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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
3
A flurry of items from civic life includes resignations and committee meetings. Deputy reports note a general passenger official’s resignation and a fire department committee gathering in City Hall. Also covered are a special meeting of an international order, a court appearance for a drunk offender, curb repairs, a funeral, new fire department gear, and local permit activity affecting builders and city revenue.
Aug 4 A tidal wave swept into the bay yesterday evening tearing down the embankment and washing away merchandise. Authorities estimate damages near a million dollars.
Attorney I H Burns representing Vincent O Hara says no funds are available to cover the city’s share of two sewer projects. Deputy City Controller Hartley reports no money set aside. city solicitor Voxbury offers no remedy. If work finishes, lawsuits and judgments likely, with mandamus possible but unlikely. Other sewer projects face identical funding issues and total judgments could reach about 42000 plus 6 percent interest.
The article notes urban growth, urging standardized street names and house numbers to improve mail delivery. Mayor will receive Colonel Hipple's letter and push for immediate action. Postmaster Ripple cites need for broader carrier forces but constraints due to incomplete street designations.
City Solicitor Vosburg will today initiate equity proceedings against Milward and Charles duPont Swift to determine ownership of a land strip between Broek and Forest courts and Mulberry and Lindenstronte. The Breck estate opened the land and public use for an alley suggests title by adverse possession after more than twenty one years. The strip is about thirty feet wide and around 100 feet long.
A delegation from the Phrishers union sought detail on talk of removing Inspector O Malley. Maver More denied any plan to remove the negotiator. The mayor said he knows Mr Malley poorly and has no basis to interfere as the civil service effectively runs itself.
An ordinance proposing bonds of 5000 dollars for the improvement of Nay Ave pork moves to a favorable report at tonight's council meeting. The measure sits with the finance committee under chairman Melvin after several weeks, with concerns that funds might be diverted to current deficits, though bonds are limited to permanent improvements.
Signed by the Quakers William Goeckel a famed threat baseman from the former Wilkes Barre team joins Philadelphia to bolster a weak infield and add power for the balance of the season.
In Newport Rhode Island Aug the Columbia team won aMemmemori from Cardatera bay to Newport by two minutes and eighteen seconds over the Defender.
An old advertorial claims a product, Twenty-five cent bottle, cures wind colic and supports digestion for babies. It touts relief for various ailments and promotes itself as the best remedy for distress in children.
A Montrose letter describes the town as a summer magnet for New Yorkers and Philadelphians with notable residents like artist Janis Dy. Smillie and visiting figures such as Reed and Metlune families. It notes business decline after railroad changes but sees rail connections as a future boost for summer guests. The piece also covers local issues including a problematic post office robbery, stockholdings in the Lackawanna line, and community efforts to attract visitors amid aging infrastructure. It mentions President Truesdale of the Lackawanna Railway and concerns about dividend hopes for stockholders.
A hundred visiting members of the Patriotic Order Sons of America from Wilkes-Barre and nearby towns were entertained by Camp No 42 in Odd Fellows hall, Wyoming Avenue. State President A J Colborn presided, speakers included FE Cook and George T Buadlen, and plans for the state convention in Wilkes-Barre were outlined. An accidental train carriage collision near Newark, N J seriously injured none but two horses were killed. The carriage party was led by Peter Lacupe of Dupont.
A Sunday excursion train will run from Scranton to Mauch Chunk Glen Onoko and the switchback railroad. The train leaves Scranton at 7 45 a m with a round trip fare of one dollar for adults and children under twelve half price.
William Gibbens returns from post office outing at Spring Lake Havieh Minnesota with J W O’Hriendo enjoying annual outing. Attorney M F Conroy back from Cleveland after two weeks. Kathryn Gulloan and Mary Murphy of Jonas Long’s Sons shop take annual vacation. De G E Dean and Mrs Dean plan a summer trip to Cintauqua Niagara Falls Watkins Glen and three weeks away. Willard family on a lake trip from Buffalo to Detroit. Others visit Atthe City and Chattanooga before northern stops.
Ten people riding in a three seated rig to a Pittston wedding escaped instant death or severe injury at the Smithville crossing of the Lehigh Valley. The occupants included Mr and Mrs Samuel Josephs of Dupont and their children.
Richard Little and Michael O'loole, editors of the Scrantonian, were brought before Alderman Kasson for the second time in a week on a criminal wiretapping charge preferred by Colonel Rara A Ripple. They were each held in $1,000 bail, Wade Finn acting as bondsman.
Prof Gentry presents a canine and simian fire department show in Ash street and Washington vento with a dog chief and monkey officers. The performance features a full apparatus replica and promises novelty for 180 year media. Admission is 3 and 25 cents for children and adults.
Advertises the Nickel Plate road as the best east west option with yearly improvements. Highlights three fast through trains daily between Buffalo and Chicago and mentions elegant day coaches vestibule buffet sleeping cars on the New York to Chicago via Lackawanna alignment.
Lane’s on Spruce Street offers fine wines and cigars with a featured Joy Maker Cigar. Address listed $20.
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