The Forrest City times., 1898-03-18
City Council.

The regular session of the City Council was convened in the city hall Tuesday night, Mayor Tiptoh presd- ing, with the following aldermen pres- ent: Russell, Baugh, Stone and Nell son and Recorder Merwin.
 The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with, whereupon on motion the ordinance requiring railroads to light their cross ings was put on its third and final reading by unanimous vote.
 The ordinance is as follows:
 Sec. l. Be it enacted, by the incorpor- ated town of Forrest City, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that all railroad companies whose line or lines of railway enter the corporate limits of sad town, be ahd they are hereby re- quired, to place and keep at all of the points where their line or lines of railway intersect the streets of said town. lights of such power as are now or may hereafter be used by said town for the purpose of lighting its streets; such lights to be kept burning only during the same hours that the lights of the streets are burning. Pro- vided, that not more than one light shall be required to be placed at each point of intersection of such railways (main line and side-tracks) with said streets.
 Sec. ?. Any railway company violating the provisions of this act by failing or re- fusing to light its crossings as herein provided, shall be guilty of an offense and shall be fined the sum of fifteen dollars. And each night they shall fail or refuse to use such light or lights shall constitute separate offense.
 This act shall take effect on the first day of May, 1898.
 Passed and approved March Is, 1898.
 JOHN H. TETON, Mayor. Attest: T. c. MERwIE, Recorder.
 Alderman Stone moved the adoption Of the ordinance, seconded by Alder. man Russell, which was carried by a vote of five ayes; noes, none.
 Secretary Ewell, of the Electric Light Co.,, appeared before the council and asked that the old contract with the city, for lighting the streets be abro. gated and new contract entered into as follows:
 Be it enacted, by the Mayor and Alder men of the incorporated town of Forrest City, in regular meeting assembled, aud it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the contract made and en- tered into between the said town and r. H. Thompson, in March. 1897, for the purpose of lighting the streets of said town by electricity, which said contract was assigned by said Thompson to the St. Francis Electric Light Co.,, corpora tion under the laws of Arkansas, be and the same is hereby, by consent both of said town and of said St. Francis Electric Light Co.,, cancelled, and both parties re- leased therefrom.
 And it is hereby further enacted that the following contract be, and the Mayor, J. H. Tipton, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute the same between the St. Francis Electric Light Co. of the first part and the said town of Forrest City of the second part, to-wit: That the St. Francis Electric Light Go. shall furnish the said town of Forrest City with (5Ol fifty C..P. incandescent lights for the pur- pose of lighting the streets of said town. The said lights to be located at such points as may be designated by the coun- cl of said town; said lights to be run on what is commonly known as moonlight schedules" that is, while the moon is shining SO as 10 give sufficient light to light the town, the lights may be turned of; but when the moon is not shining or is obscured by the clouds, then the lights must be left burning.
 And the said town, in consideration of said fifty lights, agrees to pay the said St. Francis Electric Light Go. the sum of one hundred dollars (SlOO) per month.