The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-03
COUNCIL BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
October Reports Are Received
and Filed.
Routine Business Only Occupies At
tention of Solons ON Election
Eve.
ONLY TWO OF THEM ABSENT.

The board of councilmen met In
regular session last night and no new
business was before the board only
the regular routine business came up
and it was disposed of in short order.
councilman Foreman was elected TO
act as president in the absence of
President Lindsey.
The appointment by Mayor
Smith of Mr.. George F. Emory, to
fill the vacancy in the board of super
visors was ratified. DR.. ID. G.
MurrelPs reappointment for a period
of 5 years as a park commissioner
was ratified.
A number OF reports for October
were received and filed. They were
the report of the finance committee,
report of the board of supervisors, re-
port of Chief of Pollck James Collins
and the report of Milk and Meat In
spector Ed p. Farley. The report OF
the joint finance committee, showing
accounts for the last half OF October
to the amount of $19, 33O.5O. was or
dered paid. Fifty dollars was allow
ed for the services of an assistant as
SCISSOR.
The residents along the west side
of North Third street between Jeffer-
son and Monroe streets petitioned the
board to put down a sidewalk, be
cause in bad weather the street is al
most impossible. The petition was
referred to the street committee.
Messrs. w. N. Levan. Sr.. and Jr,
will be granted franchise to operate
a ferry from the foot of Elizabeth
street to Livingston Point, providing
the franchise will not interfere with
the present ferrybOat franchise. which
says that no other ferryboat can OPP
crate within one mile of their land
lngs where the city has jurisdiction.
The city accepted Mr.. A. S. Elliotts
proposition TO pay $500 for street
improvement at his property at Ninth
and Ohio streets, and the city pay the
remainder of the improvement debt.
On motion OF aldermen, the city
engineer, city solicitor and the street
committee viii act with the Illinois
Central railroad to have a crossing
put In where Cedar street crosses the
track in Dittleyille.
Mr.. w. N. Warren asked for an es-
timate on the cost of sewer connec-
ton at his property on North Four
teenth street and permission TO make
The request was granted.
Mr.. w. r. Jones was granted a.
deed to a lot In Oak Grove cemetery.
Resolutions regulating the setting
or slabs and stones on graves In Oak
Grove cemetery was given first and
second passage. On recommendation
of the cemetery committee, the board
Mr.. Mattison, sexton of the
TO clear the trees from the
streets in the Oak Grove addition.
The ordinance committee was in
structed to bring in an ordinance
for the improvement of
street in the Plunkett Hill
as was contracted. Because
Of the noise of ringing so many gongs
on wagons early in the morning the
ordinance committee was instructed
TO bring in an ordinance governing
the ringing Of these gongs.
CITY Engineer L. A. Washington
was granted a two weeks leave of
absence to visit his father in Vir-
ginia.
Those present last night were Coun
cilmen Foreman, Bowers. Duvall
Ford. Kreutzer. Laekey. Mayer, Van
Meter, Wilson and Young. Those
absent were Councilmen Lindsey and