The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-07
A Long Meeting of the Council
Held Last Night.
Many Ordinances Passed aud Some
We're Deferred-Lights Every
Night Now.
ACTION TAKEN AT MEETING

The regular meeting of the council
manic board last night was the frs
held in three weeks and there wa.
quite an accumulation of business or
hani.
The question of retunding SEQ, o00
of the /. G. shop bonds due August l
at per cent instead of was referred
to the finance committee.
The appointment of W. r. Holland
deputy treasurer by Captain kraus
was ratified.
The matter of selling city gravel
pit on North Tenth street was referred
to the street committee. Prospective
purchasers desire to buy it and fill it
up.
The report that Judge James Camp
bell had placed a fence on city prop
erty at the Smith home on Broadway
between Twelfth and Thirteenth was
referred to the city engineer.
The petition for having the railroad
company set out cars for loading and
unloading on the river front track was
referred to the railroad committee.
The water company was requested
to extend its mains on Elizabeth street
from Third to Sixth and on Bridge
street to the tipple track crossing.
Appraisers Alonzo Elliott, for the
city, and ]. d. Bergman, for the
property owners, reported the values
of W. r. Jones lot on Powell street
near Ashcraft avenue at s27. so and
that of W. ]. McFall at $3.50.
1t was ordered that money paid by
the Pearce for wharf lease here be re-
funded, as other boats used the space
to the exclusion of the lessee.
No action was taken in the matter
of compromising the suit of Roberts &
90. Of New York against the city for
damages for alleged breach of con-
tract.
Six hundred dollars paid for two
fire horses at Chicago was allowed Mr..
A. y. Thompson.
The matter of granting the Carnegie
library trustees permission to have a
concrete pavement built to the build
ing from the street and pay for same
out of the general library fund was
referred to the street committee,
Treasurer Kraus' report showed on
hand SI92. SO June Il collections since,
s61, 222. 90; disbursements, Sic, 900. o.:
balance, siS, 524.67. Bills amounting
to S25, 907.75 and one of the News
Democrat for s266.7o were allowed.
The wharfmaster's report showed
collection of s44.50.
The auditor was instructed to re.
lease double assessment on the Fow-
ler-Wolfe building on Broadway if it
proved to be doubly assessed.
Marshal Crows report of $3.50. 35
received in fines and forfeitures col
lected by former Chief James Collins
was received ana filed.
An ordinance redistricting the city
as follows was given first passage,
Councilmen Hannan and BROOKS vot.
ing against it: First ward, all that
portion of town lying north of Trim
BILE street. Second ward, all that be.
tween Trimble and Jefferson; Third
ward, all that between Jefferson and
Adams; Fourth ward, all that be-
tween Adams and Norton; Fifth, all
that between Norton and Island creek
Sixth ward. all of Mechanicsburg.
The ordinance permitting the l. @.
to build across Washington street TO
Maiden alley with spur track was
given second passage, also the ordi-
nance giving the N, @. and ST. L.
right of way over Myers street with a
spur track; also the ordinance fixing
the salary of city jailer at $3.50 a
year; also that fixing the salary of
city solicitor at 81, 900 end city attor
neya s720 a year. The ordinance