Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
CITY COUNCIL ON
INSPECTION TOUR
MERITS OF BRICK PAVING, With
ASPHALT FILLER, is CIV
EN- CONSIDERATION.
ROUTINE WORK RECEIVES ATTENTION
Usual GrIst Of Bills and Petitions are
Presented and Acted .'@-,
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~ The City Council met in regular
session in the council chamber on
y Monday evening. AL of the council
men, and Mayor Richardson, and City
CLERK Thomas Wilson and City At
+ torney F. B. Blair, were present.
ss A number of citizens appeared be-
fore the council with petitions for
b improvements Of one kind and an
other. DENLY Pride appeared before
4 the council and asked that some re-
Il lief be given from a most aggrevat-
\ ing situation in regards to the drain
age on West Marion street. Mr.. Pride
4 stated that many Of the citizens on
a that street. are troubled with water
I in their cellars because Of inadequate
( street drainage. The matter brought
to the attention Of the council by Mr..
Pride was referred to the committee
on streets and alleys, with power to
act. d <@NS,@s'> II. .-.s. s*
w. D. Hoyt asked the council to
make a more even distribution Of
the lights ON West Union street. Mr..
Hoyt stated that three lights are in
close proximity at the east end of the
street west of Franklin, while the
lower half of the street has only
! one light, an. that beyond the M. &
20. railway tracks. Mr.. Hoyt's re-
quest was referred to the committee
on lights, with power to act. Mr..
Hoyt also asked the council to make
a few minor improvements to 1.-THE al
ley back of the Hoyt Company's i'm
plement building. This request was
also given favorable consideration.
S. H.. Morgan, nightwatch, appear
ea before the council. and again Pc
titioned the council for an, increase
in salary. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Morgan presented a writ
4 ten petition several weeks ago, and
which was. continued. He presented
his reasons for demanding an in
crease orally, and before adjournment
OF the council that body voted to
increase his salary by $500 per
month .sg ss. II n .sz .l..] j..
city Treasurer c. J. Seeds month
~ report was read, and approved by
the council. ~ ,...s Ii. 5sz Ia
Ralph W. Conger presented a
proposition to lease of the city the,
bill boards which were formerly us
ed by the managers Of the city opera
house. The council voted to lease.
the bill boards to- Mr.. Conger upon
payment Of rental for this year and
next years rental u In adYanc ces i.
.#, Z. n w. Jackson. representing the:
Western Paving Brick Manufa turing,
company OF Kansas City. Missouri,
appeared before the. council, with.
samples Of paving brick, and urged
upon the council that they look into
the merits Of the product which he;
sells. The sample which Mr.. jack:
son. submitted for inspection is a Wit
rified, vertical fibre paving brick
with an asphalt filler and coating:
Mr.. Jackson claims that the asphalt
filler and coating makes noiseless
paving. NJ. Z. Y
After some discussion and ques-.:
tioning the council accepted Mr.
Jackson 8 invitation to visit Cedar
l Rapids and Marion and inspect for
themselves paving which has been
laid in those cities fthis year and
where the brick and asphalt filler
and coating were used. The council
and,a number OF property owners In
terested in the Main street paving
are in the cities named today, and
are making an inspection Of the
streets paved With this kind OF ma
terial i7Ss - Fl. es.fs. - rs E5%- =