Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-07

city council was held Monday night.
Mayor Pel] and all the aldermen were
nrescat. The minutes of the meeting
Of Sap; enher l, not having been read
at the 3rav.Lts meeting Of the council
on acrt:lllt e the absence OF City
Clerk Johnson. were read and APP
proved an. the reading of the min
utes of the PREVIOUS meeting followed.
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The following approved accounts
were a!'c"e d:
City government, S453.66 West Dis
8 infectiae Company, SIS. ga; H. F.. West
1 brook, 1e.51: Walker Drug company,
$3.iC: st. /. M. S. $277S: st. l.. |.
M. and S., S297: Ralph Robinson, $40;
Pine fi:y Electric company, $3.50: j.
FL. Dellncn s5.55; police department,
\ 81 o62 30; Wcetbrook Grain and Com
Emission company, $3.50: w. L. De-
WOO : ard etn'fsny, 25c; Joe Krump-
! Ees, 81" 90. j b. Avery, SIS; Nos-
Nichol cLmtany, ST. John Cobb,
q Sill Geo. Oakes, $91 70: fire de-
pa. n.ent $t35 80; J II. Dellmon. jr.,
$1245: j. H. Talbot and company,
4 37S5; Hale Harness and Supply com
company $116 81: Anderson-Meyer
GompGny 500. q; j. F. Hutt and ems.
81; Westbrook Grain and Commission
company, 500. 80: Noss-Nichol company
$3.50: John Cobbs, $3.50: Mrs F. Brun
son, $15; Fox Bros. $3.50; J. p Smart
$50: assistant sexton, $50: Tarver 4
Shockeford. So 20: Citizens Light and
Transit company. S39522; w. Fl. West
brook, s2.1S.
Alderman Clements, of the ceme-
terry committee. reported that the Gem
etery work was in need Of horse. as
the horse having been used in the
Bcemetery was now being used on
street work. Alderman Riley said he
had a good mule which he would lend
4 the cemetery committee for the work
which was accepted with thanks.
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Alderman Bruce, of the sanitary
connected with the lake for sewerage
purposes be ordered to tisconnect
with the lake at once. He referred to
aa Mr.. Macmillan as being connected
with the lake bed in this way.
Mr. Bell stated that it had come to
I Sl8 knowledge also but said concern
Mtng Mr. acMillans case that the
III Hentleman had told him that the con-
nection with the lake was barely a
SFdrainage from his sinks and hat no
a Nuisance was found. He alsc referred
to- Mr. w. ID. Hearn as maintaining a
\ similar drainage. using it entirely for
4 drainage for his sinks. He also
eB stated that a citizen living at the head
4 OF the lake had. however. connected
with the lake. and with a kind of wa
ter works arrangeent. was being used
\ as sewerage drainage. He was
e arrested and fined for the offense in
the city court Monday morning for
Il maintaining a nuisance. The mayor
said that there was no ordinance on
the statute books which specially COW
Y CAOu tut case anu he lecOiullleHutu
the passage of an ordinance covering
the case
aSa Alderman Riley then made a sur
aprising' statement, saying that if there
was such an ordinance IN the books
he was guilty of its violation, as was
~ dozen or more other gentlemen liy-
ing on Lakeside He named several
and said that they all had q drainage
from their bath tubs into the lake
but that none of them We're used as
II gHwerages and never had been.
SA petition signed by property own
0rS and citizens of Lakeside was pre-
Santed pointing out that Mr.. J. H.
[acMillan who was constructing
ealdence in that section of the city
Mad connected with the lake bed
evidently with the intention of using
'e as a sewer. Petitioners ask that he
le 0e res trained from connecting with
tie lake.
Tltwas moved by Alderman Clements
2S19t anyone using drainage tiles for
4MSrage purposes be deemed guilty
sOHNNn offense and punished. which
1cxriied.
- Aluerman Boyce of the water and
light committee stated that the city
PtAbles were in need of lights and
recommended that two be allowed
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