The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
ALI. KINDS or CITY AFFAIRS TAX,
ZEN UP LAST NIGHT.
LIGHT ON PROSPECT AVENUE
Gas Ordered Placed mt the Corner of
Tenth and Prospect A Batch OF
sidewalks Condemned and Ordered
Rebuilt within Thirty Days.

The city council met In regular ses-
sion last evening. Present Council
men Halverstine, Kiesau, Pasewalk.
Parish, Spellman. Absent Cow. Will
knson.
In the absence of the mayor, Presi-
dent of the Council Pasewalk called
the meeting TO order and presided.
The matter OF a street light on Pros
pect avenue was taken up and dis
cussed. and motion carried that a
gas light he placed and maintained at
the corner of Tenth street and Pros
pect avenue.
The report OF Water Commissioners
simpson for the period commencing
May / and ending September 1, was
read as having been examined and
found correct by the auditing commit
tee, and on motion was ordered placed
on nle.
The bond of II. l.. Spaulding as wa
| ter commissioner was accepted and
approved.
The request of II. l., Spauldng that
| he he allowed u part of the city clerks
| office for use as water commissioners
| office, was granted
The petition of NJ. L. ogden for cer-
tain sidewalks was read and referred
to the street and alley committee.
The demand of Samuel Hoyt that the
city establish and maintain fence
along the city dumping ground, was
laid on the table.
The city attorney reported as to the
claims of the Norfolk Sanitarium and
Drs, Salter \ Salter, that 1t is the duty
of the county to pay all such claims
and Is not the duty OF the city nor
could the city legally pay such claims.
and recommended the rejection OF the
bills. Upon motion the bills were re-
jected
The city attorney reported that him
self and Mayor Hazen had compiled
the ordinances and prepared plan
for printing of the same and explained
the matter In detail, and stated that
II was estimated that the cost would
be about 5000.
Ordinance No. 277, being an ordi.
nance providing for the revision. com.
pilation and publishing of the ordi-
nances of the city was read for the
first time, and under the rules passec
over until the next meeting.
The following resolution was read
adopted and passed
| Resolved, That the sidewalks alonl
the east end of lots l. ., 3. 4, 5, blocl
I, of Koenigstein's Second addition I,
Norfolk, also along the north side o
lot &, Burrows addition, and alonl
the east side of lots |, 2, 4, 5, 6, !
block 6, and lots s. 7, block |, of Dor
sey Place addition, and along the cas-
side of lot l6, block /, Mathewsoni
addition, and along the south side o
the east one-half of lot lS, block 4
Original town, be condemned and tina
the owners thereof he required t,
build new walks in their place within
thirty days according to the provision
of ordinance No. 275.
The matter of grading some OF tn
streets was discussed and referred T.
the street and alley committee,
The public works committee report
ed that the Union Pacific water mete
had been received and would be pu
in at once. Also that the fireman
l dwelling at the pumping station wa
e badly in need of repairs to the plas
g tering. The matter of the dwellin
was referred to the public works com
n mittee with power to act.