The daily tribune., 1908-05-12
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING

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At the meeting Of the city council
last night. the question Of removing
the street car rails from East Second
street was discussed at some length
and It was decided to place the mat
ter in the hands Of City Attorney
Wilkes with power to act, It is
thought now that it will be neces-
sary to take 1t into the county court.
Two petitions for sidewalks were
received and acted upon. One petit
tion was from the property owners on
the south side Of West First street,
asking the permission to lay walks
from Frazier avenue to lot II, block
8. Frazier addition. bnt the council
thought best that since walks are to
be laid 1t would be better to have the
entire street walked, 80 1t was ordered
that the walks be extended on to
Houston avenue and that the owners
of property be given ninety days in
which to have them laid.
The other petition was from own
ers Of property OH the south side of
East Second street from Pixies Peak
avenue to Florence avenue The
petition was granted and ninety days
was placed as the limit in which to
have the work done. In both cases
the city clerk was authorized to ad-
vertise for bids.
A bill for ordinance No. 1856. con-
cerning public watering places was
passed on it's first reading and ordi.
nance No. 235, in relation to Junk
dealers. was passed on second reading
A discussion on the subject of hav-
ing the ordinances modified and the
''dead" ones stricken from the book
of ordinances occupied some time. 1t
was decided to leave IL with the city
attorney. In case the work is done
a new book of ordinances will likely
be published. 1t is estimated that
the work will cost about $3.50. but the
publication charges will be very
small In com parison with the other
work that will be necessary.
The Fourth of July committee ap-
pointed by the Business Mems asso-
citation, appeared before the council
and asked for the concession granted
last year. The council granted the
same and made donation of fifty
dollars.
1t Is likely that a new ordinance
defining the duties of the city scav-
anger will be drafted shortly. A
short time ago the officers of the
Civic Improvement league requested
that an ordinance be passed so that
the city can be kept cleaner of filth,
and If the ordinance is drafted and
passed it will be so worded that it
will be compulsory for citizens to
clean up more often.
The city clerk was authorized to
notify the agent of the Frazer estate
that the sidewalk on West Main street
must be repaired Immediately.
The committee appointed by the
council to look iuto the taxes which
should have been paid made its re-.
port. In this report it is stated that
at the beginning of the fiscal year.
April /, 1908, the outstanding debt of
the city amounted to sos, 1870. 26 and
the outstanding dobt April /, 1908.
was t2o7, 1873 35. There Is now $50, .
006. 10 on hand to be applied to the
city's debt which will reduce it to
the sum of $l57.sl7.25 showing a
total reduction of the debt of $lO5, :
3l3.ol. almost forty-fiye per cent.
1t Is figured that with an average of
s2i .062. GO per year aud ut the present
rate of taxation the, indebtedness can
be wiped out in the next Ave years