The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-16


Mr. Mckeiver, allowed it to remain
until 1t could be removed without
causing any delay in the advance of
'he WORK. IL was not a hard matter
to clean out the sand traps and they
would have to be cleaned out ANYWAY.
MIR Glenn reported that the fire
committee had examined the old hose
eXpander belonging to Mr.. Fl. w
Hood, but did not think it hest 70
buy it for the price. The committee
had therefore purchased new ex-
pander Cor $25.
He said that one OF the fire DEPART
ment horses was sick and that a bor-
i"wed mule was now being used by
the department. He said that fur
ther arrangements for getting horses
20 pull the wagons to any fires which
| might occur had to be made Wednes.
| day. MIR. Glenn then made a further
request that Council purchase an au-
| tomobile hose truck and chemical EN-
gane combined for $1,000. After
some discussion it was decided that
the first Tuesday in October be ap-
| pointed as the time when Council
VIII receive bids and consider the
purchase of the needed fire an
paratus.
Mr. McLaurin made the report for
Tile Finance committee, as made
out by the Clerk and Treasurer for
The months Of July and August. He
| pointed out the fact that money in
tne treasury was rapidly diminishing
and emphasized the necessity Of cur
b.ng expenses until after the fall
taxes came in He said that the tax
es for the year had been anticipated
to such an extent that practically
nothing was left to meet running
expenses. He thought additional
money would have to be borrowed to
run the city until January.
! Mr.. X. L. Wright read the report
of the Police Committee. He stated
| that q new policeman was needed by
the city and he requested that Coun-
Gil appoint Special Policeman C. d.
| Hatchell. After the matter was con-
sidered for some time, definite action
| was postponed because Of the fact
that permission had alreday been
given to appoint a policeman for one
month to work on the outskirts of the
city and at the end Of that time Mr..
| Wright stated that he would bring
the matter up again.
Mr. Wright reported that DR.. E. S.
Booth had offered to superntend the
| trimming of trees on Hampton ave-
nue.. If the city would furnish a man
to do the work. Mr. Wright was or
dered to supply the man.
Mr. Glenn reported that the Sum-
ter Lighting Company had offered to
cross the arches at the corner of
| Main and Liberty streets with one
2OO-power light in the center, one
| Of the arches to burn all night and
the other until II o'clock. The COM
| pany was willing to do this work for
S7.5O month. 1t would mean that
the arc light now at the corner could
be removed to any part Of the city
and the two arches would make
hn,
| Of lights, which was all that the
company had promised to erect.
The cost to the city would simply be
the difference between the five dol
lars a month it is now paying fo,. the
single arc light and the s7.5I it
would pay for the arc and at the
same time it would mean the erec-
| ton Of a new light without cost at
some other part OF the city. The
proposition was accepted.
! Mr. McLaurin complaind Of getting
| poor service from the Lighting Com
pany. He said that the service was
bad generally in his neighborhood
and he thought that the city ought to
take some action to secure better
| service.
Mr. McLaurin asked that the city
police department use especial vigil
ance i'm enforcing the vagrancy law
! as there was much need Of labor and
there appeared to be many negroes
/ loafing on the streets.
Mr.. Mckeiver stated that he had
not started work on the public toilets
as they would cost between $500 and
| $500 and he wanted to know where
| the money was coming from before
the work was done. The matter was
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