The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-07
MADE THE APPROPRIATIONS
City Council Appropriated 1850 tc
Defray the Expenses of the
City Next Year.

Defray the Expenses of the
City Next Year.
Tue regular meeting OF the city
council was hcl3 Monday evening,
over which Mayor Branson presided,
and at which Auditor Markham and
Aldermen Koch, Curtis. Kings,
Wallace. Wells and Burns we're pres
ent.
The minutes OF the previous
regular and special meetings were
read by the auditor and approved.
*. s. Christensen for the Mitchell
Milling Co., appeared before the
council with the request for the
granting OF the privilege to build a
boiler and engine house on the site
OF the mill and to occupy between
II and l6 feet Of the city property.
After a thorough discussion of the
situation it @as..agreed TO grant the
concession, providing a satisfactory
lease can be arranged with both
parties, and the street and alley
committee was authorized TO make
the lease.
Messrs. Braught, Barber and Miner
appeared before the council to ask
The privilege of erecting a building
just south OF the Champeny building
in the street for the purpose of con-
Quoting a restaurant during corn
palace week, to be under the aus
pices of the West Side Park Associa-
ton, and the proceeds to be used for
beautifying the park. The request
was granted.
a delegation of the corr palace
committee appeared before the COun-
Gil to ascertain what action was to
be taken with reference to the their
recent request of turning over to the
committee the money that is secured
on concessions during COIN palace
week. 1t was agreed that the COM
mittee should pay all expenses Of the
city attendant upon corn palace
week and that the committee should
keep the surplus.
The council discussed the problem
Of what to.admit into the city dur
ing corn palace week, DIS last year a
number Of street attractions secured
licenses to do business that were
decidedly of bad odor. 1t was the
%concensus of opinion that nothing
but good clean shows should be ad-
united to the city and that nothing
of a corrupting nature should be
licensed. 1t was also decided that
the business of the merchant should
be protected as far as possible in
issuing licenses for the sale of arti-
cles and goods during corn palace
week. No attractions of any kind
are to be allowed on Main street,
except those provided by the corn
palace management. All the conces-
sions will be required to use the side
streets, and they are to be placed
thirty feet back of Main street to
prevent a congestion of crowds on
the M
Property owners OF First Avenue
west made application through a
petition asking for the construction
OF d eve from Sanborn street to
Main street. The petition was
referred to the sewer committe e.
The fruit dealers of the city pre-
senled a petition asking relief from
parties peddling fruit throughout
the city. a license having been
granted to a person a few days ago.
Inasmuch as the party had rented
a building and had established a
business, from which he peddled. the
council could not see its way clear
10 interfere with his plans of con
Quoting his business
The annual appropriation for the
expenses OF the city was taken up by
tue report Of the finance committee.
which had made it's investigations
and through a resolution presented
what would be required. The COM
mittee set aside the sun of S27, O5O
for the general expenses and SO, 900
for the interest fund, making a total
of s37 $50. The money was appor-
toned to the various funds as follows
Interest ........ .......... 50, 300
Sinking. ...... BOO
Fire SOC
Streets and alleys ........... Loco
Street lights. $500
Printing 25C
Water works.. ........ 5000