The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-05
CITY BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Other Matters of Interest to Citizens
Generally and Individually Come
Up For Consideration and Action.

the mayor and all aldermen present
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and with an amendment,
adopted. This amendment was offered
| by Alderman POwe. AT its meeting
on April y the board considered a
! petition for water and sewer on
! Southern avenue by J. S. Denton and
! others" and the board referred the
petition to Alderman Powe, and the
city engineer to get up the probable
cost of The work.
Alderman Powe proposed to amend
The minutes so as to show that "a
similar petition had been acted upon
favorably last July"
The point that Alderman Powe
wished to bring out was that he had
not forgotten or neglected the inter-
ests of the citizens of Ward 8. as he
| had brought the same petition before
the board last July. Alderman Powe
carried his point and the minutes were
amended.
City Engineer Putnam submitted his
report on the Southern avenue work.
He estimated the cost of laying 315
lineal feet of sanitary sewer on
Southern avenue east from Williams
street by contract at $351.30. He also
estimated the cost of laying 500 feet of
G-inch water main on Southern ave
nue. to Frederick street, including two
hydrants, at $175. This latter est.
mate was based on the supposition
that the waterworks department
would do all the labor, and also that
the city use 1872 lineal feet of G-inch
pipe on hand and purchase about 81
feet additional.
On suggestion of the mayor, the
regular routine of business was sus.
pended in order to take up petitions of
several citizens asking to be exempted
from street work because of physical
disabilities. The suggestion was
adopted.
The names of the petitioners were
called, numbering a dozen or more,
and as each one appeared he was sub
jected to a physical examination by
his honor the mayor, DR.. J. d. Don
aid. Before passing upon the merits
of disability shown, the mayor called
on City Attorney Sullivan for an
opinion. After the section of the code
covering the question had been read.
Mr. Sullivan offered the opinion that
the law, no doubt, contemplated that
in doing road duty, the citizen should
measure up to full physical ability.
Then, after examination by the mayor
and on his approval, petitioner was
ordered exempted from paying city
street tax for 1909.
On the question as to whether or
not firemen were exempt from paying
the street tax. The code, it was said,
did not exempt firemen, and the board
decided that the firemen would have
to pay the street tax just as other
citizens liable to work.
(The action of the board on three
petitions from the Hattiesburg Trac-
ton company will be found in an
other column of today's News.)
Having disposed of the petitions of
the Traction company, the board pro,
ceeded with the regular order of bust
ness. The next thing in order being
the consideration of departmental and
other reports.
The mayor appointed Aldermen
Greer, Mccullough and Mckenzie as
the finance committee on accounts for
the month of May.
On the motion to allow the accounts
of interest of $137.25 due the Anderson
Coupling company, of Kansas City
Kan. and of STA due the Eureka Fire
Hose company, of New York, Alder
men Lasseter, Greer and Cameron
voted No. The accounts were allowed
The city ON March 16 sent the Eu-
reka company note for 5000 for bal
ance due on a note for $1,000. The
original note was for 81 900, the inter
est $114 being due on the old note.
The Anderson company on March
8 had been sent a note for $1,175 on
a.
of $13725 had accrued to March 8.
The bond of Chief Williams, actin.
as street tax collector for $4,000, was
Alderman Cameron submitted his re-
)ort and recommended that the boald /
,xtend the water system into the |
outhern part Of the city where there
re AZ dwellings, with taxable value