The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-04-04
NEW COUNCILMAN
IS MR.. JOHN AGNEW
The Ordinance Empowering the Mayor
to Revoke Saloon License
May be Repealed.

appropriate this amount. lie was in
favor OF appropriatng the amount
and wanted the matter attended to
at once.
Councilman Taylor stated that Pa
ducah could get money at ANY old
time" II she needed a.. and II she
didn't have Il on hand could borrow
/ II.
The motion to refer the matter to
| the finance committee and city solic-
itor. was adopted.
The board of public works report
ed that drainage for surface water
in the west end was bad, the resi-
dents wanted catch basin on JEFF
ferson and Fountain avenue and al
so for the city to furnish sewerage
pipes, at a cost of si75. to carry
water to Cross creek. The board Of
public works was ordered to buy the
pipe and put in the catch basin. The
property owners are to do the work
of putting in the catch basin and
drainage pipes.
A communication was read from
Mr.. w. +. Bradshaw, who wanted to
dedicate, near 18th street. enough
ground between Kentucky avenue
and Broadway to open up n street.
/ He wanted the city to grade and gray
ell the street and buy small part OF
Mr.. Adrain Greif's property. Mr..
Bradshaw. II seemed, thought the
city would want to build more than
a 22-foot street, and in event It did,
was willing to sell his property at
exactly what It cost him. The mat
ter was referred. -,
The report of the city auditor was
read and adopted. II showed bal
ance on hand March list, of $685.
1851, with collections amounting
to s3,253.75; disbursements, $751;
711.99. leaving balance of s1s0,-
920.37 on hand April LIST.
The finance committee report, for
accounts. salaries, etc, was received
and filed.
The ordinance repeating that por-
ton of the ordinance imposing a tax
on barber shop bath rooms was Civ.
en- second passage.
The ordinance providing that 18th
street, from Madison to the Hinkle-
willie road. be improved by grading
and graveling, was given first pas,
sage.
The ordinance providing for the
paving of Jefferson and Kentucky
avenue from First to Ninth street
and First, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth
streets from Jefferson to Kentucky
avenue, were given first reading.
An ordinance was read regulating
the sale of meat in the city, 1t was
stated that one or two butchers had
refused to throw away condemned
meat. The ordinance provided that
condemned meat be stamped, spong-
ed with coal Oil. or something done
to such meat as will render il unfit
for use, and impossible to sell. The
ordinance was given first reading,
An, ordinance repeating the clause
permitting and authorizing Mayor
Yeiser to revoke any city license in
event of violation of any city ordi-
nance, was read. The ordinance was
given first passage by a vote OF Z to
5. Councilmen Barnett, Agnew Kolb,
McBroom and Riglesberger voting
hay.
A petition for a saloon between
Jackson and Ohio streets, on South
18th street, was referred.
A petition to open up 18th street
from the South Side of Broadway to
the Mayfield road, and thence to the
union depot, was referred to the
, joint street committee.
, The matter of having water mains
, extended on Clements street, from
, Meyers to Farley, streets, was
: brought up, after having lain dead
, for more than one year, and the wa
: ter company ordered to extend the
mains. There was also a petition tC
have water mains extended on Goe
bel avenue, which was referred.
The regular report of the chief o
police department for March, show
ing total collection of $3.50, TO
fines, etc. was received and filed.
A prayer from the coal companie
who claim they are licensed too high
was read. The motion to decrease tn
license for coal and feed dealer
from $50 to s35 per annum wa
adopted, the ordinance committee be
ing instructed to bring in an ordi
nance
1 Grant Gray was granted a liquo
b license for South Third street, hal
1 square off Broadway, where the "un
I Gle Tom Saloon" Is operated.
j. n. Franklyn and sons, who wan
\ to open saloon at 2263 Meyer
\ street, were granted license.
j. w. Moore. colored. sol Soutl
Seventh street, was refused liquo
h license. owing to protests OF III
/ members of a church next door.