Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-23
BURLINGTON WILL
BUILD FREIGHT HOUSE
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must keep this subway in good repair
/ at all times and must secure its drain
age into a twenty-four inch sewer pipe
now running through the vacated por
ton. In addition the Burlington
must maintain this sewer. The city
reserves the right to give corporations
the right to construct and maintain
gas, sewer and water mains, electric
telegraph and telephone lines in this
subway, without cost to the railroad
company. s@3@
Provides For Depot.
The ordinance further provides gen
orally for the kind of freight depot
to be constructed. 1t shall be approx
mately forty feet wide by 500 feet In
length which will necessitate q site
almost two blocks long. Consequent
" College street must be vacated. The
section further provides that the struc
ture shall cross the VACATED portions
of College street and be completed
within che year after the publication
of the ordinance. ~
Superintendent Cummings stated to-
day that entirely new plans and speci'
flcations were being made for the de-
pot and that nothing but the general
construction is known to him at pres
ent. He gives the assurance however,
that it will be brick structure strict
ly modern and up to date in every par
ticular. Work will be started as soon
as possible, he asserts. for the reason
that the railroad company is as anx
ious to build as the shippers of OF
tumwa are to have the building. 1t
must be completed in the year 1912,
unless the company is delayed by
strikes, fires or labor troubles.
T. Must Stand Damage.
BY this ordinance, the railroad com
pany must indemnify and hold harm
less the city of Ottumwa from, al
claims or demands for damages made
because of the vacation Of College
street. Thus the city will not suffer
from court litigation should any arise
The corporation is to stand the brunt
of it all. But the city must permit
the company, if it so desires, to direct
such claims or suits along with the
said city. The railroad company must
file a written acceptance CT the ordin'
ance within thirty days or it will be-
come null and void. The ordinance
shall be Cancelled should the railroad
company fail to convey. the strip g.
ground adjacent to the alley for street
purposes. ~ '%'.,.. ~ -, a.. =
The Burlington company must pay
for the publication of the ordinance.
!. ''5. Asks for Ordinance.
The board of directors Of the OF
tumwa Comm ercial association,
through a petition read to the council
last night, asked that an ordinance be
passed for the protection of the paving
Of the city. It is requested that 1t be
made a punishable offense to leave
chuck blocks or dragging articles OF
blunt or damaging nature on the
payed streets and also that the tear
ing zip of crossings or the rough-lock.
ing of the pavement be prohibited.
The driving of wedges in the pave
ment to locate gas or water main leaks
will also come under the penalty of
the ordinance. The directors ask that
it be made unlawful for wagons with
light tires and bearing heavy loads, to
mass over the pavement. In all cases
where paving is torn up, it shall be
replaced under the personal super
vision of a city officer. When it is
for traction engines to be
taken over paved streets, the owners
or operators thereof shall be com
PEELED to get directions from the city
engineer as to which route shall be
taken for protection to the pavement
and to eliminate other dangers. The
petition was referred to the commit
tee of the whole. T.. ,--z.E = +. ~, + .
-" Takes Decisive Action. ~,
Upon motion of Alderman Lynch,
the city solicitor was instructed to
notify John REM to complete his con-
tract for building a chiefs. wagon for
the fire department Immediately. II ne
fails to do so, the city solicitor was
authorized to commence. legal pro-
cesses to secure the fulfillment OF the
contract. Alderman Lynch stated that
Mr.. REM agreed to build rig for the
fire chief in exchange for the old hook
and ladder truck that has been out of
use for several years past. The vehicle
was to have been delivered last July.
Street Commissioner James ;. King
was instructed to return f'Aty-seven
empty cement sacks that the claim OF
the firm from which the cement was
purchased might be checked up. M.
King, Alderman Swartz stated. pur-
chased seventy-four sacks of cement
and had returned thirteen empty bags.
T. Complete Inspection.
The city council last night author
lied Alderman Swartz to- secure the
necessary weights from the state
weights and measures department at
Des Moines for the thorough lnspec-
ton of all wagon scales Of the city.
Mr.. Swartz stated that a deputy In
spector has agreed to come to Ottum-
wa and make the inspection with his
ton of weights If the city will pay the
freight both ways. The outfit consists
Of forty. fifty-pound weights. ~.
Alderman Swartz states that he Will
have the state inspector brought here
as soon as possible and make q com
plete and thorough inspection of all
wagon scales.
George Robinson was employed last
night as official dog catcher Of the city
with a salary of S25 per month. He .is
to make charge Of fifty cents Tor
dogs and twenty-five cents for cats
and chickens taken from private prop
erty, the fees being retained by him.
He will bury horses and cows for 81