Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-03-31

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Great Northern Railway Signifies
Intentions 10 Comply With
City Council Demands.
SCHOOL Z t Az GR o D s.
City Council Asked For Use of
Elm Street Park for Public
Schools.


After many moons and considerable
agitation regarding the construction or
a sidewalk the Great Northern railroad
has decided to build the walk. accord
ing to q letter which was read at the
meeting OF the city council Monday
|evening from J. a. Kinzie Of that
road with the Information that he had
received adyices from headq Quarters to
the effect that the Great Northern
would lay d cement walk along tho
street In question providing that all
the walks were built leading to their
property.
"a Letter from David Baker was read
to the council asking for appointment
as city scavenger. The matter was re-
ferred to the health committee.
i Delbert Martin. who has conducted
a shooting gallery and box ball alley
the past four months, stated in q letter
10 the council that he had pa.n a H
cense for a year and asked a rebate
for six months His request was
granted.
No action was taken on the request
or ii. r. DayIin that the city furnish
tile to drain property In the east paft
LOT the city.
School Playsrounds.
The school BOARD epfes \
iD. Rice, sJchn semser andJ :A Dough
| lerty asked the council for the use Of
!! the Elm street park as q playground
for the public schools OF this city
When the Northwestern railroad gave
this property to the city sereral years
ago the company specified that ":
should be used strictly for park p,il-
poses and at later time q request
from the city for the estab lishmelt Of
"a public athletic grounds was denied
/ by the donors and the present matter
was referred to a commit tee who We're.
INSTRUCTED to take the matter up " Hlll
the railway company and il possible
secure the use Of this ground for the
purpose desired
A resolution for q sidewalk On 3
|avenue N. 3. from Fourth street 70,
Sixth street was referred to the street
and alley committee.
Ordinance 235 providing for se-
wer assessment on Kemp avenue was
passed to Its second and third reading
and was declared adopted.
:tsa,rds.;aI,ce s,s 236 which amends ordi-
i nance 233 was passed to It's second and
I third reading and declared adopted.
/ A report from the committee ap-
pointed to inspect the property of O..
Y.Boice who claimed damages because
a sidewalk had been ordered which
would compel him to move his trees
and would bring his house. close to the
}sidewalk was to the effect that no
damages be allowed.
A motion was made and carried in-s
structing the clerk to publish the no.
tice for assessment for the North side.
sewer and that the council would be,
in session on April "a, 1911, to hear
lobjections to said assessment.
Reports from the treasurer were
read and accepted which showed a
balance of s7,4s6.s9 in the treasury.
1 Petitions for water main on Third
avenue S.tc Fifth avenue s. also from
ihSixth avenue or First streetass2N TO Sew
tenth avenue w, were read and report
Led favorably by the committee and an
tordinance was ordered drawn.
Upon motion the Judges for the com
ing city election were appointed as fol-.
lows: 1st ward, G. fl. McNeal, NJ. j..
Davis, and Robert George; End ward,
tC, G. Record, F. H Cannon, and H.R..
/ Daylin; ard ward, A. j. Meyer, j. r.
leonard, and K. N. Wool; 4th ward.
Herman Michaels, George skinner,and
A. Brown.
The finance committee reported fav-s
iorably on the bills against the city
and the same were read and allowed.
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