Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-22
City Councils
Adjourned Meeting

council last night all were present
with Mayor Mcconnell in the chair
The bonds for the appontive officeri
had not yet been corrected and tn,
matter goes over until the next meet
ing.
Ihe fire and water committee re-
ported that one of the new fire horses
was sick as result Of the trim from
Denver and on that account had NOT
oeeh tried by the committee. The
morse viii probably be all right in a
few days.
On motion the clerk was authorized
to procure blank books for use of his
Office and that OF the water commits.
| sion.
The claims committee recommend.
ed the payment of s320.76 each in set
tie ment of the bills of the Herald and
democrat for printing of the official
list of nominations.
| Bills for payment of salaries of Mar.
shal Wickline. Night Marshal Clark
and Policeman Wllkerson for services
| To date were presented and allowed
| Desiring to go out of town Mr.. Wick
| line deputized Marshall.elect Mozart
| ney to act for him until the latter's
bond was approved and he could take
formal charge of the office. McCart.
ney put on new force. Theno for night
marshal and Martin for policeman and
the new police force is now on duty.
The fire and water committee re-
ported adversely on the request of
H. w. Hanson for a reduction in wa
ter rates on his Main street building,
and recommended that an additional
main be laid from the reservoir to In.
tersect the main at Fifth avenue and
Eleventh street The printing for the
water superintendent's office had been
ordered and bids for supplying plumb
ing material had been called for. The
bid OF r, r. Graham was s4l2.2O
and that of G. w. Melville 249.5O,
which on motion was accepted. and
the contract awarded to Melville.
The committee reported that the en-
gineer's estimate on laying a 10-inch
main supply pipe from the reservoir
to Fifth street was si,237; on 16-
inch pipe, s7,149.50 It was moved
that 10=ipch eiya w ,s,i;s nor pfpe
and the cost of laying the same in ac.
cordance with specifications furnished
by the engineer. Alderman Casey was
in favor of putting in mains needed In
other parts of the city before the one
from the reservoir and amended the
motion that mains be laid from the
reservoir to Eleventh street, on West
Third avenue, North Durango and on
Seventh avenue. On roll call the vote
stood to and the mayor voted no,
explaining that 1t would entail an ex-
penditure of $4,000 and he couldn't
see where the money was coming
from. The original motion was car
ried. The councils attention was call
ed to the fact that right of way for
the new main over the ground of
w. A. Bill of Manitou would have to
| be secured.
Alderman Scouton stated that II had
| been customary for the city to furnish
| horse for the use of the water com
| mission. AS a horse so used had been
| stolen and he wanted the opinion OF
| the council as to whether the city
would stand the loss in case of sim
liar happening, or whether the com
| missioner should be held responsible.
1t was moved that the city furnish the
| horse, but that the commissioner
should be held responsible. On roll
call the vote was a tie and the mayor
voted no. This leaves 1t that the city
should stand the loss, If any there be.
Alderman Thompson of the sewer
committee reported that he had in
terviewed a number of the property
owners along Main avenue on the
question of the depth OF the sewer
In some places it would take a IA
foot trench and the expense for this
some of the owners did not want tr
stand. others could not.
City Engineer Henderson stated tina
In many places a 9-foot sewer woul,
be no better than one five feet. from
the fact that it would not drain base
ments.
The streets and alleys committee
was authorized to have the street
north and west OF the library buildlni
put to grade.
Alderman Scouton moved that EN-
, ployes of the city under the stree
commissioner receive 30 cents pc
hour and those employed by the waite
commission $3.50 per day.
At this stage OF the proceeding
t the white winged dove of peace tina
/ had been lowering over the counc
t suddenly took its flight. Alderma
Casey took exceptions to the Herald
l account of the squabble between hin
, self and Alderman Mcclellan Of tn
e street committee. He said the stat
a ment that he acknowledged that h
= had been consulted was false; ther
+ was not word OF truth in 1t. II
again accused Alderman Mcclellan {
having work done without consultin
e the other members OF the committe
n Alderman Mcclellan came back wit
r the statement that Casey had bee
d consulted and he could bring wi
e nesses to prove his assertions. +
/. said he had consulted both membe
oil OF the committee and Alderman L
e gan had given him information abo