, 1889-08-21
Both Ordinances Passed, but Held
for Mayor Riner.
Extending Water M%ains---A Larger
Ditch---New Fire Limits.
MIR. ALTMAN IN THE CHAIR.

iuS' nueIIoh. Inc aldermen present
wearied of waiting and Clerk Kuykendal
was requested to convene the council. In
the absence Of the mayor and president
the selection O.. chairman was in order.
On motion of Mr.. Robins, seconded by
Mr.. jerks, Nh. Altman was made pre-.
siding officer for-the. evening.
ROM MR.. JEFFREY.
In a communication to the aldermen J.
K. jeffrey objected to the fact that sewel
discharge was conducted over a tract o.
his land. Chairman Roberts stated thai
the city was allowed the use of the ditch
in question by its owners and he did not
believe that Mr.. Jeffrey's property was
injured or would be injured. The letter
was referred to the water and sewerage
committee, with power to act.
ONE MORE.
At this iuncture Mr.. McGregor, red
faced and we'll nigh breathless, appeared
and fell into his luxurious chair. He was
fined ten odoriJeros.
FILLING II CONTRACT.
The city's shop contract with the Union
Pacific provides that the municipality
shall extend it water main to enable the
company to facilitate connection with the
city system IN making it available at the
new shops. The new line will be across
House street and its cost as estimated by
City Engineer Miller will be 81, 23O. 90.
Bids for the labor to be performed will
be solicited at once and the necessary ma
terial ordered Immediately.
PEDDLERs.
A substitute for the peddling ordinance
was reported back by the finance COM
mittee. 1t was a trife more concise than
the original and in addition to hawkers,
book agents and patent medicine fakirs
covers photograph cars and wagons, stip-
ulating that they shall contribute $50
quarterly to the support of the corpora
ton. Here are the other figures: Ped
ding with wagon SIS. without $40; book
agents, S. a quarter; medicine fakirs, SIC
a week, S25 a month; photo cars and
wagons $50 a quarter.
President Hunt came in at $3.50 and
complied with Mr.. Altman's request to
take the chair.
A wAVERER.
Before the president waited in MIR.
Robins moved a reduction in the wagon
or cart license to $25 a quarter. This was
seconded by Mr.. McGregor, who a mo-
ment later voted against it, causing the
motion to be lost.
SPEECHIFYING.
There was considerable discussion on
MIR. McGregor's motion to make the $75
$40 and Mr.. Robins amendment to make
it $40 a month or S25 a quarter.
MIR. Altman asserted that products sold
here by peddlers could be purchased from
them much cheaper than from home
dealers INC that to impose upon these
tIllers of the soil a quarterly license great
er than the amount of taxes paid annu.
ally by local traders was simply
an outrage. He held with Mr..
Robins, that farming in this section
should be encouraged, that these men
made Cheyenne their headquarters and
secured their supplies at this place.
Conncilmen, he said, should sink indi
viduality when acting in an official capaci
ty and forget for the time that they were
engaged in any business.
MI. jerks spoke in defense of the or
finance denying that prices for vegetables
here were exorbitant and putting il
some good licks for resident dealers
calling attention to the fact they wert
part of the city and instead of occupy
ing t~wenty-four hours in collecting vege
tables then one to two days in transporta
ton and another in hawking brought
them in on high priced express train,
the day they we're selected from the gar
dens. He thought the $75 Just to all.
After much mild ~wrangling durirl
which all amendments were defeated
recess of five minutes was taken.
When order was again restored Mr.
McGregor moved that the SIS for ped
ding with wagon or cart be made S25
To the surprise OF all this carried and tn
war was ended.
Vending without wagon was reduced t
SIS per month or $40 a quarter, no licens
to be issued for less than thirty days.
The ordinance was submitted for pas:
age. In voting Mr.. Altman said h
could not go on record as placing a tart
on the necessaries of life. All the othe
votes were Aye and the ordinance Wa
passed.
MARKET PLACE
Clerk Kuykendall read the mark
place ordinance, establishing an exchang
at the corner of Sixteenth and Eddy
The owners of wagons selling from the
vehicles at that place pay so cen
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