The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-07-26
COUNCIL MEETING.
Another Failure at Curbing As
sessment.

The city council made another flu
tile attempt to get together on the
matter of assessing the Third Avenue
curbing last evening but there was
lacking the necessary quorum to do
that sort of business and after the
taking of bit of evidence on the
matter by the city solicitor the mat
ter was passed and there will be
another attempt made this evening
to get the necessary nine members
of the council together to act on the
assessment.
There were other matters, however,
that the council handled. Hal Nc
Quiston was present and complained
of the taxes of the Armour Packing
Company for the city OF oskaloosa
being raised. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
John Sims was also present to COM
plain of excessive taxation on his
property but he was given no relief
or satisfaction in the case.
There was lengthy discussion on
sidewalks and grades about the city.
The residents along K Avenue pray
for walk of at least temporary ma
ture that will lift them from the mud
until the controversy that now ex-
lists concerning the grade of the
street be settled one way or another.
They now have no walk at all and
have to wade through the mud. An
other grade controversy comes from
First avenue west and there were a
number of residents along the street
at the meeting last evening to sup
port their views on the matter. One
side wants the grade lowered while
the other wants it raised The city
engineer has been consulted aud he
made a report. The case will go to
the street committee for settlement.
1t was also claimed that there had
been number of permanent walks
ordered in about the city. There are
temporary walks where these walks
have been ordered and there are sew
eral thousand feet of lumber of the
city thus employed, when there is a
demand for the same in other places
There will be number of these
walks ordered in and relief will thus
come in other directions desired.
There has been considerable com
plant of transient hackmen and bus
men who come to this city at the
times of big crowds and do business
of Jews days to the exclusion of Os-
kaloosa labor. An ordinance has
been prayed for that will protect the
home people from all outsiders. Such
an ordinance has been prepared and
was called up Monday evening and
placed on its first reading. The
ordinance will be known as Ordinance
No. 219 repeating Section A or Ordi-
nance No. 10, that made the annual
fee for license IS per annum to all
The new ordinance will make daily
rate to transient parties and the rate
is so stiff that it will probably keep
out large number of the people who
have heretofore come to the city dur
ing fairs and meetings to get the
dimes of the crowds.
Everson Green appeared before the
council and asked that there be some
grading done in Green's addition
He desired that one side of the street
be cut down and the thing of ditch
and filling of the same and then q
permanent walk grade established
1t appears that the plat of the Green
addition has never been accepted BY
the city and the city does not owr
the ground where the said improve
ments are desired. 1t was claim ed
by number of the members of the
city council that the city has no right
to make any change in the place Oh
on the ground that they do not owr
and the matter was left in the hands
of committee for investigation.
Adjournment was taken to Tuesday
evening.