Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-17
BIO BUSINESS BATCH
City councii Unable 10 Complete lt's
Orind This Week.

Ortn6 This Week.
All tho Solons were In their seats Tues
day night. The minutes Of previous and
several adjourned meetings wsre read.
Those included FULL reading Of tho final
form Of agreement made with tho Pure
Springs Water Supply Co.. which required
in all some reading by Cierk MeKelvsy.
A petition TO order = sidewalk on cast
sido Of 7th street between Maple and
Sycamore was road and granted.
Building permits were granted to W. o.
Check. @. M. CofIman and J. M. Little.
In response to an inquiry sont in by
tho Mayor. for information.a eommuniea-
ton from Denver engineer was
road. telling what Denver ordinances ro-
auired As to street parking. This is in
tended IS guido 10 Rocky Ford's plans.
An application for position o! Asst.
Water Commissioner and Asst. Health
Officer from A. L Kellogg was received.
The salary asked for was $40 per month
for tho filing Of both pos,,ions. A ballo.
was taken which showed n unanimous
voto in Mr.. KS favor.
A petition To widen into street tho
alley in rear Of tho Rocky Ford hotel. CON-
meeting 10th and ith streets was read.
Aid. Merk reported that a part Of tho
property owners were ready to give tho
ground necessary to widen tho street.
Tho other part would have to bo pur-
chased. Tho petition was referred to tho
S. and A. Com. To report upon.
Tho question Of licensing individual and
expert plumbers instead Of enrlo jing
firms came up for discussion. Tho
License Com. will Ak Il when they bring
IN their new license ordinance.
A letter from a Denver woman suffraQ-
ist, asking the Mayor for information on
the subject Of woman offiee-holdinn and
the workings Of woman suffrage in Colo
RADIO. was laid over. the questions asked
requiring serious deliberation on tho part
Of the honorable body before delivering
themselves. Clerk McKelvey Will file
their views and forward them officially.
Tenders to do the plumbing at the
pumping station were read from Otis
Brown and Will Anderson. The bids
were Brown. $llo; Anderson. 500.
The question Of who was going to use the
bath tub seemed to put a damper on the
whole proposition and it was laid on the
table.
Tenders for coal supply for city were
opened, II was for $50 tons anthracite
coal. Geo. R. Daring bid s6.75 per ton
net cash; Jaokson-Lawson Co. bid same
price. without stipulating for cash. Mr..
Lawson was present and being interro-
gated about terms Of payment. wanted
to know the probable condition Of city's
coal fund. and was told money would be
available in so to so days. Aid. Amos
moved the acceptance Of J.-L. tender,
with the understanding that it be paid
for with city warrants. Aid. Gauger
moved in amendment that the J.-L. bid
be accepted without proviso. The motion
was withdrawn and the amended form
was carried.
Health officer Kendig made his report
for month. 1t reported quarantine Of four
cases Of small pox and one Of scarlet
fever. Three released and houses fumi-
gated.
Ten o'clock was drawing near when
the Water Commissioner submitted some
Of his water system plans. and that on
pipe line extension was about to be con-
sidered. but the Board changed its mind
and took up the Street Supervisors
trouble as being more pressing. Supv.
Wood was given jurisdiction to facilitate