Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
Common Council.


 Common Council was held Tuesday evening with Mayor Macdonald in the chair. Present Aldermen Dady, Car penter, Nichols, Hawkins, Brodeur Bouthillette, and LaRue.
 The records of the previous meeting were read and filed.
 Permits were granted Francis La croiX to change the Monohansett barn into tenement house, J. B. ratem to build a boiler house ion George street, W. II. Tyler to turn shed into tene- ment on School street, Mouir Brothers for laundry on Battey street.
 Police report shows l5 arrests, 6 sent to jail, light out BIT hours, doors found open.
 The superintendent of streets sub mitted his semi-annual report of side walks out of repair.
 The health officer read his annual report. The city has been free from epidemics. Only few eases of eonta- gious diseases. Great improvement in the hygienic condition of school build ings. Sewers a great blessing. One of the best water supplies in the state. Usual complaints regarding vaults, cesspools, etc., but with sewers they will end. Complaint about pig pens. Thought it ought to be forbidden to raise pigs in the city. Ought to have a garbage collector.
 The board of water commissioners reported that they had employed Ar thur T. Stafford of Lowell, a hydraulic engineer, to go into the work in detail in an examination of the plant of the Putnam Water company. His report had been received and was very satis factory. The board are now in posi- tion to purchase the plant or take 1t over in accordance with an act sof the legislature providing that the city may own it's own water system.
 Voted that as soon as the town makes alterations in the old High school building that the council cham Der, city court, police office, and lock- ups, and other necessary quarters be removed there and that the city take same at a reasonable rental or under such agreement as may be made. Voted to authorize the clerk to pur- chase abstract and collectors books, and make up the city grand list.
 Voted to lay out Sunnyside, Fenner, Myrtle, and Laurel streets for sewers. It was understood that only ITO feet of the actual laying of the sewer was to | be done before next spring.
 There was considerable discussion relative to the collection of the street sprinkling assessment of 1910. Alder 1 man Hawkins of the highway com l mittee explained that owing to the too | free use of oil an extra car had to bt l purchased bringing the cost of sprink ling over the cost of water There had been an agreement that 1t would cost no more. Instead of making tho sprinkling assessment from the cost o the previous year when water ws' used the compilation was based on thii increased cost. It was thought that new compilation should be made anc that those who had already paid shoulc receive rebate. To this effect th' following vote was passed:
 Voted, That the city clerk be direct ed to draw list of street sprinklIns i assessments as of December 10th, 1910 on the same basis for the previous yea and that the city collector accept th' payment of said assessment as in fnl and rebate an equitable amount in al assessments already paid when th' 1911 assessment is collected.
 Voted to levy sprinkling assessment for 1911 as per compilation submitted by the engineer.
 The following bills were ordered