The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-20
Notifies the Council it Will
Stand Pat Hereafter.
The Council Votes to Pay Out g.
900 Illegally-Several New
Ordinances.
OTHER BUSINESS CONSIDERED

councilman ballman was the only
member of the board absent at last
nights regular meeting.
The certified check that accompanied
the bid on the new city hospital was or.
dered returned to Contractor Karnes.
The undertakers filed a request that
more be allowed for pauper burials, as
the $3.50 now paid does not pay the
actual expenses. They want the. allow
ance raised to $40, and will make sim
liar request of the county. Referred to
the finance committee.
5000 was reported in the sinking
fund.
An ordinance was ordered brought in
for the improvement of both sides of
Tennessee street from 18th to 18th.
The matter of changing drainage in the
neighborhood of Nineteenth street so it
will not overflow land belonging to
Messrs. Terrell, was referred to the
board of works.
The regular claims and bills were al
lowed.
II was reported that the appropriation
made for paying for the seven blocks of
street paved by Contractor Terrell had
been spent, and $1,000 of it remained un.
paid, Mr.. Terrell wanting it now. The
board voted to pay the 5000 out of the
new bond issue, which is for an entirely
different purpose, but the board of al
dermen will probably turn it down. The
mayor is opposed to it,, however, and if
the board of aldermen does not turn IL
down he states he will see that the
50 900 does not come out of the bond
| fund.
The mayor and finance committee
were authorized TO borrow enough money
to pay current expenses of the fire de-
partment, about $1,000. The appropria-
ton has been exhausted.
Final adoption was given the ordi-
nance to put up for sale a telephone
franchise.
First passage was given the ordi-
nance for moving from Broadway from
Fifth to Ninth all wires, poles, etc, ex-
cept street car poles and wires.
The anti-spitting ordinance was given
first passage. mccarthy, Gibson and Hy-
marsh voted against it.
Several requests for relief from erro-
neous assessments were referred to the
proper committee.
A number of deeds to lots in Oak
Grove and other unimportant matters
connected with the cemetery were acted
on.
The council ratified the action of the
joint public improvement committee rel
alive TO the market house plans, etc.
The oft-recurring Charles Doerflinger
saloon license was referred to the city
solicitor and license committee.
President Noble, of the board of public
works, served notice on the council that
this time the board would yield to the
council in the market house matter, and
allow the joint public improvement COM
mittee to rent warehouse for tenn
porary market house while the new one
is being built. The board of works had
rented the warehouse and made prepa-
rations for the temporary market when
the council stepped in and repudiated
the action.
President Noble stated that the board
of works had charge of such matters,
but in this instance would waive its
rights, but wanted to serve notice on the
council that hereafter the board would
protect its rights. The city solicitor
was then ordered TO bring in an ordi- |
nance providing for the construction OF |
a new market house, and the joint pub
lie improvement committee was author
lied To sell the old market house build
ing.
The matter OF recording in full all or
dinances, etc, by the city clerk in the
city records, was referred to the solicitor
The action of the aldermen in order
ing City Treasurer Dorian to collect the
$1,000 from the East Tennessee Tele-
phone company was ratified. The coun-
ell had previously authorized Attorney
J. C. Flournoy to collect it.
An ordinance was ordered for the i'm
of the alley between Trimble,
Tenth and Boyd streets.
CITY Engineer Washington stated thai