The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
FOURTH
 OF JULY City Council Appoints * .~ Committees TO CELEBRATE DAY Discussion Over Simpsons AppIi. cation for a Railroad Fran.
 chise Goes Over.

The feature of the regular meeting of the city council on Monday evening was the passing of ordinances drawn up by the city attorney, and published elsewhere in this issue. The rules were suspended in each case and the ordinances adopted.
 The Fourth of July committee re- ported having organized Monday after noon, with Geo. L. Fish, president of the day, Dr. E. E. Hill secretary, and Geo B. Baldwin grand marshal. The committees appointed were:
 Parade committee-D. Gilchrist, L.. Vigelius, Jack Calvin, A. L. Valentine, Jas. Gaffney.
 Finance committee-F. w. Swanton, N. Degginger, J. J. Cole, c. G. Cow den, J. F. Gese.
 Committee on exercises-D. J. Hor- gan, F. Biggs, H. o. Butler, G. P Cog gin, Sam. Archer.
 Sports committee-B. OReilly, A. r.. Zipf, C. F.. Hoxsie, Josh R. Mcintyre Sam Asheim.
 Decoration committee---W. E. Good rich, F. E Daggett. F ;. Lang. H. C.. Wilkinson, Gus Setfert.
 It is the intention 10 have all business houses closed belwt the hours of a. ID. and p. III. The programs and arrangements will be announced later and participants in the various sports are requested to communicate with B.. O'Rielly.
 With the intention of sluicing the ground in the old city cemetery Messrs. Selling and Reine submitted an offer to remove and re-inter all bodies to a place designated by the city, the work to be finished Dec. 1st next. The mat ter was laid on the table.
 Fire Chief Chapman reported having inspected the buildings on the north side of Front street, from the North Star to B street.
 The railroad franchise of R. N. Simpson submitted at the last meeting of the council for it's approval, caused quite bit of discussion and action was deferred one week. A. J. Bruner, at- torney for MT. Simpson, addressed the council regarding the franchise, the object of the company and the privi- leges wanted. The mayor asked Mir. BrAner if the franchise provided any thing against using steam to operate the proposed road, or of selling the same if they so desired. Mir. Rruner said no. The mayor then said there would be nothing to prevent them from selling to the Wild Goose company, ard allowing them to run their steam trains through Front street. The cour- cilmen started amending the proposed franchise, and Mir. Bruner stated that they should make and present their changes in body. In patching piece by piece, he said. they might get it in such shape that nobody would want it.
 Hereafter te amsters will be compelled to use tight boxes only in hauling sand or gravel to prevent the scattering oi the same on the planked streets and running them.
 The plat staked by the health com mittee on Belmont point for cemetery purposes has, q number of claimants and the ground has been abandoned The trustees of the Anvil Masonic Cemetery association offered to donate the north half of their cemetery, whicf r is fenced in, to the city providing ,h' city gravel a 1G-foot road the entir' length from north to south, build fence through the center, and ditcl around the plot. and if the city erect a dead house, to grant them the priv ilege of using the same. This also va tabled enc week.
 The opening of the bids for building the Dry creek bridge was -postpone until the special meeting held Tues day at 4 D. m., as was also the drawin uplCs . set Of resolutions to be pre- sented to District Attorney Melvi Grigsby, commenting the work don by him in the interest of the city whil in Washington, D. C., last winter Tn city council voted $50 to the Grigsb banquet fund. e..
 The treasurer's report credited tn the general fund with $322.6S; salar fund s26SS. 62; fire fund s135.2 20; hospit' i fund $500; school $l353.3l; overdra # attorney fund $ll.5c.
 The city clerk has issued poll tax r ceipts amounting to s54S.0o for wor performed in lieu of poll tax, and s1( for licenses. -...