The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-08
Dogs NOT TO Be shot
BUT PLACED IN POUND
Strict Sanitary Ordinance Becomes a
Law-Attorney John T. Haney is
elected Police Justice Pro Tenn
Newman Street to Be Filed to Grade

The mayor and board of aldermen
met in adjourned meeting last night
with the mayor and all the aldermen
present. The board christened their
newly covered table which presents a
billiard cloth field of green between
his honor the mayor and the alder
men who sit at the far end of the
green.
The meeting called to order the first
business taken up was the filling in
of a dangerous hole on Mobile and
Second streets. This was ordered done.
This business disposed of Alderman
Powe brought up the question of fill
ing in Newman street to the level
from Plum street to River avenue.
Alderman Powc said that since the
New Orleans and Northeastern rail
road had agreed to furnish all of the
dirt necessary, and as the railroad
company now had the cars at hand to
haul the dirt he thought it would be
well to take advantage of the railroad
companys proposition. The board
took the same view and instructed the
street commissioner to use his force
in the work of filling Newman street
as designated.
Street Commissioner Keedy was al
so Instructed to dig a ditch on Bush
man street so that the property of
Mr.. George Koch could be relieved
from the water that runs onto it from
the street.
General Manager C. Il. Stevens then
addressed the board with reference to
better fire protection for the new pow
err house the Traction Company is now
building on Dabbs street. Mr.. Stevens
explained hat his company had hyd-
rants of its own at their old station
on Main street and his company want
ed the city to lay a water main so that
when the hydrants were removed to
the new power station they could be
connected with the city's water system
the object being to give the Traction
Company fire protection additional to
that offered by the city.
The board ordered that the arrange
ments be made for laying a water
main on Rebecca avenue, this to meet
the emergency suggested by the Trac-
ton Company.
Mr.. Stevens also suggested that the
additional fire protection thus afford
ed the Traction Company property
would also be an additional protection
to protect property in that part of the
city, there being quite a number of
houses in this district.
City Engineer Putnam, being called
on, made a verbal report relative to
the extension of the Mississippi Col
lege sewerage system to Burketts
Creek, a matter agreed upon by the
board at its previous meeting.
Mr.. Putnam said that Mr.. Thomas
VI. Ferguson, who owns property along
Burkett's creek objected to the laying
of the sewer pipe as originally pro
posed or to any sewerage plan which
emptied into Burkett's Creek above
his property, as he expected to build
a fish pond thereon.
This, Mr.. Putnam said, necessitated
the sewerage below Mr.. Fer
guson's property into the creek. 1t
was his opinion that a change in the
direction of the line would not make
he distance materially different.
The city engineer submitted two
to the board and after a |
,rief talk the board instructed Mr.. |
putnam to proceed with the work ac-
ording to what would be the cheaper
Ian.
The board ordered that as at the
me of the raise in the salaries of the
olice force, the salary of Sanitary Of
Ger Wood had been overlooked, it
as decided to make Mr.. Woods sal |
y the same as that of the police r
rec and it was raised to SO a month.