The Calumet news., 1912-04-17
COUNCIL MEETS
AGAIN TONIGHT
WILL CONSIDER BONDS or sA.
LooNMEN AT REGULAR sEs-
SION AND WILL TAKE UP
OTHER LEGISLATION.

The bonds OF the twenty-five liquor
dealers to whom It was decided on
monday night 10 grant licenses, Will
,e presented 10 the city council for
onnroyal al the regular meeting OF the
conren this evening. IL is intlmated
that some of the disappointed appli-
cants will secure legal advice and make
an effort TO have the council change
,ts deeision and grant them licenses
,,nIess good cause can be shown why
tbc, were rejected. AS the council has
the right under the law to reject any
onnljcations II they see tit 1t is claim
ed mat those whose applications We're
refused have no alternative but to
submit.
The interest of the public In the ar
fairs OF the council is centered now
IN the approaching city appointments
which are To be made at the first meet.
,r., i'm May, when the various standing
committees for the year viii also be
,npounced by Mayor Dodge. For chief
or police the general impression Is that
Tho present chief. John n. Thor will
he retained he having given the city
q, officient and capable administra-
,ion of the position during the past
fe,, wears. No authoritative informa-
,ion as To probable appointees has
heen given out by the mayor, beyond
the intimation made couple of weeks
aoo that there would be changes IN
the drivers at the city haH. In the
force OF firemen at the pumping station
and an the Office of street commission
er The general impression no" IL
,hot the position Of street commission
er will be merged with that OF en-
ainecr. as previously intimated in the
News, and that practically a new o.
Zoo may be created Of city superin-
tendent or manager in which the du-
ties exercised by the engineer and
street commissioner may be merged
and the further responsibility OF max
inc purchases Of supplies and cStlhs
for city property may be given tc the
official appointed to that capacity, VINO
is expected to be Engineer w. W.
ctorllv The duties Of engineer ana
commissioner are SO closely interWoV-
en- as to overlap. and many tasks such
as supervising the installation oil Wa
fer service pipes and making sewer
connections have during the past teW
months been placed in the hands ot
the engineer. as have also the cNpenui-
lures for the pumping stations IN oraef
to obtain data as 10 the actual cost
of opcrating the same. street Sraucs
have also TO be prepared by the en-
pirecr and adopted by the oomclI ne
fore anv more water pipes can be laAd'
and i'm many other ways IT is thouSht
that the citys interests can be con3erN-
ed by concentrating the exercise oil
supervisory powers in one Official
As to the policy of the administra-
lion durirry The coming year the "H.
croise of economy win be continued
and only such public works as are u'-
gently demanded will he undertaken
until. such time rs the amount 10 ne
paid out annually ON bonds and spe-
olal assessments is somewhat reducet'
Tile present DonutU iluNbA'NNN'''
S23i.3lS.15. of which amount there ialis
due this year q total of $3S,oS"'@-'
cents with interest amounting to $ll.-
1857. making altogether $4s'1OS'49' II
is likely that some of this amount Will
have tn be refunded as it Is hardly
likely that the city VIII be able !"
take care of this large amount thr
year That the taXpay ers of the cltS
feel that Hancock is carrying all 'he
bonded Indebtedness Il can stand al
present was indicated at the last elec-
tion. when the proposition To bond TOT
$4,000 for "A rev ilre halt failed to
receive the required majority TO car
ry.
The meetings so far held by the new
counril have been of q statutory ma
ture or specially called To act upon
matters that could not be deferro"
such as the saloon problem, ana TO-
nights session is the first at whicn
they viii consider matters pertaining
10 tie city's affairs IN general. The
members of this years council are zap
able and efficient men and are in har-
mony with the plans and policies "'
Mayor Dodge for fmthering the IN
terests OF the city.