Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-08
COUNCIL MATTERS.
An Important Meeting Tuesday Night-A
Vacancy Filled.

Vacancy Filled.
The regular meeting Of the council
Tuesday night was one Of unusual
importance.
The principal business of the meet
ing was the consideration of pro-
position to build street railway. W.
r. Vaughan, of Bowling Green, asked
for twenty years franchise for the
operation of an electric street car
system. He made a speech before
the council and impressed all who
heard him with the idea that he meant
business. The lines he said would
not be laid on Main Street, south of
Fifth Street, as he understood one or
two councilmen were opposed to hav-
ing street cars on South Main. Mr..
Vaughan did not state who these Of
fcials were who prefer to have public
improvements on other than the prin-
clpal street. Mr.. Vaughan bore let
tiers of recommendation from the best
people of Bowling Green and express
ed desire to have action taken at the
earliest possible moment and said he
could begin work in go days and
finish the plant in 80 days after be-
ginning work. He presented an ordi-
nance, which was referred to a com
mittee Of three and the matter will
doubtless receive early attention.
An election was gone into to fill
the vacancy in the Fifth ward and
sixteen ballots were taken before a
result was reached. There were four
candidates and on the first ballot j.
NJ. Frankel received 2 votes, DR.. B. S.
Wood /, W. B. Kennedy 2 and W. S.
Goodwin /. 1t was decided to drop
the hindmost man after II ballots,
but the 18th and 18th ballots each
stood Frankel 2, Wood 2, Kennedy /
and Goodwin l and nobody was drop
ped. On the l4th, the Kennedy vote
went to Frankel and Goodwin was
dropped. On the 18th, Kennedy
again received one vote and was drop
ped. The final ballot stood 3 for
Frankel and 3 for Wood and the
mayor decided the tie in favor of Mr..
FranKel. The voting was by secret
ballot but it was understood that
Holland, Ware and Perry voted for
Frankel and Dalton, P'Pool and
Flack for Wood. j. NJ. Frankel is
the well-known Main street merchant
and his election makes the Board
solidly Democratic for the first time
since the ward system was adopted.
He appeared at once and took the
oath of Office and was assigned to the
Committee places made vacant by
his predecessors retirement
The vacancy ON the police force,
caused by the resignation of officer
Geo. W. Walker, was filled by the
election of Geo W. Lander, who was,
chosen on the second ballot over two
or three applicants. He has served
on the force before and is competent
man in every way.
The council cancelled and de-
stroyed o. V. railroad coupons num-
bers 8 and 9, amounting to S3050.
Geo. Petree, col, was released from
the payment of poll taxes.
DR.. J. NJ. Dennis laid before the
Council a petition from residents in
the vicinity of Swapping alley" ask
ing that the business of horse trading
be broken up on that thoroughfare.
IL was not acted upon.
A portion of the $45 license owed
by Young, the coal oil vender, about
SO, was remitted and he was given
further time to pay the balance.
Resolutions eulogizing ex-Council-
man Anderson were reported by a
special committee and Mr.. Anderson,
who was present, was called forward
and one of the members presented
him with an umbrella.
An ordinance was passed taxing
fire insurance companies doing bust
ness in the city S25 year This was
due to some extent to the high rates
of insurance heretofore charged which
caused many complaints before the
recent redul ton was made when the
water company began operations.
The vote stood 4 to 3.
The county jailer presented an ac-
count of Sill for boarding city fe-
male prisoners, not sent to the work
house. 1t was allowed after much
speaking.
Two or three ordinances applying
to street matters were passed and the
BODY adjourned.