The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-07
MUCH BUSINESS ON
HAND LAST NIGHT
Council Adopted Recommends
ton as to Street Paving.
City 10 Try to Collect Taxes From
the Scacoast Mineral Com
paDy.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED

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regular session last night with all
members present
Mayor yeiser reported that the
$4,000 note of the city to VIII Gil.
bert and wife had been cancelled and
two $1,000 notes given instead. The
action was ratified.
Mayor Ielser reported that Or.
p. II Stewart had offered to equip
one private ward In the new city
hospital. The OFFER was accepted and
the thanks OF the board extended.
A prayer from the Sam Hop Sing
Laundry Co. asking the city TO re-
fund its license tax was referred. The
company received license for the
year Of 1905. and sold out on the gard
and think some rebate is due.
The recommendation of the Nc
Cracken County Medical society re-
/ garding the operation and manage
ment Of the new city hospital, as pre-
yiously published, were read. The
matter was referred to the Joint hos
pital committee.
A petition from the Retail Mer-
chants association asking that the
city legislative boards take some ac-
ton to shut out loan companies.
The petition was lengthy and cited
several instances where usury had
been practiced by the loan companies.
also that some of the companies had
imposed on ignorant people and in a
way injured the legitimate business
of retail merchants.
Mayor Yeiser spoke briefly and de-
clared that HIS Investigations had
convinced him that a law should be
passed to shut such companies out
and said he thought the law govern.
ing licensing loan companies should
be repealed.
Mr.. II. C. Rhodes. president OF the
Retail Merchants association, stated
that the petition spoke for the asso-
citation and the members OF the asso-
citation had nothing further to say.
The motion TO refer the matter TO
the city solicitor and license commit
tee to bring in an ordinance regulat
ing the matter.
Mayor Yeiser was instructed not &c
rent or lease city pest house property
again.
The motion TO refer the purchase
Of a new buggy for Fire Chief Jas
Woods. and a new truck for the sta
ton houses. was adopted.
a petition from property owners
protesting against improving South
Fifth between Norton and Jackson,
by paving. was received and filed.
They thought the present street and
sidewalks good enough for several
years yet.
The matter of Irregularities at the
city hospital was referred.
Mayor Yelser stated that he under.
stood that the Seacoast a Mineral
company was going to move away
and suggested that the city compel
II possible, the collection OF taxes due
The city solicitor was instructed TO
collect the tax.
The matter of the steam heating
pipes interfering with the city drain
age system, was referred.
The city tax supervisors were or
dered TO go ahead with their work
until the books are finished. which
will require but a few days.
The board of public works asked
permission TO close contract TO equip
the new market house with uniform
meat racks at the cost of $3.50. The !
request was granted unanimously,
The board of public works asked
what TO do in regard to insuring the
new market house.
Mayor Yeiser stated he saw no use
In insuring the market house. as there
is nothing TO burn. The motion to
instruct the board OF public works to
take out $4,000 policy was lost
by vote of s TO 4. Councilmen
Kolb. McCarty, Riglesberger and
Taylor voting yea,
The recommendation OF the board |
OF public works and Joint street com
mittee regarding the streets to be inn
proved this year were read
Councilman Rehkopf spoke agains'
some of the Improvements because IL |
would work a hardship on some OF
the poor people who own small hoses
and have limited means. He stated
that some property owners had ap |
pealed TO him for relief He stated
he wouldn't support the reconmen-
dations.
Mayor iehor suggested that the
ten-year pay plan be adopted.
Mr.. Saunders Fowler, of the board
Of public works. stated the board did /