The log cabin Democrat., 1914-06-25
TWO MORE PAVING DISTRICTS CREATED COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING ORDINANCE IS ALSO ADOPTED PROHIBITING DRY CLOSETS
 IN FIRE LIMITS.

Conway were created upon petitions of the property owners at last night meeting of the city council, an Ordi- nance was passed prohibiting dry clos cts within the territory embraced in the fire limits, resolution regulating the installation of plumbing was adopted and several other important matters were considered.
 Street Improvement District No. ?, q petition for which was filed at the preceding meeting of the council, was formed by an ordinance which came up for it's third reading and final pas sage This district includes North Front street from the northern termi- nus of Street Improvement District No to the campus of Hendrix Col lege. The petition for Street Improve ment District No. 3 was presented and the ordinance creating 1t was passed under a suspension of the rules. This district includes all of West Oak street from the railroad right-of-way to Lo- cust avenue and all of Caldwell street from the Locust avenue intersection to Donaghey aveinue, as well as one block of Center street, from Caldwell to Prince street The property ln- cluded in boGh districts is approxl- mately one-half block on either side of the street. In both districts the petitioners stipulated that macadam should be the material used for paw ing. The next step toward these i'm provements will be the filing of sec ond petition, which must contain the signatures of a majority in value of the property within the districts. When this petition is filed, the council appoints three commissioners for each district, who will let the contract and have general supervision over the work. These second petitions, it is believed, will be presented at the next meeting of the council, to be held July IA
 A resolution was unanimously adopted that the city pay $100 per year during the time the bonds are to run, for each $4.000 contracted to be expended by street improvement QlSUIlEUS HuiIlUeIS anu
 The council also passed an ordi- nance, which becomes effective in 50 days, declaring all dry closets within the first limits to be nuisances and ordering their removal.
 The plumbing resolution, which was unanimously adopted, provides in de- tail regulations for the installation of plumbing, and was recommended by the plumbing board recently appointed
 by the council. It will be published in full as a matter of news by the Log Cabin Democrat at an early date.
 The improvement committee was granted further time to report on the matter of extending water mains on
 Railroad avenue. The committee re ported that in their opinion the city was without authority to grant the lpetition asking that no blacksmith shops be permitted in the residence districts of the city.
 The water and light committee re- ported it would cost 5000 to make the extensions of water mains as request ed in the Anderson Addition and action on the matter was deferred.
 Pres. J. J. Doyne presented the mat ter of supplying free water to the State Normal Shcool, about which there has been some misunderstood ing. He presented records of the Board of Trustees to show that it was part of the agreement to locate the Normal in Conway that water should be supplied, although the waterworks system was not in operation when the institution was located here, and also called attention to the fact that the Normal school was furnishing free tuition to 75 Conway children. He l said the school has been paying its l water bills under protest and asks that the council definitely advise the Nor mai Board of Trustees whether it is 1 intended to comply with the contract made with the city when the institu- tion was located here. Pres. Doyne's | communication was referred to the | judiciary committee for investigation and report.