The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-05-13
QUORUM
LIVELY SESSION,
The Board Of Trade Are Out
In Full Force and Capture
The Council.
The Mayor Shows Good Grit
But Is 0ut-Winded.
THE vERAcITY OF MANY c1T1-
zENs CALLED IN QUESTION.
"THE WAY OF TIE TRANsGREssoR
Ii HARD
THE vERAc1TY OF MANY c1T1
ZENs CALLED IN QUESTION.
..THE WAY OF TIE TRANsGREssOR
IL HARD"
From fridays Daily.

order at 7:4s last evening. Every membe
was present. We are truly becoming a grea
city, judging from the partisanship exhibited
last evening. The members did not mingle
The representatives of the grand old part,
occupied the seats to the left of the mayor
while the exponents of the Jeffersonian de
mocracy were seated on the right. TIL,
room was comfortably filled with spectators.
After reading the minutes Of the preyiou,
meeting the mayor announced the following
standing committees for the ensuing year:
Judiciary-Holcomb, Sawyer and Nc.
Carthy.
Observation-Disclosures, Schneuttgen and
Getchell.
Streets and alleys-McC earthly, Holcomt
and Fallon.
Water works-Fallon, Ingersol and
Schnuettgen.
Fire-Sawyer, Getchell, and Mcnamara.
Public health-Ingersol, Fallon, Holcomb
Public morals-Schnuettgen, Holcomb
and 1ngersol.
CITY Observation-Disclosures and Sawyer, the
chairman to be named at some future meeting
Alderman Fallon moved that the auditor be
instructed to furnish each alderman with q
list of the committees.
Mayor Woods made the following nomin.
attons:
For chief of police, David Robinson, con.
irmed by a vote of six ayes to W nays.
For city auditor, James P. Black, confirmed
by a vote of six ayes to two nays.
For city attorney, Fred M. Brown, con-
by a unanimous vote.
For city assessor, James II. Wilkinson was
rejected by a vote Of FIVE nays to three yeas.
Chairman Fallon of the water committee
reported that they had looked the gu, ID over
but were unable to make a complete report
account of the weather and sickness in Mr..
Ingersols family. He stated that they had
found the deed held by the city Of the spring
to be a very weak instrument. Steps should
be taken to remedy it. The mayor urged ex-
in this matter, The work should be
under way. Mr.. Fallon thought the commit
tee would be able to make a full report at
the next session of the council. The mayor
if any parties had business that they
desired to bring before the council.
Mr.. Bailey in behalf of the board of trade
would bring a matter to their attention.
The council had at one time entered into con-
tract with the board of trade IN a certain mat
ter. That contract has expired and they ask
that it be extended six months. In support
this Mr.. Bailey stated that the board Of
trade had entered into contract with Mr..
Coad for the building of the western road.
That $4,000 in bonds would enable him tc
complete said road and that of this fact he
stood ready TO convince the committee when.
ever they should meet him. The power Of
the board of trade to meet their contract with
Coad was prevented by the expiration Of the
with the city.
Mayor Woods stated that this was a deli.
cate question that needed careful handling.
He would urge the council to go slow in the
matter. II am as much interested financial.
ly in the prosperity Of the city as any one
man. I believe the bonds are legal and onr
children will have to pay them. The road
should be built, but we must receive a guaran-
tee that it will be built. We must remember
in our anxiety to complete the road and to
help Mr.. Coad, that the people have some
rights. According to the contract the bonds
are now the property Of the city. When they
are returned to this council l will then be in
favor of entering into a safe contract with Mr..
Coad.
Mr.. Bailey: III the board of trade do not
carry out their contract with Mr.. Coad they
put him in an embarrassing position. He has
made all arrangements to raise the money on
these bonds. The council should not put the
board of trade in this position"
Mayor Woods: "Why do the gentlemen
come here for the board of trade2 The board
of trade have a committee to deal with the
Why are Brennan, M'Gillycuddy,
HALEY and Hall not here?'
Mr.. Hall had been present from the first.
At this point Messrs. Brennan and HALEY
in.
Alderman Fallon called for a report from
the old committee.
President Hughes OF the board Of trade
wished to explain. The gentlemen of the
committe feel that they have no power to act
further in the matter as the contract has
The board wants an extension until
some action can be taken. If it is granted he
will ask the present committee to reassume
the trust.
Alderman Sawyer moved that an extension
of six months from May 1st be grandted,
seconded by Alderman Getchell.
This provoked a warm discussion. Mr.
Woods said. This business should be done
in a business like way. We should not have
such confidence as to lay 100000 at any
mans feet; show the bonds like men and moi
say what this or that man says. Mr.. Coad
shall have justice, but by the eternal God the
people shall have Justice to-" Nj. Bailey
read letters showing that the bonds had beer
placed in a vault at Omaha for safe keeping
and later sent to Chicago,
Mr.. Price explained how the bonds came tc
be sent east and placed there in his name
When the committee began negotiations with
Mr.. Coad and it was supposed they would
meet him in Chicago the bonds had been sent
on there. A telegram was today sent asking
that they be returned. The Mayor called fol
the reading Of contract.
= The report of the committee acting undel
this contract was now called for.
Mr.. Hall gave the substance of the tele
grams passed between the committee and Mr.
Coad. The committee had offered to turf
over the bonds on the deposit to credit o
committee Of $4,000 and a satisfactory
guarantee that said amount would enabl,
him to complete the road. After making
this proposition the committee had looked
up the contract between them the city ane
and found it had expired. Later, the sam,
day, a telegram had been received from Nj
Coad accepting the proposition and agreein!
to meet the committee at any time the,
SHOULD naIue. y carry out tnlS aITNlSehleh
an extension of time was asked.
Mayor Woods: did you send the tele
gram Mr.. Hall as instructed by the commits
last evening ordering the return Of bonds t
the mayor"
Mr.. Fill 81 did sud followed ii b
Al ot lei -derng them tc be sent to War,
Price"
Mr.. HALEY stated that he was not awar
that the bonds had passed out Of the hands c
the committee until last evening.
Mr.. Brennan stated that the first informa
ton in the Coad bon1 matter came from Nj
| Crouch who stated that if Coad could &C
$4,000 in bonds work might go on. II
proceeded to outline the work of the commit
tee up to last evenings meeting and state
that up to the last moment he had been ledt
believe that the bonds were in Mr.. Hall
care. Mr.. Hall emphatically denied til
1 charge that he had misled.
Mr.. Brennan said: "There seems to be a
effort to create IN Impression that certai
Of the committe are, antagonistic to NJ
Coad. 1t is false. We have tried to a,
squarely as between Mr.Coad and the people
Moved by Alderman Fallon that counc
adjourn, lost. Moved by Mr.. Fallon as :