Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-11-15
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Municipal Notes.

The only member absent from tht
regular meeting ofthe Council Mon
day. The regular business OF the
meeting was deferred for the hear,
ing of a number of gentlemen who
were present for the purpose OF adj
dressing the Council ON various
matters of private and public in
terest. J. NJ. Gordon was present
in the interest of the Promenade
Street Baptist Church organization
He prayed the Council to remedy
IL ditch just east of this church,
The ditch, he said, was the work Of
the city, having been created in a
recent Improvement of the street,
On the side ofthe ditch, it appears,
there is a hltching rack. The ex-
istence of the ditch makes it very
uncomfortable for the animals that
are daily hitched at this rack. Mr..
Gordon's case was referred to the
street and alley committee.
S. P. Emmons addressed the
Council, asking that the recent
order to close street openings to
cellar-ways be rescinded. Mr..
Emmons thinks to close these
cellar-ways, the city does property
owners an injury. To close these
opening, would work Il monetary
loss to many owners of business
buildings about town. Mr.. Geo.
Kabrich was present on the same
mission and he made an earnest
appeal to the Council to rescind the
order. He said the basement to
his Opera House building had cost
him over $4,000 and to close the
street way would virtually cut off
all income FROM that source. His
building was SC arranged as to make
the building of another cellar-way
impossible. F. H. Mitchell spoke
a few words in Mr.. Kabrich's in
terest. M. Y. Duncan also ex-
planned the many evils that must
attend the closing of the street
ways. The matter was laid over
until the next meeting.
The bond of A. J. Surber, in the
sum ofS1,OOO, for the faithful per-
Torrance of duty as a night-watch-
man, was approved. 1t was sign
ed by John H. Buckley and W. Fl.
Lee.
A petition, signed by a large
number ofcitizens, asking that the
of the night policemen be
increased to $50 per month, was
presented. The petition set forth
that the long nights and inclement
weather of the winter months
heightened the labors of the night
policemen to such an extent that
the increase asked was only just.
The salary was raised, Arnold,
Ferris and Angle voting for the in
crease.
Mr.. Arnold, of the ways and
means committee, reported about
s. $500 cash on hand, belonging to
the Water-works and sinking funds.
He asked for instructions as to the
placing of it. Mayor Bassford
offered a suggestion to the COM
mittee that all money in the hands
of the city be placed with the banks
on time loans; and that all out.
standing notes as they come due.
be collected, and the cash turned in
on the same arrangement. Mr..
Arnold thought such a disposal
would be a good one, but he was
not sure the arrangement could
be carried out. He agreed, how,
ever, as a representative of one Of
the banks, to take one-third of the
money at whatever rate the city
and banks would agree upon. The
whole matter was referred to the
finance committee, the committee
being fully authorized to place the
money with the banks at a rate OF
interest to be not less than 6 pei
cent.
THE WATER-WoRKs MIDDLE.
The Mayor brought up the
Water-works question at las,
nights meeting. 81 suppose YOU
have all heard the result of thu
recent election to issue bonds" h.
said. "The only thing left for u.
to do, I think, is to either let The
present suit continue or approach
the bondholders with a proposition
Mr.. Arnold thought such a NOV,
impracticabie; he thought the PEG
pie were in no mood to ratify any
proposition from either side. Mr.
Ferris wanted the city to arrang,
a proposition to be made to thu
bondhelders. He thought Their,
was no time to be wasted; he want
edto 60 to work on the scheme a
once. Mr.. Angle favored getting
proposition on rental from tn,
company. The matter was drop
ped by a motion by Mr.. Angle 70
the City Attorney to confer witt
Judge Macfarlane, the local repre-
sentative Of the bondholders, with
a view of securing such a PROPOSE
ton.
MUNICIPAL NOTES.
II am against the increase il
the salary of the night watchmen,
SAID Mr.. Hit; "why, what doe
a petition amount to? I can ge
a petition of one hnndred romo