The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-07-14
COUNCIL MEETING,

emit. Minutes OF preceding, regular ana
special meetings read and approved.
Reports Of committees to settle with city
officers read and approved.
Mr.. Lyons presented petition OF prop
erty owners, asking that a crossing be put
across Main street at the intersection Of
Seventeenth. Mr.. Kist moved to refer to
improvement committee. Mr.. Williams
moved to refer to streets and alleys COM
mittee, with instructions to report at next
meeting the probable cost.
Mr.. Hare stated that Mr.. Geyer asked
for fifty feet of curbing; Mr.. Bauerle also
asked for fifty feet Of curbing. They will
put down as good walks as any In the city
Mr.. Lyons said he had examined the curb
ing, and thought twenty feet necessary,
and ought to be put down for a concrete
pavement. Mr.. Kist moved that the
curbing be left to streets q alleys COM
mittee's to report at ext meeting. Mr..
Lyons said MIR. Geyer and Mr.. Bauerle
want to put down pavements. Mr.. Hare
moved that the prayer be granted. Car
ried, 8 to 2.
Mr.. Taubman read report OF finance
committee. Approved.
Mr.. Taubman presented resolution In
regard to dividing the r~evenue, placing
60 percent 10 the current expense fund
and 40 percent In sinking fund to pay old
claims.
Mr.. Owen presented anumber of claims.
Engineer Walk reported work done
where streets were washed q repairs
were necessary. The work has been done
by order of improvement committee.
MI. Taubman said the marshal was on
q salary Of $500 q year and not entitled to
fees for killing and removing dogs.
Mr.. williams moved to allow the claims
"a read. Carried.
Mr.. Schawe reported gas bill for month
ofJune, $21s. Bill allowed.
A bill for hauling dirt from streets was
allowed by q vote of 6 to 2.
Mr.. Lyons reported . culvert on Main
street near Twenty. second. In bad tx.
Will cost 80 to fix It. II let alone will cost
1900. Also culvert on College street,
can be fixed now for VIC, II let alone will
cost $500. Also q wash at Sixteenth and
Franklin. Mr.. Kist reported four eros
sings neal DIR. Meng's which need repairs,
aud west franklin street also 10 In need
Of fixing.
Mr.. Walk moved that engineer aud i'm
provement COMMITTEES be instructed to
advertise for bids to do the work near B.
Il. Johns. Carried.
Mr.. Kist wanted work on College street
advertised. Mr.. Walk moved that bills
be posted, giving three days notice Of
award OF work.
Mr.. Hare moved that thing be put at
Main and Seventh. Mr.. Lyons thought
there was no hurry for the work.
Mr.. Lyons moved that the marshal be
instructed to notify property owners to
clear their cutters.
MI. Williams said the crossing at Main
and Seventh could be fixed for go. Mr..
Taubman moved that 1t be referred to
improvement committee, to report at next
meeting. Carried s to 8.
Mr.. Kist moved that the improvement
committee bring In written report OF all
work to be done, and probable cost, 20 II
can be acted on. Carried.
Mr.. Taubman from the IRE board, read
report, which was received and fled.
Bills for flushing sewers and for services
at Kelly fire were allowed.
The question Of buying 600 feet of hose
was taken up. An agent for the Red Cross
company was present and addressed the
council. Mr.. Kist said the city nae used
the Red Cross hose for eight years and 1t
was good.
Mr.. Taubman asked that the matter be
referred to . committee, to buy the best 10
be found. Mr.. Kist read . petition Of citi-
xens asking for 600 feet Of Maltese Cross
hose. Mr.. Williams moved that the prayer
be granted. Mr.. Kist moved that the
council close the contract for 500 feet, to
be shipped at once, to be paid for 10 jan
uary. Mr.. Taubman thought the matter
should be Investigated. Put the matter in
the hands OF COMMITTEES to do the best for
the city. The motion to buy hose was put,
and seven yeas recorded. absent Mr.. Walk.
Carried.
Mr.. Kist Of No. 2 irs department asked
for $50 feet Of hose, six chairs. four .
terms, one dozen gaskets, six spanners,
one broom and one bucket. He also re-
ported roof Of building needing repairs.
He moved that the request OF the depart
mont be granted. Carried.
Mr.. Tsubman presented the following.
Resolved, That when there are prisoners
In the cslaboose, city marshal be, and IL
hereby instructed, upon request OF the
city engineer, to turn any or all over to
him under guard of self or . regular po-
licemsn, TO work on streets at such place
or places a. the engineer may direct.
Passed.
The mayor stated that he had . petition
signed by 100 persons. He was under OBJ
legations to many o them. Since receiving
the petition, many of the signers had
come to him and asked him TO pay no at
t%sntion to 1t. Many others thought II
time for . change. Under the circum-
stances he would pay no attention to the
petition, and would appoint v. G. Dick
erson a. calabooss keeper. The appoint
ment was confirmed.
The following bids were opened: Fol
supplying coal, Althofi 4 Ludwigs bid II
cents per bushel. John Hedge and other
bid 80 per hushel. Mr.. Kist moved that
both bids be referred back. Mr.. Hare
moved that the contract be let to the o W
} est bidder. No second. The motion OF Mr.
Kist to refer back WA adopted. To fur
nish rock: Harrison, Hedge and Benedict
bid 6sh cents per perch, and 29h cent?
per perch for hauling. Mulligan 4 Mitch
ell bid 67h cents per perch for rock, AND
23b cents per perch for hauling. On mo
. ton the contract was given Mulligan 4
Mitchell.
Bids for printing were opened. and a
the I~ntelligencer bid was not hled till a.
ter the prescribed hour. the News wa
, awarded the printing, at exactly double
the rates on many things, SSb per cen'
higher rates N printing revised ordi'
!, nances; three times a. high on small bills
and ten times as high on scale tickets. Thu
Intelligencer bid was exactly according Il
!, specification, except it was not filed til
, S:15 O'Clock. The News bid was not accor
ding to specifications. The bids wer'
opened at II O'Clock. A motion to receiv'
the bid of the Intelligencer was lost, by
vote Of 4 to 4. The motion to give tn,
News the contract was carried, 8 to
Yeas. Williams, Hare, Kist. and Lyons
. Nays, Schawe, Taubman and Owen.
! Mayor Taubman then called Mr.. Crow
der and notified him that he had been ap