Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-04

as long as Mr.. Andrews is organize,
for this district, since our city Is he
central point and therefore mosg0
venient as headquarters.
CITY COUNCIL.
The city fathers met in regular SOS.
sion last night, with all present ex.
cept Aldermen Casey and Mcclellan
and Mayor Berndt in the chair.
The reading of the minutes of nla.
vious regular and adjourned meetings
and subsequent approval of the same
was first in order.
| A license for an employment agency
was granted to ]. c. Copeland.
The reports of city officers were
read and ordered filed. The treasurer
reports s27.12O26 on hand.
When the bids for the digging the
trench for the new pipe line were
opened. they contained the following
names and rates: w. A. O'Brien. bid
so cents per foot; ]. J. Mccormick.
4S1s cents; Laughren and Spinning.
As cents; A. ]. Chaffee, "a cent? The
contract was therefore awarded to A.
j. Chaffee at "a cents per linear foot.
The managers Of the Theatorium
and Electric theater protested against
the new water rate, and asked thai
their buildings be allowed the old
store rate instead of being classed as
public halls. The communication
claimed that these moving picture
shows. were store shows. The differ
ence between the store and public hall
rate, is as s12 and s25, the respective
rates for each. 1t was moved by Al.
derman Scouton that moving picture
shows be rated as public halls and
the ordinance rate be charged accord.
ingly. Carried.
Mrs. Akers. ]. c. Copeland and
Charles Fleck made complaint as to
their water rates. On motion a rebate
was allowed to Messrs. Fleck, Meyers
and McNeeley, in accordance with the
new ordinance, but the requests .oi the
. others were refused.
1t was reported by Alderman Naege.
: jail and fire department had been Par.
chased by the committee.
| An extension of time was granted 10
Frank Eldredge to fill up his cesspool.
The offer of Tom Lotus to furnish
800 loads of dirt to the city Al 10
cents per load, in payment of a bill
of $50 for work done by the city in
tearing down the burned building, now
occupied by the Henderson-Loftus
block, was on motion, accepted
w. C. Liesenberg, secretary of the
school board, entered protest against
the sewer tax on the high school prop
erty. AS there is no sewer on the
alley, connection has to be made from
: some distance with another sewer. In
case the property changes hands. there
will be another sewer in that prop
erty, and the high school will then
be taxed for two, being already con
nected. They now own the entire
block on which the high school stands
but some of the land may In future
change hands. The council took TO
action since they held that protest
should have been made before the
sewer systems were completed.
The claim of Thomas As19wen for
damages to his premises and hen
house by sewer builders. was referred
to the committee on claims.
A motion made that the defaJ from
Mr.. Nelson for right of way be re,
corded and filed, was lost, since The
: council is not certain that the land
) conveyed by said deed is unencum.
! bered.
A number of bills were read and 81,
lowed. Bill of w. P. Vale for $500
for registering and collecting sewer
tax was laid over till next regular
meeting. A bill of T. l.. LOTUS, which
was taken up separately, on account
OF damages to be allowed from the
sewer, was turned down
; The mayor and fire and water com.
mittee, were authorized to approve the
bond of A. ]. Chaffee for digging the
trench for pipe line.
The city attorney addressed the
council in regard to the grantingAl
; saloon licenses. He stated that all
licenses must be granted on Oct. /
and April l, and on no other dates. Al
licenses granted on other dates ara
nul and void. He quoted copiousiy
from the statutes in proof of his re.
marks. Hereafter no licenses will be
Issued except on those dates.
Messrs. Hutchins and Cunha pro
tested that they were charged a water
rate for chair in their barber shop,
which they did not use. They were
informed by the council that unless
they removed the same, they would
have to pay for 1t, whether in use or
not, as the ordinance had to bo en-
forced
designed to keep boys out of pool
rooms, bowling alleys and saloons, as
well as to keep them off the streets
after O'Clock. After discussion, the
matter was laid over till next meeting
| Council adjourned.