The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-05
F0uR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE
FESTIVAL.
City coanciI Appropriates Handsome
Sum 10 Help the Good Work Along.

Sum 10 Help the Good Work Along.
City Council held a regular meet
! ing at 8 o'clock Wednesday night with
| Mayor Geo. W. Dick, and Aldermen
Barnett, Finn, Haynsworth, Hood,
Rowland and Stubbs present.
Mr., Sam f. Osteen came to request
1.-THE privilege of rolling a house
through Kendrick street distance OF
Is yards and the request was referred
| to the committee of public works with
power to act.
81. g. Haynsworth, ESQ.,. appeared
on behalf of Mr.. Perry Moses, Jr.,: to
ask that earth removed in grading
sidewalks on North Main street be
dumped on a lot belonging to Mr..
Moses, which is tie nearest low lot to
the excavations. Referred to the COM
mittee of public works with power to
act.
DR.. J. A. Mood and Messrs. Marion
Noise, II. F. Wilson, D. j. Chandler
and "a. G. Osteen of the Fall Festival
committee asked for an appropriation
of $500, towards the expenses Of the
Festival. They all expressed the
opinion that the appropriation would
be wise investment for advertising
the city and attracting many visitors
to the city-and which, IN time,
would be profitable. The matter was
discussed at length and on motion OF
Messrs Finn and Rowland Council
decided to appropriate -Four Hundred
Dollars out of licenses collected from
shows and other sources Of income In
cident to the Festival, and from the
cireuse licenses on October 26til.
MI. W. D. Shaw, on behalf of the
letter carriers, asked that the streets
now known as Red and White No. l,
and No. 2, be changed to avoid con-
fusion in delivering mail and mer-
chandise. Referred to the committee
of public works with power to act.
A petition of j. L. McCallum and
T. B. Kennedy for opening street
from Broad street northward was re-
ferred to the committee with author
ity to open the street With a suitable
aame upon execution and delivery OF
titles to the land to be used as such
street.
A letter was read fro.1 the Sumter
Light and Power Co., asking Council
to remit charge against them for
lights not burning on April TIN, caus-
ed by q shut down made necessary by
contact with falling telephone wires.
Referred to finance committee with
power to act.
Mayor Dick stated that Mr.. j. A:
Schw had erected a number Of
small bill boards on sidewalks OF
which some complaint had been MADE,
and Mr.. Schwerin desired to know II
this is in violation of Councils orders
to keep bill boards of the sidewalks,
his understanding of the orders being
that they applied to large boards that
might be dangerous. Council reaf-
firmed the former resolution as lnclud-
ing all bill boards of any size.
The police committee advised that
policemen and other employees OF the
City be hereafter required to keep
their bicycles in repair at their own
expense. They reported, also, the
number Of electric lights not burning
from Sent. 18th to 2Ist. The report
was adopted. Messrs. Hood and Finn
we're opposed to requiring offlcers TO
keep bicycles repaired when useo IN
city service.
The finance committee reported that
they had examined the CLERK ana
Treasurer's books and found them
| correct for September. They had dis,
| posed OF all bills referred to them, and
! called attention to the increase OF ex-
penses.
The committee Of public works re-
| ported progress in street work. They
stated that there is a deposit of sand
| rock with 3 to 5 miles OF the clSy
| which is said to make excellent roads
and that the county athorltles are
| willing to bear half be exoespent ex-
perimenting with the rock and in pur.
chasing a crusher in case it be found
in sufficient quantity and gooo
enough quality to warrant the expen,,
diturs. The committee was authorized
to further investigate and experiment
with the rock.
The Ere department committee re-
ported the repair of No. 3 Hose Cos.
stalls at a cost of s., and that the
Steamer had been repaired and IS now
in good condition, except for some
parts to be renewed.
Mr. Haynsworth reported that he,
with the committee of public WORKS,
had conferred with Messrs. Neil
O'Donnell and Marion Noise in ref,
ereuce to their claim to Il part OF
Green street without reaching an ag'e'
ement. And that those gentlemen
have since enclosed with fence what
has been the sidewalk of that street.
He asked for instructions.
The committee was directed to assert
| the city's claim to the land in ques