Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-16
Numerous ottumwa Merchants
Don't Want Street Carnival.
REMoNs1RANCE TO THE COUNCIL
City Laborers Petition the Council to
Change the Wage Scale to slips for
Eight-Hour bayfield, Short SEES
sion.
From Tuesdays Daily.

A remonstrance to the proposed
street carnival has been placed in the
hands of the city council, which may
very materially alter some of the plans
previously outlined. In fact If the
prayer of the petitioners is granted
there will be no street carnival in OF
tumwa this fall. The remonstrance
contains the signatures of thirty-five
business men of the city, and will, Of
| course, be duly considered by the
council.
The remonstrance was presented at
the adjourned meeting of the city al
dermanic board last evening. The
council first met as a board of health
and after receiving the monthly report
of ]. F. Herrick, physician to the
board, adjourned to re-convene as the
city council
Both sessions were presided over by
T. F. Keefe in the absence of the may
or, all the members of the council be-
ing present except J. E. Hull, E. H.
Mather, and w. H. H. Asbury.
| On motion the following committee
| was appointed to draft resolutions on
the death of R. H Warden and H. B.
| Hendershott, said resolutions to be
presented to the council for formal
adoption at it's regular meeting next
| Monday evening: w. H. H. Asbury,
Ed. Hoglund and N. S. Polling.
A petition from the city laborers re-
questing that their wages be reduced
to the former minimum scale of $1.25
for an S-nour day instead of $1.50 for q
9-hour Jay as passed by the council at
recent meeting, was referred to the
street committee.
A petition which was presented from
the management of the street fair car
nival asking permission to erect arch
es on the streets, control the streets
during the carnival week and sell priv
lieges on the streets, was, on motion,
referred to the council as COMMITTEES
Oh the whole.
| The Remonstrance.
The following is verbatim copy OF
the remonstrance to the last named
petition, together with the signatures
to the same:
"Ottumwa Iowa. Aug. IL, 1900.
ITO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Ottumwa,
| Iowa:
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
business men of Ottumwa, earnestly
protest against the granting of any
permit to the Street Fair Association
or individuals for the building of
booths in front of our places of bust
ness or adjacent thereto, and we re-
| specially petition your honorable
body to enforce the fire ordinances
against the building of wooden struc.
lures of any description on our public
streets or crossings within the fire
limits in violation of said ordinances.
We also ask that the public streets be
kept clean from distractions that will
interfere with public traffic.
Respectfully,
&c. w. Hale Shoe Co., W. A. Jordan
& Sons, w. N. Rockwell, Gephart &
Sanborn, Schmidt Bros, julius Fecht,
The Wyman-Rand Carpet Co. It. H.
Hall, Mgr, A. D. Moss, G. F. Silvers,
Geo. Cisne, John O'Donnell, w. H.
heating & Co., F. H. Field, C. v. Clark,
w. G. Kerr, R. Daniels, George A.
Warden, w. w. Ennis, c. w. Major, r.
S. Field, ]. P. Anderson, E. Nj. p.
Scott, ]. F. Jersey, VIM. Fielder, Har-
per McIntire & Co., retail, w. D. Ell
lott, w. c. Wyman, George Haw &
Co., ]. w. Neasham, Carey Inskeep,
First National Bank, Thos. Healy,
Scott & Co., w. H. H. Asbury."
There being no further business to
come before the council, motion pre-
vailed to adjourn.
Against the Street Fair.
At the Union Gospel meeting for
men held on the South Side Sunday
afternoon the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved; That the proposed
Street Fair would be determea tal to
the morals of the community, as we'll
as the legitimate business Interests
and that we are unanimously opposed
to such Fair being held in our CITY,"