The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-19
REGULAR MEETING
OF COUNCILMEN
Contract of the South Side Sta
ton Ratified.
eani&ary Inspectors to be Appointed
By the Health
M Officer.
NY MATTERS CONSIDERED
NY MATTERS CONSIDERED

mArsh absent.
Mayor Yeiser reported the institu-
tion Of suit to settle the estate OF
che late city attorney, Jesse M. Gil
bert, in which the city will be in
volved and the matter was referred 20
the city solicitor.
The bids for building the 10th and
Jones street fire station were opened
and the contract awarded to the lowest
bidder. It went to Messrs. AGREE and
Nieman who will do the work for
90. 642. Their bondmen, ". b. weaks
and Hank Bros. were accepted.
The matter Of refundinR Ferguson
& Palmer, the sswmill operators, s25
paid a. license was referred. They
wanted their license refunded because
Judge Sanders, Of the police court,
recently decided that man ufacturers
under the ordinance, do lot have to
pay . license.
The request Of the First Baptist
church to pay for street improve
ments on the 10 year plan, as provid-
cd BY law, was referred. There is
provisional clause when makes it pos
sible for property owners to pay their
portion of the Improvement costs
within ten years.
Mayor Yeiser reported that the
Lawrence. the destroyer, would pass
Paducah, but no official action was
taken.
I Mayor yeiser recommended that
the sanitary inspectors be appointed
at onoe,as the spring is about on us
and the city becoming unhealthy.
After some debating. the matter was
left TO Health oftioer Graves to ap.
point one inspector from the north,
and one from the south, side.
Mayor Yeissr reported that one firm.
o. H. White & Co., Of New York,
had offered to refund the e25, 900 rail.
road shop bones for Ia per cent for
80 years but this was turned down, as
IL required an additional ten years
taoksd on, but later the firm agreed
TO refund the bonds ct the same rate
for 20 year bonds. The bonds have
been drawing per cent and will save
the city about 1900. No sction.
Bills against the city amounting to
several thousand dollars were allowed.
The 1890 closing ordinance, com
polling the saloons to close at that
hour. was given second passage.
The ordinance fixing the salary Of
the health officer as $500 per annum
was given Anal passage.
Councilman ellison reported the i'm.
provements to the Offices Of City
weighsr Kesselton and City Assessor
Dick progressing, but not yet finished.
The coffee house license Of A. Den
ker, Jr., was transferred from West
Harrison to North 18th street.
Frank wsggoner presented petit
tion for coffee house license on Bridge
street in Mechaniesburg and q protest
was fled to the application. The H.
cense was granted. Councilmen In
gram, Taylor, Riglesberger and Wat.
son voting nay.
The prayer Of James Gray Of over
Assessments was referred to the city
solicitor.
Several deeds to lots in Oak Grove
cemetery were ratified.
The matter of placing . street light
ut the end OF Bridge street in Mechan-
icsburg was referred until superin.
tendent Keebler, Of the city electric
light plant, can make out a report of
the capacity of the plant.
The committee appointed to select
. site and employ an architect to draw
plsns for the new city hospital, re
ported that site had been selected
but did not know whether il had been
empowered to make the contract
After going over the minutes Of pre-
vious meeting,it was learned the COM
mittee was to make the contract and
report to the board for ratification.
The committee win proceed In max
ing the contract snd report back at
the next meeting.
The matter Of putting in water
mains on Clements street was referred
TO the board Of public works.
The matter Of putting in . public
water trough at Tennessee and 18th
Attracts was referred tn the -hoard NJ