, 1896-12-16

The mayor, the city attorney and the
marshal were absent last evening when
the council was called to order by Pres
ident Lohlein. After the reading OF the
minutes the first business taken up was
the ordinance relating to the observ-
lnce of the first day of the week. 1t
prohibited games of all kinds. whether
for amusement or otherwise. II was
read a econd time and, upon motion Of
Mr.. Miller. seconded by Mr.. Fee, was
postponed indefinitely.
FOR BETTER PROTECTION.
The fire committee recommended the
passage of an ordinance which would
prohibit henceforth the establishment
Of ~woodyards, lumber yards. etc, with
IN the fire limits, and the attorney was
instructed 10 prepare the necessary law.
Louis Treigel was granted a rebate
upon improvements to the mou OF
rs cents.
WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
The finance committee reported that
IT could not be ascertained definitely
by the committee who was the owner
Of certain lots in Sherrod's addition. An
abstract mad been obtained and accom-.
panied the report of the committee, but
it did not show what disposition had
been made of a certain suit which had
been instituted years ago. nor did 1t
show what became of a lien against the
property. Mr.. Jones said that the COM
mittee had made an examination of the
property and discovered that there were
two houses o N the property and 10Th
were occupied. A man named Charles
Frank lives in n of the houses. The
other is occupied by a Mrs. Sherer and
is owned by Fred Roesler. The matter
was referred to the attorney for inyes,
legation as to title.
THE OLD SHACKS.
The finance committee reported that
in its judgement the owners OF old
buildings which had fallen into disuse
could moi be compelled to move them
without the property was first con-
demDed by proper authority and paid
for, and as the city had no money for
such purposes it was not clear how it
could proceed upon the lines suggested
by the petitioners. II the petitioners
would raise by private subscription
enough money to purchase the old
buildings, then the matter could be ad-
justed satisfactorily.
PRESSURE WAS WEAK.
Mr.. Jones said That upon one day last
week the water pressure went down to
20 pounds. A man was sent to the
springs to ascertain the cause and dis
covered that the screen over the mouth
of the upper flume was completely
clogged. The obstruction was remov-
ed and the pressure at once raised to
normal.
Mr.. Jones said he had visited the
springs and discovered that the dirt
over the f1ume had settled to such an
extent that water from the reservoir
had washed out over 1T on the north
side. Workmen had been sent out to
repair 1t and everything was now all
right.
MR.. FEES KICK.
Mr.. Fee referred to the matter OF the
purchase of coal. He said an order had
been passed by the council some time
nno fhnf nyhan ooa1 u,oe nnoI1l "a
should be purchased upon competitive
bids, duly advertised for. He noticed
that the city had recently purchased
some coal and did not believe it had
been purchased in the manner ordered
by the council. What are these meet,
ings for?" demanded the councilman.
Are they for any purpose, or are they
only a farce?"
Mr.. Miller said he believed that per-
haps the councilman from the Third
ward was right about the coal question,
and asked Mr.. McCutcheon, who was
present, to explain the matter. The
engineer said that he had been mind
full of the wishes Of the council. When
the coal was nearly exhausted in the
city bin he consulted with Mayor
Brown in relation to the matter and
the mayor said in the absence Of any
further action upon the part of the
council he should proceed in the same
manner that he had hitherto proceed
ed, and he did. It being a little cheap
err. Is cents per ton, to buy in quantity
he had purchased nine tons, 800
pounds.
After some more discussion yer the
matter, Mr.. Fee moved that hereafter
the engineer notify the council when
coal il needed. in order that it may ad-
vertise for bids. 1t was 50 ordered.
PLUMBERS CATCH 1T.
Mr.. Jones said that he had noticed
that wherever q Job Of work RAJ done
by the plumbers of the city the streeta
were left in q bad condition. They
should be required to properly water
soak and settle the earth after doing Q
Job.
President Lohlein remarked that the
plumbers were constantly violating the
ordinance. BY law they were required
to obtain q permit from the city mg-
neer before making an excavation in
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