The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-21
NEW MARKET HOUSE
ORDERED BUILT
Council Does Not Concur in AL
dermanic Action.
Third Street Reconstruction Or.
dered By the Board Last
Night.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED

ular meeting last night, ordered that
the new market house be built this
year. that Third street be reconstruct
ed this year, ana PASSED the ordinance
providing for the removal Of poles
from all streets heresfter reconstruct
cd. The wires may be either placed
underground or run through the al
leys. street car wires not affected.
Councilman Riglesberger was the
only member absent.
Contractor John Lane was allowed
ti.2as for building the oulvert on
Jefferson street Just beyond Fountain
avenue.
A portion of the officials expense,
incurred in the recent trip to ST.
Louis TO inspect street work, was al
lowed.
An allowance OF si3 900 was made
for street work and bond interest.
Mayor Yeiser fled . report to the
effect that notice had been served on
hi for several more damage suits
filed against the city by persons
worked on the chain gang.
Solicitor Puryear was ordered to in
vestigate the matter Of second class
cities renting srmories Cor the
militia companies. Mayor Yeiser be-
lieving that under second class char.
tiers the city does not have to rent an
srmory.
The appointment of Colonel James
Ezell as back poll tax collector was
ratified.
The compromise for less than $500
with the Western Union Telegraph
TO- made by Attorney Campbell
Flournoy was not ratified by the
board. He agreed to collect the tax
for so per cent aud IL WAS found the
company owed t745.
specimen Of the bonds to be is
sued for street. hospital and market
house was presented by the Western
German hank OF Cincinnati, with q re-
quest that this bond be adopted by
ordinance. An ordinance was later
brought in adopting this boud.
First passage was given an ordi.
nance providing for lights on auto
mobiles st night, . whistle or bell
which must be rung at every street
crossing and that automobiles shall
not be run at greater speed than
eight miles an hour in the city limits.
First passage WAS given the ordi-
nance providing for an automatic gate
for the N. @. and ~. L. at nth and
Norton instead Of lath and Norton
streets.
The application to open Baohmsn'
street was referred to the board Of
public works.
Tho saloon license of o. K. Ulsck-
nell ct Ninth sndIwashington street,
was transferred to Reynolds and Rey-
polds.
Il was ordered that the board Of
public works have . dry we'll built ct
the Home Of the Friendless into
which the refuse water Of that insti.
tuition shall be drained. AZ present
the water 10 drained into the gutter
in front of the house. The we'll shall
be kept clean at the city's expense.
The board of public works was or
dered to enlarge or build new drain
age culver at the Banner AL IL neces-
ssry. The residents threaten TO sue
tho city because OF the present oul-
vert being too small TO lee the rain
water out. 1t is estimated the cul.
vert will cost about 1000.
The board of public works was or
dered to bling in measure compell-
ing the removal Of all telegraph or
telephone poles on streets hereafter
reconstructed into alleywsys or to
bury the wires, the street car com
pany poles being excepted. The car
company is excepted because 1t would
cost $1,000 to bury their wires.
The council failed to place the mat
ter of buying new IRE horses into the
hands of the FIRE commissioners, vot-
ing that this matter be preferred to
the are committee. tNt
The council ordered the board Of
public works to Immediately secure
plans and specifications for the new
market house and to begin building IL
this year. The AIisrmanic board
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