The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-20

from the board of city tax book
supervisors showing a total assess.
ment OF $40. 401,22G.00 for the pres.
ent year. The report suggested a
map be made of the city to facilitate
the work of the assessor and the SUI
pervisors.
Attorney w. A. Berry, of the firm
OF Wheeler, Hughes & Berry. repre-
senting the East Tennessee Tele-
phone company, spoke briefly OF the
assessment of the company. The
assessment last year was between
$500 and $4,000 and this year II
was fixed at 100000. He stated
the board of supervisors had author
lied him TO state It was not satisfied
with the assessment and asked for
more time in which to look further
into data and fix the assessment.
The attorney asked that before the
report OF the supervisors be adopted
that the board permit the supervisors
TO look further into the matter.
Mayor Yeiser stated he was opposed
to holding up adoption of the re.
port" because 1t interfered with the
collection of taxes; that the board
can take the matter up after the
adoption of the report.
This was satisfactory TO the attor-
ney and the report was adopted and
the telephone company assessment
referred to the supervisors for ad-
justment
The Paducah Traction company
asked that 1t be permitted to run its
trouble wagon" faster than permit
ted by ordinance. The wagon has to
go to fires for protection to the COM
pany's and other property. The mat
ter was referred to the railroad and
telegraph committee.
A report from Fire Chief James
Wood recommending that repairs be
made buildings at IFS and 1870
Broadway. on the buildings con-
demned was referred.
A petition from river men asking
that the exaction of tonnage"
charged for carrying freight across
the wharfboat be remedied. was read
II Is said they are charged for sim
ply carrying freight across the
wharfboat. The matter was referred.
Mayor Yeiser suggested that the
board take up the matter of govern
mental separation of city and coun-
ty, and adopt motion TO have the
matter brought up in the legislature.
He stated he had been investigating
this move for some time, and thought
II of vast importance TO the tax-pay-
ers. Mayor Yeiser read a newspaper
article bearing on the matter: also
some quotations from the statutes in
support of his contentious that this
be q good and legal move. Mayor
Yeiser requested that this matter be
referred to n committee for imme-
date action. The matter was re-
ferred to a committee.
Mayor Yeiser stated that some
confusion existed among farmers and
milk dealers relative to the license
tax ordinance. Some bring in eggs
and other products of the farm TO
sell to wholesalers or trade for sup
plies. He stated some farmers had
been actually scared out o: town be-
cause of the confusion existing from
the license inspectors construction
/ of the license ordinance. Mayor
Yeiser asked that the exact construc-
ton be determined by the ordinance
committee and the license inspector
be instructed accordingly. The
committee was instructed to take the
matter up with the city attorney and
license inspector.
President f. p. Noble. of the board
OF public works. stated that the sani-
tary sewerage matter and other pub
lie improvements should be taken up
at once IL the city intends to do any
thing this year. that 1t will require
a great deal of preliminary work and
the employment of an assistant engl-
neer who should be at work now
with the profiles and preliminaries'
He alluded to the proposed addi-
tional sewerage district In the west
End, and stated he had been in
formed by two men that they would
build at once two fine apartment
houses just outside the present sewer
district il they are assured the city
will extend the sewers this year
President Noble urged that the mat
ter be referred to a committee Tor
immediate action.
President Noble also stated the
city needs new bridge over Island
creek. that the present bridge is un-
safe and the constantly increasing