The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-11-08
ABOUT THE SAME
The City Council Held Their Regular
Monthly Meeting Monday Night and
Transacted Some Business.
The Milwaukee Water Question Received
Thorough Airing and Something
Was Learned Of the Situation.
HAVE OUR CHIEFS YET
The Council Rejected Er. Hall as the
Chief and the Mayor Appointed
Him to Fill the Vacancy.
HELD THEIR REGULAR MEETING
The City Council Session Was Decidedly
Interesting Monday Night

There was an air of expectancy
around the city council rooms Monday
evening and an hour before the
council was called to order a crowd was
opposing factions of that body. At S
O'Clock Mayor Seaman called the coun-
Oil to order and the following alder
men responded to the roll call by Audi
tor Stearns: a. c. Pollard, JOS Levin
ger, Dr. Bracy, Leopold Indra, j. J.
McDougall, j. Fl. Simpson and before
business proceeded very far G.. H. OBJ
land, alderman from third ward. came
in and took his seat. He received
grasp OF the hand from each member
of the council! as this was the first
meeting of the council he had attended
in some time, owing to his absence
from the city. Auditor Stearns read
the minutes OF the last regular meeting
and also OF the special meeting, both of
which were approved,
A communication was read from
Henry Benedict of Milwaukee in re-
ference to selling the city the Koch
building for S4 900 at per cent. inter
est, and after some discussion it was
learned that MIR. Benedict was able to
buy the property from it's legal owners
for S.. 500 and then sell it to city at an
advance of $1,000. The communica-
tion WAS laid on the table indefinitely.
A letter was read from Supt. Cosgrave.
Of the Milwaukee road, in reference to
the company using the city water, and
agreed 20 pay cents per 1000 gallons.
Alderman Levinger wanted to know
how it was that the round house had
used the city water SO long without
paying for it. Alderman McDougall
took up the question as chairman of the
water works committee. He thought
that the question was reflection on
him, inasmuch as he was connected
with the round house and was presumed
to know something of the matter. He
declared, other than knowing that a
four-inch pipe run into the round house
he did not known how much water was
used, and did not know but what the
company was paying for it, Said he
had endeavored to get list of water
users of who had paid up the water
rent and those who had not but was
unable to get it. which would have
helped him to ascertain who was en-
titled to use the water. Thos. Liddell.
foreman at the round house, stated that
but very little water was used generally
but last summer they had consumed
more than usual, and further that Mr..
McDougal knew nothing as to the
amount of water used in the round
house. Moved by Alderman Levineer
and seconded by Alderman Obland that
the mayor appoint a committee of three
to confer with Supt. Cosgrave and ar
range a price whereby the company
could use the water until April /, 1896.
The mayor appointed Aldermen Bracy,
Pollard and Levinger as such com
mittee.
j. K. Smith presented letter in be-
half of Henry Benedict asking for
refunding order of taxes on a basis of
$4,000 on the Koch building. Alder
man Levinger moved that, inasmuch
as the gentleman had not paid any at
tention to the order of the countil in
tearing down the upper story of the
building, the communication be laid on
the table, which was carried.
Mayor Seaman presented a report to
the effect that he had found one H. B.
Rogers attempting 10 fill the office of
chief Of police he had removed him
from Office and appointed r.. P. Hall.
An ordinance was read to prevent
wagons exceeding 1000 pounds in
weight from passing over wooden cross
ings. Another ordinance was read
fixing the salary of the city attorney at
5000 per year.
The following bills were allowed:
G l. Mckinley, freight on coal. S 40 6S
L Beckwith. rent. 25 90
G Fl Obland salary. y 90
Leopold 1ndra, salary. ... y 90
J H Simpson, salary. u 90
E B Bracy, salary. II 90
j McDougal, salary . II 90
A G Pollard, salary y.... II 90
A J Kings, salary. y 90
Jos Levinger, salary u 90