Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-08-27
HITCH1He YARD BOUGHT
City Makes First Payment on BoD,,..
and Trimble Half Block for Eitss'
ing Purposes Council Proceed.
ings.

City Council met in regular s,u,
monthly session Monday night, win
all Of the members present. wa
Under a suspension OF the rpls.
invitation was extended to clti,..l
present to address the council.
George Robertson spoke reps,a,.
the hitching rack problem. he sts.'s
that the beauty Of the city demansss
that adequate quarters be furniss.s
for farmers to hitch their teams \.
said that the city should take adv,.s
age Of the opportunity before thss
and purchase the Houston and TIL
BILE lot for such a place. He sts,ss
that this was the only available nl,s
In the city suitable for this puruos
W. II. KEENAN, also expressed him
self In favor Of the Improvement. si,,
ing that after we had spent 50 ma. |
thousand dollars In beautifyinp m,
court house square we could not sa0S
to spoil it now, land, in addition +.
said, 1--WE offer the farmers a u,os
better place In which to hitch.a,
w. w. Harper stated that, a. y.
had taken away the farmers hitcbIos
places it was the citY's place to m.
vide another. He favored buying n.
lots mentioned.
Alex Carter, a farmer, rose ana
stated that he voiced the sentImeu,
Of the farmer element in saying tbsi
he was interested in the welfare 4 |
Mexico. That he had made it bis bns |
mess to get the feeling OF the farmer
In regard to moving the hitching raeh
and felt safe in saying that 10 outa |
20 favored the city providing a ID
rather than placing the racks baa
where they were.
j.. A. Potts spoken favor Of the un
posed plan and said that the farnss
favored it.
W. H. French also spoke in favas
the movement. he said that it wous I
be a shame to put the racks bah
laround the square, also that the hall
block proposed for hitching purpsa
was we'll worth the money.
A. d. Bledsoe said the farmers tat
ored the change.
Mr.. Abbay Of the committee u
pointed to secure an option on b
Houston and Trimble lots, reprta
that they had the option for s4,0Mh
hold good until Tuesday, Aug, q, i
10 O'Clock q. m.
Mr.. Bucknes moved that the man
sign a warrant to make a paymentd
Is5O0 on the lot. This motion Card
by a vote Of 6 to 2, Messrs. Pratt u,
Ragsdale voting no. This settles ID
hitching yard question and the pt
ment was made Tuesday morning.
A protest against paving a pOrta
Iof Jefferson street was introduce
The paving ordered Is on Jeferf
street from the north line OF Promo
ade street TO the south line Of the w
bash right-of-way and the protest
. against paving one block betweenu b
erty street and the O. s. A. rightd
way, being signed by j. G. Laksusl
0 administrator OF estate Of Rufus III
ey and John w. Fox.
2 The city attorney gave 1t as b
opinion that this was not a legal y
monstrance, a protest must be tG 4
the district ordered.
al The street commissioners report
was read and ordered Of record and
the committee appointed ~ fndi
place for a dog pound was gii'n mon
time.
I'll In the matter Of the applicsad
& George Kabrich for a comps
It sidewalk grade an order was maalz
a the regular grade to be given.
Ill A large number Of walks wert .
l. dered condemned and new walks I'D
l. among them being n side Of east ha
t Of lot 20, survey 46; n side oflot Y
Survey 40; n side Of lot /, Rose SOUR
S s side Of lot 10, survey 40; e side d.
l. /, block l, Hughes addition; S side Z
e lot /, block 4, County addition; Esa
a Of lots 8, 6, and I, block 5, Clark's .
e dition; north side Of WIS. Hathaway
property in Central street; Ffsil
q Coatsworth on s side OF Andefsa
Mrs. Lupton n side Of East MOnfx
J. M. Pollard n side Of East MonrOs
y A resolution to pave the westH
feet of the Ringo block alley was ps
ed and ordered published.
Mr.. Powell proposed that the stfA
and alley committee consider the nav
Z ter OF establishing trash cans On ~
streets and report at the adjOufna
meeting to be held Thursday night
u A resolution introduced BE- u
cleveland, authorizing the counds
men from each ward to hire men =
4 cut weeds in the streets was sdOPe
! ed.