The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-15
COUNCIL READY
TO ACCEPT BIDS
FOR new STREET
No Contractor Present But
Bids Are to Be Submit
ted in Few Days
RESTAURANTS ARE
GRANTED LICENSES
Mayor Hinton Appoints Tax
Supervisors for the Year
of 1914

Although the City Council at it's
regular meeting last night was ready
to receive bids for the reconstruction
OF Main street none were presented
to the Board, but it is probable that
within the next few days bids for
the work will be submitted by several
different construction firms and will
be taken up at a special meeting of
the Council to be called by Mayor
Hinton.
Several firms have signified their
intention Of bidding on the work of
resurfacing the Main street with ma
terial best suited for travel, and May
or Hinton received information yester-
day that the bid of one firm would
be put in his hands to-day.
The Council took up the matter of
granting licenses for the year required
on such businesses as specified in the
ordinance passed at the last meeting
in April. There were several rejec-
tons for restaurant license and one
pool room was refused, while Max
Munich who applied for a license to
conduct junk yard was also refused
by the Board. Munich presented
petition to the Council signed by sew.
eral property owners on Eight street
and vicinity, in which no objection
was voiced. The license was refused
upon the grounds that at the last
term of Circuit Court he was fined $50
for maintaining a nuisance and an in
dictment against the City was return
ed by the grand jury for suffering
James e. Craven was granted a
license to conduct a restausant on
Main street. T. F. Brannon, who ap-
piled for licens to conduct a restaur-
ant in connection with his saloon was
also refused. Henry Field was grant
ed a license to conduct a restaurant
on Eighth street. Ed. Parker was re-
fused to license to conduct a res
taurant on Eighth street. Ratliff e
Reed, granted a license to conduct a
restaurant at the l.. & N. depot. Jas.
j. Curtis, who applied for restaurant
license was refused. w. S. Orr and
Hammond Bros, restaurant on Tenth
street, granted license. Paul Hanley,
restaurant on Main street, granted.
Paris Billiard Co. granted license to
conduct pool room at the corner of
Main and Fifth streets. Steve Moore,
to operate pool room in connection
with saloon, refused license. Lykins
Bros. granted license to operate pool
room on Tenth street.
The Improvement Committe was in
structed by the Mayor to investigate
the piece of property at the end of
Parrish Avenue in Henry Division
and which separates that street and
Link Avenue, with view of pur-
chasing it from it's owners, MesSrs.
Hal Woodford and r. K. Mccartney,
and to report at the next regular
meeting of the Council. The purchase
of this property will give the city the
opportunity of opening the street
through to Link Avenue.
Mayor Hinton appointed the follow
ing as members of the Board of Tax
Supervisors which were approved by
the Council: G. ]. Lancaster, VIM.
Thomas and Walker Muir.
Mayor Hinton and the Council in
structed Chief of Police Link to
have removed all wagons and Obstruc-
lions that might be left standing on
| side streets, and the owners will be
compelled to comply with the order
strictly. The Chief of Police was also
instructed to have removed from the
sidewalks of Main or other streets any
boxes, barrels and displays Of goods
other than those permitted by city
ordinance now in force.