Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-16
Council Proceedings.
Cry HALL, August II. 1873.

Council met in regular session.
Present-Mayor John, and Councilmen Dick
en-, Crowder, McCauslaud, Hamlet, Ahrens,
Adamson, Ballard and Williams.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
The register read q petition from Mr.. Walter
F. Heating, asking that the council allow him.
ut the present meeting, 800, as part payment OF
his salary as Assessor. The petition was received
and filed.
Mr.. McCauslaud read petition from MIR. M.
Chapman, asking that the city refund to him
S2s IS, half of a tax bill amounting to Isl So.
collected by the city in 1879. The petition was
referred to tho committee on claims.
Mr.. McCausland presented q deed which had
never been recorded. In regard to Main-Cross
street, and stated that the parties interested
asked that the street be surveyed to see whether
or not their property was upon 1t. and moved
that the register be instructed TO have the deed
recorded. Carried.
Mr.. Ahrens read q communication from As
sessor Heating, which stated that he had COM
pleted the assessments Of real estate and personal
property for the years 1873 and 1880; that the real
estate assessment had been made out on sheets,
he having no real estate book. the register hav-
ing been unable to procure one from the book
maker. The communication was received and
hled.
The collectors report was received and fled.
The trcasurer's report was received and filed.
The gas committee reported that the company
had complied with their contract tor the month
of July, 1879. The report was received and filed.
Mr.. Adamson. Of the committee on improve
ments and repairs. reported that the committee,
with the engineer. had gone over the city. and
that their estimate of the cost Of the grading
pocaeoorv to no dana nm the VartAua afroota Uaa
ss71; that four manholes needed raising; that q
new culvert was needed on South street. near
the railroad hotel.
Mr.. Ahrens, of the same coramittee, read q
more detailed report as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Of the
City OF Lexington, Mo.
Gentlemen:-We your committee. appointed
to lie done in the city. and turn . list of the same
over to the city engineer, to have his estimate
for said work, beg leave to make the following
report: The opening OF Water street to west
Mill street is to be delsJed, until all hopes for
bridging the river is abandoned. which may be
determined during the next ls months; we do
Broadway to west Mill street. be smoothed up
just sufficiently to do for the present; Third.
from the intersection Of west Mill toPlum street.
smoothed up; Plum. east of Third street. to be
smoothed up; Winter, east of Third street. to be
smoOthed up: Forest street. to be put in q pass
able condition; West street. to be put In q pass
able condition, except that place near the line Of
South street, where the old culvert Is broken
down, which lie not to be touched at presents
streets, down to Mr.. Hamlet's residence, to be
smoothed up; Third street. Intersection OF
Broadway. 70 be smoothed up; Third. between
Pine, the necessary repairs north of Main street.
all the way down; Franklin, from the intersec-
ten Of Laurel, down to the intersection Of Cole
street, the latter inclusive, to be repaired; Laurel
from the intersection Of Franklin street. dow
to Chris. Schswe's, to- be repaired; South, be-
tween Laurel and Coal streets, to he put in 9
zens living on Coal street, In that neighborhood
Pine, from Franklin street south. down to the
c caiys5 c and up gro to RMidgew ssIse s. sestb TO 70 Pc, pc re- Re.
tersection of South inclusive. to be repaired
Poplar. from the alley between Main and Frank.
and South streets, the latter inclusive, to be put
in a passable condition and repaired; Oak. be.
tween Franklin and South streets, to be repair.
Main, from Lynn up to Lew street. to be Re.
paired and smoothed up; ut the intersection oil
Franklin and Clark steets. to be smoothed up
FRI Ersn Ia,.r:sa from IL he h tn 4 .ir.sp. o. 70 h Ss .%oGtie &C
up; at the corner Of the ID ward schoolhouss
and Cedar street, curbing and culvert to be re-
paired in several places; Cedar. north OF Mair
street. to be repaired; Poplar, north of Mair
street, to be repaired.
OF the council the building Of IN addition 70 tn
manhole at the culvert on Franklin, between
Coal and Vine streets; to raise two sides OF tn
same not less than l8 inches; manhole at culver
on Pine, between South and Ridgeway streets
| to be raised from three to four feet, and to rails
the wall to the I'LL on same; .manhols On Mali
near Spring street, to be repaired; manhOle Op
posite railroad hotel to be repaired.
We further that at the intersection
Of Cedar and South streets, the street is to be pu
to its grade, which will necessItate a culver
through the street, and an addition to the top o
the wall, or so much Of 1t as the present revenu
Of the city will permit.
i We R1aN rpNnnonRnu at the InforaQHf1nn NJ
Franklin and Poplar streets, Q culvert be bull
across Franklin street, also q sufficient quite
along the east side OF said Poplar street, to car
ry the water from said culvert to the alley II
block SO. All these are in great need OF repair
and should have the immediate attention Of tn
city. Respectfully submitted.
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