Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-04-28
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Experiment viii Be Made IN Con-
nection with Road Roller Work
il Watertown. q
ANOTHER HORSE is HIRED,
Officials 10 be Provided Convey
ance when Necessary. City
in Good Shape Financially.

in Good Shape Financially.
AT the meeting Of the city council
Monday evening the city clerk submit
ted the annual financial statement of
the conditions Of the city Of Water
town. 5
An abstract of the statement shows
that on March 81, the end Of the is-
cal year, the total receipts for the year
prior were $56,742.08. Disbursements
during that period were $48,591. 81.
The city ended with $s,150.57 in the
treasury after paying up all outstand-
ing warrants and making substan-
tial payment on outstanding bonds.
Figures from the municipal court
were included in the statement show.
ing that the courtpaid all its own ex.
penses and had a neat balance Of
s927.5s on hand.
There are now outstanding against.
Watertown $33,s50 in bonds and no
unpaid wsrra. ts. The city has in un.
collected taxes s1s.o35.05. leaving a
net debt Of $7,665. The estimated
value Of the property owned by the
city, including the city building, parks
etc, Ia placed at s74,3o0. This is con-.
sidered 81 low valuation.
To Improve Streets.
That the members of the council
realize, with others Of the city. that
something should be done 4, improve
the condition Of the streets OF the
city, especially in the businesgS portion,
is evident from recent action. AT the
meeting Monday evening II was the
concensus of opinion taht a demon
|stration of the Case road roller should
be made on one Of the blocks Of the
city. The approximate cost Of oiling
the streets was explained by a rep
resentative Of the Standard Oil com.
pany who was present.
He estimated that it would take
about twenty barrels Of oil to cover
a block of street and stated that the
first year the oil should be applied
twice, once at the beginning of spring
and the second time in the fall before
the ground freezes. 4;
1t was decided to have sufficient
amount of oil on hand when the road
roller was placed on trial.
sprinkIing Held Up.
The sprinkling ordinance will De
held up until the result of the exper.
irent Of oiling the streets is given a
fair. test. The ordinance calls for two
sprinklers. which would compel the
city to purchase the second one and
would mean an unnecessary expense
il the oil is found to be practical, as
one. sprinkler could cover the ground
in good shape with the streets proper
ly oiled.
The bill of the water company for
water used by the city for sprinkling
was not paid, as the bill was made
out to the firm engaged to sprinkle the
streets and not to the city, and the
price charged was not that called for
in the franchise, which gives the city
a reduction on water ordered by them
for city purposes.
creosote Blocks. 3s
CreosoIs blocks for paving was Civ.
en- attention when H. A. Cool, a repre-.
sentative Of the Kettle River com
pany of Minneapolis, was present and
gave the council a talk on the quail,
tiles Of this material for paving.
Several persons we're present Mon
day evening from that section Of the
city where the extension Of the First
avenue s. W., sewer was laid to make
complaints in response to the call Of
the council for such hearing.
Saloon Ordinance.
The amendment to ordinance No.
24o. making the city ordinance gov
erning the closing OF saloons and
places where intoxicating drinks are
dispensed to the public coincide with
the new stnte law. was passed 10 its
second and third reading.
b Resolutions numbers "a and 65.
governing the installation OF water