Cañon City record., 1908-04-23
City Council Select Municipal
Officers Fol 2 or The Current Year.
B1.ye Seefy Nanes Staading coa,mftee foe the Team
Easing Areh :, 19O9-AIdeemen Vote to Take sp
Van Bssfirk Option Reservoir Site

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Van Baslrirk Optio'
Although the municipal year ENDS
April Arst the second half Of the pres-
snt administration of city ahairs did
not begin in reality until Tuesday for
lit was not until Monday night that
the business Of the old year was final-
~ closed and the appointments made
for the concluding term. go
Following a custom established by
his predecessors in Office Mayor Seely
announced the standing committees
of the council for the annual period
Terminating April 1st 1903. Thsy are
as follows: -'
Finance Aldermen okey. Pressey,
and Garrett
Fire-Aldermen Jewett, Lamb and
Hiatt - ....
Streets alleys and bridges-Alder-
men Reeves, Boyle and Lamb. 49,
Police-Aldermen Pressey, Garrett
and Boyle. -,,-.s. ~.
/ Building Jewett, Okey
and Hiatt r. -~t.F4s. j. s.5s- /.
cemetery-Aldermen Boyle. Garrett
and Reeves. w.. .-.s - E5' = -
water-Aldermen okey. Pressey and
Hiatt. -g5 4. "a -, =
Lighting Aldermen Prs
and Hiatt - y u.
Aldermen Bey,ss Rssy.s
and Jewett. Sss s5 -
ordinance--Aldermen Lamb, JeV~.
EFT and Reeves -.s-,s (
sewer-Aldermen Hiatt ~, Garrett
and Lamb 81 Er
CITY Hsll-Aidermen Reeves, Lamb
| and: Okey
observation-disclosures Garrett. Boyle
and Lamb. .
Ths places 10 be nlled by appoiatr-
ilssaf tbs year included the o1fces Of
city attorney and city marshal, which.
until the passage of a law by the last
legislature changing the, manner of
kuClI SClCNtlOA, WSIC Q CACSSANSs SAAS 1sAAAAS
as the mayor and aldermen.
In a number of the Offices to be
filled formal applications for appoint
ment were filed by the candidates with
the city clerk, in others no applicA-
tions we're made and they wero Alled
upon nominations made by the council.
1t was stated that the salaries would
be the same as last year, and. in cases
| where there was no opposition, the
city clerk was instructed to cast the
vote Of the council for the nominee.
To avoid possible complications a
resolution was adopted before the
balloting began declaring all of the
appointed offices at the command Of
the council vacant, and for about i've
minutes the city was without legally
constituted officers OF any kind.
There being no opposition Charles
W. Van Patten was elected water su-
perintendent to succeed himself 9th
or elections in the water department
were Lee wynkoop. chief engineer at
the pumping plant, and Park r. Al.
lison and r. H. Anderson, assistant en-
gineers at the pumping plant.
Other elections we're as Follows:
8. B. George. street supervisor.
Charles F. Skinner. park commits
sioner and city herder.
J. T. Conrad, city teamster.
G. Porteous, sewer inspector.
c. T. Chapman. captain rof fire de-
partment
Virgil Cutler. lieutenant IRE de-
partment.
George s. Padgett. pipeman. are de-
partment.
d. J. Houston. city marshal.
Hiram Fillmore, night marshal.
A. g. Monroe, cemetery sexton.
DR.. Mary E. Phelps. health officer
| A. L. Taylor. city attorney.
John w. Rogers. police magistrate
D. l. Burton, janitor at the city
hall.
On motion It was decided 10 leav<
the Office Of city engineer untitled fol
the present
At q PREVIOUS meeting Of the coun'
Gil 1t was voted to receive bids froa
persons aspiring to the pcsitioa o.
street sprinkler and several of tAeA
were submitted for its eo01l9erAtSoa
TAsy were ~ follows:
". D. Msrris. see . noatA for u
annual period. ~