The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-09
NEW MEASURES PASS
The Name of Court Street VIII
Probably he Changed.
Second Passage Given to Number of
Important Ordinances BY the
Council Board.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF BODY

The council met in adjourned SEES
sion last night with all members pres
emit except Councilman Neihaus. Tn
minutes Of the last regular and callet
meetings were read ana adopted.
Councilman Fowler, chairman o
the finance committee, read the com
mittee report showing balance Jul,
81 Of S37.i7S.97 with total collec
tion last month Of 81, 39S.01 making I
total of $i1,576.9s and disbursements
amounting to lS,59G.27, leaving q
balance the last of August of S27,-
9S5.71. Report received and fled.
The finance committee report show
ing bills to the amount OF 50, 1901
was read and the accounts allowed
A bill from DR.. Warner, a veterinary
surgeon for sG6.SO for care for city
horses sixty days, was referred.
DR., Graves, the health officer, placed
a bill for $3.50 for extra services in the
smallpox epidemic which was referred
for investigation.
The report of City Marshal Crow
was received and filed. 1t shows
total of 81 ,O0l70 collected in the last
quarter, si24.4O being included in
fees to the city attorney, Jesse Gil
bert.
The following ordinances were given
second passage:
Ordinance to extend sewerage on
South Ninth street; ordinance provid-
ing for laying gas sand water pipes on
the streets to be improved, before i'm
proyements begin; ordinances provid-
ing for vote on issuing $50, 900 bonds
TO improve street, $4,000 to build a
new city hospital and $4,000 for
new market house; ordinance 10 i'm
prove jefferson street; ordinance to
improve Clark street north Of Tenth
street; ordinsnce to improve an alley
between 18th and 18th Ohio and
jackson streets; ordinance distribut-
ing the license collected, into the
proper funds.
The ordinance changing the name
of Court street to Kentucky avenue
was given first reading, Councilmen
Greif. Hummel and johnson voting IN
the negative. There was much argu-
ment, Councilman Hummel stating
that several merchants had invested
heavily in identifying themselves and
business on Court street and Council.
man Grief holding back because he
was born and raised on Court street
near Sixth, and did not want to go
back on his native thoroughfare.
First passage was given the ordi-
nance imposing q $50 license on per-
sons coming to Paducah to close out
fire stock or damaged stock with the
intention of remaining here tempo
rarily. This ordinance has been de-
feated in previous meeting but action
was reconsidered in the reading of the
minutes of the preceding meetings.
The resolution to surrender Yeiser
park to the county was adopted, the
city attorney stating that the city was
not bound by any legal contract to
hold the park and improve same.
The reports OF Fire Chief Woods
Milk and Meat Inspector Dudley nnt
Sewerage Inspector Rasor were filed
A new suction pipe was ordered fol
the fire engine, which is likely to b.
; brought in use daily while the Ultra
ton plant is being installed IN the cit,
water works plant.
Ferguson and Palmer Mills Co. wa
granted permission to put in an auxil
) larry fire alarm box in their mill an
to use city poles in stringing tn
wires.
: Several deeds to lots in Oak Grow
; were ratified.
= The report of Sexton Porteous wa
filed
The request from Fred Roman t
run a lunch wagon AT Second ant
Court streets for six months withou
q license was refused.
> The report OF the committee on tn
' inspection of work done on Madiso
street from Fountain avenue to lot
;. street was read and the work accepted
The improvements to Mad son stres
from Fountain avenue to Bradshaw
y line were reported finished and I'll
g work W, received.
: The liquor license of Dye & perkir