Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-22
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.


session last night, with Mayor Pro
TEN Casey in the chair Absent Mayor
Mcconnell and Alderman Folsom.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and before their approval
Mr.. Casey made objection to that
portion which stated that the ordl-
nance creating the office of city so.
licitor was passed and request
ed the clerk to make his
objection part of the record Mr..
Casey said that the mayor had no
vote on the passage of ordinances,
and as the mayor had decided the tie
vote by announcing the ordinance
passed the action was not legal. The
minutes were then approved.
Chairman Mcclellan of the streets
and alleys committee reported that a
wing wall on the northwest corner
of the bridge, to connect with the
sidewalk could cost about $75 He
thought it was not necessary to go
to the expense Of advertising for bids,
and moved that the committee be
authorized to get the work done al
cost not to exceed s75. The mo-
ton carried.
d, w. Hoover made a proposition to
fill certain depressions in the street
with dirt taken from an excavation
for 10 cents a yard. Alderman Logan
moved that the proposition be ac
cepted and that the filling be done on
Third avenue, between Fourth and
Fifth streets, under the supervision OF
the street commissioner Carried.
Alderman Scouton stated that q
leakage from the reservoir had made
the road near the old bricllyard al
most impossible and, while 1t was out
side the city limits he thought the
city should contribute toward having
of the board of county commissioner
that If the county would furnish tho
tiling the city would put it in, thus
remedying the defect. He moved that
the sreets and alleys committee eX
pend not to exceed $l5 in havini
the place fixed. Carried.
Chairman Scouton OF the fire ant
water committee. presented a reso
luton establishing rate of 5 cent
per thousand gallons for water use,
by the Durango Beer and Ice com
pany, the Denver e. Rio Grande Rail
road company and the cold storage
| plant and for the Gilbert ice plan
| $50 year, where the amount was /
100000 gallons or less, all in excess
of that amount cents Thousand
bert plant was not using city waite
for the ice plant and should be prl
on the boiler rate-$50 a year. OF
motion the resolution was passed.
Mr.. Scouton also introduced reso
luton to the effect that the street
and alleys committee be authorize,
to instruct the street supervisor t.
construct sidewalks in front of lot
rs, 10, 90, 81 and % in block 121
keeping n strict and accurate accoun
OF the cost and the same certified t.
the county officers to be taxed agains
! said property. After considerable dis
cussion pro and con the resolution
was adopted.
Chairman Mcclellan of the claim
committee referred to the controvers
between the city and the telephon
company. Manager Pattison was pres
ent and read the agreement presents
by the telephone company for tn
city's approval and the one presente
by the city for the telephone con
pany's approval Mr.. Pattison elaine
the only difference between the tw
documents was that the telephon
company asfed that the city 20 bin
itself not to contract for or use othe
telephone service.
The city attorney was called upo
for an opinion on the agreement pre-
sented by the telephone company. Hi
advise was for the city not to sig1
1t looked to him very much like ther
was little joker hidden within tn
phraseology of the document.
the city consented to the company
proposition it would get four fre
phones. but it would be absolutely tie,
to the telephone company during th
life of the agreement. 1t was moved
seconded and carried that the com
ell do not sign up with the telephon,
company.
Mr. Van Hoof, representing the Col
orado Portland Cement company wa,
called upon to give his views on ce
ment walks. Mr.. Van Hoof state,
that as general thing cities did no
start in the right way when putin,
down cement walks. There was n lacl
Of system and uniformity in the work
| The work should be under the super
vision of some one authorized by tn,
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