The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-05


hers of the council present excep
Mr.. A. G. Wineman, who is out O
the city.
The first question of importanc,
brought before the council was the
and most of the members favored
need of county farm. The mayor
the measure. Councilman Wilczinski
then favored that committee be ap-
Dointed and come before the Board
Of Supervisors next Monday and get
their cooperation and buy the farm
together
II was decided by the council that
all licenses that expire after the
first of January will be charged for
At the new rate, and those that come
in before the first will be charged at
the old rate.
Commissioner Wilczinski spoke of
the danger of the electric wires used /
in the city and the mayor stated |
that it was the wires of the old om-
pany and they were overhauling their
line as fast as possible.
Mayor spoke of communication from
Van Lucas in regards to the Nelson
matter as to the river front He said
he referred the matter to Mr. Griffin
and Attorney Shields of the Levee
Board and would have held meeting
tonight but Engineer Andrews was
away and he had the maps and asked
that called meeting be held in the
future.
Mr.. Wilczinski asked the Engineer !
as to status of waterworks and pumps
and Mr. Allen replied that it was all
right There is nothing in the world il
the matter with the waterworks, but Il
there was trouble with one of the lie
pumps but for SIS it was repaired lii
and it was now all right. re
Mr.. Wortham asked if water pump fir
was not run too fast and replied "no ha
i in fact it was not fast enough" d.
What progress are you making an
IN water meters" asked Mr.. Worth sis
am SCI
Mr.. Allen replied by stating that mi
4 meters had been placed in the fol- en-
4 lowing places: vo
Delta Oil Mill.
Jack Wyche
l.eavenworth Lumber Company. stu
Pacpcke Lumber Co. I'm
Greenville Laundry. ing
saloons and
!. & M. v. depot. me,
20 you think you will get all in by N
Ehe first Of January? in
Yes. the
Mr. Allen said the meters already that
'nstalled showed saving of one her
.ourth to the CITY. sity
Mr. Morgan spoke as to the rights p
way of levee. Don't think we uoi'
M DO much with Finlay except by Veis
sondemnation." Mr. Lenoirs prop nop'
F'y we can get through without ''eN'
Ruch cost, Mr. Archer stated that on
'he levee is now on lower linee it WHY
|ould be free but if on old line they .ieu
'snt as mncb ,s +hav ~ didat
Engineer Allen then placed the e's..
Rap OF the proposed levee before the ~,
buncil and , roa,, 1:..: schol
kd.s High
THE beipbt (ovar,ao, M. Aro. collel
M would be 8 or , feet. W.
|aar Startling said he was in favor s'u,e
|lOlloWlng the old line on old ridge a'iN
Fal Allen said he believed the short ,"s, "
'ne best and so argued. liau !
W. fence in the city, so to say, o ~
+ break takes place between ~ !
ieSees what position would we ~ =
nglneer Allen said that if it broke ine
IN 7 would affect the height of the ploe =
III as the levee above was lower eio .
h the ton &c M..,.. Ist or
would RIM 80. i. substa
broke from Main so,,th = ,,'o,,fd city.
effect the city. only the nro,ertv Miss
was in the path and It would run as ply
below. Pohl.
|pe proposed right of NAV offared with a
llr Archer was eliminated &c n i very e
III the question.
nifn said if we were going to Five
81 would like to start in the standin
Ways. Councilman Wortham Kitchei
|us.s vas antl-levee. would
'iian Wilczinski said he was with "
" OF the levee but did not think army o