Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-21
MGfUit TELEPHONE Co.
IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
VIOLATED AGREEMENT

AT the regular meeting OF the
City Council Monday evening. Coun-
eilmen Ballew. Sanford and Taylor
were named members of a committee
TO confer with the milk dealers of
Mexico in regard to- paying a license.
The ordnance Of the City of Mexico
provides that milk dealers shall pay
a license.
The milk dealers heretofore have
refused to pay the fee. it is said.
pc Is also said that the law
provides that any person or persons
have a right to sell their own prod.
uots. But any person or persons buy
ing any product and selling il to
the public shall pay a license. Some
OF the milk dealers Of this city, II is
said, buy milk from the farmers of
this vicinity and sell It to the citizen
Of Mexico.
Another committee composed Of
concilInen Atkinson, Ballew, Han.
ley was instructed to confer with
Rush Hill, Laddonia and Mexico Tel
ephone Company in regard to the
Co.'s alleged failure to pay for past
two years 5 per cent Of their
gross receipts to the city of Mexico.
This was the arrangement made
between the City Of Mexico and this
Telephone Company at the time the
said Company was granted a fran
chise to do business in this city.
A resolution providing for a con-
crete bottom of the Alley In Block
II, original Mexico. was passed by
the council Monday evening. This
alley Is located Just east of Coal
street.
An ordinace providing Tor the vaca
ton of the alley in Highland Addltio
In the neighborhood of e. b. Norris
given to reading. Another ordi-
nance providing for the building of
a walk along the property of Mrs.
Josie Quisenberry was given two
readings also. Other ordinances
were introduced and given two read
ing providing for walks along the
property of the following: E. l..
Qualls; ODE Hall; NJ. t. vandegrift;
R. Hulen.
On motion of John w. Ballew,
councilman from the Second Ward,
council ordered q notice served on
W. w. Gibbs, col, instructing him
to place his walk on the line.
DR.. C. L. Blanks, DR.. J. e. Moore
and Thad Threlkeld appeared be-
fore the council and asked that the
water main be extended TO that sec
ton OF East Love Street. The mat
ter was referred to the Water Com
mittee.
DIR. Taylor, of the First Ward, i
introduced an ordinance which is in
to be an amendment to a
section Of the city ordinances which
now does not provide a license for
transfers hauling dirt. The new sec
ton will include the dirt haulers and
a license therefore will be provided.
On motion the agent of the Hun
tor lot in East Mexico was ordered
notified to have the weeds cut.
On motion Of S. ]. Sanford, no
tice was ordered served on the
Fruin- Bambrlck Construction Com
pany to remove the tracks on Olive
and West Promenade streets.
On motion OF Mr., Sanford, the
City Attorney was instructed to no
tify the Wabash r. r. Co. that it is
maintaining a nuisance at the West
eTn Avenue crossing and must abate
same. 1t is alleged the road wa
tiers stock there making the place
stagnant.
On motion of W. +, Atkinson, cour'.
Gilman from the first ward, Il. +.
Ketter, city engineer, L. w. Walk
er, street commissioner, A. c. Whit
son, city attorney, we're instructed
to confer with the c. & A. r. r. Co.
and have this company sign a
contract to fix the alley in county
y AN l.. -. 49, 1901 fAIA