, 1900-05-16
COUNCIL MEETING
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMI,
MONTHLY GATHERING OF
CITY FATHERS.
Mayor and Councilmen Will Take Part
in Memorial Day Exercises
Claims of Firemen Resulting From
Oil House Explosion Satisfactorily
Adjusted.

The city council met last night Il
and the mayor, the clerk, the marsha
and the chief Of the fire department
being present.
A communication from Custer Pos
No. l, G. A. R, inviting the Mayor an
council to participate in the Memoria
day exercises was read and on motion
of Mr.. Crumrine the invitation was &C
cepted.
A communication from R. E. Fitch
agent of the Winchester Fire Insurance
company, requesting a share of the
city's insurance vas read and referred
to the committee on fire department.
Albert Rosin made application for
the transfer of the Ed. Allen liquor H.
cepse from Second street to 107 First
street. The application was granted.
The Laramie Boomerang addressed a
communication to the council reciting
the fact hat six months ago they had
been awarded the contract for print
ing the city ordinapces, that they had
not yet received copy for the same,
that they were ready and anxious to
go ahead with the work, and request
ing the council to instruct the revision
committee to furnish the copy as soon
as possible. Mr.. Crumrine volunteer
ed to take the matter up and see what
could be done and to report at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Crumrine submitted the follow
ing report, which explains itself:
Laramie, Wyo., May 10. 1900.
To the Hon. Mayor and Council, Lar
annie, Wyoming.
Gentlemen: The undersigned com
mittee appointed to inquire into and to
make report to this body the amount
Of loss sustained by each Of the mem
bers Of the several fire companies OF
the city, who were injured in the ex-
plosion which occurred at the fire Of the
oil house Of the Union Pacific Railroad
company, situate in this city, on the
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leave to submit the following report:
Your committee met at the office Of
the Albany County National bank Of
Laramie City on the night Of May
9th, 1900. at half past 7 o'clock, all the
members OF the committee being pres
ent Previous notice OF the time and
place of such meeting was given to all
concerned. The Union Pacific Railroad
company was also represented at such
meeting by Mr.. W. C. Hussey. claim
agent for said company. Mr.. J. H. Sy-
mons acted as the spokesman for said
committee and conducted the examina-
tons on behalf Of your committee. Be
fore any one was examined, the spokes-
man made the following statement,
viz: 1t is the purpose of this commit
tee to make a full and complete in
quiry into the loss sustained by each
member of the several fire companies
belonging to the city and to make re-
port of the findings to the city council
at its next meeting. The lines upon
which the committee conducted its in
quiry were as follows: First as to the
occupation Of the claimant; second,
the amount each claimant was receiv-
ing from his occupation at the time the
explosion occurred; third, the loss Of
time by reason of having been injured
at said explosion, and fourth, the
amount Of loss that was justly and fair
ly sustained. All the claimants appear
, ed before the committee in person, and
answered all questions put to them full