The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-08-06
COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT.
Contractor Martin Allowed $3.50 {
Month to Pay Labor-Bilis Ap-
proved and Bills Referred.
CEMENT SIDEWALKS ORDERED on
VARIOUS STREETS.
Detailed Description of Location of
Walks, Twenty-Five in Number
to Be Laid.
Lafayette, La, Aug. 2, 1909.

Lafayette, La, Aug 2, 1909.
A regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil was held this day with Mayor G.
A. Martin, presiding and the follow
ing councillors present: F. o. Brous-
sard, Charles D. Caffery, ]. NJ. Cum
ningham, Jacques Doucet, H. L. Du-
crocq, W. A. Montgomery, and Emile
| Pefferkorn
Moved and seconded, that the min
| utes of the meeting of July 5, 1909,
| be amended so as to read as follows:
| That the Council shall pay for the
foundations of the three crossings
| over the big ditch where the said
ditch intersects the sidewalks ordered
and erected under ordinance of Jan
uary 4, 1909, provided the said fonnda.
tions do not interfere with the drain
age; and otherwise approved. Car
| ried.
Moved and seconded that the min
utes of the special meetings held in
the month of July be approved as
| read. Carried.
Request of Mr.. George R. King, rep
resenting "The Labor Record" to the
effect that for SIS from the city reve.
nues inasmuch as he had already col
! lected by private subscription 500, he
would advertise the City and Parish
of Lafayette in said Record. Refused.
Mr.. B. N. Coronna appeared before
the Council and stated that near his
home a person by the name of Mar
chand had been i'll for long period,
that he occasionally would and now
frequently did burst into hysterical
outcries at all hours of the day and
night, and would request the Council
to take some steps to have him re-
moved.
Moved and seconded, that a commit
tee be appointed to investigate said
complaint and to take whatever ac-
ton which might be necessary in the
premises. Carried.
Mayor appointed Messrs Ducrocq
and Caffery
The chairman of the Street Commit
tee reported that Mr.. Adelma Martin,
| contractor for street work, had re-
quested him to ask the Council to al
low him, on the contract price, $3.50
every month with which to pay his
| men.
the Secretary be authorized to pay
Mr.. Martin on the first Of each month
on his contract price, one hundred and
fifty dollars, with which to pay his
men.
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid:
Lacoste Hardware Co., Ltd,
| hardware, etc. ............$ 22.3O
Abe Hirsch, feeding prisoners $3.50
Lafayette Advertiser, notice
muZzling dogs ..... ....... 1.5O
Lafayette Gazette, publishing
proceedings of meetings Of
July 5, %, and "a. .......... 21.80
John J. Marsh, doz dog col
| lars 5.OO
A. E. Mouton, lumber on
StfctrS ~ 80
J. S. Martin, toll messages at
City Hall. Lob
]. S. Martin, express on COT. Ito
Lafayette Democrat, notice of
muzzling dogs gs............. so
Sidney Greene, work at pest
mouse 1oVU
Lafayette Drug Store, invoice
book 49,. CTS
D. L. Herpin, killing dogs. 4! 5C
Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co.,
bill for $175 approved for. 1.55
Cumberland Tel. & Tel Co.,
service ............ LOO
F. E. Voorhies, P. o. box rent go
New Iberia Foundry & Ma
chine Shops, bill for $3.50
approved for $3.50 as part Of
bill had already been paid. 2.80
Lafayette Compress & Storage
Co., fuel oil. 100.05
Lake Oil Co., fuel oil .......... 27S.04
Lake Oil Co., fuel oil. ....... 27S.04
Lacoste Hardware Co., Ltd,
ceiling fan .................. $500
John ]. Marsh, repairing belt
etc., for plant. ........... so
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