The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-23
THE CORRAL TO
Be REMOVED
Council Heeds Complaints by
Ordering Manke's Cor
raj to be Abated.
IAY PROTEST THE PAVING OF QUINCY STREET
w. Llppencott Secures Con
tract for the Concrete
Work of the City.

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Work of the City.
After two unsuccessful attempts
Mayor Wood succeeded in securing
a quorum of the members of the
board Of councilmen last evening.
Considerable business was tran
sacted and matters of general in
terest were discussed.
Several complaints have been
made about the odor arising from
the corral connected with the stable
run by Emil Manke, at the corner
OF Sixth and st. Joseph streets. On
motion of Councilman Dilger, the
corral was declared nuisance and
ordered abatedL
Henry Eastman's bill for $1S0.80
for grading Eighth street from KAN
sas City street to Columbus street
was considerable larger than the
estimated cost of the work, when 1t
was ordered. There were 1928
yards of grading. When the work
was ordered done it was estimated
that there would only he 1000 yards.
Mayor Wood stated that he was will
ing to donate $25 towards the bill.
Mr.. Eastman was not to be out done,
so he called his bill $140, with the
understanding that So of actual ex-
pense should be paid, making the
total bill $148. With the mayors
offer the bill was reduced to $123
and was approved. Mr.. Eastman de-
clined to accept the $25 donated by
Mayor Wood.
A warrant for $4O2.74, represent
ing the amount paid the fire depart
ment by the state insurance depart
ment was received and ordered dis
tributed between the three Are COM
tpanies. Most Of the amount was
expended at the time of the fire.
mems tournament.
The petition from Hughes Bros.
asking that the taxes against the
firm for 1907 be abated was read.
Hughes Bros. have gone through
bankruptcy and the taxes due at the
time of their discharge we're paid
in full. The taxes in question were
assessed but were not due at the
time of the discharge. They amount
to $137. This matter was referred
to the finance committee.
j. G. Bower asked for information
regarding the filing of a protest
against the paving OF Quincy street.
Protests can be filed after the pub
lication Of the notice provided for by
statute. Mr.. Bower also desired to
know if the city. had an engineer.
Upon being informed that there is
not an engineer, Mr.. Bower suggest
ed the disirability of such an officer
for the purpose Of inspecting newly
laid sidewalks and looking. after
work OF the city.
The resolution ordering the publ
cation Of the notice of a special as
sessment for paving Quincy street
was discussed. H. e. Swander pro-
tested against having the street
paved with crushed rock, as the
resolution called for. Both he and
Mr.. Bower were in favor of using
gravel.
Mayor Wood insisted that the
resolution must specify what sort Of
material the pavement shall consist
Of, even If it is gumbo. AS it reads
now the resolution calls for
macadam, and that means crushed
rock
The ordinance regarding licens-
ing circuses passed its second read
ing and became law. 1t provides
that the license fee shall be 500
insteadi of $25 as formerly.
An ordinance conforming with the
new statute relative to delinquents,
who have not paid for sidewalks al
ready laid passed its second read
ing.
A petition asking that St. Joseph
street from the bridge at the Downie-
Wright foundry, west to the city
limits be graded and repaired was
i 5ldutSu. Mayor WOUu Will luSpeCl
the road In question and report al
the next meeting of the council.
Bids for cement work, which were
ordered advertised a second time. al
the last meeting Of the board, were
opened. w. Lippincott was the low
est bidder, his price for the required
work being as follows: Sidewalks
fifteen cents per foot; crosswalks
nineteen and three-fourths cents PEI
foot; curbing, thirty-nine cents PEE
foot; cutters. twenty-one cents pc
foot; walks ordered by the council
seventeen and one-fourth cents pc
foot. The South Dakota Concret
j. and Construction Co. also bid and 1t
y figures were practically the same a
!. those Of Mr.. Lippincott's. s. His, how
ever. was the lowest bid on cross
1 walks by q quarter OF a cent and a
j, this Is the item in which the city /
: most interested, he was selected 70
J, jail. the work. Mr.. Lippincott,s bi
!, was accompanied by a proviso. tha
) he be not held to his figures on an
property the actual value Of whic
4 is not IS ger cent more than tho Co
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