The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-22
LOTS OF WORK IN
SIGHT FOR FALL.
NEW SEWER, NEW CROSSINGS
AND NEW GAS MAINS.
pEDESrALFoR CHIEF MAHAsKA
Denver Firm viii Likely Do the Stone
Work-New Standing Commit
tees Announced by Mayor
Ralston.

Ralston.
With but one absent member the
city council met in regular semi
monthly session Monday evening and
weighed the problems Of the hour with
their usual elaboration. The an
nouncement of new standing commit
tees was made by Mayor Ralston as
follows:
Ways and Means Shipley, Minnick
and Pickett.
Finance-Pickett, Carlin and Ship
ley.
Claims-Laffollet Carlin and Ship
ley.
Streets and Sidewalks - Minnick,
Campfield and Christie.
Fire-Ralston, Campfield and Brown.
Water-Brown, Shipley and Pickett.
Light-Shipley, Laffollett and Ven
able. sa sHr
Public Improvement - Venable,
Campfield and Christie
Railroads - Campfield, Mccall and
Minnick.
Legal-Carlin, Venable and Christie.
Sewers-Brown, Carlin and Laffol-
| lett.
Ordinances-Venable, Campfeld and
Pickett. tu-u,o... aa.
Parks-Christie, Mccall and Carlin.
Police-Ralston, Brown and Ship
ley.
| A Pedestal For Mahaska.
One more meeting of the city coun-
Gil has left the Mahaska statue still
without provisions for pedestal, but
| the way seems now clear for COM
mencement of the work in the near
future. All bids were rejected at a
previous meeting and new ones adver-
tised for and the two replies were op-
ened Monday evening. One was from
the Ottumwa Cut Stone Co. of Ottum-
wa, Iowa, of 1912. and the other from
the Denver Marble & Granite Co., of
| Denver, Colo, of $685.. There was
i some doubt as to whether or not the
Ottumwa bid conformed with the
stipulations of the advertisement, and
in order to avoid mistakes the award
ing of the contract was practically left
with the mayor and city solicitor to
i decide which conformed more nearly
to the specifications. No home dealer
4 presented bid, but the president of
the Denver firm is w. e. Greenlee, for
merly resident of this city.
New Crossings Around Park.
| hn FOR. in &c lf
the intersections around the square
were considerably frightened by the
action of the city council at their meet
ing Monday night, and if all pans
out" Oskaloosa will realize one of her
long needed improvements which will
be appreciated by every citizen as
well as visitors who pass through the
city. New crossings have been con-
structed in every corner of the city,
and greatly needed improvements
they have been, but it is the general
feeling that on account of the greater
number of people who would be &C
commodated by the reconstruction of
the crossings in the center of the city,
that they should receive the first atten-
ton before expanding money at more
remote places where, though greatly
needed, the Improvement would ac-
commodate but comparatively few
people, Tire different forms of con-
struction were considered for the
crossing plates,-cast iron, sheet steel
and REINFORCED cement. No decision
was made as to the details of the
work, but the city engineer was in
! structed to solicit bids for the work
to be submitted to the council at the
next regular meeting.
viii Extend Sewer.
| A few matters were left over from
former meetings and one in particular
was brought up with added signifi-
canoe by the reading of the official no.
LITIGATION which has just been received
from the district court of this county
of the injunction which has been
granted Andrew Fehd enjoining the
city from emptying the sewage from
the east city sewer on his land east
of the brick yard 1t was evident that
some action was necessary at last as
but one hundred days time is allowed
them in which to abate the nuisance,
and 1t was unanimously decided to
accept the proposition of Mr.. Fehd to
pay him $40 for the right of way
through his land to the county road
so that the sewer may be extended
| five or six hundred feet to the north
eide af fha hridoa aorncu Cnrino DraoL
The work will be done by the city
and no bids have been asked for.
This action has removed one of the
worst sewer problems which ever
confronted the council, and the work
will be started at once.
To Regulate House.Moving.
An ordinance was presented TO the
council, and submitted to the city so
licitor for investigation, framed for