The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-10-10
COUNCIL HAS LOVELY TIME

The city council had an interesting
little session at their regular meeting
Monday evening. Besides the usual
grist of bills some matters of public
interest were brought up and through
a peculiar coincidence the council was
divided evenly when they came to a
vote, putting the matter up to Mayor
Leighty for final settlement. The
mayor vent on record promptly, de
Gliding in favor OF one proposition and
turning two others down.
The council light committee recent
ly turned down the petition signed by
two-thirds of the taxpayers asking for
cluster lights, so at this meeting
Alderman Roberts introduced a resolu-
ton providing for the installation of
the lights the coming spring. When
the question was put the council di-
vided evenly, Conklin, Bradbury, Rob
erts and Youngburg, favoring the res
olution and Hoover, Hoy, Jermstad
and Moore lining up against it. The
matter was then up to the mayor and
he cast the deciding vote against it.
The cluster light system is now a dead
issue, but resurrection services may
he held when a new administration
goes in next spring. Chairman Hoy
of the light committee stated that he
had another lighting system for Main
street in view, and it is to be hoped
that something is done along that line.
The council, now being in a pleas
ant frame of mind, took up the hos
pital proposition. There was no petit
ton from the taxpayers or this ques-
ton, but Alderman Hoover made a
motion that the council appropriate
$4,000 toward the hospital fund. This
was lost by a decisive vote. but on a
motion to appropriate $1,000 the coun-
Gil again lined up evenly and Mayor
Leighty cast the deciding ballot for
the resolution. The vote stood as fol-
lows: For-Hoover, Hoy, Roberts.
Conklin; against-Bradbury, Jerm-
stad, Moore, Youngburg. The action
of the council will undoubtedly be ap-
proved by the majority Of citizens, as
the hospital is an institution for the
benefit of the whole city and it should
therefore stand part of the expense,
but they would probably have felt
better about it if their light petition
had not been e~lectrOcuted.
The evening thus far had been such
an enjoyable n that Alderman Rob
erts decided to provide a little more
entertainment, so he introduced a res
olution providing that the meter read
ing be done under the direction of the
city auditor instead Of by the power
house force. The vote again stood
four and four, ~whereupon the mayor
got up and jumped on the resolution
with both feet, and it was carried sor-
rowfully away by it's friends. Some
Of the aldermen have a suspicion that
the power house force are being over
worked and the object OF this resolu-
ton was to tighten their labors and
make their jobs more pleasant and
agreeable.
The enjoyable evening was brought
Il a close too soon it seemed, and the
council adjourned after deciding to
hold another pleasant gathering next
month.
Al this meeting Alderman Bradbury
resigned, on account of his removal
from the city, and until his
Is elected in the spring the vote will
always be decisive and we fear there
will be no more happy little disputes
for the mayor to settle.