Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-06-13
AIR
Hall.
City Commissioners Discuss Ex-
tensive Improvement on City
Hall Exterior and interior.
PRINTING 10 LOWEST BIDDER.
Commissioner Snyder Makes
Move for i Larger and More
Efficient Fire Department.

AslUVS lUI g Asdl ket dAu luOIt
Efficient Fire Department.
The city commission after looking
over the various needs Of the city has
decided to make extensive Improves
n1e,lts on the city hall, and as soon
as Building Inspector Hockman gets
the specifications ready work will psa
started. Among the contempl plated l,,,ss
provements will be an addition on the q
rear of the present building, about
1sx4o feet a story and a half high
the first floor to be used for housing
the fire horses, SIX In number, and
the upper floor for the storing OF hay
and feed. .5
The partition on the first floor will
be taken out to make more room,
and the vault room will be increased.
The municipal judges room win bs
enlarged and will then be used by the
commissioners as meeting room.
The municipal judge and city audit
ors Office as well as the police office
will be put on the second floor. IS
The building will be thoroughly res
painted and a new roef p,,ts on II. i.1 The
improvements are all badly needed,
and when completed the city hall will
be In first class condition.
4 Business, business, from a to 2, char &
acterized last Ionday evenings meet
ing Of the commits issioners, with Mayor
Wagner in the chair and all members
present. The bills were read and or
dered paid, with the exception Of
one, which was held up pending inyes-
tigation by the proper commissioners,
and this was on account Of the board
not having time to 60 over the same
during the meeting. siss2 45$ y. sss;
Among other matters discussed was
the advisability Of having another
standpipe put up near the Balsiger
bakery, where the street sprinkler.
could get water without having to
waste 80 much time as was necessary
at the present time. II 1
Commissioner Bush wanted to know
what there was on the ordinance
books regarding the trimming Of the
trees along the sidewalks. He said
that the limbs and leaves of many
Of the trees long certain streets hung
down In onels face, and 1t was .ex-
tremely unpleasant, especially after a
rain to walk along these walks. He
was informed by city attorney Nc.
Farland that there was an ordinance
covering this question, and Mr.. Bush
suggested that the city auditor pub
| fish notice that all trees along side
walks be trimmed at least eight feet
ilnigh, as called for III the ordinance
l8 Mr.. Bush also inquired as to what
the ordinance was regarding the
crossing of cement walks with large
Iengines, which damaged the walks tc
some extent. The ordinance in thif
\ case provides that the cross walks be
planked by the parties wishing tc
cross with a traction or other heavy
iiengine. Commissioner Snyder theE
wanted to know II any Of the walks
had been damaged and Mr.. Bush re
l!plied that they had been to the ex
tent that some Of the edges had beer
1chiped, but that what he wanted t.
]share done was the people crossinG
any Of these walks. to know what ths
iordinance was and what the penalty
was in case they damaged any q
the walks.
Ordinance AS came up for flnal read
ling and passage. One OF the com
missioners wanted it laid over to an
other meeting, whereupon Mayor Was
liner stated that it had been laid oye1
once for the convenience Of all inter
ested and that 1t should be dispose
5of at that meeting The matter d
1.-THE adjusting the amount Of license
had been the bone Of contention, sonnt
Of the members thinking that SIC 3
i day, $15 a week and $50 a month Ii
] cense was not equitable. $5 q day
I $40 a week and $50 d month was
I rtfionght to be too low. Finally after
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