The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-09-08
WILL TRY GASOLINE
Our City Council Recommended Case.
line Lamps to Light the Residence
Part Of Town.
q. ]. Wallace Died at WeSSingtOn
Springs Saturday and Was Buried
Here Monday.
The Union Party Named Their Dele
gates to State Judicial Convention
Last Saturday.
LIGHTS NOT YET SETTLED.
LIGHTS NOT YET SETTLED,
City Council is Still Wrestling With
the Light Question Will Try
Experiments.

Every member of the city council
was present at the regular meeting
Monday evening and Mayor Fullerton
was in the chair. After uditor Smith
had called the roll the minutes OF the
previous meeting were read and
approved.
A petition WAS presented, signed by 33
south side citizens, asking to have the
watering trough at the corner of San
born and Bowdle streets removed, as in
its present place it was nuisance.
Another petition, signed by "a south
side citizens was presented asking that
.he said watering trous h be left IN the
same location, and was, presumably,
not a nuisance. The committee which
was appointed at the last meeting to
investigate the removal of the trough
reported that no better and no more
suitable location could be found where
it would be of more benefit to the
general public and recommended
that it be not changed. Alderman
Stout stated that Geo. Austin desired
to erect q residence on the corner
where the trough is located and sug-
gested that the matter might be ad-
justed to the satisfaction OF all. One or
two other locations we're offered and
tho committee was continued another
month to investigate them.
A petition was presented signed by
people who were interested to have the
electric light restored at the corner of
Main and Fifth streets. AS the light
question WAS to come up later in the
evening the petition was laid on the
table and was not taken up again.
Policeman Gordinier made requisition
on the council for night lamp and the
chief Of police was instructed to
purchase two of the electric light
pattern. Mayor Fullerton presented
the name of L. W. Lewis for assessor
for the ensuing year and the appointee
was confirmed by the council.
The ordinance for making the annual
appropriation to the various funds was
placed on it's first reading. By reason
of having refunded one issue of bonds
and having made . liberal payment on
the oity's bonded indebtedness the
interest fund was materially reduced !,
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at S., 500 was reduced to $4,000, effect
ing saving of $l00 per month in inter
est. One year ago the appropriations
covered the sum of Sl4,6l0 to pay the
expenses of the city and at this time
the apportionment was reduced to 3d.
$50. A slight increase was made in
the salary fund and the light fund.
Following is the amount aprortioned to
each fund: interest, $4,000; sinking,
s76O; fire department.. s4oo; printing,
$3.50; salary, $3.50; lights, $1,000,
water works, 50 600; cemetery, S1OO:
contingent, $500; streets and alleys $500.
Judge Abbey had but one case to re-
port from his Office, drunk and dis
orderly. Weigher Nielsen reported
that the receipts from the city scales
from August were $l5 90. City Treas
urer Kibbee reported there was a bal.
ance OF ST., l94.69 in The various funds.
The following bills we're allowed and
warrants ordered from the amount:
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