Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1904-05-13
MAYOR ttt4tt-hK t-iI'S s FIRST
Message to the Council. Organized fol
the Year. Officers and Commits
tees Appointed.

Message to the Council. Organized for
the Year. Officers and Commits
tees Appointed.
The city council met and organized
last Monday evening, when Mayor
Clark presented his inaugural message
and appointed committees and officers
for the ensuing year. His message fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of the Council: believe
that under favorable conditions Hot
Springs will in five years have popu-
lation of at least 5000; and these favor
able conditions, in my opinion, would
mean reorganization or rearrange-
ment of our financial system, the re-
funding of our floating Indebtedness
and putting the city on an absolutely
cash basis, if such u thing is possible,
and believe it is. am informed that
the county of Fall River has SO arranged
its income and expenditures that it is
paying cash for every article purchased
for the county, and every obligation
AOO S0RSSAelAlJ 1CSlu41Cu w OO ptblo OoO
of the general fund, and that it is
saving from 75 to 100 per cent ON such
expenditures; and especially ask that
the finance committee look into this
matter very thoroughly, promising
them all the aid in my power, and
also have been assured by States At
torney Gull that he would aid us in
any way he could in explaining the
system of Fall River county.
Another favorable condition would
mean the renoyating and cleaning up
of. not only the streets and alleys of
the town. but the premises of private
individuals, as we'll as the bed of Fall
River, not only through the town. but
quite distance above the town, to pre-
vent every kind of refuse matter from
being dumped in any place where it
might drain into the river. There are
number OF private sewers emptying
into Fall River, and while realize that
the creek cannot be kept as clean as it
could ii we had sewer system, still L
think the outlet OF all these sewers
ought at least to be carried into the
middle OF the stream SO that they would
empty under the water. The discharge
would then probably be carried off in
the rapid flow OF water without the
disagreeable odors that can be detected
at almost any place in town along the
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with the Water, Light Il Power Co. to
open their gate near the court house
and allow the entire flow of the creek
to pass through the town, if only for q
couple of hours a day once or twice Il
week, this would aid largely in keeping
the channel of the creek clean: and
think il the matter was taken up witt
the superintendent this arrangement
conld be made.
The question of sewer system must
be met within a short time, and, regard
less of the expense OF such a system
the sooner it is met and solved the bet
ter it will be for every citizen of the
town; and | think we are all ready tl
share our portions of the burden of tn.
cost.
believe scavenger ordinance ought
to be passed. prohibiting the dumptins
of any refuse matter of any sort any
place on the streets or any private
premises in the town; and that peopl.
should be compelled to provide them
selves with some kind of receptacle tt
hold all refuse matter until it is hauled
away.
There is very little inducement t.