The Forrest City times., 1913-10-24
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

session of the tCity Council of Forrest City was held on Tuesday night.
 The hrst action taken by the board on this occasion was to contract for a page Of space in what will be styled 'Ihe Southern Prosperity" edition of the Commercial Appeal, that will be issued the latter part of December. The purposes of this great edition. as explained by MT. J. R. Curtis, who was here from Memphis as that paper's representative, was toplace before the people of America and Europe the un- surpassed resources of the South and the rich and boundless opportunities of the greatest of all agricultural sec tlons on the globe-the fertile Missis- sippi Valley,
 The question of the viaduct overthe
 Forrest street crossing was then raised and discussed from every angle. result
 In the adoption of the following reso. lution:
 - J Acts of 1913 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Con- pany was required to build steel via duct, Fl feet wide, suitable for wagon travel. and, in addition, foot side walk, being in all 24 foot viaduct, over its tracks and right ofway where its tracks cross Forrest street, in the city of Forrest City, Arkansas, the same to be completed by January lst, 1914; and,
 Whereas, the officers, servants, agents and employees of said Railroad Company, in charge of said work, snb- mitted to the City Council of Forrest City, on the day of l9l3 it's plans and specifications for said via duct, which plans and specifications were, after due considerations by said body approved; whereupon the said City Council passed a resolution for mally approving said plans and speci- tications, and authorizing and direct ing the said viaduct to be constructed in accordance with such plans and tications: and,
 Whereas, i'll all action pending in the Chancery Court of St. Francis County, entitledJ. o. Rush and dothers against The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, it is sought to enjoin the defendant Railway Con- pany from constructing said viaduct; Resolved, therefore, that the City Attorney, Walter German, Esq be and he is hereby authorized and directed to interplead in said cause on behalf of and ill the name of the City Of For rest City, to cause the said City of Forrest City to be made party de- fendant thereto and to prosecute said defense on behalf of the said City, and to take any and all steps in his judg- ment required and proper to resist the said action so brought to enjoin the construction of the said viaduct." " The matter of better fire protection
 and the necessity for greater precau- tionary measures in this respect, and the strict enforcement of the fire or dinanceS, was then taken up. Con- missioner Geo. Dooley was appointed
 by the board as fire inspector for the city, and was instructed to inspect and condemn all fues which he had
 reason to believe were defective, and also to report any conditions which
 in his judgment, were menace to the
 safety of the city.
 It was also the sense of the board
 that the insurance regulations with
 reference to the handling and sale of
 gasoline and oil be incorporated in the
 citys fire ordinance. Going still fur
 ther along this line of fire protection and prevention, the board also ordered | that sub-tire stations be. established
 in the suburbs of the city, where a
 reel of hose must be stored for the use
 of citizens whose homes are in the
 outlying districts. Drs. Bridgforth
 and Merritt agreed to build hose house in the vicinity of their homes and look after the hose when this ar
 rangement was settled upon.
 The talk with reference to the man.
 agement of the City Water & Light
 Plant was most gratifying. This in
 stitution, which is without doubt the
 most perfectly appointed municipally
 owned plant of its kind in the state,
 has reached point of efficiency where
 1t will begin to pay, instead of proving
 a burden upon the city's exchequer.
 The manager of the Water X Light
 Plant, Mir. Adolph Chilner, and the
 bookkeeper, MT w. P. German, both
 met with the Council, and furnished
 details and dates covering the opera
 tions and future prospects of the plant,
 that was highly satisfactory and a