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1911. An Ordinance to Prohibit the Swinging ef Gates or Deers OUtWardly over the Streets of the City. "i disapprove of the above ordinance to prohibit the swinging of gates or doc'rs outwardly ever the streets of the City. raThe property oreo_ers have a right to the reasonable use of the streets. The swinging of gates or doors outwardly would inconvenience the public no more than, if as much as, the passage of vehi- cles across the sidewalks from roadway te let on which there may be stableS, the rolling ef barrels o~:bexes across the sidewalk, the unloading of carts, wagons backing up to the curb and unloading by means of a plank from wagon to the door ef the building, the erection of porches on the sidewalk, the placing of boxes, barrels, f~dit-stam, dS, &c., on the sidewalk; a~ud the adoption of this ordinance would cause quite an expense to those who have gates er doors swinging outwardly. ~These who d-o net keep their gates el, sod er per, it them te remain for any length ef time swing- ing on the sidewalk~ so as ts interfere w'ith~ the use of the sidewalk c~uld be fined for hav~ng an eb- stru. ctlen', and the police force have been directed to report ~ll such perseus a_~ter proper warning. mil the ordir~ance is necessary, it should be made the duty ef the poiiOe force as Well as the Street Inspector to see te the enfercemeht of the sa~. ~Believing that the objections raised to gates swimming outwardly can be overcome by ordinances now in effect, I disapprove ef the above ordinance requiring gates or deers to swing in'wardly. Davis R~ed, Nayor.. An Ordinance to Rename Certain Streets in the Seventh Ward of the City. mi disapprove of the ordinance to rename certain streets in the s~venth Ward. ~The names of streets should net be changed unless there is a Eo~d reason for ohan~!~'the names. ~There is a geed reason for changing the names of all of the streets whose hemes the ordinance proposes to change, except the first two and, as the object of the ordinance to rename the streets is te prevent confusion, the n~me of the third street, Park Avenue, should be ether than Parker Ave- r~de, as there is a Pa~ker street in the Seventh Ward ~nd the names a~e too near alike. mi see ne good reason for ~he change of the name of Cossack street to ~aval Place. There is a Eaval Avenue in the Fifth Ward,and if the name must be changed it should be some name not so similar to the street in the Fifth Ward. "~. Davis Reed, Hayer., m~tl~e 2~, 1911.~ The objections ef the Hayer having been read, on motion, these ordinances were ordered to lie en the table. Fourth. Reports ef Officers ~ud ether unfinished business. The regular reports cT Officers for ~une were presented and were ordered to ts~e the u~da! cour- The oath of office ef L. H. DaVis, elected to the Board at its last meeting, was read, and was ordered te file. A communication was read from Chas. E. Finch, forwarding agent of the seaboard Air Line Rail- way Company, in reply to instructions given his Comps~y for putting safety gates on the South street road, west of Chestnut street, in which conmatuication he stated that the matter had been submitted to $~Derintendent Witt for his action. The comm~ication was ordered to file. NEW BUSINESS. A request we~ read from the Park View Fire Company to be grsnted a leave of absence from Octo- ber let ~e Eth, te take a trip to cities of ¥~rk, Reading, and Norristown, ~a.~ The request was referred te the Joint Fire Committee. Winston Parrish, Attorney for E. H. Sivils, made claim f~ Er. Sivils, to ~mount cause of injuries received by him en Elm Avenue, between Henry ama DUke streets. The claim was referred to the Seventh-Ward Local Improvement Board. ~f $1,000, be- A cemmUhi eat ion ',as read from the Board in the SiXth and Seventh Wards numbered. The Oommunication was referred to the Health, in which the Beard requested to have houses Sixth am.d Seventh Ward Boards. An order of Ceurt correcting an erroneous assessment made by the Co~missiener of the Revenue en the property of W. H~ Hoers, at the corner of Cooke ~md A streets, was referred to the Joint Finance 0omm-ittee. ~. G.- Grs~ and seve~-~l ether members ef the street force petitioned to be paid for 22nd of Feb- ruary and last'Confederate Ee~orial Day, claiming that zhey were entitled to such pay under previ- ously ~dopted resolution of the Council therefor. On motion, the petiti®n was grsluted. The Dhairman or. the ALmshouse COmmittee called attention to the crowded condition of the Alms- house. He said that' something ought te be dens %o relieve the situation, and be done quickly. ~fter Some' discussion of tBe matter, Er. Williams moved, that a Committee ef Five be appoi=t-i ed, who with the t~nysiei~n~:to the Almshouse, should invegtigate i~s condition and report. · The Chair appointed Eessrs.'Williams ~d Privett en the Committee from this body. Er. Eontague spoke of the difference in pay between policemen of the first mud second class. He thought that ali regular policemen sR~uld ~ec~Ive the ss~~e pay, and he moved that the matter be re- ferred to the Finsm~ce Committee fortheir consideration. The motion was adopted. on motion of ~r. Adams, the attention of the Street Committee was called to the condition of the east side of Effingham street, near High.