The chronicle=news., 1913-06-10

might realize Interest upon it's mon
Hy deposited instead Of having the
funds lying dormant In banks, that
pay no interest. wus submitted tn
the city council nj Its regular meet
tnE last night. The International
State bank over the signature OF W.
q. P1estcd, cinxicr. offered to puy
the city four per cent interest upon
all money deposited for u period of
ak months ut \ time. or three per
cent interest ON daily balances. pro-
Sidcd that the entire checking ne
count Of the city III carried In that
bank and that the bank IL made the
depository for the city funds.
Mayor Duniavy remarked that the
council should give serious consider
alton tn this proposition. stating
that the city ought to be realizing
On It's money deposited. lie called
attention TO the fact that the city
money wmx lying dormant In the
hanks and that the city WIS In need
Of any additional revenue that could
be realized. In considering this pro-
position alderman Lunncy first NOV
cd that II be filed. The mnttcr was
left TO the> finance committee To re-
port On at the next meeting. The
members Of the finance committee
are aldermen Lunncy. DonRhuc and
Mason.
John Conkir Wan reelected plumb
Ink inspector for the city by ma
tor,iy vote Of tho nine aldermen
present. The two other candidates
were ~. ". iiabcock and u. j. Pcnno
the latter having hts application ON
file. A ballot was taken and Conki.
received five votcs. iinbcork three
and Pcnno one. Some discussion
followed ss to whether Il required
\ majority vote Of the entire coun-
ell or = majority only of the mem
hers present at any one meeting. to
elect. Alderman Donahuc Insisted
that the majority of n quorum would
elect and that five votes Of tho nine
present wcrc sufficient.
sac t-spiiA,ax problem Of taking
caro- Of the city sewerage came be-
fosc tho council aRaiu last niRht
md Il was decided that the city
council should enlist the cooperation
Of the chamber Of commerce In hav.
Ing tho present condition rcmciicd.
Il WIS stated that there hal been
frequent complaint about the sew
rraRc running into the river. Al
dermun Donnhuc declared that tho
matter should be looked aDtcr at
once. that the city was leaving itself
open to "a suit and proposed that the
city and chamber Of commerce work
together and devise somc plan Of
carinE for the sewerage now hand
led under contract by J. II. Iohn.
Tho saver committee. the mayor
and city engineer were authorized
to confer with the chamber Of COM
mcrcc.
The council last night refused a
permit for the Autocrat Coiorcd club
to reopen. A petition was on file
signed by thirty or more colorch
citizens asking that the city allow
tho club to reopen and promising
that the place would bc conducted
In an orderly manner. Different
members Of the council expressed
themselves AS opposed TO the club.
A vote was taken and the petition
was rejected by a vote Of to ..
Wilson and Patterson were In favor
Of granting the petition that the
coIorc,i element could keep to them
selves. ..
Al tho opening OF the scssion the
regular order Of business was NUS
pended while Almcron Newman OK
hibitcd prints of a panoramic pho
tograph taken Mt the unvciling cS-
crciscs at Kit Carson park. He pre-
scntcd a proposition to the city to
purchase pictures to he sent as
giftx to those taking part and to be
used for advertising purposes. He
explained that pictures could be sent
to newspapers and magazines or
framed pictures placed In hotel lob
bics and other places. II was dccid-
cd that the city had no funds avail
able to purchase pictures. and no nc
ton was taken.
A petition from the property own
crs OF the James addition protested
against the sweeping OF Animas ami
Grant avenues without first sprinkl-
Ing. as the dust raised had caused
the housewives OF that part OF town
to rise up in arms. The petition
suggested that the cleaning OF these
streets be done by the combination
sweeper and sprinkler. Alderman
Lunncy and one or two others de-
cIarcd that the contract for street
cleaning specified that street"
should he sprinkled before sweeping.
Alderman Donahue was precipitate
and wanted the contract that was
awarded to Pople bros. at the last
meeting revoked and the contract
given to the next lowest bidder. 9th
crs, however. argued that the con-