The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-12-05
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Brief Review of the Busi-
ness Transacted
|1WO IMPORTANT ORDINANCES
AMONG Other Business Before the City Coun-
dI Ordinances on Water Meters and
the Connections to the Water Mains Before
March lst, 1904, We're Considered.

The city council held it's regular
monthly meeting on last TUESDAY
night at which meeting the following
business was done:
The water main was ordered ex.
tended from Poplar to Walnut streets.
TIL bid of J. E. Branton for city
nrisoners being best submitted was
accepted.
The T. Isenberg Liquor Co.'S. petit
ton for liquor license was granted Oh
the condition that one more name be
attached on bond.
The liquor petition of H. Scott was
granted.
The liquor petition of s. Schwrat2
was granted.
The request of Sec. Gaboruy of the
Greenville Light & Gar Co., was re.
ferred to the city attorney.
The ordinance for water was re-
ferred to committee of Messrs Wor-
thsm, Wilczinski and Nelms.
The assessment of Carrero & Grego
was ordered reduced $500 and
that of Elmira Brown to $500,
In the matter Of fines and costs of
IS. 80 against q negro, it was ordered
that the same be remitted as the me-
gro WAS adjudged insane.
L. P. Sommers was granted a per-
nit to erect a corrugated iron build
ing.
The question of water rates was
brought before the council by the
city's engineer, submitting the re-
port given below:
BE 1T ORDAINED by the City
Council of Greenville that the fol-
lowing persons, firms and corpora
tions be, and are hereby, required to
install Worthintgon water meters Oh
or before April 1st, 1904, at their re-
spective places of business, towit:
Refuge OIL Co.. Paepcke-Leicht Lbr Co
Delta Oil Mill Peoples CompresstCo
Mississippi Cot Oil Co DeSota Oil Mill
G'vllle Ice & Coal Co A G Wineman & Sons
Delta Light Power & j H Leavenwofth
Mnig Co Greenville MIG Co
Handle Factory Southern Ry Co
Greenville Light & Car Wallis Foundry
Co VALLEY Steam Laundry
Greenvlle Laundry Cowan Hotel
Newman Hotel Delta Mfg Go
E H wray Jr. Bldg Palace Livery Stable
DIT Guyton & Co Newman's Stable
Eckstones Stable Montgomery 4 Stone
And all trc uk farmers now or here
after having connection with the
Greenville water works and all such
meters shall be located at such places
and in such manner as the city engi-
neer shall direct. And the following
schedule Of rates is hereby fixed for
the use of water wherever such me-
tiers are used, towit:
Where they shall be used, per month
from 1000 to 5000 gallons, the rate
shall be 40 cents per thousand gallons.
Where they shall be used, per month,
from 1000 to 30, 90 gallons, the rate
shall be 20 cents per thousand gallons.
Where they shall be used, per month,
from 20, 900 to so. 600 gallons, the rate
shall be Is cents per thousand gallons
Where they shall be used, per
month, from 90, 900 to 100, 900 gallons,
fho rak Il, L. D.. fhOnC-
and gallons.
Where they shall be used, per
month, over 100, 900 gallons, the rate
shall be .0S cents per thousand
! gallons.
And should any person, firm or
corporation required herein, or here
after required as hereinafter pro-
vided, fail or refuse to install such
meters, such person, firm or corpora
tion shall be deprived of the use OF
water connections with the Green
vile Water Works.
Whenever it comes to the knowl- !
edge of the mayor of the city OF
Greenville that there is any faGTant
misuse of water from said water
works by any person, firm or corpora
tion, ne shall have the right to cause
. meter to be installed, as herein be-
lore provided, and any person, firm or
corporation refusing, after being or
dered to install such meter, to so in
4 II such meter shall thereafter be
d rived of the use of water from
SAID water works.
That this ordinance be in eftect
from and after publication.
This was discussed by all members
present, and during the discussion It
was brought out that the scale as
published is as low. or lower, than
the graduated scales of any city ol
our siza That the meters cost from
fsO to $500. That the water works is
pw operating a loss, due largely TO
waste of water by large consum-
e The report was referred to a
committee composed of Wortham'
Nelms and wilczinski TO report at
lext meeting.