Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-28
COUNCIL,
IN SESSION
Council Votes a Tie on the Propo.
a. sition to Discontinue the
Street Sprinkler
MAYOR VOTES FOR SPRINKLING
Firemen are Reappointed--- Report
of Fire Department is
Accepted.

| ASSCptCus
The city council met in regular ses.
sion last Monday evening and the
regular routine business was gone
| thru with. About the only excite,
ment during the session was when
Mayor Martin decided a tie ON the
street sprinkling proposition. Sew
eral of the aldermen wanted to dis
continue the street sprinkling service
which is conducted by James Skin
ner. Alderman Shaw CAME to the
defense of Mr.. Skinner and contend
ed that the city should carry out its
contract with Mr.. Skinner and not
discontinue his services before the
contract time. The matter then came
up for vote and the eight aldermen
tied and the mayor cast the deciding
vote which won for continued street
sprinkling.
The expense of the fire department
OF the city was taken up and the fol.
lowing bills allowed: Salaries, $2,40O:
paid volunteers salary, $500; expens-
es, $363; hay and straw for team,
$los.77; oats, $134.52; shoeing team,
$44.00. Total $3,351.27.
number Of different sidewalk ne
ltlons came up, We're discussed and
passed to their second and third read
ings. .s-,s....~ .~ass.sss,-.-.,,-..
Alderman Lampy proceeded 20
square himself in regard to his mo-
ton at the last council meeting when
the paving proposition was up for fl.
nal consideration. He stated that It
was not his intention to have it un:
derstood that the entire petition be
rejected when he made the motion,
but merely the 25 per cent clause,
Which stated that the city stand that
per cent of the paving in addition TO
paying for the paving of the inter-
secting streets. While the entire pe-
tition was really rejected on account
of this clause as one part could not
be rejected without turning down the
whole and referring it back to the
committee in charge, it was not the
thought of the council to turn down
paving altogether, but merely~to have
1t understood that they were not in
favor of heaping upon the shoulders
OF the city practically half of the
paving, and leaving only half for the
abutting property owners, as this
would make too cheap paving and
have a tendency to make everyone in
the city want to pave under the same
conditions.
A committee report on the matter
of purchasing and placing in the
clerks office some much needed sup.
plies and accessories was given and
tho prices have been looked I'D in
regard to the matter, no definite ac-
tion has as yet been taken. 1t ap-
pears that one of the committee ap-
pointed to buy this material had Dr.
dered the same from an outside house
when it was discovered by another
member of the committee that the
same material could be purchased
thru three different home dealers
and the city could save money by Civ
f1 t11
The outside order was promptly coun-
termanded.
A petition was presented to the
council asking them to put in a cross
ing on the east side of Sixth street
northwest at the intersection of A
street. The matter was referred to
the street and alley committee with
full power to act and do as they thot
best about the matter !.
In the matter of the claim of AIrs.
Walsh against the city for small
sum of money as result of fall
which she claims injured her, no de.
finite action was taken. The city at
torney reported that he had looked up
the law in regard to the matter and
that there was nothing that the eoun-
Gil could do but to take the claim in
the regular manner. The last session
Of IRE Legislature dealt with this
phase Of claims against municipalities
and made a ruling that these could