Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-21
Council Has Busy Session Fri
day Night On Important
Matters.
MRS. LATHAM'S NEW OFFER.
Willing To Compromise All Lit
igation For $4,000, Divid-
ing Poor Fund Item.

The City Council held its regular
mid.monthly meeting Friday night
with all present.
The "Oil and Water" question
bobbed up again, this time by the fill
ing of long petition from citizens
who at the last meeting asked to be
allowed to sprinkle the streets in
front of their business houses and
agreeing to pay q cents a front
foot. The new petition asked the
city to assume all of the expense.
estimated at SIS day for $50 days.
The council agreed to bear this ex-
pense by vote of to 2. The May
OF announced that he would give
hb reasons in writing at the next
regular meeting why he could not
approve the appropriation.
An ordinance making certain al
teratioAs in the recent High School
bond ordinance proposed by a firm
in Chicago offering to take the bonds
not sold, was found to contain illegal
provisions and was not considered.
The Mayor announced that he had
two offers from local banks to take
the bonds just as they are and would
soon dispose of them,
The official report of the Caron
Directory Co. giving the 1912 census
taken by authority of the Council as
10, LAG was accepted.
Mayor Meacharn then outlined his
plan to construct $4,000 worth of
brick streets without additional tax
es and the city attorney by unani-
nous vote was instructed to prepare
the ordinance for the June meeting.
The plan is to transfer 20 cents
not needed in the sinking fund to the
general fund. the new census allow
ing that fund to be increased. ard
create a special street fund of So 500
to be supplemented by $1,000 fl m
the regular street fund. This amount
to be used on streets where the
property owners agree without lit
cation TO pay half the expense of the
streets in front of their lots. the city
to build Ill intersections Several
business men present endorsed the
plan and it is expected that the fund
viii, be at least Sl5, 900 a year. Main
aH4 Ninth streets will be the first
streets to be paved.
On the recommendation of the
Mayor $500 was appropriated to
finish the improvements at the river.
Through her attorney John c.
Duffy, Mrs. Elsie Gaylord Latham
sent written offer to the council to
compromise all litigation with the
city for SPA, 900 of the $4,000 poor
fund left by Mr.. Latham to the
worthy poor" the interest only to
be used. She offered to pay the
$26 600 in money if that clause Of
the will is waived. The contest of
the following requests to be with
drawn:
Virginia Park (l9O8 asst $4,000
Cash to improve same 10000
Peace Park, (1908 assessment) $3.50
Cash to improve same 10000
Total S43, SOC
To this to be added $4,000
Another suit for the 5000 left in
trust to take care of Mr.. Latham's
lots in the Cemetery is to be dropped.
In addition she agrees to dismiss
the suit for $4,000 damages which
she has pending against the city in
federal court on account of the de-
struction by night riders of a tobac-
co warehouse which belonged to Mr..
Latham. Recently Mrs. Latham Of
fered to compromise for $50. 900. but
the hoard of council rejected the Of
fer. Ne council adjourned to Monday
night to consider this last PROPOSE
ton.