The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1893-03-18
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Important Matters Considered and
Opera House and Work
House Lessees Chosen.

At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night all the members wer
present excepting Mr.. Swigert ant
Mr.. James N. Miles.
A petition from John W. Gaines 4
Sons for permission to erect a scale
on Clinton street near the X. M
depot and stable Oh the lot adjoin
ing the colored city school wa
granted.
A petition from Mr.. j. B. Hen
drick requesting the removal Of the
hydrant used for water carts at Wap
ping and Washington streets was
referred to the water and street com
mittee.
A petition from G. R. Sneed for @
rebate on his taxes for 1892 was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
A petition from j. P. Cowmy fol
permission to build frame house on
Arlington Heights was returned for
the proper signatures.
The reports of the city judge, treas
urer, clerk and marshal for January
and February were received and
filed.
DIR. Sam E. James, President of the
Board of Health, in a communication
to the council, called attention to
the danger of cholera next season
and recommended that some action
be taken to clean the streets and
alleys thoroughly and to cause to be
removed from the city all hog pens,
slaughter houses and other places of
filth that would likely prove dele
FERROUS to health. The communica-
ton was referred to the health com.
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. Ellwanger, the
salary of the janitor of the city hall
was increased from $3.50 to $15 per
month.
President Milan suggested an in
crease of the salary of the clock
keeper from $50 to $50 per year and
it was accordingly agreed TO.
The matter of selecting a work
house keeper was then brought up
and the bids Of Ben Morrison, G. w.
Mitchell, Walter T. Stivers, J. D.
Beard and VIM. Willis were read and
discussed.
The question reducing itself to
contest between Mr.. Morrison and
Mr.. Willis, the last named gentleman
secured the place by vote of 5 to 2.
The salary will be $50 per month.
The bids for the Opera House for
two years from next July were
opened and read as follows: John B.
Dryden and Thos. j. Brislan, $1,375
per year; John l.. Scott, Jr., and
Price Williams, $1,1O6 per year; Man
ager Charles Scott, of the Lexington
Opera House, $1,000 per year and
Guy Barrett 5000 per year. The bid
of Dryden and Brislan was accepted.
The street railway privilege to
haul freight, which had drawn to the
nOOuAiiB a ASi 70 Vi
was then introduced by City Attorney
Herndon, who read an ordinance
which he had drafted and which had
been adopted by the council in com
mittee of the whole. The ordinance
provides many safeguards to prevent
the road from becoming a nuisance
or transferring the privileges to
steam railroads or allowing unjust
discrimination in the rates to be
charged for the hauling. 1t also has
an indemnifying clause for any injury
done to city property or streets, and
requires the company to construct
the entire electric line for passenger
purposes as proposed in the original
grant, the work to begin on the pas
senger circuit within rs days after
the passage of the ordinance, and to
be completed within nine months.
For the privilege of hauling freight,