The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-14
COUNCIL MEETING
cray FATBERs HAD a LONG AND
INTERESTING SESSION.
aruch Important Business Attended

Nfuch Important Business Attended
TO and sIany Matters Of Interest
Discussed.
The City Council held its regular
monthly meeting on last Friday ev-
lening, there being present his Honor.
Mayor Dukes, and Aldermen La
ahorp, sain, Wannamaker, Bryant,
Weeks and Jennings. The minutes
of the last meeting, together with
/ The monthly report of Secretary and
Treasurer Wannamaker, and the re-
Dort of :he Commissioners OF Public
works, were read and received as IN
formation.
Major w. v. Izler submitted re-
uuest in person that the City CounH
ell have TWO cannons, which he has
:sscursd, located on the public
lsuuare, one on each side Of the Con-
Rederate monument. It was ordered
that the request be granted and that
IKE work be done at the expense OF
and under the supervision of City
The city and under the supervision
of City Engineer Hawes.
Alderman Sain, Chairman: on
Streets, called attention to the block
srg of the Broughton street crossing
by the Atlantic Coast Line, Railway
trains and suggested that steps be
taken to remedy the matter. He also
suggested that the city put drain
pipes in Doyle street to convey the
waste water on that street to the
drains on Sellers avenue.
He also reported on the matter
of widening East Russell street. He
said Messrs. Charles Copes and Geo..
". Zeigler asked twenty-five cents per
square foot for the land necessary TO
do the work. This would call for
an outlay of s1,5O0. The report was
received as information and no
Further action was taken. =.
1 It was brought to the attention Of
Council that the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway had made complaint that
the fire department had refused to
throw water on one Of their cars
that caught fire last week. 1t. was
claimed that had water been thrown
ON the car by the fire department it
would have resulted in the saving of
mnch property Of the road. The
complaint was referred to the Com
mite or the Fire Department for. i'm
mediate investigation, and to report
BACK to Council at once.
Messrs. T. NJ. Raysor and Adam H.
'aGoss appeared before Council on be-
half of q committee Of ladies from
Dixie Club, asking for an appropria-
zion of s25 per month to aid the club
9n maintaining a public library. This
matter had been introduced ID Cpnn-
ell month ago, and Friday jnight.it
came up with an unsavorable report
from the finance committee, which
was sustained by Council. r-aa-
It wcs agreed that the medical bill
OF ofiic4ar Edwins be paid by the city,
The license ordinance was passed
without: change. The sale. OF the
Academy of Music to-, ,the9 city was
confirmed and the papers passed,
The request Of the Kings Daughters
that they be allowed SIS per month
to help their cause. The request was
refused.
The matter of printing the ,hnan-
cial report of the Clerk and Treas
urer, and the report of the Secretary
of the Commissioners Of Public
Works was taken up and adopted.
aldermen Lathrop, Sain, Bryant and
Weeks voted to have the report pub
aished, while Aldermen Wannamaker
and Jennings voted against having
them published.
Aldermen Jennings talled attention
TO the fact that the railroads were
not handling cars at his fertilizer
plant, as expeditiously as they
should, and asked the Council for
relief for himself and other manu-
facture,rs in the city. The matter
was referred to the railroad commits
SionerM.
City Engineer Halves, whose term
expires next month, was reelected
for another year.