The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-09-04
BOARD RATIFIES
STREET CONTRACT
Several Saloon Licenses Are
Turned Down.
Regui.f Meeting Of Councilmen Held
Last Night-Isoutine business
Transacted.
TO ENTERTAIN THE INSTITUTE.

The board of council last night rat
fled the contract the board of public
works made with the Memphis AS
phalt and Paving company to rebuild
with brick Washington street between
First and Third streets. First street
between Broadway and Washington
street and Second street from Wash
ington strea to Kentucky avenue.
with sidewalks. the total work to cost
s29,73s.s2 for streets, and s4,0S1.20
for the sidewalks
Mayor Yelser notified the board
that he would call the aldermen to-
gether at once to act on the contract
Theodore Peters was refused a sa-
loon sicense at 1910 Broadway.
which is In the rear of place former
ly operated by him as salon.
Ben Levy was refused a quart
liquor license on Third street between
Kentucky avenue and Broadway.
The board asked for a report of
work done on the light plant.
On account OF the lack of speclfica-
tons action on crawling BOYD street
from Sixth street to Seventh street
was deferred.
The matter of building sidewalks
on Twelfth street from Broadway to
Clay street was deferred.
The city auditor was asked to sup
ply a monthly statement of the fnan-
cial condition of the city. each depart
ment's fund separately.
Five hundred dollars were appro-
priated for the Commercial club for
entertaining delegates to the imml-
grafton convention to be held here.
The matter OF refunding $G0G. SS
to the Aver & Lord Tie company for.
taxes paid into the CITY was referred.
the taxes are alleged to have been
paid for 1903 and 1904.
City Engineer Washington reported
that several plans had been submitted
70 Nm for new Island creek bridge
but nos wshing for more.
=, Chlef Of Police JPmes Collins re-
por'ei The collection OF s5G5 fines,
s120.c5 COTS and SIP replevin.
with $50 remaining to be collected
for the month of August
NJ. Key was granted a liquor IL
cense at s26 Washington street and
John Go,ightly a license opposite the
Illifott Central station at a new gro
Gerry recently built
President McBroom complained of
suggestive class OF bills posted in
Paducah by a foreign firm but 40
action was taken.
The matter OF building sidewalks on
Ohio. Tennessee and Jones streets
from Third street to Ninth streets.
and on Seventh and Eighth streets
from Jackson street to Norton stree.
was lost.
The city engineer was author .zed
TO employ an assistant at s125 a
month
Judge f, II. Puryear was employed
as abstractor to work with Solicitor
Campbell In locating property to be
levied on for back taxes.
A new electric light was ordered on
Eighth street between Campbell and
Trlmble streets.
The matter Of granting the n, c.
a 81. L. railroad permission TO build
an unloading track across Sixth
street was referred.
Gains and salaries, amounting TO
s1s,GS2.3S were allowed.
The mayor was instructed to buy
block map of the city for sac to be
used In assessing property.
The sale of the old pest house
property for $1,000 to w. C. O'Br, an
was ratified.
A report was fled showing s21,-
sG6.27 In the sinking fund.
An ordinance prohibiting vehicles
from standing in certain streets longer
than a specified time. was ordered
drafted.
An ordinance giving the board of
public works entire control of street
signs was given first passage.