Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10
goose the Fevered Muni-
Spal Pulse and Decide .
SIS, 900 LIBRARY BUILD
ING IS A GOOD DOSE
Rs,isvisg the Local Labor Market
And Spslag Water viii aOt
Hurt Us u Kept Three
Fest undee 0soUnd


frst thing taken up was the report Of
City Treasurer 6abeosk giving . state
msnt Of The funds deposited in the sus-
pended State Bank. The report showed
$4,000 on deposit el5.6oo Of which
was secured BY bonding company. The
balance was unsuarantssd. Treas Bab-
cock also submitted . letter from his
surssiss in which they informed him that
neither he nor they were responsible for
funds deposited In failed bank.
Attorney chas. E. Cast and directors
Of the Pure Springs Water Co. were
present with reference TO IN ordinance
submitted 70 the Peafd granting psruis-
sion 70 lay their s,s,syss pps tAreaga
The town. from thI 1sslsra TO The eastern
boundary. The sisa:ssisa Of Tie s.d:n-
snes. which was referred for immediate
reading 70 the rAnsaes esaAitsss.
sssssd the quest . vssshss he ran.
shiss carried A. SAsa consent - later
sake eonnsenos. With the city water
sys:sm.
Attorney Cast assured the council that
all his company vss expecting from the
city At the present time was the privilege
Of right Of wa.s ,sscsh the city. nths
city should later want city connections
with their main Il would then Be IN order
70 eonsidsr the terms and conditions
Of such city supply connections. The
company asked for the pipe line privilege
70 pass through Elm Avenue.
The honorable body. altar some hair
splitting criticism Of the ordinance dseid-
ID 70 put the pipe Sc inches under ground
and expressed It's satisfaction At the avail
ability Of supply Of spring water.
Attorney Cast assured the members
that u they were not hard drinkers the
company would bs pleased to supply
them with drinking water up to the limit
Of their thirst capacity.
Somebody shsn sprung . proposition to
ask the company to supply park foun-
.ains with spring water, it being suggest
cd tha; this would be good advertise
mens for the water company and for tho
city. A. this iuneture Il seemed 70 occur
TO Alderman Gauger that the council was
here letting in the entering wedge Of that
city connection they had JUS, been so
greatly fearing, and on the score Of fair
ness TO the company which had just been
specifically denied any city connections
he advised that this exception should no.
be asked Of them. He said he would vote
against it.
On the motion to suspend the rules
and give the measure its first reading
there were three ayes and one nay
Alderman Merk-and the question was
then raised whether the rules Of order
meant majority Of the whole six alder
men or only the members present. The
city attorney was consulted and his wor-
ship ruled in favor Of suspension. The
bill was then given its frs. reading.
The formal motion to publish was then
also adopted.
A delegation from the Library Board
consisting Of W. c. Steele and mesdames
Fenlason and Lawson was present. Mr..
Steele reported letter from Mr.. Car
negie's library representatives saying
that il the council would guarantee
81 900 as maintenance fund he would
donate $4,000 for the building Of IL
brary. The library board on consultation
had decided sha. $1,000 was no. suffi-
eient to maintain $4,000 library.
They had decided that $4,000 building
would cost as much for maintenance as a
S 5000. and he was personally in favor
of asking Mr.. c. for $4,000. Other
members Of the board had promised sub
scribers to the library fund that they
would not approve OF more than a
$4,000 building, with $1,000 main
tenanee fund. but they saw the sdvan-
tage of $4,000 building as he saw it
and SO he came with a request that the
council guarantee Sl.5oo a year for
maintenance. He urged that $4,000
library would put large building Job on
the local labor market Just when It was
much needed and he had figured ou. tha.
the added expense to the taxpayers
would only be 6oo on $50 taxes, In ad-
dition to the legal tax levy of one mill the
city could apply all fines to library use,
and that would not leave much to be
raised by popular subscription.
The mayor Suggested that the council
should by resoluticn guarantee a main
senanee funa OF; SEQ getting what it
could from hors.y TAX levy and snes and
trust to popular subscriptions for the rest,
and if future councils reseinded tha. acton
the building would be up.
The city attorney said that would be
the legal status Of the situation.
Mr.. Steele reiterated the great advan-