The Caucasian., 1903-01-21

| and read as follows:
Shreveport, La, Jan. II Ioo3.-Tc
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Gentlemen: will undertake to dc
plumbing as advertised in ,he eau
caSian dated December 81, 1902, for
the sum of thirty dollars $500 ner
month Enclosed find certified check for
SIS. Yours truly,
RI. PORTER.
Shreveport, La. Jan. Io.-Mayor
and City Council: Gentlemen-I here
by agree to keep all city plumbing in
repair as per specihca ions for the sum
of fifty dollars (S5o) per month Re
spectfully submitted.
ROBERT H. GILL.
Shreveport La. Jan. ID, Ioo3-City
Of Shreveport hereby agree to do all
repair work, as DER advertised specifca-
tions. for the SUM of fifty dollars ($5o)
per month. payable monthly Enclosed
find certified check for SIS.
H. DILLENRERGER. JR.
The bid of R. J. Porter being the
lowest was accepted.
By Mr. Conger-
That the mayor appoint committee
to supervise and have charge of clean
ing sweeping and sprinklino of streets.
Adopted
Councilmen Conger. Busbev and
Rand were named by mayor as COM
mittee
! Mayor Queries asked that the build
mo and ground committee confer with
parish school board looking to purchase
of school board property on corner of
Cane and .Revnolds streets on which to
erect stables and city lookup. Commit
tee authorized to confer and report back
| to council
By Mr.. Ledbetter-
That ordinance introduced December
IS, 1902, requiring safety gates at rail-
road crossings be adopted.
AS amended the ordinance was
adopted.
Bv Mr.. Jenkins
To the Mayor and Councimen of the
City of Shreveport: We respectfully
| ask the lease for a term of Is years of
piece of the batture property 80 feet
fronting on Cotton Belt railroad track
| by $50 feet deep. his property is at the
loot OF Texas street opposite Manning
stable beginning at "oint that does
| not Ill any way interfere with roadway
| down to batture
| CRAWFORD, JENKINS & BOOTH.
Referred to building and grounds
| committee
BY Mr.. Rand
To the Honorable City Council of the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. ::
We the undersigned members of the
Era Civic Association do hereby petit
ton your honorable body to pass an
ordinance requiring all property owners
or the agents of nonresident property
owners to have planted within a reason
able time Cor such time as the honor
able council may see fit to hx) shade
trees on all streets which are On grade,
Or on sidewalks which will be brought
to grade, and furthermore that the
snace which has been Cor will be left)
beyond the intended or laid sidewalk
of bricks or concrete shall be immedi
ately sodded or planted in grass or
grass seed
The Era Civic Association further
prays the honorable city council that as
a means of enlisting and attracting the
interest OF the general public in the
civic improvement of Shreveport along
all lines that the city fathers shall select
and designate one day and declare it to
be civic day. which shall be a semi
holiday and which shall be celebrated in
Shreveport as such, and furthermore
that on this day every citizen of
Shreveport shall be urged to do some
thing for the Improvement or to con-
tribute their quota towards the advance
ment of Shreveport as a cit. beautiful
Signed by Mrs. L. c. Allen, Mrs. E.
H. Randolnh. Mrs. N. c. Blanchard,
Mrs. H. H. Yonree. Mrs. A. Currie,
Mrs. John enkins. Mrs. T. H. Scovell.
Mrs. James Jeffries, Mrs ]. w. Soady,
Mrs. j. R. Land, secretary of the asso-
citation. COMPOSING the civic committee
of Era Civic Association.
An ordinance by Mr. Lowenthal
naming Februar- a2 in each year as
civic day and providing for planting
shade trees on sidewalks from Novem-
Der / to April l.
Be it resolved by the city council of
the city of Shreveport, in legal assem-
bly, convened, that February 22 in each
year is hereby ordained as the civic. day
of the city of Shreveport.
Be it tafurther resolved that all prop
erty owners whose property is on grade
shall plant shade trees in the space be-
tween the curb of the street and the
concrete or brick snace Of the laid side
walk. That said trees shall be planted
not later than April l, and that in de-
fault of said planting on or before the
Ist day of April next the street COM
missioner shall be authorized to plant
the same and that eilarpe of fifty certs
per tree be collected from the owners Of
the adjacent property
Bv Mr.. Jenkins
To the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bers of the City Council: Gentlemen
The undersigned citizens and property
owners on Oakland and Hicks streets
most respectfully petition your honor
able body to have main placed on
Oakland and Hicks streets to connect
the mains now on Hope and Christian
streets. This would be a straight run
of something over twelve hundred feet
only and would suoplv many with water
who are now unable to procure same.
Signed by J. w Bell Louise$S. Rev, |
Mrs. Curtis Scovell, R. A. Gray, Mrs. |