, 1888-10-17
JUST A QUORUM.
Important Meeting of the City
Council Last Night.
The New System of Water Works
Accepted.
Much Other Business of Interest to
All Citizens.
GETTING A

A bare quorum transacted the business
disposed of at last evenings session Of the
city council. The attendants were Alder
men Whitcomb, Hebard, Roberts, Hunt
and McGregor. The gathering of a quo
rum was not accomplished without diff
Guilty. Marshal Schnitger and NJ. P.
Keefe rounded up the quintette and
Mayor Riner raped for order at $40
o'clock, Just an hour and ten minutes
after the regular meeting hour. Those
present before the session commenced in
dulged in political gossip and story telling.
incidentally Chairman McGregor of the
street and alley committee mentioned that
he had accepted a hat wager from a cigar
drummer who thought that Iowa, Wis
consin and Illinois would cast electoral
votes for President Cleveland. A mem
Der Of the council more enthusiastically
Republican than Mr.. McGregor intimated
that he intended to hedge if the odds on
Harrison became greater. In the absence
of City Clerk Kuykendal and Attorney
Van Devanter, John T. Chafin and C.N.
Potter, Esq, occupied the chairs of the
officers named,
DOWN TIC BUSINESS.
The reading of the minutes of the last
regular and a recent special meeting were
listened to impatientlv by the aldermen.
There were no reports of officers.
CONTRACT CONFIRMED.
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city ~scavenger, and the corporation, was
formally entered into. Mr.. Bradley's
bond was approved.
THE WORK COMPLETED.
Chairman Hunt, of the SPECIAL water
committee, reported the completion of
the underground water system, and con-
graduated the council upon the gratifying
result serured by the expenditure of a
moderate SUN of money. The present
season is the dryest ever known in this
section, yet the terra Gotta pipe carrying"
water from the creek to the lakes is run
ming full. The city fathers are Justly
proud of the underground system.
SEWERAGE.
A petition from Gibson Clark and l..
Ashenfelter asking permission to construct
a private sewer was referred to the water
works and sewerage committee. The
placing of the sewer was authorized.
WANT LIGHT.
The appended petition signed by fifteen
property owners was read and referred to
the finance committee.
I'VE, the undersigned petitioners, re-
spectfully request your honorable body to
have an arc electric light placed on the
corner of Twenty sixth and Themes
streets. We feel as taxpayers we are en-
titled to this consideration from your hon
orable body, as this part of the city is abb
solutely in darkness so far as electric light
is concerned, while we pay our pro rata of
taxes and have no electric light within
seven blocks from the corner of Twenty
sixth and Themes. We feel further that
in addition to being convenient and es-
sential to the taxpayers of this locality it
would be an acquisition to the travelling
public to and from Fort D. A. Russell as
it would be located on one of the thorough
fares leading from the post to the city"
NO THoRoUGHFARE.
Alderman Roberts revived the question
of blocking the Eddy street crossing.
After the matter had been informally dis
cussed Mr.. Hebard moved that the matter
be referred to the police committee. Lost.
Mr.. Hunt remarked that an ordidance
torbidding the obstruction of railway cross.
ings was in existence and should either
be enforced or stricken from the books.
CROSSINGS.
Several aldermen stated that a number
of street crossings were sadly in need of
repairs and should be repaired before
winter commenced in earnest. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Roberts the matter was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
EXPENSES.