Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-11

enforce compliance by the company.
y majority petition from property
owners Oh tanrel street, from sixth
10 Eighth avenues. which was recent
formed g. Improvement district
No. h. iar the purposes Of paving.
Wis presented and ordered fIed a
resolution was passed naming ! b
Trulock, =Br. W. 4. Orto and NJ G
Cross as The board of Improvement
commissioners fer tne distriet.
A petition from Mrs Rebecea NJ
sorrells in regard to removing OBJ
st2uctieas on Fourteenth avenue was
iead and $40 ordered allowed when
ebstTuetions arc moved.
y report f.om Cllier PETERSON on
tie Ijsat service was, OF motion. re-
felred to tie water and light com
mittee.
A petition from property owners
creating Improvement district No. 13
WAS read and granted. An ordinance
fotlawea creating the district. The
district includes the block on MAN
street between Fifth and Sixth ave
nuas and extending east on SiNth TO
Ohio street. It was read three times
md adopted.
Al e14ssii1.a..,#e e regulating the erection
and maintenance Of bi!lhoards was
read three times aud adopted. It pro
1ides that hereafter all billboards
shall be placed not less than fifteen
feet from the property line along the
streets and shall not be higher than
eight feet from their base. The base
shall be at least two feet from the
ground with supports necessary to
maintain same in position.
The commissioners of paving dis
trict No. 10 appeared before the coun-
ell, Alex Perdue addressing the coun-
ell. stating that their contractor Mr.
Ward, was now ready to go to work
on Sixth avenue. They had under
stood that the Citizens Light and
Transit company was to furnish girder
rails. but so far they had been unable
to get any satisfaction from the com
pany, except that they were unable to
provide the rail- He desired to make
their report to the council and re
quest Instructions The girder rail
matter was thoroughly gone over and
while the sentiment of the council was
to at once proceed against the char
ter of the company, it was decided that
1t would be best to defer the matter
A motion was made by Alderman
Nichol that the matter be referred
to the city attorney and committee on
public works to report at the next
meeting by proper resolution.
Alderman Boyce moveu that the
board of public affairs be directed to
have estimates made at once for a
culvert across the rayine on East
Sixth avenue and to proceed at once
with the work. 'fhe motion passed.
Alderman Boyce moved that IS a
month be allowed in payment OF the
rental of City Engineer Shelby's OF
fee. The motion carried.
Alderman Boyce made some warm
remarks about the support being
given City Treasurer Robinson in col
lecting some of the legitimate reve
nues of the city. He stated that men
were arrested for failing to pay II
censes and that upon being brought
before the police Judge they were no
fined upon the payment of the licenses
for the non-payment of which they
were arrested, and that at other times
fines were assessed, but later RENTED
He thought that was not justice ant
only afforded persons license for post
! poning their settlements. To cover
the case he offered motion that the
police committee investigate the mat
ter and to report back, which carried