Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-18
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERING THE
BUILDING OF A TRUNK SEWER
in THE WEST END.
Thirteen Sidewalks ordered-city May
Buy Pine Lumber From Out of City
Busy Session Of the Council Last
Evening.
From Tuesdays Daily.
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City Solicitor requested to investi-
gate and report at next meeting as to
legality Of bond issue for purpose of
constructing trunk sewer on West
Main street.
Estimates Of city engineer for con-
struction Of sewers in various parts of
the city at cost of $4,000 to be consid-
cred at meeting Wednesday night
Claim Of John Scott for $4,000 and
interest for work on Finley avenue
sewer, ordered paid in full.
Fire committee authorized to pur-
chase new rubber coats and caps for
flremen.
Bid of Fletcher Lumber company for
furnishing hard lumber to city for en-
suing year accepted.
Bid of all lumber companies for soft
lumber laid over until next meeting.
Gallagher and Maloney given per-
mission to conduct saloon at 1927 West
Main street.
Temporary brick sidewalks four feet
wide ordered on following streets:
Kruger street between Jefferson and
Ash.
North side Ottun1wa street between
Jennie and North Fifth.
East side Clarence, between Summit
and Highland avenues.
North side Summit, between Nc
Pherson ana Clarence.
North side River street, between
Church and Bashaw.
East side Bashaw, north Of Myrtle
West side Weller, between Queen
Anne avenue and Williams.
South side Finley avenue, between
Sheridan and Madison.
South side Weller, between Sheridan
and South Weller.
East side Hancock, between Car
field and East Weller
East side South Davis, between Mary
and south city limits.
South side Ellis avenue, between
James and Sheridan avenue.
West side Madison avenue, between
| Finley and Ellis.
Ottunlwa public library granted Gus
todienship of atlas Of Iowa.
Dumping at north end of Market
street bridge, ordered stopped.
City auditor authorized to pay cash
for feed purchased for fire and police
departments.
Pool on. Janney street ordered filled
Grading Of Randolph street for side
walk and repairs on West Second
street in Gravestown ordered.
Claim of r. T. -Dana for $685. COM
mission on collection Of paving assess
ments allowed.
Street to Redmond addition ordered
put In passable condition
Permission granted to Dr.. J. N.
Armstrong to place sign on sidewalk.
The requesting of the city solicitor
to report at next meeting as to wheth-
er 1t would not be legal for the city
to Issue bonds for the purpose of con-
structing trunk sewer on West Main
street was one Of the important trans
actions at busy session of the CITY
council last evening. Alderman Kew
hoe suggested the matter and said that
he believed that now that the FIT. Mad
ison bonds had been declared by the
courts not to be a legal Indebtedness
sthe bonds could be issued and the
q ever which was badly needed, be
" ilt.
The city will make an effort to pur.
chase lumber at a cheaper rate than
that given by the lumber companies
of the city in their bids. The bids for
soft lumber were practically the same
from the five different companies, indi-
eating that they had pooled issues.
After some discussion it was ordered
that the bids be laid over for two
weeks and it is probable that lumber