The Lake Charles echo., 1877-08-16
Town Council Proceedings.
r NJ II 1877

1877. pursuant to adjournment,
Present-Wm. Meyer, Mayor -. B.
Kirkman, J. W. Bryan, Geo. Fl. Wells,
Aldermen.
Abs4nt--A. J. Perkins, J. p Geary.
On motion, the reading of the min
utes of last Monday were dispensed
with
On motion, Be it ordained, That Ar
ticle Is of an ordinance entitled " All
ordinance for the purpose of creating a
revenue for town of Lake Charles.
adopted Feb. 10 1877, beand the same
is hereby amended by stri',i ing out the
words :" four mills" and by inserting
instead of said words. and in the same
place the words "six mills
The committee appointed al the last
meeting 10 examine the work done on
the lake front by w. III. Rowe, pre-
sented the following report. viz:
LAKE CHARLES. La, May II, 1877.
To the Honorable Town Con- ell OF the
town of Lake Charles. La.
Yonr undenigne? committee to ex
anime the repairs recently made by
| VIM. il. Rowe. contra tor. on the lake
front, for II distance of about one hun
dred and fifty feet sonth OF the north
line of Pujo street. and to report the
result of such examination, beg lenve to
report that we have personally exam
intd said repairs. and find that the con-
rnctor has totally failed to comply with
he ordinance requiring said repairs to
bu made, and that the repairs are Sc
riOnsly defective aud Insufficient. The
contractor was required 80 make said
repairs in II manner similar to that III
which he had, under u former contract
rel aired about sixty feet of saie. lake
front south OF aud adjoining that part
uf the lake front on which these las
repairs have been made. Inste I'd of
doing so, he las not sunk the fonnda-
ton logs in the glonnd, he has not
filed mp the spaces between the slabs.
and las left an immense number oi
ihem so loose that they can cas- ly br
drawn out by hand, and the slab pail
s;lde is much lower than it should lie
under these circumstances 1t would be
"A plnin violation of our duty to the
Councii aud to the town to recommend
that said repairs be received. and we
Ire therefore compelled to recommend
hat they be not received and that the
said contractors account therefore be
rejected at least until he complies
with the requirements of his contract,
Respectfully submitted,
GEo Fl WELLS,
j. w. BRYAN,
VIM MEYER, Mayor.
j. Is. KInKMAN, Chairman.
| Which report was read, and. on mo
ton, adopted, and the committee dis
charged
Alderman J. w. Bryan presented a
proposed ordinance relative to the dU.
ties of the Town Secretary and IRE eas-
urer. which was, on motion, referred
to a committee of three, to he appoint
ed by the Mayor. said committee to re-
port ut the next NEE ing OF the Boald.
The Mayor therefore appointed Geo.
n. Wells, J. W, Bryan aud j. Is. KIRK
man as such committee.
Allen GiIley, Secretary, tenders his
resignation as such, Which, on motion,
was accepted, to take effect imme
diately.
On motion, the Mayor was anthor
lied to appoint COMMITTEE Of three ts
wait upon VIM, II. Haskell, and Other
persons interested, in the property il
the neighborhood of his residence, bon
dering on Hodges street. and to repor
ut the next meeting of the Connci
what action, ii any, is necessary. to Sc
cnre the public Mse Of said street, il
said neighborhood The Mayor there
upon appointed Geo. II. Wells, J W
BRYAN and j. B. X rkman as said com
mittee.
On motion. the Mayor was added t.
said committee.
On motion, the account Of Moss
Riddick, amounting to three dollars
for buckets and nails furnished the cor
poration, was accepted. and the Mlyol
authorized to issue his warrant for th,
slme.
| On motion, the Board adjourned
until the next rec nlar meeting.
Approved
WM. MEYER, Mayor.
Attest
! ALLEN GLLEY, Secretary.
| ndanrr,. AIau Ia 1877