The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-08
COUNCIL WILL PAY
Money to be Given Library Trus-
tees Soon.
Adjourned Meeting Of the Board OF
Councilmen Last
Evening.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED

The COUNCIL met lhst nignt III al
iourned session with Councilmer
Brooks and ellison absent.
Mr.. Charles Hayman, Of the ShiI
Carpenters union, asked that the city
extend the National Ship Carpenters
association an invitation to hold il
next convention here, which request
was complied with.
II was reported that notice of the &C
ton of the boards relative to Yeisei
park had been officially served on
County Judge Lightfoot.
A new bond, dated two days later
in order to make the signature OF the
bond company conform to the power
of attorney granted their local agent,
was executed by Contractor Terrell, Of
the brick streets.
Owing to the ringing Of bells and
other noise Of the ]. @. switch engines
in the vicinity of Eighth, Ninth, Trim
BILE and Clay streets. q petition for re.
lief was fled from residents Of that vi.
cinity. The matter was referred to the
solicitor to ascertain II the city has the
power to interfere.
The matter Of renumerating Alex
venters for filling ditch the city dug
through his property and failed to re-
all, was referred to the mayor.
Fifty dollars expenses was allowed,
and the following appointed delegates
to the Ohio Valley Improvement asso.
citation ct Evansville the 14-l6 Of this
month:
Messrs. Henry Peter. J. II. Ash
craft, o. NJ. Cole, 8. A. Fowler,
Young Taylor, Il. F. Smith, Joseph
Riglesberger, Il. Hughes, Edward
Voolfolk and George Langstaff.
Treasurer Kraus reported on hand
September 1, ea7,9s5.7l, received
since IS, s96. 81. disbursed $16,osl.4l,
leaving balance on hand the first Of
this month of $17,950.S4.
Accounts amounting to 80, 493. 10
were allowed.
Health Officer Graves was allowed
the $3.50 extra for work done during
the smallpox last winter, all except
Councilman Hummel favoring it,
The amount collected at the city
scales from January to date was re.
ported to be $731.75.
An amendment was made to the or
dinance for extending the sewerage
ffern Ninth and Tennessee streets to
Norton by changing the time for the
completion to December 81, 1904, over
. year from now.
Second passage was given the ordi'
nance relative to closing an alley In
Mechanics burg for the benefit Of the
company, which is in turn to give the
city additional ground.
The ordinance for sidewalks on
Jefferson street from 14th to 18th
streets was held up because, it was
claimed, il could not be agreed or
what kind Of material to use.
Solicitor Worten took crack at the
mayor and other members of the coun
Gil who tried 80 hard by injunction II
force Paducah back into the SECOND
class, in O report relative to the Ga
company's charging meter rent. N
stated that the company had no RICH
to do so. and that he based his opinion
on his own knowledge Of law, and no
on the opinions of men in other place
who were paid for giving advice t
city officials of Paducah. The repor
was received and filed.
The ordinance was given first pass
age fixing the salary Of city treasure
at $500 a year.
Regular reports of ths fire CHIEF
sewer inspector, milk and meat inspec
tor and sexton of Oak Grove were rt
ceived.
i A protest from ]. Fl. Fritzius tha
he was enormously assessed on hors
and wagon and grocery stock was re
ferred.
A letter from the library trustee
demanding the $1,000 appropriated h.
this city for the fund, was read, an
owing to the fact that the feise
crowd, which has il IN for some OF tn
mem bers of the board, learned throug
the Sun several days ago that th
trustees would keep the building unit
they got the money, which was II
fused them nv CITY officials Monday