The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-10-20
LIGHTS REARRANGED.
Council Has Busy Session With
This and Other Matters.

3 IL
The city council met last evening
In their regular mid-monthly session.
The meeting was busy one and many
small matters considered. The matter
of the extension Of the North Ninth
street sewer was taken up and as
some of the councilmen had made an
Investigation and found the sewer
necessary it was ordered put in. The
engineer will commence the work as
soon as possible. The extension will
be about 400 feet long, between B
and G avenues. Eight-inch piping will
be used in this sewer. City Solicitor
Gleason made report on number
Of old cases against the city In which
| the costs of the suit are assessed
against the city The matter was left
in his hands for settlement ~.
A petition, signed by the Iowa Manu-
featuring Co., was read asking for an
extension of the water main on Eighth
avenue East from South Second to
Fourth street and the placing of a
fire plug at the terminal of the extern
sion. The Iowa Manufacturing Co.
asks for better fire protection, which
! it is claimed cannot be had through
the plug at the corner of Second
street and Eighth avenue. The matter
was left to the water committee for
Investigation. l..
The cost of recent paving and the
assessments against the abutting pro!
perty owners were read and the
Iclerk. .-. ~
New Lights. =
Councilman Campfield as chairman
of the light committee made a report
of an investigation of lighting condi.
tions in various parts of the city. He
recommended the placing of a number
of new lights. 1t was ordered that
the arc light at the corner of avenue
and Sixth street be changed for tung.
stem at this point, one at c avenue
and Seventh street and one at the VII
| son property on this street. A change
in the lighting of North Eighth street
was recommended The arc at the
corner of C avenue and Eighth street
will be replaced by a tungsten and
I two remaining lights will be placed
| between and A avenue. The arc
| light at the corner of A avenue and
| Eighth street will be removed and
replaced by tungsten and others 10,
Gated at the corner of A avenue and
Seventh street and A avenue and
! Ninth street. +.
| Complaint has been made Of the
dark condition of South Second street
| just north of the Rock Island tracks.
\ The arc at the corner of Second ST,
and Third avenue win be changed to
tungsten and a new lamp placed at
| Fourth and Fifth avenue intersections.
A light was recommended placed at
! the corner of Ninth avenue and H
street. This intersection is near the
old Longs" pond and very dark
place.
The above recommendations of the
| light committee were accepted and
the lights will be installed at once.
Talk of changing the lighting on
| South d street was talked of. but no
| definite action taken. The committee
will first make an investigation of the
conditions of these streets.
The catch basin for surface water
/ on North B street near the Chas. Nc.
Fall property was the subject of much
discussion. The basin has been Civ
| ing trouble as 1t Is not large enough
| to carry off the overflow water. The
water during a heavy rain will run
over the lawns on this street and food
! the CELLARS. Several plans were pro.
posed whereby the trouble could be
! remedied. The matter was left to
! the city engineer and the street com
missioner, with the power to act.
The iron plates which have been
placed along the new paving on
South Third street are found to be
| too wide for the space they are intend
ed to span. II is thought that the
mistake was made by the contractors
in not making the distance between
the paving and the curbing wide
enough. The clerk was ordered to
withhold the contractors pay for the
paving and curbing until the mistake
is remedied. E,
Several tax matters were taken UP
by the council and Hon. Sam W.
Jones appeared in regard to the cur
bling along his property on South
Third street. The matter was sat-,
{ ctorily adjusted. ..
The council adjourned until Tuesday
evening. Nov. LIST.
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Gophers and Ground Hogs.