The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-05
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SIX Thousand five hundred and ninety
three dollars and scventy-one cents
t&}U,5V5zD.
Be II farther ordained, that an annual
appropriation of two thousand five hun
dTtd and s1Nty-Onc dollars and fifty
eight cents (S2,5OI.5 So out Of the rcve-
nur tt tnl city aCCrung to the city from
tI'C '>h iH1iI> per annum tax levy, or
SO m'CN thereof as may be necessary.
! DC "i'u IS hereby set apart and apprO-
! lrI2ltu to the said Shreveport Water
i NHHh5 Company or it's assigns for the
! annual payment of the interest reckon
cd at ! per cent on the above estimated
cost Of said work; said appropriation
to begin from completion Of said work.
! BE it further ordained that the
$2,5oI.5S per annum be and is hereby
appropriated and to be placed on the
I budget tor the years 1903, 1904, 1905,
| 1000, 1907, 1903, 1909, 1910. 1911, 1912,
1913. I9I4, 1915, 1915 and 1917, and the
tax levy for these years this day passed
being hereby pledged, appropriated and
set apart to said company for the an
nual payment of said interest aforesaid.
Be it further ordained that a tax of
tour-tenths of one mill on the dollar on
all the taxable property in the city of
Shreveport be and is hereby levied for
the years 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 1907,
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 1912, 1913 1914.
1"'7, 1910 and 1917, same being part of
the ten mills levy each year authorized
to be levied, and the proceeds arising
from the said levy and collections be
and is hereby set apart and pledged to
the annual payment of interest due the
Shreveport Water Works Company for
the construction of the aforesaid lateral
sewers.
Passed through its first and second
readings by the following vote:
. Ayes: Busbey, Conger, Currie, Dick
son, Foster, Jenkins, Lowenthal. Ouig-
les. Rand. Snyder, Thosnan.s Tusten,
Nays None. - a q z%s=s7 z.s ~ M
Bv Mr.. Currie--
That the city attorney and city en- i.
gineer ascertain whether or not the al
le'' paving done by R. N. McKellar has
been legally accepted by the city.
Adopted.
Bv Mr.. Conger-
That the account of r. N. McKellar
be credited with bill of May ~, 1909,
for $e38.4o, for work on Central FIRE
station. Adopted
By Mr.. Snyder
That contract entered into in behalf
Of the city by the mayor of date March
~. 1903, with United States Govern
ment for care Of patients affected with
contagious diseases be arnroved.
Adopted.
Petition of J. E. Goodwin for light
corner Of Jones and Spring streets was
referred to the light committee
BY Mr.. Lowenthal-
shreveport, La, March 81, 1oo3.-To
the Mayor and City Council: We your
claim committee, to whom was referred
the claim of Epple & Hayes against the
city for $2,a3o.o6 beg leave to report
as follows:
That we are of the opinion that the
city is not indebted to the claimants and
therefore recommend that the account
be rejected, for the following reasons:
First-That the records of the city
show that final settlement for the
work on which the claim is based has
been made and accepted by Eople 4
Hayes.
Second-That Mr. Epple himself tes-
tilted before the committee that the
grade of Donovan street is other than
the grade adopted by the council.
Third-That the contractors changed
the grade and constructed the street
according to stakes furnished by the
then City Engineer Frank w. Kane,
knowing at the time that the grade was
not the one adopted by the council
council to change the grade of Dono-
van, by renlying NO.
Fourth-That Mr.. Epple acknowl-
edged the facts enumerated in the fore
going paragraph marked "third' when
asked by Ex-Mayor Ben Holman if
he (Epp1e) was authorized by the
During the examination Mr.. Epple
a cross-section sheet on
which he stated he based his claim Mr..
Epple acknowledged that he had Sc
mer City Engineer Kane after the lat
ter had lost his position with the city.
Mr.. c. B. Johnson, farmer chairman
Of the improvement committee, stated
that he had often heard Mr.. Epple say
to former City Engineer Kane that he
(Epple) thought Kane was figuring too
close. This, Mr.. Johnson stated, Mr..
Kane denied. Mr.. Johnson also stated
that he was of the opinion that the
Donovan street and streets contiguous
matter was settled by the acceptance by
Epple & Hayes of Mr. Kane's final es-
innate.
For these and other reasons we re
commend that the claim in question be
rejected. Respectfully,
PAUL LOWENTHAL,
Chairman.
A. CURRIE,
T. c. FOSTER,