Smyrna times., 1898-05-04
TOWN HAULER ELECTED.
Council Awarded the Position to Benjamin
Turner, the Only Applicant.

Turner, the Only Applicant.
An adjourned meeting of the Town
Council was held last Wednesday
evening with all present except Messrs.
Fowler and Moore. Our new Board
is a slow moving body, and if thew
continue to daily along at the rate
they have been going with the past few
meetings, they will get the record as
the slowest council the town has ever
mad. There is no reason why the
council can not dispatch the business
which comes before them in half the
time that they now take.
The following bills were read and
allowed: Peter DOwnes, work, 40 cents;
Samuel Wheatman, % cents; J. G..
Brlnton, $1.00-tOtal 81. IS, which was
authorized to be drawn in favor of j.
W. Denney to pay the parties. A bill
OF S7;58 OF the Allegheny Coal Co.
was allowed.
On motion of H. S. Anthony. the
President and Secretary were given
the right to draw orders in favor of the
T. w. d B. R. r. Company for freight
ON all car loads of coal consigned to
the Town, as they arrive. This is an
imperative duty before the coal can be
taken from the cars. An order was
also authorized to be drawn when the
cargo of bricks for the town arrives.
A communication was received from
the National Volunteer Reserve Asso-
citation asking for an interest on the
part of the officials of the town in get
ting recruits. The letter was directed
to Mayor W. B. Collins and passed
over to the Council. This august body
did not receive the communication
with much enthusiasm and referred If
back again to the Mayor"
Councilman j. W. Denney, chairman
OF the Committee on Streets, submit
ted the contract and specifications for
town hauler. The duties defined were:
to keep the streets in good condition.
cutters cleaned, holes filled up, cross
lngs IN good order, have care of the
town lot, do all the hauling for the
town in shells, dirt and everything
which pertains to the streets. and to
haul all the coal and ashes used at the
Water and Electric Light Plant. He
is to receive for such duties. as laid
down by the Street and Sewer commit
tee, the sum of $3.50. 90 a year-S37. so a
month-and to give bond for his faith
~ POAAOA AudICO III lu6 SUN OF SllWJ. UU
The contract and specifications as
laid down by the committee were dis
cussed pro and con for an hour or more
aud so divided was the opinion it look
ed as If it would require another spec
lal meeting to settle it. H. S. An
thony opposed the plans at the start,
and when Mr.. Walls came in (about 8
o'clock he also looked upon the plans
as lnexpedient. The objection seemed
to rest in the fact that one man would
have too much work to do. Both
Messrs. Walls and Anthony favored the
Street Committee getting the streets
IN proper condition first, then it would
be an easier task for one man to keen
1t in order the rest of the time. Thev
They think it impossible for one man
to do the hauling for the Power House
and at the same time get the streets
IN condition in any reasonable time.
After long and tedious discussion, S.
j. Reynolds moved that the Commit
tee report be accepted and adopted.
j. w. Denney seconded the motion
and the question was carried.
j. w. Denney then moved that A. E.
j Jardine's services be dispensed with
after the 30th day of the month, and
that the secretary give notice of this
effect. So ordered.
The only applicant for the position
of hauler, was Benz. w. Turner, and
Notwithstanding that some of the
Board wanted to defer the election
until more applicants were received.
the opinion was that the matter had
been sufficiently advertised, so the
council proceeded to ballot. and Mr.
Turner was unanimously elected.
The president appointed Messrs.
Reynolds and Walls to sit as
a court of Appeals on Appeal Day, and
the Council adjourned.