The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17
ROUTINE MATTERS
OCCUPY COUNCIL
MEETING DEVOTED LARGELY TO
HEARING OR VARIOUS COM
MTTTEES AND ALLOW
ING USUAL BILLS.
Patrons OF Union Academy Want City
TO Purchase Lot, and Will Put
Up Part OF Money-New
Lights to be Installed.


Wednesdays issue:
The mayor stated that he had been
approached by Mr.. J. H. Stevens,
agent for the Brooks estate, in re-
gard to the purchase by the city of
certain piece of property owned
by Mr.. Brooks adjoining the Union
Academy. The mayor stated that Mr..
Stevens said the property could be
purchased for the sum of $4,000,
and that the negro patrons of Union
Academy had expressed a willing
ness that if tie city would purchase
the property in question they would
pay 100000 toward the purchase by
the city.
On motion, duly seconded, it was
ordered that the matter be looked
into further, and report at the next
meeting.
The mayor called the attention of
the council to the fact that the sixty
day limit of the street car company,
given them by the city, in which to
place their track in satisfactory con-
dition, had expired
The light committee recommended
that the following lights (arc) be in
stalled, and on motion it was so or
dered: Fourth avenue and Seven
teenth street north; Eighth street
and Fourth avenue south; Fifth
street and Fourth avenue south.
The light committee called the at
tention of the council to the verbal
request of Mr.. Clayton that an arc
light be placed at the corner of his
lot, same being the extreme northern
city boundary line on Military road.
The finance committee reported
that they had let the contract for
publishing the annual statement of
the secretary and treasurer to the
Dispatch, for the sum of $44.95.
Moore by Weaver: That the recent
action of the council in ordering
cement sidewalk laid along the east
side of Eighth street north, from
Main to Second avenue north, be re-
scinded So ordered.
hS ILSdSuiCl pICS6AiC0 nfS IALSI
est coupons, value $25.O0 each, gen
eral Improvement bonds Nos. 1, 46,
At, As and 40. Same were counted
and cremated in open council, and
the treasurer allowed proper credit.
McClanahan by Lincoln: That ce-
ment walks be ordered along the west
side of Fourth street south, in front
of the following property: DR.. r. r.
Stockard, Mrs. T. ]. Cady. Mr.. S. D.
Harris and Mrs. Hirshman. So or
dered.
The following accounts were then
allowed and ordered paid:
Water Works - Banks Hardware
Co, nails, saw blades, ETC., $40;
Guyton Printing Co., water rent pos
tails. $4,000; Nashville Plumbing &
Standard Oil Co., one barrel kerosine
oil, $500; Herseys Meter Co., 1-1-z
meter, $4,000; Jacob, F. NJ, tees,
nipple and pipe, $40; Moore, e.
s., insurance on boilers, $4,000; Co
roma Coal & Iron Co., November ac-
count, subject to check; Jacob, F.
NJ, repairs and sundry fittings, sub
ject to check.
Streets-Columbus Railway, Light
4 Power Co., repairs on crossings,
$3.50; Banks Hardware Co.. curry
combs, brushes and plow points,
$6.10; Walker, j. L. & Co., corn and
oats, $1S75: Winston-Harris Hard
ware Co., three rakes, $2.25; Jacob,
c. H. repairs wagon, $500: Newby
Bros, bride, broad ak and handle,
s2.7O; Columbus Carriage Works.
shoeing and washers. $500; Banks,
Willis, 16. 6.125 pounds of hay. 5000;
Wynn, P. L., shoeing horses, s2.00;
Bell Lumber Co., subject to check;
Wood, C. L., grades. levels and pro-
files, cement walks, six blocks north
side, s2500.
Incidentals-Caine, W. P secur-
ing options A. & T. v. r. r.. $500;
Maxwell. Shep. repairs. pipe and
cleaning stove, $3.50: Divelbiss. L.
B.. rubber stamps, paper and type
writer ribbon, $3.50; Fitzpatrick &
Smell, oats police horse. October and
November, $3.50: Hunt, ID. A, elec-
trio portables, $3.50: Hammock, W.,
feeding prisoners. $2.25; Childers,
E. H., bill board postoffice, $3.50:
Vandiver, M. c., stamps and repairs
CRATES. $3.50; Weaver & Harrington,
disinfectants, $3.50: Mayo Drug Co.,
sundry items for September and No
vember, S5c; Guyton Printing Co.,
postals for privilege tax licenses.
s12.0O: Jacob. G. H, shoes police
horse. $1.00.
Fire partment--Walker. j. L.
q Co 400 noundS soda so 90. woa-