The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-05-09
CITY COUNCIL.
Report Of the Proceedings Of the
REGULAR May Meetine.

Il
The salaries Of the officers and
lemp1oyees for the month Of
/ April, 1906, were allowed and the
Mayor and City Clerk were di-
1rected to issue warrants drawn on
the funds Of the city to pay same.
as follows:
4 Revenue Fund r. d. Lanier,
mayor, $50; Sam Abrams, city.
clerk, $25; Doc Sartin, tax collect
or, $75; A. Hurst, marshal. 500;
! j. II. Magee, police, $50, w. n.
Meter. police, $50; r. I. Nc
/ Cormick, police, $50; Chris
| IAlberts, cemetery sexton. $40.
Street Fund a. Hurst, street
commissioner, SIS; A. Hurst,
boarding mules, $50; Geo.
Washington, removing garbage;
$50.
i School Expense Fund p. w.
Cameron, paid janitor at colored
school, $3; Edgar Green, county
superintendent, $S.
! Power House Expense K. S.
Purser, superintendent, $l25;
i w. w Nusom, engineer, S66:
Alex Washington, fireman, $53.
III; Geo. Watson, fireman, $38. So;
Luther Magee, lineman, $40.
i Mr.. Thos. Brady, Jr., appeared
| before the board and on behalf of
| himself and Felix May. asked that
they be allowed at their own ex-
Ipense to connect with the city wa
er and light mains for the purpose
Iof furnishing water and lights to
| their residences outside of the cor
lporate limits. On motion, the re-
lquest was granted, the city reserv-
/ ing the right to discontinue fur
| nishing water and electric current
lat any time, should the board deem
Isuch action to be to the best in
terest of the city.
| Alderman Jones, by request,
presented an ordinance to the
board requiring the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad to station fagman
at the crossing on Josephine
street and said railroad company's
tracks. On motion, it was
ordered that final action thereon
| be deferred until the regular meet
ing in June, 1906, and the Mayor
was directed to notify the Illinois
| Central Railroad Co. of the pend
ing of such ordinance that it may
lappear and show cause, if any
it has, why such ordinance
should not be passed.
| On motion, the mayor was au-
thorized and directed to APP
point enumerators for the purpose
of enumerating the population
within the corporate limits, the
cost of such enumeration not to
exceed $50.
! The matter of numbering
houses within the corporate
limits preparatory to free mail
delivery having been brought be-
| fore the board by a committee
from the Progressive Union, and
it appearing to the board that the
post Office receipts here entitle
Brookhayen to free delivery,
provided the streets are marked
and houses numbered, the mayor
was instructed to correspond
with persons engaged in the busi-
ness of house numbering, with a
view of ascertaining the cost and
| having the work done.
! The Mayor was requested to
write to cities in this State which
| have constructed concrete side
walks and get copies of ordinances
lproviding for same, with addresses
of construction companies putting
down such sidewalks and to gather
| all information possible relative to
plans on which such side walks
we're built.
/ The petition of Ell. Cassidy
and others asking for free fran
chise to operate street railway
over and along the streets Of
BrookhaVen, coming up before
! the board for final consideration,
latter lengthy discussion on the
Subject by members of the board
and several other citizens present
and an argument in favor of the
proposition by Mr.. CASSIDY, a
motion by Alderman Abrams not
Ito grant the petition prevailed by
the following vote: Ayes,
Abrams, Hartman, Larsen and
/ Parsons; nayes, Jones.
The board adjourned to meet
Friday night at s O'Clock.