The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-16
Only Eight Members Were Pres
ent Last Night.
jefferson Street Improvement Ordi-
nance Is Still Hanging
OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED

oil meeting.
The resignation Of supt. Harry Wal.
lace of the city light plant was read
and accepted. He stated that he had
never Intentionally neglected his
duties and that his failing health
made it impossible for him to longer
perform the duties.
A proposition from George Bern
hard offering to the city strips of
property for opening Fountain avenue
at $40 and IS foot respectively was
referred.
The mayor reported that the public
improvement committee had found
Mr.. A. Franke's bid for the heating,
etc., at the city hall the lowest, Si,-
$50. O3, and awarded him the contract,
which action was ratified.
The matter of building plank walks
for pedestrians on West Broadway
uthT Ounthlu eNcuuc was fcAohitds
One thousand dollars was ordered
taken from the assessment Of Mr.. John
L. Powell, whose property was raised
from $4,000 to $1,000 erroneously
when it was copied from one book
into the other.
Regular bills were allowed.
The amendment to the license tax
ordinance was referred to be re-
drawn. There were only six out of
the eight votes for it, not 3 majority.
according to the president.
First passage was given an ordi-
nance authorizing the I. O. to build a
spur track across Washington street
between First and Second.
First passage was given the ordi-
nance permitting the N, O. and st.
L. to run q spur track across Myers
street, Merchandising.
Second passage was given the ordi.
nance to grade and gravel Hays avenue
from Yeiser to sowell avenue,
The ordinance fixing the city jailer's
salary at 81, 600 year was amended
to 81, $40, as the first ordinance gave
him the house next the city hall free,
while the new one does not compel
him to live there. The house may be
torn down next year for an additional
fire department.
The ordinance fixing the salary of
city solicitor at 1000 was given Sec
Cpd passage,
Other salary ordinances considered
were those fixing the salary Of the city
attorney and the city treasurer, the
former at $500 and the latter at ST.
500. They were both referred to a
committee.
The water company reported the
following extensions: On Jones from
Eighth to Tenth streets; Harrison from
Fountain avenue to Nineteenth street ;
Madison from Fountain avenue to
Eighteenth street; Third from Madi-
son to Harrison; Fountain avenue
from Monroe to Trimble.
The smoke consumer authorized to
De placed on the city light plant was
reported failure and is being token
of.
Erroneous assessments against Geo.
Yopp and W. ID. Scott were set aside.
Second passage was given the ordi-
nance exempting from taxation the
Mergenthaler basket factory.
No action was taken in the pro-
posed extension of Jefferson street
from Fountain avenue to Twenty
sixth street except to instruct the city
solicitor to investigate the title to
property it is claimed the city does
not own for right of way, and If he
finds the city does not own il to have
condemnation proceedings begun at
once.
The map made by former Assistant
Engineer W. W. Lyon for facilitating
assessments was ordered turned over
to City Engineer Washington to be
checked before Mr.. Lyon is paid the
balance due him.
Profile for proposed improvement OF
Tenth street south of Husbands was
received and filed.
The city engineer was instructed to
draw profles for extending the saDi
tary sewerage so as to include terri
tory between Fountain avenue, Trim.
BILE street and Broadway. and to begin
the work this year il possible.