The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-06

10 the OIulHduct cOuihlItttc. lhc
salary will have to be raised and the
board left this with the committee.
The mayor presented the letter
from Congressman Ollie James, say
ing the gunboat Paducah had been
ordered to this city when the silver
service was ready for delivery. The
letter was received and filed
]. w. Little had letter before
the board and he said he was going
to rebuild his mill that burned sew
eral weeks ago. and asked that he
be exempted from taxation for Ave
years. II was referred to the finance
committee.
Business men of Evansville have
chartered the steamer John s. Hop
kins and communication from the
Commercial club was in the hands of
the mayor asking that delegates be
selected from Paducah and go on the
Hopkins to Cairo and meet President
Roosevelt The expense will be from
500 to S25. and the board referred
it to the finance committee.
Horse traders are nuisance at
the city scales on South Second street
and the aldermen concurred in the
action of the council in referring It
to the ordinance committee to bring
In an ordinance prohibiting 1t. Frank
Dunn, city weigher. made the COM
plant, and he has no authority to
compel them TO move.
II. S. Barnett sanitary officer, was
granted a 80 days leave of absence
and Robert Lax will act in his place.
| The deed Sr the old city hospital
to John Holmes was ratified by the
aldermen.
The report of James Collins, chief
OF police, was received and filed.
Notice was given by Mayor Yeiser
that Frank Parham had sued the
lefty for bed clothes destroyed several
years ago when a case OF smallpox
was discovered in his hotel. The al
dermen referred the suit to the city
solicitor and finance committee.
The board was notified that Smith
Sisters had sued the city and j. NJ.
White. of Nashville, for damage
done to their store by the falling of
the White building on Broadway
after the fire.
The need of new tenders on the
cars of the Paducah Traction com
pany was referred to the railroad,
telegraph and telephone committee.
The pavement In front of the fire
station In Mechanicsburg was ordered
repaired. The firemen will do the
work.
To act with the special committee
Of the council in looking up the
building inspector ordinance, Presi
dent Palmer named the committee
/ from the aldermen: Hank. Hannah
and Stewart.
Joseph Mattlson, sexton at Oak
Grove cemetery, reported that James
smith had removed the foundation
from his lot in the cemetery. Mr..
smith will sell the lot back to the
city. but the Cemetery refused to
purchase II with a foundation on 1t.
The ordinance providing for the
sale of a telephone franchise was
given second reading and passed.
The resolution introduced by Pres
ident Lindsey. of the council. that
tTwenty-third and Twenty-second
streets in Glenwood addition be
grayeled this summer was passed on
first reading.
The question of increasing the sal
airy OF the fireman at the city light
plant was referred to the light and
water committee.
The street committee will investi-
gate the closing of public highway
leading to the city dump. One prop
erty owner says he has the right and
1.-THE street committee will investigate
A protest to roller skating on side
walks was received and filed.
President Palmer was present af
ter an absence of several meetings
The. absentees were: Aldermen Bake
and smith.