Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-10
Financial Matters Occupy Much
Of The Time At Both OF
The Sessions.
COMMITTEE SYSTEM CHANGED
Fox Creamery Was Promised
Five Years. Exemption
From City Taxes.

Two sessions of the Council we're
held last week. The first was a
called session Thursday night in lieu
of the joint committee meetings held
under an ordinance passed in 1907,
for which members drew pay. This
meeting was occupied with commit
tee matters, principally the auditing
of claims. 1t was also decided to do
away with the committee system of
purchasing incidental supplies for
the several departments through the
department committees, provided
by the same ordinance above referred
to, and let the Purchasing Commit
tee do buying for all departments.
Friday night the regular monthly
meeting was held.
The usual reports were received
and filed and the monthly budget of
accounts was allowed. Accounts
will be passed upon by the Mayor
and warrants drawn on the Tuesday
following the meeting at which they
are allowed.
The report of City Physician Per-
kins contained a recommendation
that the little open court in the rear
of the chief of policies office be made
into room for lavatory and for
operations. This was referred to a
committee. He also suggested the
need of a city pest house and recon-
mended that the sewer traps re-
moved in the business part of town
be put back. An order to do this
effect was made last year, but not
carried out.
The Business Mems Committee on
the creamery matter appeared be-
fore the Council consisting of S. l..
Cowherd. M. L. Elb and W. L. Gore
and outlined the request of the Peter
Fox & Sons Co., for free water and
sewerage and ten years tax exemp-
ton for the proposed creamery.
The Council granted five years
exemption, all the law allows, and
referred the other matters to a COM
mittee for investigation, a conference
to be he with the water and sewer
age companies and the Peter Fox &
Sons Co.
Councilman Smith, of the Gene
terry Committee, presented a new
schedule of prices for lots in Cave
Spring Colored Cemetery, grading
from $50 in the front sections to $40
for those in the rear, the lots being
approximately the same size. This
was approved. The new rates are
a slight advance on the front lots,
the old price being cents foot for
400-foot lots.
The authority to issue emergency
warrants on the orders of the COM
mittee chairmen, between council
meetings, was held to be irregular
and an appropriation of 5000 was set
aside for the Mayor to draw upon
during March, using regular Council
warrants. In addition to the reports
made by the Treasurer. the Mayor
will be required to report to the
Council direct the warrants he draws
with the purpose of each. AS out
lined in the proceedings of Thurs
day nights meeting, all purchasing
power is to be placed in the hands
of the Purchasing Committee, Coun-
cilmen Russell, Carloss and Southall. |
City Engineer McClaid attempted to
explain the difficulty of applying to
the head of department and through
him to the Purchasing Committee
for articles needed in the street de-
partment, often for immediate use
while the hands are waiting, but his |
remarks were ruled out of order and |
the new system adopted. 1t is prob
able that the ordinance creating the
old system will be repealed and