The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-21
CITY CoUN IL MEETING.

The City Council met at 6 O'Clock lsat
Wednesday afternoon vi b Ma or Huebs q
and Aldermen Fi"n, Epp"rson, F! wers
Hurst sod BOYLE presen Absent, Alder
men Purds, Stuckev end Dalesr
The minutes of Feb 9Th were read and ap-
proved
Mr.. c W Kioqman appeared and asked
permission to move and repair wooden
staple on Liberty street within tie ire limits
and was refssed, becanse cnu"cil has no
power to permit such work in the Gre limits,
the law on that sutj ct beng clear and soal
The finance committee made w-it,eo re.
por' approving bills ferred to en- With
some corrections, and RECOMMENDED that 90
bills DO approved hereafter tor gooos 40,
ordered in writing by proper oufhoruy
They recommended also that the e ectric
Light Co be required TO keep the arc liehs
10 better condirioo, some of them being
without shades or globes, Others oelng old
end worn. They su9gested that time limit
be h1ed for completion of the Hose COMPANY
hu,ldises, as the work is progressing very
slowly and the houses are ueeded Tbev
further recommend d hat the Sumter Tele
phoue Company be reques ed to take out the
aor'h ess phone uow in the Cry Clerk 9
Office and replace it with new one The
report was adop'ed
Ar Flowers, for special committee. reported
that it would be useless TO replsnt shade
trees on Cemetery avenue now, as tee season
is too far advanced
wr Flowers stated that be d eeen Mr. J
W McK,ever 10 reference to bis nil for S25
OF plans and spec'6c-t tioos for hose comp oy
buildings that be declined to make reduc-
lion. as tbe bill, ID b's ooioion, Was reasona.
ole and j,st o. motion Of Mr. Finn the
bill was ordered paid
Clerks rep ,rt for February was suomitted
aud referred to oatce Comm ttee.
Mr Fl wers ct ted that the city scavenger
carts were nelpg sent into plvate yards and
lots 10 cleao and remove trasb lr d,sre-
gard of regulations Tois matter was :efer
red to the committee 90 pualic WORKS
Mr. Epper-o 'epo'ed that ocker was
needed for the rhe- of the oolice force aud
the 20 ICE comml ee was eqlesred to report
at the next meeting the cost OF suitable
locker
A memorandum of drain pipe necessary for
certain work was reported and efereed 10
committee pubic works 10 cousider and
advise cou eli
The ordinance to prevent railroad cars
from obs,ructlpg s'ree' crossings Was read
for the second time, bat adsion was deie red
TO th ptx meeting.
Mr. Flnn -ead an article 90 sewera'e bV
the heslth fl :er OF Charleston, and f red
the followi resolution:
Resolved The city council assembled shall
send for sanitary e,neer ho hal max
contour map of the city, locating line OF
piping for sewerage svstem. slro where
deposits from sewerage shall be empt'ed and
probanle cost of such sewerage, and for ,acb
services be shall be paid S5 per ory d
board furnished him with railroad rranspor
tation.
The matter was discussed, and while 70
objection was offered to the proposlt,oo coun-
Gil decided that they should nor inaueurate
such an enterprise just as their Official term
expires, and the resolution was defesled on the
following vote
Yeas-Epperson and Finn
Nsys-Boyle, flowers and burst
A bill of J " MoK,ever for So. 40 for
roofing paper to stop leaks in city ball root
wes ordered paid
The Mayor called attention to the fact that
dogs are permitted to run at lerge through
out the city, and euggesred that soraethiog
should be done TO regulate the matter as
there was probable danger to citizeos There
was some discussion but no action was
take1
On notion of Mr. Finn the clerk was direct
ed to prepare 40 ordinance to prevent horses
from being etched or stopping logger than
Eve minutes on macadsmized streets.
Council then edjourned