Semi-weekly herald., 1912-07-04
DADS
IN SESSION
Officers Reports for the
Month of June Read
and Filed

vic puiIetiHs nhu been Issued
nom The council chambers last night
when the clock struck eight, the report
would have been neither aldermen or
mayor present, as those upon whose
shoulders The cares oil the eity rested
had temporarily become curbstone
statesmen and were busy discussing
the expected and the unexpected
doings of the Democratic convention.
However, when the meeting was call
sd TO order d quarter on an hour la
ter tht following responded to roll
call:
Mayor Hood and Aldermen Logan.
Hanno, Wingate, Owen ana Meuser.
Alderman o'Driscoll Joined the
body few minutes after.
The first in order of business was
the reading of the minutes of the
last regular session, June 18th. City
Cler Wilson's version of the happen
lngs was declared correct.
The following petitions for licenses
were presented, read, considered and
upon motion the prayer of the pc
titicns granted:
| W. N Porter, auto.
j, o. Taylor, theatre.
Georg Noshak, pool table.
| M. Iestes, retail liquor.
Reports Of the officers for the
month Of June were read and ordered
placed on file
City Treasurer La mt reported a
balance on hand cs 0S9.
The fines for 'aonth totaled
Ss5; eight arc & made.
City Clerk ssued nine IL
'auses, 81 dog I'd permits for
20 linear feet walk.
Warrants a ng to SIo,5O5
were drawn.
Water Super ndent Redman col
lected $1,192.15.
The expenditures of the fire depart
ment were S305.92 and the street de-
partment S1,2s592.
| The annual report of the city :.
brarian showed 227 books had been
purchased and 12c donated; 5425 loan
ed and IL 800 circulated and that 1O,-
925 parsons used the reading room.
| Alderman Logan reported the Char
ter convention had completed its work
and the Il delegates voted unanimous
ly to donate their time and services.
Practically the only expense will be
for stenographers and this will prob
ably not exceed $50. The time of the
election to accept or reject the char
ter is provided by statute on the first
Tuesday so days after the filing Of
the petition with the city clerk.
| Reporting for the street and alley
committee Alderman Logan stated
the street work was being rapidly
pushed toward completion.
Like Banquos ghost the old COM
plant regarding the lack of sewer
connections at the Wood & Morgan
property on Second ave-, and the fact
the condition of the place made it
nothing short of a public nuisance
again came up for discussion. Chair
man O'Driscoll stated the owners had
given him their promise to have the
vault, which was so offensive, cleaned
up and as an evidence of their inten-
tions to have sewer connections made
had asked and were considering bids.
Aldermen Meuser, weary of the same
old problem, moved that the marshal
notify Messrs Wood & Morgan that
the place must be clean inside of "a
hours. All members of the board gave
the motion an enthusiastic aye vote.
1t was reported by Aldermen Win
gate and O'Driscoll that stock men
had been using the streets of the city
Especially Third avenue for runway
for large herds of stock. Only last
week 300 head of cows were driven
through the length of the boulevard
and wrought serious destruction. The
mar shall stated the matter was report
ed to him too late for him to arrest
the parties while in the city limits,
but he sent a party after them to de-
termine who the owner was and a
warrant had been sworn out for his
arrest which would be made the first
time he visited our burg. The council
agreed that stock could be driven ov-
er reservoir hill, making it wholly un-
necessary for them to be driven
through the city and they instructed
the marshal to notify the stockmen to
this effect.
Parties guilty of disobeying these
instructions will be brought before
the police magistrate and fined.
Bills aggreagting $4,000 were read,
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
for the same.
By resolution, s229.23 from the gen.
eral fund, $4,000 from the water bond
interest fund and $500 from the fund
ing bond interest fund were transfer
red to the emergency fund.
Henceforth all sidewalks construct
ed in this village will be either Of c.