The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-03
THIRD STREET WAS
ADDED TO THE LIST
Ii Will Also be Paved---RepOrt
Adopted Last Night.
Tho CITY to Borrow Funds to Run
it. Not Exceeding $4,000
Ordinances.
BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL.


O'Clock after two hours session.
The finance committee was author
lied to borrow enough money to pay
the city running expenses. the sum
not to exceed sl2, 900.
The mayor and finance commit tee
were instructed to Immediately take
steps TO float the street, market house
and hospital bonds.
The action OF the upper board in au.
thorizing the board of public works to
name the streets to be paved with
brick, was ratified.
Contractor 4. O. Terrell asked the
board for an extension Of time TO July
on his contract for completing Third
FROM Broadway to Kentucky avenue.
Fifth from Broadway TO Jefferso and
Fourth from Broadway 20 jefferson.
The request was referred.
The matter of buying harness for
the Are department hor.es was re-
forred TO the fire committee.
A circular letter TO bankers and bond
firms was approved and ordered print
ed. IL gives information relative to
the bonds to bo floated and the extent
Of the city's Indebtedness at present
The street bonds are for OIL 900 each
and the market house and hospital
bonds for $500 each running thirty
years and drawing per cent interest.
The letter further states that the city's
present bonded Indebtedness is $685..
000 The city can legally bond itself
for 1 o per cent of its 5000, 900 prop.
erty valuation.
The compromise for 81 500 in the
Roberts case WAS ratified and the
money ordered paid.
Mr.. Ed Noble, OF the beard OF pub.
lie works, offered "a resolution to
compel uniform concrete sidewalks IN
the streets being paved by Contractor
Terrell and the matter was referred to
Solicitor Puryear.
Mr. Noble read the boards report
relative 10 the streets to be paved
They are Kentucky avenue fiom First
TO Seventh; jefferson from Second
tn Ninth; Broadway, Fifth TO Ninth
Seventh, Kentucky avenue TO Jeffer.
son; Sixth, Kentucky avenue to
jefferson; Ninth, Broadway to Jeffer-
son.
.Councllmen McCarty and Ingram
urged that Third street from Ken
lucky avenue to Broad street be in.
oluded, and the point carried. The re-
port OF the board, including streets 10
be paved was accepted with the add.
tion OF Third to Broad.
The treasurer's report showing bal
ance on hand April IS, sol. 90; col
lections since April I, s5,2s5. rs; ex-
penditures, sl2,67s.0I. leaving . bal
snce OF $500 oil in the treasury. The
report was received and filed.
Accounts against the city amounting
to IS, 465. "a were allowed.
An ordinance was presented and
passed which provided for fine Of sl0
per day to proprietors who DO not have
repaired and keep them so.
First passage was given an ordinance
for fine Of $40 for all per-
sons permitting trash or dirt to drop
from their wagons on thu street.
An ordinance providing for fine of
81 10 to all persons sweeping trash from
the pavements or store into the streets
or alleys.
First passage was given en- ordi-
nance providing fine of $40 against
persons stopping cutters in any way
so as to prevent free flow of water.
Tho ordinance providing for the re-
funding of eco, 600 railroad shop bonds
at l-2 twenty year bonds, was given
first passage.
The bill from ]. V. Greif for work
on fire department apparatus. amount
Ing to t35, was referred.
Milk and Meat Inspector ]. b. Gar.
Der filed report showing that the
house and slaughter houses
a re now in good condition. The re.
port recommended that before market
opened every morning the streets lead.
ing to the market house be we'll
sprinkled with the street sprinkler.
The hospital committee reported
that Architect Brainerd had been en-