Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-22

jSimnroveme VEN al e ], no 4 'eytremas .West
end Of Union street. His petitions
q Wera; granted and the work ord ered
done as soon as poss ible. s5sS 81,
The question sof repairing the rool
of Tho city ii all was referred to the
is COMMITTEES on yDubli Ia buildings. d
q. ~ Oliver city 81 ID arsIal Detition
ed the council for an increase in sal
ary II. Oliver contended that II
was difficult for I man with q fam
ilys to breaks even with the s salary thai
& the city was Dayir,g& him The coun.
ell voted unanimo ously to grant an; in.
3 crease Sin salary gof ten dOIlras per
month S..
"a spetition for water main exten.
!. sion on East Union street was grant.
ed the main to be laid as soon as
the car load Of nine arrives. fS..3.
n The bond Of aC. X. Reding, as city
plumber. was presented to the coun.
eli for deration. and accepted
M The CITY treasurer,s report was
q sread ana accented. The report shows
y that, their was insthe city treasury on
AIarnh 1T q gf4 IN the ten funds
stho total 81 396l7. so. rs
The CITY clerks an nnual report M Of
Sreceipts and expenditures was pre-.
sentad to the council. the same cor
respondinp with that Of the city
sEtreasurer,s v. the report was a ccepted
{ ana 3nrf1e rod spublished In the official
+ snewsnaners nf the CITY. The report
s# Of CitV@CIerk Wilson gives in detail
every item 3of expense that the city
Il has been to during the year ending
March 31st. 1914. Every tax payer in
the citv can see alta glance from
Y what source the CITY receives its
funds and for. what purpose and to
Y whom the money has been paid, The
Il t,s1rt @s1rrteport will appear in this paper next
y week ..Ts H fta7g N
&C. u Chapman. fire chief. suggest
cd that the ecitv he divided into five,
fra wards. and that the @firemen and
citizens generally could be given the
approximate location OF fires by diff.
ferent blasts Of the whistle. No defin.
ite action was taken regarding this
matter on Monday night.
se The question Of the. disposition of
the horse which the city owns was.
I brought before the council. "A mo-
) 5tion was made and carried that the.
i animal be sold at public auction on
4 Saturday Of this week.
Councilman Cowles, on behalf of.
the nroperty owners on South Third
Z street asked that a certain fill be
made lust south Of the III. &c. tracks,
ana . sidewalk he laid. He contend
a ed that the residents in that section
4 Of thascitv find it difficult to come
ia the business part of the city in,
Il "a INV weather. there being no walks
on n that i street at this time. The re-
|n1,est Is a reas enable one, and the
council took favorable action in the,
i tnremises Mr. Cowles also brought
- thea question Of water main exten-
sion hefore the council. It appears
that the civ water system will re.
ceive ten or a dozen patrons by ex.
.tending.I the mains on the West side.
r AZ soon nc the car load Of i water
pines m arrive they. will be distributed
along the streets on the West side
where they will be laid, and the work
y OF laying the same prosecuted as
rapidly as possible. IS s Al y y
The question of two cement cul-
yerts. one On East Howard street
and the other one to be erected on
4 the main thoroughfare leading out Of
/ Manchester to the south. Both OF
the bridges now. doing service al
condition for some time and the
council voted on Monday night to
take immediate steps to replace then
with modern cement structures, dur
ing the present season. The one on
the West side is to be erected first
because of the large amount OF tray.