Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-06
VERBAL WAR ON
PAVING Renewed
RE-euRFAcING CHURCH STREE.
FoR CAR COMPANY CAUSES
MUCH DISCUSSION.
SESSION WAS BUSY ONE
Registration Boards in the Seven
Wards Named Last Night
Weather Bureau to be Es-
tablished.

Verbal war broke out anew In the
city council chamber last night regard
ing the re-surfacing of Church street
as the result of the intention of the
Ottumwa Railway & Light Co. to
double track its lines from Myrtle
street to the south end of the Market
street bridge. All of the members had
come to the conclusion that the street
car people and city had come to an
agreement In the Church street paving
at the committee of the whole meet
ing last Wednesday night but when
the matter was presented to the coun-
Gil last evening in signed agreement
between the property owners along
the Zine of the improvement, long
discussion followed. The agreement
as signed by the property owners along
the Church street from Myrtle to the
Lridge was to the effect that the city
agreed to re-surface the street as far
as necessary without any expense to
the adjoining property owners, and
that the property owners waive their
refund. Some OF the aldermen wanted
to know what would be the estimate
COS. of the paving, and others wanted
to know il the city would have to ave
one foot outside of both outside rails
or whether the street car company
would do it. The members in the dis
cussion got mixed on the matter and
on motion of Alderman Williams, the
matter went over for more definite
agreement with the street car people.
Mayor Hartman appointed Alderman
Stoessell, Williams and Crisman as
members of the committee to enter
into an agreement with the street car
company In regard to the Church street
paving. City Solicitor Sparks was
also made member Of the committee.
Much routine business was taken up
and disposed OF by the council last
night it beng the first meeting of the
month The registration boards in the
various wards were appointed and an
ordinance was passed creating the Of
fee of scale inspector.
Name Registration Boards.
After communications mad been re-
ceived from Lou H. Young, chairman
of the Wapello county republican COM
mittee, and A. p Canny. chairman of
the wa. clio county democratic COM
mittee, the council hel a brief secret
session and appointed the following
citizens to act as members of the J
board of registration in the seven !
wards OF the city:
First ward-Harry Lewis and Joe
Parks.
Second ward-E. r. Mitchell and
Dan Harmon.
Third ward-Frank Kreigh and W. |
l.. H. Asbury.
Fourth ward-C. C. Ayers and c. c.
Porter.
FIFTH ard-John strader and
Charles Toole.
Sixth ward-H. B. Arnold and James
King.
Seventh ward-W. A. Whitney and
J. A. Ballard
File Claim Against City.
s A claim against the city and notice
of suit in the sum of $4,000 damages
Tor sickness caused by cess pool at |
tie corner of Chester avenue and Wa |
pello streets was presented to the !
council last night by j. Nicholson. The |
cess pool, Mr.. Nicholson alleges in b |
claim, caused typhoid fever In his !
family. On motion Of Alderman
Bremhorst, the claim was rejected. A
re-. ion was rea from W. W. Epps, !
attorney for Mrs. Elizabeth Smart |
asking that the, city settle the judg- !!
ment in the sum of $34O in favor of
Mrs. Smart who was injured in falling
IN a defective walk on South Ward |
street over a year ago. On November |
"a 1909 the Jury in the district court |
returned verdict in favor of Mrs. /
smart in the sum of $34O City Solici. |
tor sparks stated that he thought the
Judgment was very small and urged
that the city issue warrant for the
amount. He feared that if the city
appealed the case, the plaintiff might
ret q bigger Judgment if the case was