The Paducah evening sun., 1908-08-18
Board Of COuncilmen Concur
in Aldermen's Action.
Routine Business Principally Interests
Lower Board at Regular August
Session.
PLUNkETr HILL FOLKS OBJECT

Ter the board of councimen at las
tnight's meeting, no new business be
ing presented.
The councllmen concurred In tn,
lact.on OF the upper board ordering "a
losd,nance drawn for the issuance o
100000 In bonds 10 be used TO
street and sidewalk Improvements.
Mayor Smfi requested that ths
council order a deed drawn for prop
leIty sold to A. S. Elliott by Capt
Young Taylor. on request OF Mr.
Elliott. The property is at Thiuteentf
and Ohio streets, l3 foot frontage and
was sold to Captain Taylor BY thr
city and deed was not made ont al
the time. Captain Taylor recently
sold the property to Mr.. Elliott.
M. Thomas Torian petitloned the
council to pay him for property at
Fifteenth street and Kentucky avenue
used for street purposes. It was or
dered that he be given $25 for his
propety.
The residents of the vicinit of Lang
park presented a petition with a. sig
natures. askiag that Nights be put at
t.,'e ertrances to the park. as ti,ere
are no Sidewalks around the park.
The council recommended TO the
board Of public works that three
lights be paced there, at the east
and west entrances and at the en-
trance near the new church building.
Thee lights are TO be paid for out OF
the contingent fund.
C'ty Solicitor James Campbell. Jr..
asked II he ahculd go 10 New York TO
take depca.t.ons IN the case the city
has IN court with the East Tennessee
Telephone company. The council de
fegred consideration.
Accounts were allowed for So
4iS.90.
An ordnance providing for the con-
seruct.ol OF an alley from Twelfth
9,rCst 10 Thirteenth street an be-
tween Jefferson and Monroe streets
was g.yel first and second passage.
Another odlnance, providing for the
transfer OF Iquor license. providing
the por4Oa Wishing 20 take the licease
was satisfactory 20 the general coun-
ell, was given lis secold and final
passage. Duval. Cornellson and
Young votirg nay.
The action OF the committee ep-l
pointed to investigate the wiring OF
the Carneg.e pubic library was con-
cured I'M, providing the city has sufii-
Gent money TO carry ON the work.
A deed for property for the cor
stucjicn OF a road across the and of
f. NJ. McG.athery, GO feet wide. from
the Mayheld road 70 the Union sta
ton, was received.
The residents of Plunkett hil noti-
fed the general oourcil by a petition
that they would sue the city in case
there was FIRE. because the city has
reg.ecfed 10 put IN a FIRE pug which
they had been promised. The matter
was referred TO the city solicitor and I,
The city engineer.
On motion of Alderman Miller the
mayor was Instructed 20 abate the 4
nutscHce of the Standard OIL company
it Tenth and Monroe streets I'm stor-
ng oil M that place.
J. L. Potter was refused a saloon
license at 627 Campbell street and
the money paid for his license was
refunded. T'iTere has been a
to a saloon opening in
that vicint.
W j. Dicke was granted a deed to
lot sc, block AA, in Oak Grove Gene
cry.
wegage work done by Bridges a I
sors was reported unsatisfactory at
Twelfth and Jones streets. Thhteenth
md Adams streets and a,Ong Hunt
ngton Row by the abutting property
'wrers. also at Pluakett Hill Rdddtlon
lhe work done at the Plunkett Hfll
ijd,ticn benefited the high ground.
sut not the low land. and the citizens,
isked that the council assess them
.ccording to the benefit received.
'hey also asked that they be granted
compensation for dirt taken from
he low ard at Plunkett Hill and
'aced on higher ground in filing inl
ne sewer. The matter was referred
o the sewer committee and the city
ng'reer.
The city engineer was authouizedl
o build a sanitary sewer on Trimble
tTeet from the Home of the Friend
eas at Fourteenth street TO the watt
ng room in Oak Grove cemetery at
N approximate cost Of $685., a dis
ance of 1.075 feet. w a.,.-
The mayor was authorized to hayel
he chief Of police enforce the ordi-