The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-04-18
COUNCIL MEETING
A BUSY MEETING
Street Car Liue May be Extended
to Country Club.
MOTION PICTURES ON SUNDAY
Typhoid Situation is Also Gone Over
and Belief is Entertained That
Source Has Been Located
Mass Meeting To Be Called.

month meeting of the city council
Monday evening, the consideration OF
which required until almost eleven
thirty O'clock And at that late hour
much business was left over for con
sideration at special meeting to be
called during the week. Among the
more important affairs before the
house for consideration and debate
were the typhoid fever situation with
report by DR.. J. E. Morgan, health de-
partment officer, sewers and santa
ton. a plumbers ordinance, Sunday
opening for the motion picture houses,
street car extension on South Elev.
enth street, and numerous lesser
matters.
Typhoid Situation.
Mayor Reynolds made full and com
plete report to the council members
of his action in the typhoid fever cpl
demic since the meeting of the coun.
Gil last week. He told of the coming
of the state and government experts
and of the work they had been doing
j He went into every detail of the work
as carried on by the health depart
ment under the direction of Health
Physician DR.. Morgan, for the assist
ance of the government experts, and
outlined what was being done and
what was yet to be accomplished
Dr. Frost, the government expert, de-
sires to meet with the dairymen OF
| 81, Mr RnvnnlnS
arrange for a meeting to be held at
his office on High avenue east to-
morrow "wednesday evening. The
government expert wishes to empha-
size the importance of the city milk
supply and to outline a course of &C
ton to guard against the pollution of
the milk from the cases of fever now
running.
DR.. Frost will also be permitted to
meet the people of the city at gen.
eral mass meeting to be held in the
Masonic opera house at date to be
I announced later. Every member OF
the council was in favor of the meet,
ing and the mayor was urged to pro
, coed with the arrangements. Let
, leveryone who so desires, learn of the
I typhoid fever conditions and be in
t structed in methods and means of pro
lection and handling. The mayor
. was given to understand that the
, council stood back of him in the eli
, forts put forth by himself, the gov
y eminent officials, and by Dr.. Morgan
Y who came in for special attention and
1 commentator.
l Belief is entertained that the source
= of the typhoid epidemic has been 10
] Gated Evidence is being collected
D and this being the case, the experts
will report to the mayor within fe"
: days and the mayor will immediatel!
a call the council to consider the rec
i concentrations of the investigator:
i and to take action.
To Extend Car Line.
Charles f. Lofand, representing thu
Oskaloosa Country Club, and II. w
= Garner, general manager for thu
- street car lines of the Oskaloosi
Traction and Light Company, came
:, before the council to make explana
ton of the proposed extension of tn
car line from Ninth avenue south OF
Eleventh street to the property of th'
Country Club, about one mile soutf
of the city. Mr. Lofiand addressed
- the city council members, explaining
that the Country Club had purchased
the property known as the "McKinle!
place." southeast of town, and tina
I they proposed to put between fou
J. and five thousand dollars worth o
g senting a total expenditure of full!
y S20,00000, possibly more. Car ser
vice to the country club grounds wal
: greatly to be desired and would MAKE
:, possible the better enjoyment of thu
9 property making it accessible to tn,
membership in a way not otherwise
r possible The matter has been takeI
up with the car company for carefr
t consideration and a proposition ha
: been made by them to the club PEG
pie. The street car system will b.
r extended to the home of the Countr.
ICluD IHt CluD Will uo oOIutluIh5 "
assist in the work of construction ant
:. will guarantee a certain amount o
business for the line during the sea
r son. The company asks two Thousand
). dollars bonus and this amount tn,
Country Club must raise in addition
s to the expenditures being made IL
: the acquisition and the improvement
= Of the club property. Primary esti
mates made by the company of tn,
cost of construction for the extension
Of the car service, to the club house
amounted to about sll 100000. Com
y pany officials and club management
9 have been together in the effort t
o vhittle down this estimate to some
:. thing that viii make the improvement
r possible and 10 that end they cam,
0 before the city council asking that tn,
city of Oskaloosa make the grade fol
the proposed improvement through
the city limits which Is about half thu
r distance of the line. The estimated
$ cost of preparation Of the grade II
! approximately eight hundred dollars
Oskaloosa not long ago gave as