The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-08-10

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Eatiius assufsG the council t!,ai ia,
yards would be moved from thcii
present site by The date set.
Mi,h The Imposition OF this aues
ton. II Mas Il late hour when In,
regular business was taken tip I'll.
formation oil the new hose company
on the south side Was presented ani
the question al Issue was whether
the hose car In the fire house was It
be given TO the south side depart
mcnt or they be furnished with a nep
cart. BY removing the cart to tho
south side 1t left one company with
out "a cart. II took quite a long tine
To get the natter laid clearly before
the council. but 1T was tin%allysagreet
upon to leave the adjustment of tho
slluil1ol W Il luluIc IllStlIIS, dUl
In the meantime Chairman Walrath
OF the Ere committee was to look VI
prices on a new hose cart and the ex.
pensc of fixing a place In which Il
keep the ame
Bios were opened for the construt
ton of new cement sidewalks
which have been condemned. Tho
contract was awarded to Dan Smir
at a price of 9 cents @ square foot
The other bids ranged at 10 and II
cents.
The matter of buying test weights
for the city weigher. whereby ht
could test the scales of the cuisines.
houses of the city was brought VI
and the auditor was instructed to
get additional information.
The mayor presented the question
of making the appropriation at tn,
September meeting for the comm!
year, and called attention o.
the council to the fact that severa
funds had been overdrawn in tho
past year, and that in all probabilit,
the general amount would have t.
be larger. He indicated that the fire
salary, light. city hall sewer, ant
printing funds would have to be in.
creased, and not to mention the pos.
sibility Of building the detention hos.
pital the coming year, which would
entail an expenditure of at least Sc,
600 or more. Summing up the ex.
pected increase the whole amount ap.
peared to be in the neighborhood O.
SOS,
The largest increase was given to
the fire funG, by reason of the fact
that it vas presented by Chairman
Walrath that the protection in this
city was not adequate, and that the
city had been .very fortunate in years
past in MOI having any large confla.
grafton. but that it would not always
continue so. He believed that the
fire team should be kept at the fire
house all the time, and this would
mean that two men would have to be
stationed there, which would in
crease the expense of the department
quite materially.
was the appointment of a chief of
police. Mayor Hitchcock said he
had found a man who was willing to
accept the appointment. He had
written away to the former home OF
The applicant. and the letters he re-
were presented to the council.
Mr.. Hitchcock named Wood Smith as
chief. and the mayor felt that
he good endorsements received from
ne former home town of MIR. Wood
Indicated that he would he a good
nan for the place. The city council
Immediately confirmed the appoint-
nent of the mayor.
1t was 1915 O'Clock when the
adjourned and there was
much business which went over to
mother meeting.