The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Regular meeting March sth, 1897.
All members present.
The following petition was pre-
senied.
To the Board OF Trustees Of the
town OF Jasper:
The undersigned, residents on
18th street in said town, living be-
tween Main and Newton street, do
represent that said portion of 18th
street extending from NJ lin to New
ton streets needs grading, and that
it will cost more to grade the same
than your petitioners feel able to
pay, and that said improvement is
OF such public importance that the
same should be done by said town,
and, if the said town will proceed to
grade said street, they, the petition
ers hereby obligate themselves to
pay one half of the expense of said
grade. They further represent that
they are the owners Of all the pro-
perty upon said part of said street.
john l.. FRIEDMAN,
CATHARINE JAIN,
ANTON HABIG,
CHAs. KREMPP,
MARY SCHMIDT,
DR.. Z. j. Kempf offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Whereas, the drainage Of 18th
street between Newton and Main
street and Main and Jackson streets
is defective, and the cutters of said
streets between said streets do not
carry the water, and said streets are
overlooked at every heavy rain, and
whereas 18th street, between New
ton and Main streets is not drained
at all, therefore be il
Resolved, that the petition of John
l.. Friedman, Catharine jain, ct al.
be granted, providing that said pc
titioners, who are owners OF lots on
18th street between Newton and
Main, fill hall of said 18th street be-
tween Newton and Main according
to the grade to be given by the sur
veyor Of the town, and providing,
that the town board agrees to fill the
balance between Main and Newton,
and providing, that the ground used
on said 18th street by the town
board be laken from 18th street be-
tween Main and Jackson street and
that said 18th street between Main
and Jackson be brought to a grade,
and If the ground from said street Is
needed on said street then the
ground TO be used on 18th street to
be considered by the town board
and directed hereafter.
Resolved, also, to complete the
drainage of said llth and IL streets
between said squares, the town board
contract with Ben Schroeder for
the necessary stone culverts Gloss
ing Main street on 18th and 18th
streets, also on 18th street crossing
Newton.
The resolution was adopted and
the President of the Board author
lied TO contract for culverts.
The Town Treasurer's report was
examined and approved.
Ordered by the Board that on ac-
count of free use of office and lights,
meetings of the Board OF Trustees
will be held in the future at the Of
flee of the Jasper Electric Light
Co. The said Co. having agreed to
the free use of their office and light
for meetings of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Town of Jasper, Ind. for
an indefinite period.
The following are the
ALLOWANCES.
Jos. Eckstein, appraising 9TH streets 200
Ph. Kastner, appraising 9Th street 200
Jasper Furn. Co., staining table 80
Geo. Wuchner, hauling reel 80
Jasper III. K l.. Co, Lumber 5.i3
i. Nonderschmidt. ; ilary $500
Louis Renner, street labor 100
Fire Dept. at Spayd fire 10 -
Total....--.. .................Sib.bs
The bill of George Mehringer for
Hall rent for Fire Co. IS, was not
allowed.