The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-11
THE BILL DEFEATED
Aldermen Knock out the Steam Heat
ing Franchise Ordinance.
Mayor Yeiser Last Night Appointed
His Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners.
OTHER BUSINESS OF ALDERMEN

nt DOntu VI aANtAAt NV a. 10
lar session last night with all members
present except Alderman Boone.
The minutes Of the last regular
meeting were read and adopted.
The action taken in the transfer of
the ferriage privilege Of Owen Bros.
to James Owen was ratified and the
bond accepted.
The mayor appointed his fire and
police commissioners board as fol-
lows: M. ". CLARK, Clip Husbands
and Richard Holland sureties; J. X.
Bonds, Gus Singleton and Robert
Noble sureties; Pete Rogers, ]. O.
Gilbert and ]. O. Jones sureties, and
r. r. Sutherland, DR.. ]. G. Red
dick and George Bondurant sureties.
The appointments and bondmen were
ratified and accepted.
The invitation to the board to at
tend the Metropolis street fair on Pa
ducah day, July l6, in a body, was
accepted.
The mayor was authorized to ap.
point delegates to attend the sixth
annual convention of the American
Association of municipalities to be
held in Grand Rapids.
President Noble requested that the
board take some action In regard to
repairs to streets and pavements and
to adopt some ordinance or means to
compel the property owners to make
needed repairs. The mayor was in
structed to issue such orders necessary
to effect this end and, II necessary, to
draw up an ordinance governing the
case.
The resignation Of J. G. Utterback
as city printer was accepted and t,e
appointment Of the News Democrat
made by City Attorney Jesse Gilbert
and endorsed by Council Attorney
worten, was received and the same
filed.
Bills against the city for salaries,
ETC., amounting to several thousand
dollars were presented and allowed.
The school fund amounting to 3d.
2ss. s5 was ordered pal d in addition
to the regular bills and also was the
$30,00O in notes against the city,
when the same fall due.
President Noble asked IL the board
exceeded its legal authority in taking
the money out of any fund set aside
for purposes other than the payment
o; the notes, and Council Attorney
worten Thought" it was not. There
is not enough in the fund set aside to
pay the notes and the money will have
to be borrowed from other funds.
The payment Of s627.5o for two lots
to H. H. Evans and DR.. Caldwell, to
be paid when tine deeds are turned
over to the city, was ordered.
The auditors and treasurer's report,
showing q total deposit for the past
month of s44, 40s. 6s with s67,77429
collections and s23, 1879. so disburse-
ments. leaving balance of "a. 4oS. IS,
was received, fled and concurred in.
The report of the fire chief was read
and filed. He reported the salaries,
amounting to $685., due; 10 fires
during the past month; 10 fire els
terms in bad repair; the Standard
building at AS. North Fourth street,
in bad repair and unsafe and asked
that the merchants be instructed not
to buru any more trash in their back
yards or in the street as 1t is dangerous
and likely to cause fires. All the
suggestions and reports were referred
to the joint fire committee for investi-
cation and action.
Alderman Langstaff, of the ordin-
ance committee. read the steam heat
ing plant franchise ordinance and
lively times ensued. President Noble
left the chair in charge Of Alderman
Leigh and made long speech against
the passing of the ordinance, saying
that the paper had not come to the
board in clean form ami for that reas-