1938-1939 Council Minutes - Lancaster County Website

Septembe ~~
5, , 1959 ~
MINUTES OF MEETING OF STRASBURG BOROUGH COUNCIL HELD SEPTEMBER . 5p', ~;19~9 ~
The meeting was called to order by Councilman E ~ R ~ Murphy. The
following were present;
and the following members of Council:
Water Superintendent Jacob H. Ranck
Burgess Frank B ~ Koch
Secretary John Milton Ranck
Milton H. Ranck
M. Huber Hess
Harold H. Messner
Sherman WE Book
William T ~ Koch
ED R, Murphy
Chas ~ M. Miller
Leon C ~ -Hensel
The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. ~
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The Secretary reported to Council that he was unable to find
Resolutions or Ordinances fixing the specif ications for sidewalks, curbs
and gutters within the Borough.
Milton HE Ranck assumed the chair,
Jacob H. Ranck, Water Superintendent, reported plenty of averflow
at both places; that -the springs were slightly weaker; that he had fixed
leaks at Mrs' Charles Breuninger's property and the Kitch property; that
the pipe line on Franklin Street had. been finished and that a new line had
been laid to the Presbyterian Church.
M. Huber Hess reported. that Bill Lewis, living along the Strasburg
Pike, had been unable to ob5ain clear water and was compelled to haul water
to his property because the Borough water at that point was filled with rust.
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cost of a lime injecting apparatus. On motion of M. Huber Hess "and unan-
E ~ R ~ Murphy reported a letter which he had received concerning the
imously carried, it was resolved that said apparatus be purchased and that the
Water Committee be authorized to make arrangements for the purchase of land
on which to erect a building for the storing of said apparatus, 'and to report
their findings at, a general or special meeting of council called for that
pur po se,
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