Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-11
Council to Purchase Six Acre
Tract in Sharp's Addi-
tion.
HEALTH BOARD CHOSEN
Busy Session With Annual
Reports, and New BuSi-
ness Outlined.

Considerable business was trans
acted by the council at meeting
held at $50 Friday night.
The monthly reports from the va
rious departments were submitted,
and accounts paid aggregated about
81 100. Also the annual report of
the auditor and treasurer, which
was ordered published.
Engineer McClaid was directed to
advertise for bids to furnish crushed
stone for the year 1910.
The bonds of Treasurer H. L. Nc
Pherson and Chief of Police Ellis
Roper were approved by the coun-
Gil. The mayor reported his appro.
val of the bonds of the ten police
men and the workhouse keeper. All
of the bonds are in guaranty COM
panies.
Mayor Meacham and Councilman
Galbreath were appointed a COM
mitteee to purchase furniture and
books for the judges Office.
Chief of Police Roper's annual re-
port was not ready, but the report
will show SO, 992. 55 in fines assessed.
The cash collections from all sources
were S4 .920. .67 and the fines worked
out $3,OO2.95.
A Board of Health was elected for
a term of three years, consisting of
E. B. Long, James West and L. H.
Davis. These gentlemen will in
turn elect a fourth member who will
be the secretary at a salary Of $500
a year, the position now filled by
DR.. Paul Keith,
Mayor Meacham reported the re-
newal Of the City Light Co.'s con-
tract for 81 street lights at $40 each.
A condition of the new contract is
that the City Hall building is to be
lighted free.
The most important business was
a resolution authorizing Mayor
Meacham and the Finance Commit
tee to close the options held on ST.
200 worth of lots on Walnut street,
taken last fall for High School pur-
poses. The lots, making acres in
one tract, will be purchased this
week by the city and donated to the
Public School Board if the revenues
of the city for 1910 and 1911 are un
diminished.
Engineer McCIaid's annual report
gave some interesting statistics of
street work, which are here repro
duced:
"All the streets of the city have
been kept in repair and weeds cut
twice in all streets and alleys. About
2200 lineal feet of concrete and rock
valley have been built and 200 lineal
feet of tile culberts have oeen put
in, about 1900 lineal feet of concrete
storm sewer built, 1900 lineal feet of
concrete pavement built, % cross
ings put in, 16 crossings raised and
repaired and 1875 IL yards of rock
used in making repairs on streets,
and have graded 1900 square yards
of new streets. There was built
during the year 2.75 miles of con-
crete pavement in the city, making
total of 10 "a miles of concrete.
In addition there is Is miles of brick
pavement and 2 miles of cinder walk,
making in all 27 3-4 miles of pave
ment in the city and 25 miles of
macadam streets. There are about 8
miles of sanitary and 3 miles Of storm
sewers in the city and 8 miles of
railroad track.
The appropriation for streets was
$4,000 and the expenditures amoun-
ted to SO, ,742.18. leaving a balance
on hand of $1,257.S2. For sewers
$1,000 was appropriated and the ex-
penditures amounted to $3,118.10,
showing deficit of $67S.10. The
total expenditure for both streets
and sewers was $l1. .9SO.28."