The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-22
ALDERMEN
PASS AMENDED FRANCHISE FOR
INTERURBAN LINE.
"Jim Crow" Car Ordinance Is Order
ed in Upper Board-Important
Meeting Held Last Night.

All the aldermen were present las
evening. Including Alderman w. 7
Miller, who succeeds Frank B. Smith
Accounts amounting to s3,222.S:
We're allowed.
Mrs. r. L. Gilbert transferred one
half of her Oak Grove cemetery loi
to Mrs. Samuel Buchanan; Thomas
Elliott transferred his lot to Charlie.
Elliott. while the city clerk was di
rected to make out deed to G. e
Spinner for the Oak Grove lot HI
bought from the municipality.
The board of public works was
requested to have several loads oi
gravel dumped into the low places al
Seventh and Finley streets.
To the board of public works was
referred the matter OF putting a ~
foot driveway leading from the tor
of the river front down to the wharf
boat.
The parties owning property that
lies where Clark street will run II
opened from Nineteenth street to
Twenty street, agreed to grant
this ground II the public will deed
back to them ground giTen up long
ago for the old Clinton road, pub
lie passageway. In order to make
the exchange legal the aldermen d.
rected the city solicitor to institute
proceedings.
The ordinance committee was or
dered 20 bring In an ordinance COM
polling the traction company to pro-
vide separate apartments in street
cars for white and colored passen-
gers.
People operating scavenger wag-
ons that gathered up filth over the
city have had to pay a small license
to do business, but Chairman Baker,
of the license committee, recon-
mended that hereafter no license be
charged and that wagons operate I'M
der direction of the board of health.
Mrs. Joseph vogt asked the board
to refund her $3.50 poll tax she paid
for her husband, who is dead. The
Question was left with the city as
SCISSOR and board of city supervisors.
A resolution was ordered providing
that the Lack Malleable Iron plant
be exempted from paying city taxes
for a period of five years.
The late Yves Arnold sold some
Broadway property TO George G.
Duigiud, and 1t now develops that
back taxes are due on 1t, but collec-
ton of taxes is barred by the statutes
of Imitation 1t amounts to $3.50
but in order to raise whatever cloud
this lien may have upon title of the
property Attorney Diuguid agrees to
pay the city IS If a clear receipt will
be given for all taxes due. The city
solicitor was directed to settle on
that basis.
The city voted to donate $50 to the
Tennessee River Improvement asso'
citation to help in the work of i'm
proving the Tennessee river.
The appellate court some months
ago decided this city had TO pay state
taxes upon the public market house
wharfboat and cemetery. The mayor
informed the aldermen that he be
lieved the appellate court was of thu
opinion that the Paducah cemeter,
is a paying institution. He advised
that officials take up the proposition
of enacting a law relieving all GENE
teries owned by municipalities from
state taxation as the revenue is no
sufficient TO defray the expenses o
maintaining the cemeteries.
Southern Electric.
Fist and second passages wer'
given the franchise ordinance TO
the new electric interurban railway
The original ordinance brought II
two weeks ago gave the road thu
POWER to lay spurs and switch track
wherever 1t pleased and for any dist
ance, but this one stipulates that un
der no condition can sidinss or spur
be put down without an ordinance
being passed.
The amended ordinance now goes
to the lower board.
The News-Democrat last Tuesday
published that when the city treas
urer" here borrows money he has
to pay a high rate of interest, but
last night Treasurer Dorian explain
ed to the aldermen that the treasurer
never borrows for the city, nor can
he, not being the legally authorized
party, but that all the borrowing is
done by the mayor on instructions
from the general council. SO II the
mayor does not get low rate of In
terest II Is not the treasurer's fault.
The matter was referred to the
finance committee and city treasurer,
the latter announcing his willingness
TO take the matter up. He alone has
the authority to designate the depos
itory.
The mayor also urged upon the
aldermen that something should be
done towards raising the salary for
next year of the city solicitor. city