The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-10
meet OF THE COUNCIL
Proceedings Accounts Allowed and
General Business That Was
Transacted.

/ Transacted.
At this, a regular meeting of tn
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen o
the City of Brookhaben, Miss. he'll
at the Mayors Office in said cit,
this 9th day of May, 1918. ther'
were present. Mayor Heuck. Clerf
Furlow, Attorney Cohn, AldermeI
Wentworth, Bee, Baggett, Abram
and Noodle.
On motion. the April minute
were read and approved.
On motion, the Clerk was direct
ed to issue warrant in favor O.
Docia Sutton for So. l3. same being
for taxes improperly paid in 1911
On motion, Doe Sartin's repor
was received. approved and his &C
counts allowed.
Brookhaven, Miss, May /. 1918.
70 the Hon. Mayor and Board o.
Aldermen, of the City of Brook
haven.
Gentlemen:-I hereby submit ny
report for water and lights collect
ed for the month of April, as fol
lows:
Amount collected for lights,
$14l5: water. 5000. So; meter rents.
$5.75; total, $2330. Al.
Respectfully submitted,
D. Sartin, 7. G.
On motion, the regular salarie!
were allowed.
Revenue Fund-Chas. Heuck,
Mayor, $780,; A. B. Furlow, clerk
$50; D. SartIn, tax collector, SIS
R. L. Davis. marshal. SIS; E. K
Mclean, Hy. Williams, H. B.
Penn, policemen, each. $55; A.. L.
Moore. policeman at College, SIS
D. Mccartney, hose driver, $50;
Mrs. Birdsong, Librarian. $25; Al
bert Nichols = janitor, $25; J. A,
Vardeman, cemetery sexton, $35;
Phil johnson, help at Cemetery,
$40; E. H. Wentworth, alderman,
So; E. M. Bee, L. H. Baggett. S.
Abrams, F. B. Noodle. aldermen,
each. $12; Doc Sartin, cash paid.
$780,.
Street Fund-W. F. Jobes. as
sistant street commissioner, $65,
b. E. Cushman, guard, $S5; d.
Sartin. cash paid, labor. gravel,
etc., $S83.89.
School Expense Hence Smiley,
janitor, $40; A. M. Green, jani'
tress, $12; D.. Sartin, cash paid
$40.
Teachers FUND.-. e. Hodges,
SupT. of Education, $14.57.
Power House Fund-R. s. Pur,
ser, supt-. $3.50: R. A. Davis. en-.
gineer, $50; W. w. Henry. engi.
neer, $50; L. C. Magee, Iineman,
SIS; D. Carter. fireman, $38.35;
Will Stovall. fireman, $54: D. Sar'
tin. cash paid, freight. labor, etc.,
$416.60
General Improvement ID. Sar.
tin. paid labor, 75c: E. j. Kits,
steps and abuttment at H. Zwirn's,
$50.
On motion, the following &C.
counts were allowed:
Power House-Central Lumber
Co.. shavlnps. $197.10: West &
Welch, installing II lamp posts.
S55.
Street Fund-Alex Smith, one
wagon tongue broken by street
hands. 81 so; Lane Thompson, wall
at E. H. Chandler's. $21 go: Lane
Thompson. wall at Hardy place,
$32. .62; e. W. King, feeding pris'
oners. $17.6O.
On motion. A. A. Cohn was al
lowed $50 salary first quarter. Rev.
enue.
On motion. r. S. Purser's report
was received and spread on the
minutes. Superintendent's Report
for April. Number of days shay.
ings burned, II: number of days
coal burned. 13; number of loads
shavings, 210 at 9Oc, S1S9; approx.
innate tons coal burned, rs al
$2.85, $213.75: tutal value fuei
burned, $4O2.75. Material. extra
labor and supplies, as follows:
Operating including labor, fue
and supplies. which includes sup,
plies not yet consumed. Sl427 81.
up-keep, $50.41; total, $1477.98.
Power generated during month,
56980 XIV hours; fuel cost per" XIV
hour, .0067 cents Labor cost per XIV
hour. .008l cents; Repair cost pei
XIV hour, .00086c: Total, 1866.
Water pumped, 10. 0.3S6,000 gal
XIV hours consumed. 28 $50; XIV
hours consumed per m. gall, 2.8:
operating cost pumping gallons,
.046c per m: total cost pumping
water for month, 477. rs.
Approximate XIV consumed for
street lighting S120 .0l566c;
operating cost street lights, $l27..
Is; improvements to plant, equip
ment for street light posts, $l60. 70;
| improvements. line and poles. S.,
repairs to plant aud line, S5O.41,
total purchases for supplies. fuel,
labor, etc., $1427 81.
R. s. Purser, Supt.
General Improvement Z. C,
Crawford, teams at cemetery,
SAG. so: ]. M. Magee, teams al
Cemetery, So.
The report Of street committee
In reference to the complaint Of j
I'll. Williams was received and or