The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-02
CITY COUNCIL
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finally agreed that the city would pay
for the sewer pipe and other material
and give Prof Thames IS months in
which to refund the amount to the city.
The board finally appointed COM
mittee consisting of Mayor Donald and
City Engineer Putnam with full power
to take charge of the work and have
it done.
At present the drainage from the col
lege flows eastwardly to Edwards
street. The proposed improvement
will be a line of sewer pipe running d.
rectly south of the college to a dis
lance where the sewerage will be dis
charged at a point where it will glow
in which there will be no precipita
! ton and no contamination of the water
of that stream.
w. E. Pickett and e. NJ. Boucher,
the two engineers at the water works
plant who quit their places because
the board did not act favorably on
their petition for raise in wages at
the time the pay of the police and fire
men were raised, were before the
board asking for reinstatement.
Messrs Pickett and Boucher in their
statements before the board said that
Superintendent Wainwright suggested
to them that they quietly quit work
and he would back them up before the
! board Superintendent Wainwright,
who was present was asked what he
had to say on this charge. The super
intendent said that the men mistook
what he had said.
This raised a question between the
engineers and the superintendent as
to what was said, the controversy end
ing in what Alderman Powe classed
as a general misunderstanding Mr..
PoWe said he would not question The
words OF either side but it was appar-
ent that there was a distinct misun-
Outstanding arising from what had
been said by each side to the other
Alderman Powe then offered a mo-
ton that the engineers be reinstated
without effecting any right or power
Of the superintendent to employ and
discharge the men under his author
ity.
Alderman Powe's motion to rein
state was lost.
Superintendent Wainwrights power
to employ and to discharge employees
was not affected.
During the discussion as to the right
of discharge, Alderman McGrath and
Alderman Lasseter rather emphatical-
ly placed themselves on record as ia
voring the placing the right and power
in the head of every department to
discharge men under him. This
brought out a statement as to the
trouble that arises from having men
employed who get their places from
the board and they naturally look to
the board for endorsement as against
the head of the department, whenever
there arises the question of a dismis-
sal from employment.
The committee on the paving of
Bouie street and River avenue with
fertilizer rock was not ready to report
and asked for further time. it was
granted.
An auditing committee, composed of
Aldermen Mccullough, Mckenzie and
Lasseter 10 audit the accounts of the
various departments was appointed.
All the officers and employees who
are employed by the month were re-
elected for the month of June.
The question of the election of a
meat inspector was presented and on
ballot being taken DR.. B. NJ. Daven-
port received votes and was declar-
ed elected meat inspector. Under the
general rule Of electing officers by the
month DR.. Davenport was elected
meat inspector for the month of June.
On motion the members of the DO
lice force and of the fire department
were allowed a ten days vacation
without cost to the city
City Tax Collector Bennett submit
ted a list Of delinquent taxes on lands
assessed and left off at the regular
time fixed for advertising for various
reasons and asked authority to adver-
tse these lands for sale. Their as
sessed value is $2O9OO It was or.
dered that the lands be advertised.
The board then adjourned until Mon
dav night lime 7 at z O'Clock