Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-14
A SHORT SESSION
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND BOARD OF HEALTH HELD
LAST EVENING.
Committee OF the Whole to Decide
Upon What VIII be Done With Wa
bash Track Along River Bank in
South Ottumwa-
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
At an adjourned meeting Of the city
council last evening City Engineer G..
r.. Allen reported regarding the rip.
trapping of the south bank OF the Des
.Moines river in South Ottumwa that
1T was necessary before receiving bids
ito determine what would be done with
1.-The Wabash track which runs along
i.the bank. If the track is removed
there will be sufficient dirt to make
the slope while If it is allowed to re-
main where it is 1t will be necessary
ITO haul several thousand loads of dirt.
The matter was referred to the COM
:mittee of the whole, on motion of AL
derman W. H. O'Malley.
The report of the city engineer re.
'garding the grade of North Wapello
street, recommending cut of about
three feet to the north line of Maple
avenue and that the sidewalk on the
east side of the street be put on a
level and the sidewalk on the west
side few feet above the level of the
street, was concurred in on motion of
Alderman Keyhoe. The plan meets
with the approval of the property
owners who were objecting to the
street being put to grade on the
grounds that it would destroy their
shade trees. The plan submitted al
lows the trees to remain.
Petitions.
The petition of the Ottumwa Trac-
ton & Light company to be allowed to
obstruct a portion Of the street dur
ing the erection of a new power house
on South Jefferson street, was granted
,on motion of Alderman Samuel John
son.
The petition of H. M. Cockerill for
permission to erect stone wall in
front of his property on Sixth street,
was referred to the city engineer on
motion of Alderman H. r. Keyhoe.
The petition of H. ]. Jones asking
that Hudson street in o. L. Camp
bells addition be put in passable con-
,dition, was referred to the street COM
,mittee on motion of Alderman W. H.
,O'Malley.
Estimate Allowed.
The estimate of City Engineer AL
len for $104 due Charles Chiffon for
work on the Main street sewer, was
allowed on motion of Alderman w. H.
vO'Malley.
Board Of Health Meets.
Prior to the council meeting there
was a short meeting Of the board of
health but owing to the absence of
the physician to the board and the
chairman of the sanitary committee
no business was transacted and the
meeting postponed until next Monday
night. The council meeting was also
a short one and was followed by a
meeting of the committee of the
whole.
Remove Switch.
A special meeting OF the council
was held last Saturday evening and ii
was reported that the Rock Island had
Just built switch tack to the An
heuser Busch wholesale house on
washington street, opposite the union
depot, and that the track was partly
on the alley owned by the city. The
street commissioner was instructed to
remove the switch and the work was
done about II o'clock the same night
To Attend Meeting.
Mayor B. F. Suits, City Solicitor M
c. Gilmore, City Auditor w R. War.
rem and nearly all of the aldermen ex.
pect to attend the meeting of the Iowa
League of Municipalities to be held at
Burlington this week.