, 1907-12-04

Petition for waiving Of taxes.
New are hose purchased.
Mayor may sell stone.
Bills audited and allowed.
The council met at 7.40 last even
ing, with Mayor Spalding, Clerk Ty-
void, Marshal Sigman and Councilme1
Beemer. Gates, Hansen, Schwatke and
Soderstrom present. Absent, Council
man Johnson and Attorney McMurray.
the latter appearing later.
The minutes Of the meeting of No
vember 10 were read and approved.
Wants Taxes Waived
The following note from Samuel
Armitage, dated the Sd and addressed
to the mayor and council, was read:
lowing to illness, it is impossible for
me to pay my city taxes, and I respect
The petition was referred to the city
attorney.
Purchase Of Fire Hose.
The council, on motion of Mr..
Schwatke, authorized the city clerk
and chief of the fire department TO
purchase 800 feet of ley fire hose
from the Boston Woven Hose and Rub
Der company, through its agent, the w.
H. Holiday company. and 800 feet
from the Eureka Fire Hose company of
New Jersey, through julius Pearce of
Denver, agent, each at so cents per
foot. The hose is to be furnished with.
in thirty days, If possible.
DR.. A. w. Whitehouse, the veterinary
surgeon, asked for an appropriation OF
$25 for the test of twenty COWS in the
city for bovine tuberculin, and on mo
ton of Mr.. Schwatke, the matter went
over for further consideration.
Reports Of Officers.
The reports Of the city marshal, jus
tice of the rolice court and sexton OF
the city cemetery for November were
read and referred to the nance com
mittee.
During the month of November Mar
shall Sigman collected $500 for retail
liquor license, $12 for rent of justice
office, $33 for pound fees. and $500 for
county retail liquor license, a total of
$S45. Police Justice Hynds during the
month collected s167 in fines in city
cases. The two added make $1,012
covered into the city treasury. Pat
Doran paid $50 of the pound fees col
lected. Justice Hynds had fourteen
cases all told. There were four for
in~toxication, six for vagrancy, n for
drunk and d%isorderly and three for
keeping houses of prostitution.
The report of Sexton B. G. Sewell OF
the cemetery showed n lot in GENE
terry sold for IS and six interment.
during the month, one, on the I'd, two
on the 9th, and Il each on the 18th
21st and 27th. The average age of the
six persons was exactly thirteen years
Wooden Building in Fire Limits.
G. w. Lovejoy petitioned the coun
Gil for permission to construct within
the fire limits of the city Of Laramie
on the alley line of lot 20, block 200,
frame coal shed and water closet com
bined, to be 4 by 5 feet, seven feet
high, the water closet to be %connectea
with the sewer in said alley, the worl
to be done under the supervision of the
city marshal or such other authority
as the council may designate.
Mr.. Schwatke moved that the permit
be granted, provided the building bt
covered with corrugated iron, and The
motion prevailed.
Sewers for Eleventh Street.
James Naismith informed the cour
ell that Prof. Towar OF the experiment
station is having erected a residence
at Eleventh and Grand avenue, there
being no sewer in the rear OF the lot
and he was asked to bring the need O
the sewer to connect this lot with tn;
sewer system of the city. He suggest
ed the possibility of connecting witt
the new private sewer in the alley be
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets.
Mr.. Schwatke from the committee
on sewers reported that the matter o
the sewer in blocks 234. 1916 and 26'
had been taken up by the committee
1.-THE recommendations being made thar
owing t o the ~lateness of The season, tn
petition be left over until next spring
On motion of Mr.. Hansen Mr.. MAJ
smiths petition was referred to tn
sewer committee.
The Ice House Matter.
Mayor Spalding referred to the coun
ell the fact that the repairs to the raj
load company's ice house at n Gran
avenue crossing had been made COZ
trary to his orders and In violation o
the ordinances of the city, which pre-
vided that when a building has bee,
damaged by fire to such ar eTtent tina
it becomes unfit for the uses for whic
it was intended becomes a nuisance
and no would like to have the counc
take action in the matter.
Attorney Favors Action.
Mr.. McMurray. the city attorne'
[ stated that the repairs made were !
fragrant violation of the laws Of tn