Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
TO BUILD SEWERS
PURCHASING COMMITTEE AUTH
DRIED TO BUY MATERIAL,
LAST NIGHT.
Many Sidewalks Ordered-Petitions
for Arc Lights Deferred Until Next
eptember-Present Reports of City
Officers.
From Tuesdays Daily.
i What the Council Did.

From Tuesdays Daily.
What the Council Did.
Purchasing committee and city en-
gineer authorities to purchase pipe for
construction of the Hamilton pasture,
S Weller street, and East Main street
sewers. Chairman street committee
authorized to advertise for bids for
laying pipe.
Purchase of $4,000 brick at $40 per
thousand, Of Ottumwa Brick and Con-
struction Co., for repairing pavements
authorized
Notices to property owners ordering
paving of North Court street, 60 feet
from end of present paving. ordered
published. Final action to be taken
July 3.
Appointment of Jacob chadduck to
police force in place of w. A. Elmer
son, resigned, concurred in
Pay rolls of street commissioner for
S936.35; sidewalk commissioner for
s144.20, and city engineer for $50 al
lowed.
3 Physician to Board of Health, NJ. w.
Pascoe. authorized to attend meeting
of health officers at Iowa City at ex-
pense Of city.
Petitions for arc lights at corner of
Davis and Mary streets, on East Main
street 100 feet west of city limits, cor
ner Grant and North streets, corner
Mill ana COlleSe StIeetS, corner Wll-
Hams and Willard streets, on Dare
street, laid over until September.
Bill of H. l.. Ford of s3,073.22, delin-
quent sidewalks, allowed.
City engineer ordered to prepare or
dinance establishing grade of alley be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets, from,
4 Green to Jefferson streets, at two feet
above grade, established by present or
dinances.
Report of Police Judge e. NJ Camp
bell, showing fines Of $4,000, collected
ir, May, ordered received and placed on
file.
Petitions Referred.
Petition of Catherine Graham for
s14.56 for alleged damage to sidewalk
on East Main street caused by pilins
hrick thereon, referred to street COM
n1tttee and city solicitor.
Petition for extension of water mains
on blackberry street between Birch
and Cherry streets, referred to water
committee.
Petition for filling Main street near
Mineral Springs, so street car COM
Il pany can Law track to Riverview, re-
ferred to committee of the whole.
Petition offering to pay 500 toward
expenses of grading East Second
street from Iowa avenue to Walnut
avenue, In Kate Redmon's second adj
dition, referred to street committee and
q city engineer.
Petition urging settlement of claim
Of j. P. Anderson for injuries said tc
have been sustained on account of a
defective sidewalk on Center avenue
referred to the city solicitor.
Petition of John T. McCune for $10C
damages for colt said to have had leg
broken by stepping through hole or
Vine street bridge, referred to city So
licitor
Petition for arc light on Janney
street, referred to light committee.
Petition from Frank Grabenschroel
for improving ditch on south side, re-
ferred to street committee, city solicit
tor and city engineer.
Petition of l.. T. Crisman for exten.
sion of Cass street sewer to point
where 1t would have an outlet In run
Sidewalks Ordered.
Resolutions ordering sidewalks at the
following places were adopted:
North side of East Pennsylvania av.
enue, between Aud lot Ia and Aud. lot
4, four feet wide.
West side North Wapello street, be.
tween Ottumwa street and WOODLAND
avenue. five feet wide.
North side Center avenue, between
Ash and Fellows street, four feet wide
South side Grand street, between
Meadow and Elm streets, four fee
WIDE
North side Lincoln avenue. between
Jefferson and Elm streets, four fee
wide.
West side Cooper avenue between
four feet wide.
South side Lincoln avenue between
North Green and Jefferson streets
four feet wide.
North side Orchard street, between
Ash and Richards street, four fee
wide.
East side South Vine street between
East Main and Burlington railroad
tracks, five feet wide.
East side South Ransom street, be-
tween Williams street and south linz
lot IA, four feet wide.
West side North Ward street, be-
tween Church and Vine streets, sis
feet wide.
All Of the aldermen were present
at the regular monthly meeting of the
city council last evening.
The minutes of the previous meet
Ing were read and approved.
City Engineer G. R. Allen reported
his estimates of the sewer pipe re
quired to construct the Hamilton pas
ture and East Main street and Weller
street sewers and tho purchasing com
mittee and city engineer were author
lied to purchase the pipe. The worl
is to be done as soon as possible. The
Main street sewer is an extension ant
will run from North street to the city
limits.
The Weller street sewer will rur
occi1 70
with the Finley avenue sewer The