Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-20
MAYOR WILL CLEAN
 CITY'S STREETS Gets $3,000 Appropriation From Council to Purchase
 Modern Machine.
MANY MATTERS UP
Will Provide New System of Account ing iii City Collectors
 Office.

Mayor Simon Bloom realized his of- ficial ambition last night when the city council appropriated $3,000 for ! the purpose of cleaning the streets of 1 the city. It is planned to buy a street cleaner with the money appro- priated and the City Beautiful ladies. is understood. have already signi- fled their willingness to dispose of the scrip at par in order to aid in the good work
 The council held shirt waist ses- sion for two hours The mayor and aldermen took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and prespired freely during the transaction of much rou- tine business.
 The council declined to appropriate $15 to the H. King White monument fund, but the mayor and aldermen personally contributed that amount. The aldermen also went on record for new system of accounting in the city collectors office, urged the prep aration of an ordinance requiring paWnbrOkers and secondhand deal CTS to make a daily report of articles pawned or sold to them, and Alderman Sorrells made the encouraging state ment that the city would have a suit able city park within ninety days, that o{ ,;{
 A communication from Agent H. N. Atwood, of the Iron Mountain, com blaming that the two patrolmen whose salaries are partly paid by the railroad company, are being used to patrol beats around the station in stead of being kept at the station all the time, was filed, but no action was taken in the matter. Aldermen Fox and Sorrells urged the mayor to con- tinue his correspondence with the of ficials higher up'' in order to get re- lief sought in the matter of better sanitary conditions at Union Station. Alderman Sorrells said that it is the uuly Ol IuC clil Octu SOHlpoIly lO hCCP the station clean and that there was nothing in the ordinance governing the station officers to compel them to remain at the station all the time. He felt that the station was being well policed.
 Mayor Bloom addressed a letter to 1 ho council in, hio,, nc oo11a6 hn ot tention to Ordinance No. 86S, making it the duty of the city collector to file monthly reports on all collections, etc.
 In his letter he hays Il am inform ed that this ordinance has never been >complied with. For the better protec- tion of all the taxpayers and the dis trict commissioners I will recommend that the city adopt system whereby all accounts of the city collector or any other employe of the city, hand ling any money whatsoever, be sub- ject to an auditing committee. l would suggest that the city clerk be chairman of such committee and get
 
 amounts could be checked easily and that the city clerk keep such records as would be a check against any dis crepancies. This would involve much additional work on the city clerk for which a compensation could be made
 by your honorable body. l will ask that this be given attention at once for the protection of all concerned
 Alderman Simpson complained Of
 the dumping" of trash and refuse into the river near the site of the old waterworks, and urged that some action be taken to prevent it, fearing that it would be detrimental to the citys health in the future.
 An ordinance assessing the benefits in Sidewalk District No. was pass ed The cost of the improvement will aggregate $4,38S20. The district in. cludes the territory between Cherry and Cedar streets on Eighteenth and Nineteenth avenues.
 An ordinance appriating $3,00 for street cleaning purposes was pass ed. Alderman Ben Well offered 2 ! motion that the council donate $15 | to the H. King White monument fund He stated that only fifteen dollars was needed to complete the fund