The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-11
GUT GAS lighting BILL
Council Declines to Pay in Full
for October and Novembee.
CLOUDY NIGHTS WERE DARK.
Company Promises to Light All but
One Lamp in the Future and are
to be Given Another Months Trial.
Settle for Labor on the Ditch.
Iron Friday's Daily j


sion Thursday night with the mayor
and all of the councilmen present, ex-
cept Spellman and Zuelow.
The special committee on street
lighting reported and recommended
that the bills of the Norfolk Fuel and
Light company for October and No
vember be reduced to a fair amount
for the service rendered and that the
company be given the month of De
celpber ago a Further trial and if the
serEice PRtR doSS not fulfil the re-
qdh'emshpBa'6 Of the contract as to quail
ity of fight ana time of service, that
then the contract be terminated.
The report of the committee was
accepted and filed.
The street and alley committee re-
ported that all claims for labor on the
Park avenue ditch had been settled
in full and that a balance of 50 re-
mained of the $351.O5, and the same
had been turned over to the treas
urer. They also reported that they
had sold twenty-five loads of dirt, but
away The report was referred to the
auditing committee.
The public works committee report
ed that nothing had yet been done
on the arches to the boilers and rec
commended that new doors be put in,
which matter was left to the discre-
ton of the committee. The commit
tee was likewise authorized to pur-
chase a car of coal at the best rates
obtainable.
The treasurer's report for Novem-
ber was read and referred to the aud
iting committee, the following bal
ances being shown: General fund
$1,00S11; interest fund, $2,015.S3;
water fund, $495.S9; road fund
$14956; sinking fund, $2,527; insur.
ance company taxes, $210; street
light fund. $21455.
The report of the street commits
sioner for the month of November
was read and referred to the audit
ing committee.
The following bills were read and
auditing committee:
Martin Kane, salary and ex-
pense ................. ia 2t
c. H. Pilger salary and killing
two dogs ........'......... 81 VI
w. H. Livingstone, salary :. 90 OF
DIR. Bear, two months salary. 20 OF
M. d. Tyler, three months sal
ary Observation-Disclosures II 5'
A. H. Kiesau, six months sal
ary ................. 20 w
G. w. Wilkinson, three months
salary Observation-Disclosures. ~ 81
The Chicago Lumber Co, lum-
Der for sidewalks and cross
ings NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1876 Q
The Chicago Lumber Co, lum-
Der for sidewalks and cross
lngS .................. 81 O
L. C. Mittelstadt, lumber for
sidewalks and crossings. 81 /
L. Bruce, cleaning and drying
hose after fire ........ O.
w. P. Dixon, special police. IA 0
Albert Degner, hardware ... 5 2
Norfolk Electric Light and
Power Co. ............... 5
Salter Coal & Grain Co.. coal
for city building ........, - 4
Nebraska Telephone Co., tele-
phone rent for November.
H. H. Miller, salary and labor 46
w. F. Donner, labor on the
streets Observation-Disclosures. 3
c. H. Weeks, labor on the
streets OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 e
A. B. Burnett, labor on the
streets ................. 3
John Boeck, labor on the
streets .................... 13 Q
John Friday, hardware .....
b. C. Walter, filing saws and
sharpening tools .......
August Graul, salary ......... 90 c
Richard Tews, assigned to H.
A. Pasewalk, hauling COAL. &C
National Meter Co., ten water
meters .................... 124
VIM. Brummund, grading First
street ....... ................ "a
Norfolk4 Electric Light and
Power Co..-ughting pump
ing r-Statian--.-..,-a.... 3
c. L. Laubsch, smoke stack for
chimney on fireman's dwell
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
c. E. Doughty, repairing me-
ters NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2
Norfolk Electric Light & Pow
er Co., street lighting. ...... 60
The bills of the Norfolk Fuel al
Light company for street lighting f
October and November were tak'
up, the auditing committee recol
mending that on account of the ligh
not being lighted on cloudy night
the October bill be reduced $40.
and the November bill be reduce
$40, and also called attention to Il
fact that there has been a great de
of complaint about the quality of G
lights and that thaV had not bppn