The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-23
New Men Are Put on Hospital
Board and Police Board and
Appointment Announced.


Farley.
Hospital Board Drectors-Drs. X.
E. Hearne and II. T. Rivers.
Board of Health-lDr. c. E. Kidd
City Auditor-Alexander Kirkland.
City Buyer-Ed Miller.
Police and Fire Commissioner-Dr
Frank Boyd.
These city officers were elected by
the general council Monday night
when the upper and lower boards met
in joint session upon call of Mayor
James p. Smith.
Both boards held caucus meeting
prior to the call of the mayor, de-
Gliding upon the meat and milk inspec
tor. the hospital board directors aud
the new member of the board OF
health.
The election of DR.. Farley as meat
and milk inspector, Drs. Hearne and
Rivers as hospital directors and DR..
Kidd as a member of the board of
health was unanimous. DIR. Hearne
was elected to succeed DR.. ]. T. Red
dick and DR.. Rivers to succeed DR..
w. C. Eubanks. both of whose terms
of Office have expired
DR.. Kidd was elected to succeed
DR.. II. p. Sights, who was made
health officer to succeed DR.. w. T.
Graves Monday afternoon at a meet
ing of the board of health. All go
into Office July 1.
The general council merely ratified
the appointments of Mayor Smith for
the positions of city auditor, city
buyer and a member of the police and
fire board. Mr.. Kirkland was chosen
by the mayor to succeed himself for
another two years term and his bond
held subject to the approval of the
City solicitor
Mr.. Miller, who was appointed city
buyer by the mayor, was elected I'M
der the same terms. In addition the
city buyer will remain IN Office as
long as the mayor sees At. Mayor
Smith paid a complimentary remark
to Mr.. Miller last night, saying that
since his connection. as city buyer
he had performed excellent and eff
cient service.
DR.. Boyd was chosen by the mayor
to succeed Jesse Gilbert as a member
OF the board of police and fire COM
missioners. Mr.. Gilbert's term of Of
flee expires July 10.
Mayor Smiths call for the Joint
meeting also included the action upon
the recommendation of the joint rail-
road, telegraph and telephone COM
The committee sent in
that the offer of the
East Tennessee Telephone company
to buy a franchise for $500. paying
all the court costs of the litigation
with the city. be accepted. The recon
of the committee was con-
CURED in by vote of Is to 8.
Those in favor of the offer were:
Counclmen Lindsey. Bowers, Duvall,
Cornelison, Ford, Mayer, Van Meter,
Wilson and Aldermen Hannah, Baker,
Miller, Oechlschlaeger, Sheriff.. Stew
art and Wells. Those opposed were:
Foreman. Kreutzer and
Young. Councilman Lackey and AL
derman Hank were absent.
The offer or compromise of the
telephone company. which was made
before the council several weeks ago.
is that the company will pay $500
for the franchise II the city will offer
It for sale and also pay the court costs
incurred In the suit of the city against
the company. The terms further are
that the company will furnish TO the
city free of charge is telephones and
1t will have the privilege of charging
$3.50 for residence phones and 81 for
business phones until it reaches 1000
afterwards raising the
price 25 cents per thousand for resi-
dence phones and so cents per thou
sand for business phones.
The telephone committee also
recommended that the Independent
company be placed on the
same basis as the East Tennessee
company and offered "a
similar franchise.
Manager Jefferies, of the Independ-
ent Telephone company. was present
ard stated that II would mean sui
eide for his company TO attempt to
raise their present rates, but that he
wanted the franchise to fall back on
in case the company could not earn
a livelihood under the present
charges.