The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
The COUNCILS SESSION
. Lengthy Session OF the City coun
Gil Was Held Monday Even
ing in Routine Work.

SooilS4i was ilelu MoD0ay evening III
the mayors office at the city hall.
Mayor Branson presided and Alder
men Koch, Curtis, Koch, Reeves,
Kelley, Doyle and Burns were pre-
sent. Auditor Markham read the
minutes OF the previous meetings
and they stood approved.
X. 5. Christensen appeared before
the council with a proposition to sell
the city three carloads of Iowa steam
coal, the balance of coal be had left
after the fire at the mill. The
matter was referred to the water
works committee with power to act,
il they considered that the city was
in need Of the coal.
A resolution was introduced
officially determining the grade OF the
streets adjacent to the property
owned by the government, on which
is to be erected the postot11ce build
Ing. Surveyor Nelson has ..completed
the work and turned it over to the
council that 1t might take ofiiea al
action and ordering it placed on the
record as the official grade.
The street and alley committee rec
commended the condemnation of the
following sidewalks and that cement
walks be laid: Lots l, g, S, 6, block
H., original plat; lots l., 2, 8, d,
block Is, original plat; lot l, block
8, original plat; also that the walk
on the north side of the office of
the Educator Go. be laid; also that
the walk or the south side of the
Champeny : building be condemned
and a cement walk laid.
DR.. r. f. Dun5as appeared before
the council with the usual request of
the corn palace committee with
reference to the street privileges
being extended the committee the
same as In former years. BY a
resolution the council sold the street
privileges to the corn palace COM
mittee for 81, and the committee is
to pay all the necessary expenses of
extra police, cleaning the streets
and to provide water and benches
along the street, the privileges to be
located on the streets under the
direction OF the mayor and the
street and alley committee. The
treasurer OF the corr palace COM
mittee is to make the collections
each day In place Of the .ity auditor.
. Mr.. Tricky, who is temporarily
filling the position as head engineer
at the water works, was presented
to the council by the mayor Who
stated that Mr.. Tricky had been
appointed to the position with she
understanding that If he made good
be was to receive the permanent
appointment. The mayor stated
that the council would have TO fix
the salary OF the engineer at the
water works at a different figure
than had heretofore existed, and said
that MIR. Tricky would require a
salary of S75 per month. In the
position OF head engineer the mayor
stated that Mr.. Tricky would be
held responsible for the condition of
things at tie water works and that
he thought under those conditions
the engineer should have the privi-
lege Of selecting his own assistants.
After d discussion 1T seemed to Le
the general opinion that a competent
man, who had complete control Of
the station, would be entitled to a
salary OF $75 a month and the
ordinance committee was instructed
to prepare an ordinance fixing the
salary at that amount.
Alderman Burns stated that ht
thought this would be a good tine
to discuss the question OF help at til,
waterWorks, whether there should b,
two assistants to the engineer or onl,
one in order to get the best possible
service from the plant. The alder
man thought that a Shift of twt
men, working twelve hours day, wa;
altogether too much to ask of a mar
and still have him in condition tt
attend to his duties, for the occasion
often came up where both men woult
have TO be at work, and that woull
necessarily keep one mar on the shift
over fourteen hours. He believed
that a man working such long hour
would not always be ready to attene
to his work when his shift cam
around. Alderman Curtis though
that there should lie two capabl
engineers and to secure a helpe
when bis services we're in need. TIL
mayor and Alderman Kelley were O
the opinion that there should b
three men at the water works for til
hest protection OF the city, eacl
working q shift. Mr.. Tricky sal,
that this would not mean that eac]
man would only work eight hours o.
a shift, but that three-fourths OF tn
time two men would be at work a
the station. He said that there wa