Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-03-04

Alderman Prichard, who mas III
charge the matter of looking mp the
granting 10 Hess & Ran tn" privilege
Of operating hearing plant in the
city asked for more time and his wish
was granted. Mr.. Prichard has been
! working hard on The matter but was
rot ready with complete report last
evening. He expects to b" ready by
the next regular meeting.
Will Manage City Hall.
Alderman Kregcr, chairman of the
public building committee. brought up
J request from the Fourth Regimental
band for the exclusive right to the use
! of the city hall during the coming
! year. The band wants to lease the
hall from the council, take control of
the room, and then sub-rent it to other
persons. The council was not dispos-
ed to grant any one such a privilege,
, but instructed Mr. Kreger to make ar
= engagements with the two bands of the
t city, together with the signal corps,
for regular practice nights, the city
council, acting through the chairman
| of the public building committee, re-
serving the right to have the building
r free from disturbances when other
meetings are to be held.
t The fact that the firemen sleep in
the building had considerable weight
I with the council in reaching this decis-
A ion. The aldermen appreciate the fact
/ that it would be bad for the firemen to
+ be kept awake by the noise of band
e at practice or company of soldiers
G marching around the room overhead
t 1t was suggested that it would be a
good plan to have the building vacated
+ by 1890 or II o'clock every night.
>, Dump Ground Settled.
n The title to the new dump ground
J. was up again last evening. Mr. Nc
J. Bath and the city attorney presented a
s contract in which Mr.. McBath guaran-
l. tees the title 20 the property. AS soon
Il as this is signed, the purchase of the
o ground will be complete
IL Boulevard Up Again.
The project of getting a boulevard
& to the state camp grounds and Lake
d Kampeska was UP again last evening
II when Alderman Luck brought to the
70 asking for information as to what has
It been done along the line of getting a
d direct road to the lake, designed origi
D. nally to make a short route for sol
r diers going to and from the lake.
d Alderman Ryalls, chairman of a
t. committee appointed several weeks
It ago to take up the matter and ascer
e tain what the cost of such a project
o. would be, reported that he thought the
matter had been dropped. The com
t. mittee from the Business Mems union
d, which was to have worked in commune
ID tion with the council, according to re
d marks made by Alderman Ryalls, had
n allowed the matter to pass.
r The committee Of the council was
ltIretained, and instructed to take up the
i matter at once, and if anything was
II going to be done, to take action. II
ell Twas suggested that it would be good
/. plan for the council to employ compe
client men to 60 over the proposed line
III find out from the property owners
Il what the cost would be, how much
l. grading would he done and other de
Il tails and report to the council. No &C
8 ton was taken on this suggestion.
/. Light Bill Settled.
ia Attorney Loueks presented propo
flsition from the officers Of the Mime
: apolis & st. Louis railroad to pay sic
!. per month for the two lights on rail
3 road crossings, d bill which has beer
i lpending for many months, and which
y has been the subject OF much discus
8 sion in the council. After further dis
|cussion last evening the offer was &C
/. cepted. Under the acceptance, the
/ city will be obliged to pay a bill Of $s1
i. but IL was thought that owing to the
u great amount Of trouble experienced
i over the matter that this was the hes,
& way out Of the difficulty. IT is expect
led that further steps viii be taken D,
I, I. the council, though just what viii be
I. done was not stated last evening.
i petition was presented to the
! council asking that the liquor ques
& tion be put up to the voters at the
4 next municipal election. which win be
/ held on April 5. According to law