The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-04-27
EAST SIDE COUNCIL.
The Mayor Appoints his Stand
ing Committees.
APPOINTlVE OFFICERS SELECTED.
A. 0ekander Given Permission "a
Ulese Contracts For Gravel
ing the Streets.
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS SELECTED

The East Side city council coun-
| ciled assembled last night in regu-
! lar meeting with Mayor Mullins In
the chair aud the following alder
men present.
Huckius, Purifoy, Little, Barrow,
| Kline. Edwards and Williams.
Recorder ]. T. Murphy read the
minutes Of the last meeting and
they we're approved.
Mr. A. Ockander was present and
placed in the hands of the Recorder
a prayer asking permission to make
and close contracts and construct
rolled gravel streets in this city
The council granted his prayer,
Alderman Edwards, chairman Of
the city jail committee, reported
the city Jail in good condition from
recent repairs and asked the coun-
! Gil to receive it. Action was post
poned
The following bills we're then read
and allowed:
]. W. Gardner, printing. Sl4.9O;
W. T. Saxon, sewer inspector, $50;
B. Nix, blacksmithing, $L35;
total $4625.
Messrs. Bryant IL Brown had in a
bill for $7l65 for repairing city
Jail. The bill was laid away until
next meeting.
The council voted that the mayor
sign the balance of the city scrip
due Chatfeld d Buhrman on sewer
pipe.
The mayor then announced his
standing committees. The follow
ing aldermen were given the places.
Fire and Water-LittIe, Kline and
Cook.
Police and Markets-Cook, Huck-
ms and Barrow.
Public Works and Grounds-Ed'
wards. Barrow and Cook.
Street and Alley-Kline, Huckins
and Purifoy.
Ordinance and Printing-Barrow,
Purifoy and Little.
Electric Light and Gas-Huckins,
Williams and Edwards.
Ways and Means-Purifoy Will
liams and Edwards.
Sewers-Edwards, Williams and
Kline.
Board of HEALTH. P. Kline, }.
c. Edwards, J. D. Cook, S. S. So
linsky and DR.. R. L. Grant, city
physician.
Petitions were presented by
Styles Ragland, in behalf of the
East Side fire department, asking
that the fire department be given
control over the team instead of
letting the contract out as is now
in force. Mr.. Harry Blythe who is
now at the head of the department
as driver and contractor and owner
of the team, asked that he be re-
tanned. The council retained Mr..
Blythe.
The council then elected Mr.. a..
E. Culley and c. E. East as police
men and fixed their salary at S55.O 90
per month in city scrip for the
present,
DR.. R. L, Grant was elected as
city physician
The sewer inspectors Office was
the next to be filled and three can
didates were placed in nomination.
Lew Culley, H. c. King and Rufus
Higginbottom, The ballot was
taken aud Lew Culley was declared
the winner and his salary was fixed
at 5000 per month.
The scavenger's place has long
been a plum" and many candidates
have tried to beat Scavenger Phil
lips, but up TO last night he held
tight to his rabbits foot and won
out, but he was caught mapping at
last and lost his taIisman and man
by the name of Sam Poe came in
ahead and was declared elected.
The mayor STAGED that he would
force his officers to see that the
following ordinances of the city
we're enforced: Side walk, stock
aud open sewers,
There being no new business in
troduced the council adjourned.
The Hunter Transfer and Stor-
age Co., have the only safe and con-
venient rooms in the city, for stor-
! ,,re Of vO1r furniture Or DiluO We