The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
CITY MUST
CUT DOWN
EXPENSES
COUNCILMAN VANGILDER
SAYS SOMETHING MUST
BE DONE OR THERE
WILL BE TROUBLE
Bills Coming in Thick and Fast
Without Means to Liquify-
Settlement With KNAPP

against it, said councilman
Frank VanGilder at the regular
session of the citycouncil Monday
night. Here we have list
of bills tonight, amounting to
$4,000, while there is but $4,000
in the city treasury, with which
to. meet them. Furthermore
there will be no material receipts
to the city before the next taxes
are collected, and the bills keep
ON rolling in" Il am going to
see that the expenses for running
this city, are cut some place.
A number OF the bills present.
ed for payment Monday were
held out, under time which the
city has in paying them, and the
list was brought down, SO that
the available finances OF the city
could meet them. The bill OF
the Gould Pump Co., amounting
to $595 for the new triplex pump
and the bill OF c. ID. Snoeberger
for $4,000 for the electric motor
with which to drive it, were both
held out according to the con-
tract, which gives one year in
which to pay the demands, at five
Der cent interest. These two
are to be paid out OF
the earnings and receipts OF the
water works fund. The INSTALL
atior OF meters, throughout the
city, and the Improvement OF the
water works plant Is costing the
city a vast amount OF money,
which OF course will be repaid,
when the receipts OF the new
system begin coming in.
Report Curb Completion.
AT the council meeting Monday
evening, City Engineer VIM.
reported the, approval
OF the completion OF the Pearl
and Dixon streets curb improve
ments, constructed by J. NJ. Her
mann. The report showed that
the Pearl street curbing, consist
ed OF 294S.6 lineal feet, with 416.6
feet of cement approaches. That
at the contract price OF 1fM
cents per foot, the contractor had
due him the amount of S523.3S.
In the Dixon street curbing there
is 1902 feet OF curbing with SIS
feet of cement approaches at
IN cents per foot, showed due
the contractor $115.16. Engineer
English further reported that the
work cd laying brick pavement
on west Laporte street was al
most completed.
Petition for Curb.
The petition OF Mrs. Sarah l..
Toan for permission to construct
a cement curb at her property. on
Webster avenue, was ganted.
Rev. John Tremmel and Mrs. Lee
Roy Evans were given permits
sion to tap the north Walnut
street sewer, at the corner OF
Walnut and Monroe streets.
City Atty. Pro Tenn. Herbert
Hess, reported in the matter OF
the Improvement OF Liberty
street in Bollman's addition, that
his opinion was that the city
could make the proposed inn
provement. Report was rcceiv-
ed.
Settle With Knappen.
The council voted to allow Eu-
gene Knappen, who was injured
by being run over by the hose
cart, while assisting to pull that
apparatus to a fire a short time
ago, the srm of $500 for lost
wages, and Also to pay physicians
bill of So. A debate arose over
the safety of further using the
hose cart. 1T was finally decided
to have the tongue OF the cart
heightened eight feet, to render
the safety OF control more secure.
Knappen was burnt when the
cart got beyond the control OF
hremen pulling it down the in
cline at the Center street via
duct.
New Secretary Book.
City Clerk Richard Shakes was
instructed to purchase new sec
retary's book of the VIM. B. Bur
ford Co., at their quoted price
70 $3.50.
The National Brick Paving AS
ISOLATION, by its secretary, Hill
Blair communicated with the 10
cal council, asking their opinion
of the present paving law. and
desired suggestions for its alter
alton. The communication was
referred to the mayor and city
attorney.
City Treasurer's Report.
The following is the report oil
City Treasurer VIM. Hahn, for
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