The Forrest City times., 1889-11-09
CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met Tuesday after noon, Ut ' o'clock. the change in tho time of meeting being made on sc- count of the protracted meetingat the Methodist church.
 Present-M Mayor Q. R. Rollwage. Re, corder John N Brown. and Aldermen Baugh, Cole. lizard and Stone. The minutes of the two previous meetings were read and approved. The application of Frank Harris for the position of night watchman, mad. vacant by the resignation of T, 5. Chil, dress. WAS read.
 Messrs. I3oggs and Landers were
 present. and announced themselves as candidates for the position. Aid. lizard then moved that the council appropriate twenty-five dollxrs as a salary to be paid night watchman,
 who shall attend to the street lamps in addition to his other duties, provided cient amOunt to paya salary satisfac- tory to the person 80 appointed; the council reserving the right to with draw the appropriation after March l, 1890. or sooner, for cause. Aid. Baugh moved that committee of three be appointed to confer with the citizens inregArd to their choice. Carried.
 The mayor appointed Messrs. BauRh. Izard and Stone as such committee, their choice to be considered tantx> mount to an election by the people. The reports of the mayor. recorder and marshal were then read and or- dered filed.
 Aid. Cole, from the committee on streets and alleys, submitted verbal report, stating that the streets were not in tirst-class condition, but are as good as they can now be made, and better than they have ever been be- fore. He itemized the improvements recently made, and made d statement m regard to the purchase of so much of Mrs. Ellis premises as would ha embraced in opening up k 'sser street,
 Aid. Baugh moved the appointment of committee to perfect the trade with Mrs. Ellis, file the deed, etc.
 Carried
 Aldermen Rauah. Cole and lrard were appointed as tho committee. The discussion then turned upon Rosser street. and Aid. lizard turned his batteries loose on the Little Rock
 and Memphis railroad. pointing out tho injustice with which the city had been treated in the matter. and declaring the time for such lordly domineering as
 Forrest City had been subjected to had passed. Ile thought the people wer- entitled to some c0nstderation Ut the
 hands of this road; aud if no other
 recourse was available, he was in favor of trying what virtue there was in
 the law governing such matters. As
 soDn as the street was completed
 through Mrs, Ellis' premises the time for action would have come. and hs
 was in favcv af demanding dama ges
 for every day the railroad neglected to
 perform it's duty.
 The alderman's remarks were en>
 dorsed by every member of the council. Aid. Iyard. continuing, complained | of the sjlencs preserved by q newspaper aground on the front" and thought it pretty hard that the press should fail of | its duty hecause of free pass, intima- ting detevmination among the busi- ness men of tue town to here after stick to the paper which had the boldness to speak out for the rights of the people, oven as against Q great and glorious railroad of lRD miles in length. He
 was willing to he one of the merchants 1 who would store cotton until the river
 rose and then haul it to Madison and ship by boat rather than longer patron,
 ire railroad which had so little regard and had shown so much contempt for the people of the town. His remarks tn regard to the railroad were endoryed by the other aldermen.