The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-30
Nothing Except Dirt and Trash
to be Hauled Away.
The Board of Works Wants Pave
mcnts On broadway To Foun-
tain Avenue.
REGULAR MEETING or BOARD.

The board of pubic works, at its
regular meeting yesterday afternoon,
heard a report from Street fnspectoa
A5onzo Esiioat that persons in the
business section OF the city were sm-
posting on the city by placing every
conceivable kind of refuse into the
tin cans crowded by the city for dirt
ana trash from r.orcs. Boxes, bot
ties, shop. lemon pesls and countless
other things are dumped into the
cans, and while II is admitted tina.
The stuff should be haul.d away, the
city hasn't enough carts to do 1t.
rho board ordered that nothing here
after be hauled away outside of the
sweepings. dirt. trash. etc.. that can
10 removed with broom.
The board decided to have the po-
Ice department secure warrants
against a corfeetyonrr for keeping
Stop cans on the sidewalk
The board ordered that PIPE be
bought for Contractor Bridges fos
storm water sewe nge the citysis plac-
ing down near Nineteenth street and
Fountain avenue.
q. M. Ieake reported that brick
paving was being placed down adj
joining mis- property on Kentucky av-
Bnue betwcsn Third and Fourth and
he does not believe II IS permitted
under the ordinance. He protested
and the question was :eferred to the
city solicitor.
A request from the East Tenn s.
see Telephone company for permits
sion to put up some "guy-wires" was
referred TO the mayor. 1ngineer and
board secretary
City Engineer Washington report
ed that he had not completed an esti-
mate of the cost of an eNr-ns on Of
Jackson street over. Plunkett Hill to-
wards the |. c. yards.
copy OF rontrac, to be used by
the city for an public work was sub
mitted by Solicitor James Campbell
and ordered made into printed form.
The street Inspector was q derei
to see that the awning at oeh,schiae-
ger's drug store at Sixth AMI Broad
way be rais.d so people can pass I'M
dor II.
The mayor submitted eetter re-
guessing inforna. on as to what had
been done towards opening Tenth
street from Broadway TO Kentucky.
through property whfre the tobacco
warehouses recently burned. The
board had already referred the ques-
tion to the mayer and legislative
boards. as II has power to op-n no
streets. and the city win first have
to own the property and pass the
necessary ordinances for opening the
thoroughfare
The city solicitor stated that he
was not ready TO report on the right
of the water and gas compan es to
charge for pipes from the property
line to residences. as he has not thor
ough.y investigated the franchises OF
The companies.
The street Inspector was ordered
to serve notice on the Keuler board
ing house on South Third that. the
practice Of running slop waters across
the sidewalk must stop.
The city sol ci,o- was Instructed
TO prepare ordinances condemn.ng
property on West Broadway Tor side
walks from the railroad hospital to
Fountain avenue. Most of the prop
erty owners have dedicated property
FOR the purpose. The remainder Will
be condemned
The city was ordered to furnish
pipe to S. r. jackson on West Broad
way, for surface drainage, Mr. Jack
son to have III Ia "a al his own expense.
Report was made that the alley
back of the East Tennessee Te,e-
phone exchange had been repaired.
The street Inspector was ordered
to repair the bridge from Broadway