Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-29
FOR MONROE
STREET PAVING LET 70
OWEN; ALLEY OHARRISDl

The letting Of the contract 70,
paving Of Monroe street ana n.
ley way IN block 3, the passIn.
ordinances for the paving Of n.
ley ways in blocks ~ and II ana -.
Introduction Of a new ordinance
the pairing Of East Promenade s,,.s'
were the principal features n, ~
business transacted by the city ooas
ell Monday night. This was thu a..
meeting OF the new body in ,ha ,'.'
OF transaetIng the clty's a,,',
and 30 great was the amount
work before them that they v.',
kept busy until nearly mIdnlRbt an
OF tho members were present v,a
the exception OF Willard Pitts. q, ~
Fourth ward, who Is confined IN n.
room with rheumatism.
The contract for the paving an,
curbing OF West Monroe street ~.
let TO d. G. Owen, his bid being VITA
in the estimate Of the city engineer.
The contract price for the paving !,
s1.3s a square yard, while the cu,1.
ing is to be $685. per lineal foot. IN.
other bidders for the work yers D
A. Powell, Ct this city, and Carl p
Werner, OF Kansas City. The n,
mer's bid was s1.44 per suuare y,,,
for paving and 1894 "a per II a,
curbing; the latter's bid va,
s1.39 IL for paving and 5000 u
for curbing.
The contract for the paving Of III.
alley way in block 3 was let to .
e. Harrison at s1.6S per square Va
for the paving and SIS per llueI
foot for the curbing. B. A. Powell
also had in a bid at $1.76 NJ,
square yard for the paving and ,r
a foot for the curbing.
The ordinances for the paving a
the alley way in block u and II We,
given their third readings and passsl
while the resolution for the payim
OF e. Promenade was given only tvo
readings. An attempt is also being
made to get a sewer on E. Proueu.
ade in addition to the paving and an
ordinance to this effect was given
its first two readings. The new Ss
trict sewer ON N. Calhoun street
was, however, accepted and tax bills
against the respective property ovn.
ers AUDITING on said street were OF.
cred issued.
Wonneman Asks Damages
from the City.
W. W. Fry, in behalf OF C. c. Won
aeman. was before council. During
the heavy rain that swept this sec.
ton OF the county Sunday afternoon,
April 18th, Mr.. Wonneman claims
the water from the street overflow.
ID his greenhouses, damaging him to
the extent OF several hundreds Of
dollars. The Mayor appointed a con.
lnittee Of four councilmen. one from
each ward. together with the city en-,
gineer and the city attorney to Inves.
tigate the matter and report at the
next regular meeting. The council
men on the committee are DR.. Tay.
Tor from the first ward, NJ. J. John.
son. second. J.. o. Tinsley, third,
and John Mcintyre. fourth.
Other Proceedings
Of the Council
Saloon licenses were granted to
VIM. Porawski and VIM. Kemper. Ii
this connection an ordinance was
passed whereby the unearned part Of
a saloon license paid to the city may
be paid back to the payer in case the
county court should refuse a dram
shop keeper a county license at Its
expiration. A dramshop keeper mus
have both county and city licenses
to conduct his business and II the
city license expires before the coun.
ty license does. since the city
license must be paid for six months,
should the county refuse to grant
its license, then when the city IL
cense is revoked the ~unearned pOF.
ton Of that license may be refunded
Resolutions for the construction 0
walks along the property of the foF
lowing 7eTe passed:
5 G. L. Ferris Clacher Heirs,
j. D. Powers, j. H. Rice and Mrs
Alice Bayless.
The privilege Of constructing -four
foot walks instead Of five foot walks
was granted to the following:C. B.
Lyman, the Rev.. II. !. Cobb, Mrs
Crawford and Henry Marshall
The engineer was ordered to sdveF'
tise for bids for the construction Of
a walk along the property Of R. T.
Elliott.
A bill for street work to the
amount of $154 and another o the
electric light company for Toe
amount Of 1923 were let.
The walks and bridges on Cras
street were ordered put In proper