Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-20
Io1ua Clothing e Shoe Co.
House Of Quality"
ditional charge of $3.50 per day will be
taxed to the city
nieposA ~ Ezra SvafAno


ditional charge of $3.50 per day will be
| taxed to the city.
Dispose Of Fire System.
! Alderman Lynch brought up mat
ter Of great Importance to the atten-
ton of the council which finally re-
suited in the discontinuance Of the
! use of the box fire signal system. Ac-
| cording to q report from Chief Of Po-
| lice Alvin Tomlin, the Gamewell sys-
TEN has been. maintained by the city
for the last two years at an expense of
| $39S.47. During this time only four
box alarms have been received and
these we're Immediately followed by q
| telephone alarm With these facts in
view, Alderman Lynch moved the dis
| continuance of the use of the box sys-
TEN and asked that the chief of police
be authorized to take down the boxes
and store them away.
Committee Report.
The committee of the whole report
which follows was concurred in by the
council:
That the assistant street commits
sioner and assistant sidewalk commits
work.
That the solicitor furnish an opinion
as to whether the city can compel a
man to work sixteen hour for poll
tax receipt or pay $500 in cash when
the rate the city now pays for street
labor (being $1.75 for eight hours
work. would amount to $3.50 for six
teen hours work.
That the natter of appointing city
scavengers be referred back to the
mayor without recommendations.
That the city dispense with the Gus
tom of keeping an ice water barrel at
the foot of the stairs in front Of the
city hall
That the matter of repairing the
bridge on Finley avenue and Wapello
street and in the rear of the Kranz
green house be left in the hands of the
chairman of the street committee with
power to act.
That the sidewalk commissioner be
instructed to put in crossing out OF
old brick on the corner of Hall avenue
and Main street.
That the street commissioner be d.
rected to place culvert or box in
the ditch at the corner of Grand ave-
nue. and Tullis street.
That the matter of repairing brick
paving be placed in the hands of the
chairman of the street committee with
power to act.
That the matter of settling the mis-
understanding between the street COM
missioner and poll tax collector in re-
gard to serving poll tax notices, etc.,
be referred to the chairman Of the
street committee.
Some little discussion arose over
the second recommendation of the
committee The council thought that
men working out poll tax should not
be allowed only $3.50 for eight hours
work when other employees Of the city
were receiving $I.75. Solicitor lis
dale cited the code which is very plain,
thus settling the matter
Would Punches Typewriter.
Since the new city stenographer,
Alva Orvis, had made a concession
to the council if the city would pur-
chase new typewriter to replace the
one now in use and which belongs to
Auditor M. L. Byrne, Alderman Swartz
favored the selection of machine at
once and named over three makes
which he deemed best. After some |
little discussion the matter was refer
red to the purchasing committee and |
the city stenographer.
Bonds Need Corrections.
When asked his finding on the bonds |
given by the many city officials to
their correctness and legality, City
Solicitor Tisdale named corrections
that would have to be made.
In the bond of L. c. Hendershott, |
which was signed by the Massachu-
setts Bonding and Assurance Co., it |
was found that the local agent had not
as yet received the powers of an at
torney and therefore had no right to |
attach his signature to bond. The
bond of John Wormhoudt, police COM :