The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-30
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
GAS FRANCHISE GRANTED TO
EDWARD l.. RIEHA FOR
BALTIMORE co.
Proposed Extension of South Main
Street Paving-PrOpOsitiOn To AL
low Soda Water Fountains to do
Business on Sunday-Appropria
ton for S. l.. I.-HOrse Ordered
Purchased for Fire Department.

ton for S. l.. I.-HOrse Ordered
Purchased for Fire Department..
City Council met Tuesday night in
a session that lasted until near mid
night, all Of the members being pres
ent except Alderman Wright. The
principal subjects discussed were the
granting Of a gas franchise to Mr..
Edward l.. Rieha, for a Baltimore
concern, the extension of South Main
street paving and. the purchase Of
horse for the fire department, the
proposition to allow soda water stands
to run on Sunday and the appropria.
tion to the Sumter Light Infantry.
Two gas franchises were in the
hands Of council for their consider
alton, one from Mr.. Edgar G. Jones
Of Baltimore. and the other from Mr..
Edward L. Rieha Of Baltimore. The
franchise was granted to Mr.. Rieha
and his associates.
1t was decided that a part of the
appropriation yearly allotted to the
Sumter Light Infantry be granted
now and the rest Of the appropriation
be paid at the first Of January when
council was in a better financial con-
dition.
The request Of Mr.. j. Fred Wise
that council allow all soda water
fountains to remain open on Sunday
In view Of the fact that at present
the ordinance requiring Sunday clos
ing was not strictly enforced. was re-
fused and a recommendation was
made that the police be required to
rigidly enforce the Sunday closing or
dinance.
Messrs ]. r. Ligon. ]. K. Cross
we'll. r. I. Manning, Geo. d. Shore,
s. c. Baker, c. G. Rowland and Geo.
+ Epperson requested council to ex-
tend the paving on Main street one
| block further down toward the rail-
road. They would lend the money
free OF interest for this work. They
| made the request now so that the
present contractor could simply go
| on with the work until he had COM
pleted the next block below that AL
ready contracted for. Council. after
| going into executive session on this
proposition. decided to grant the re-
quest, provided the parties desiring
the extension Of the paving were
willing to furnish the funds for the
paving fee of interest until January
1, 1913.
These matters were taken up
in regular order of business and act
ed upon. Immediately after the read
| ing and approval Of the minutes of
the last meeting, communications re-
ceived by the clerk and treasurer
We're taken up and disposed Of.
a letter from Mr.. 1. c. Strauss stat
ing that the Sumter Lighting Com
pany did not care to submit an appli-
| - S''' IL piNIiSe WAS re-
| ceived as information
A bill from the Sumter Telephone
| manufacturing Company for blue
stone sold to the city some time ago
was presented and ordered paid
Mr.. a. V. Smell Secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, stated that
he had received a letter from council
asking that certain moving pictures
De not taken until later date. He
had not taken the pictures of street
scenes. which council did not desire
taken at that time, but had taken 9th.
er pictures and the representative OF
the moving picture company would
return here to take pictures Of street
scenes later.
Capt. Geo. G. Warren and IJeut
u. M. Brown asked that council grant
the Sumter Light Infantry their an
nual appropriation. Mr. McTaurin
asked If this appropriation could not
he delayed until January. bur upon