recover the 25 cents. Witnesses testified and the judgment favored the defendant.
Prominent Allegheny citizens including Mayor Kennedy and Alderman Brann filed candidacy notices for the upcoming mayoral primaries. A mass meeting opened Kennedy's campaign, with leaders stressing workingmen outreach while Democrats contemplate a rival bid. Independent Republicans and possible Democratic shifts loom as the race heats up.
Fragmentary OCR note hints at political maneuvering around a second term bid, unseating an affable Colonel, and offering a clean field for Congress. The garbled text mentions pittance abuse and FE, with unclear references to personal relationships.
Constable Murphy faced a brutal arrest of Charles Walker on embezzlement charges from Robert McCormack, owner of an electrical supply depot. Murphy tracked Walker to Swissvale, forced entry, chased him across tracks, and endured a family assault before subduing the suspect and delivering him to the city station.
Tillie Oswald, who eloped last Saturday with William Bray, a colored man, was arrested in Cleveland yesterday. Her stepfather planned a rescue, but a habeas corpus release reached home an hour later as no charge was found. The girl stated she expected to become a mother soon and Bray was the father. Mrs Mary Tragesser, her mother, sought to have her return but only knew of the arrest.
The Holy Ghost College students held an entertainment in Old City Hall to honor Christopher Columbus. Rev. John TL Murphy, college president, closed with a talk on Columbus, praising the discoverer as the audience listened to musical numbers. Also reported are famine relief donations from William R. Thompson & Co and several contributors to the Russian famine fund.
Attorney W J Brennen said Ernest F Acheson a Congress candidate in the Twenty fourth district criticized the Craig Stewart contest methods. He alleged Acheson aligned with Senator Quay to run before Stewart was unseated and suggested both Craig and Acheson disliked the outcome.
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