Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-08

was read ana upon motion rer4Ic3 U
tic haard of public affaiE# with r.
quest t9 report back - aexg meeting
| u eeaaeil.
IN or3=Paaee @as presented =WovR
ins ion the appropriation OF =lae faa
The ma9o~o ef luiMin4 bridges and
lepaiItns s5.eol. ur5 @f1e@+= II "as
a@opted
N ordnance was presented Wi.cH
MAS evidently intended to 6i@place
. lac lamoaJod railroad gate ordinance
which provided that hereafter it shall
be unlawful for any railroad company
TO cbstruct traffic along Main. Pine
and Chestnut streets With its engines
oI trains, and in violation thereof the
proper person should be fined net cx-
! ceodng $25 for each offense tftels
the second reading AledIman Fox stat
ed th2t die ordinance was brought IN
on account Of tho railway companies.
| especially the Iron Mountain, block
a1ing the streets for, an indefinite pc
riod and it was intended by it 10 50
Iosislate as to Drevct it in the future.
He had no desire 10 railroad t}e.
ordinance through bat if the council
| thought t." ordinance Was good he
had no objection to It's passage at once
The mayor ana several of the alder
men expressed the opinion th8t it was
! good. Alderman Wei said that the
ordinance WIS good, but il would Do
dead Law like other ordinances on
the statute hooks regarding the raii-
way companies and referred especial
| ly to the trains constantly running
through the city faster than the law
permits.
Mayo Bell replied VITA some
caustic remarks on The subject. say
ing in part that MI We'll was a sworn
officer OF tho law and if lie desired to
make affidavit regarding speed attain
ed by trains, the railway companies
WouIa be prosecuted. He did net deny
that the railway companies violated
the law. hit he resented the inainua-
ton that the railway companies we're
! favored by being allowed 10 violate
the law
Alderman Boyee nlaGe a motion that
Sic clerk he requested to correspond
Wit the clerk of the city of Belleyille,
H., to ascertain if a similar ordinance
| had ever become a law in that city
and the experiences of that city in en-
forcing the ordinance. This motion
was made upon a suggestion of Alder
man Riley. The motion carried. The
ordinance, having been read but twice
was laid over until the next meeting
of the council.
Mayor Bell stated that it WAS nee
essary to appoint board Of appraisers
for sprinkling district No. 1, and he
stated that the names of H. b. Russell,
| w. B. Alexander and T. Y Murphy
had been handed him by the board of
| commissioners of the district. Nj.
| Alexander. who was present, demur-
red to the appointment and stated
| that he did not care to serve as an
| appraiser. Alderman Fox moved that
| the name of Nh S. c. Alexander be
| substituted for that CT Mr. w. b. Alex
an0er. On motion the three foregoing
gentlemen were chosen as appraisers.
City Attorney Coleman stated that
Al:. B. c. Wilkins had informed him
that Mr. T. e. Gillespie had notified
him that in case the sprinhlins district
ordnance should be enforced he
Wenld bring an injunction suit MI.
Coleman stated that he thought that
il VAS q mater between Mr.. Gillespie
and the district commissioners.
The question OF enforcing the Ve-
hicle tax law came IN. Mayor Bell
stated that the law had been
set aside by the Sebastian
circuit court but that tie
case hal been taken to the supreme
court. That tribunal, he said, had
not yet acted upon the question and in
that case the local officers would en-
force the law in the matter until a
supreme court opinion could be secur
ed.
Mr. w. r. Young stated that he had
learned that the city did not care to
stand the expense of a city electrician.
and since the ordinance was present |
ed moth ago some of the electrical !
companies had gotten together and |
agreed to pay the salary if the city !