The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-12

City Council held its regular semi.
monthly session Tuesday night with
all members present. While quite q
number of matters were attended TO-
there were none of them OF great i'm
portance TO the people OF the city.
The discussion of putting female
eonvicts to work on the streets. cut
ting grass and sweeping the trash off
the streets which was commnced n,
n former meeting of councln was
again taken up and a resolution was
passed TO this effect. Heretofore fe-
male convicts have been placed in
jail, where they were kept to serve
out their time at the expense of the
nisy. It Is thought by council that il
viii 1e a profitable instead OF a los
ing business to make them work
streets hereafter.
Mr.. Rowland reported that the
daily consumption OF water at pres
ent was approximately 600, 900 gal
Ions. lie advised that the new pumps
be exchanged for larger ones, as they
were only capable Of pumping about
10000 gallons OF water daily and IL
they were put In service they would
soon have to be exchanged because of
the steadily increasing demand for wa
ter This suggestion was approved
and it was decided to exchange the
pumps for larger ones.
Mr.. Worthington reported the es-
timated cost for the requested ex-
tension OF water main on Manning
Frenue as $3.50 for $50 feet. with six
or seven new connections, which
would be out In at once. He stat
ed that there was a request for an
extension OF pipe from Bee Street
down Main street for distance Of
900 feet down the street. but he did
not consider this work a. important
as the Joining OF the Board and Wash
ington street lines at Church street
with larger pipe than Is now In USE
He estimated the cost OF this work
at $4,000. II was decided by Council
TO have the Manning Avenue line laid
as soon as the city had available
funds for this purpose
Thert was discussion as TO the use
Of funds donated by the city for the
bringing of the South Carolina Nes-
tern into Sumter. In view OF the fact
that Council had not received a state
ment OF the expenditure of this fund,
the city clerk was instructed to write
Mr.. I. c. Strauss to give the city a sta
tement OF the use OF the fcnd and to
return that part OF the fund which
had not been used by the railroad.
Mr.. Worthington stated that there
was a large amount Of disinseotant on
hand, which he understood was not
needed. He stated that he thought
that this ought TO be disposed OF In
some way to the advantage OF the
city. II the board OF health, who had
ordered II. did not have any use for
Il. The clerk was directed to in
quire OF the board OF health why IL
was purchased and II II might be re-
turned or sold.
Chief OF Police j. II. Sumter stat
ted that the khaki uniforms which
had been ordered some time ago had
como, but that az none OF them fit
the force was unwilling to wear them.
M. Booth stated that he had order
ed the uniforms in good faith, think
ins ;sat thgy would prove service
able and cooler for the members OF
the force and IL they did not care to
wear them, he would return them and
stant responsible for any loss which
might be occasioned. Mr.. Sumter as
sured Mr.. Booth II was only because
the uniforms did not III that the mem
bers OF the force did not wear them.
lie said that the men had taken the
suits and would wear them.
Mrs. l.. n. Lyon asked that Coun-
ell reimburse her for injury done
her store by auarantining a smallpox
patient In Il. She stated that the store
had not been rented since It was
closed by quarantine and that she
was unable To- rent II and she thought
Council should pay her for the rent
for the time II went unrented. Coun-
ell refused her request on the grounds
that she had been paid for one
months rent and they thought that
they had gone far enough.
A letter from Messrs. $. Y. Delgar
and $. c. McKeown asking that water
cart sprinkle the street at the corner
Of Harvin and Oakland was read and
the request was refused. az Coun-
Gil considered this bad precedent tC