The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-03
START REPAIR ON
 CENTRAL AVENUE
MAYOR McCLENDON GETS CON. SENT OF COUNSEL TO FIX
 HOLES ON THOROUGHFARE
Proposal by Supt. Dillon Of Public Utilities to Gravel Central Avenue From Paving to Oaklawn Not Ac. cepted.

Mayor MCClendOl put the matter of repairing Central avenue at once Tn preparation for the state lair. square. y before the council last night call. ing attention to the intoerable condi. ton of the thoroughtare and the tact that regardless of the responsibility belonging to the city, the city was re ceiying the criticism The council voted authority to have the streel commissioner take up the repair nm. mediately, to the end that the work might be completed as soon as pos sible.
 Alderman Ledwidge put before the council a proposal from Superintend, ent Dillon of the public utilities to furnish the gravel and haul it out on lower Central avenue from the south end Of the paving to Oaklawn. if the city would put men there to properly place it on the street. Mr Ledwidge said that this would prevent the ter rife dust conditions during the state fair travel, and would he appreciated by citizens as well as visitors. Alder man Burgaurer objected to the ac- ceptance of the proposal at this time, and the matter did not come to a vote of the body.
 The issue between the Central av. enue paving commissioners and the city as to the custody of the use oI the S7,400 in compromise money from the Barber Asphalt Company is rap. idly being brought to a conclusion. Judge Huff, representing the city, stated last night he had found that the paving company had been bounden to the city in a S$0,000 bond instead of a bond for Sl0000. He said that the $74O1 compromise under a $10,O00 bond had appeared acceptable, but since investigating and finding the bond was in the sum ot S300O0, he believed the city could recover a larger sum from the asphalt com pany, and that the compromise money not having been actually paid, the city was not bound to its acceptance
 Also it seemed the opinion of the council that unless the matter was straightened out in time to make the city receive material advantage from the money just now, the acceptance would not be given, and the city would continue action against the paving company. Secretary Wood cock of the paving commissioners filed a final report, and it is said a resolution will be offered at meet ing of the board today or tomorrow dissolving the board. In that case the city may accept the compromise money and end the matter
 Inc council mad a tull attendance last night in the following: Aldermen cnepnerd. carney, KlgsDee SlgMan, Wlmamson, N- oorman Peuen, Ledwldge, JPetut. Burgaurer and Mc- Laughnn.
 A resolution approving the contract between the city and the public utu- ues relatlve to ugnung ot tue White way was preselted ana those voting tor It were Aldermen onepneru. Cartney, iugsDee, olsman Wood Borman, LedWlage, fcdon, sic Laughnn. Petut and Burgaurer Inc only nay vote was ,aat of Wmam- son
 A request for the .-lVuege Of erect ing beautiful N4arqUese in front ol the Uugan stuart -duOng was re- ferred 10 the building commlttee Wlta power to act.
 Alderman Slgman eXplalned petl- tion which + $. Inomas presented asking the sum ot Szl III payment Tor COW that had been lmpounded ana sold Thomas nad lost yaidaDle COW. and the COW had been found and impounded and sold tor $2S The cos, of the pounding was s. therefore MT Thomas wanted a return of the profit the city made rom hls COW, "nlca was granted.
 Hamp Williams put betore the coun- cil a proposal to sell the cicty Ford chassis to be equipped TOT a patrol wagon. the city havng long been Ill need of one, ana the matter Was re, tered to the claims committee TOT acton.
 Some of the lmportant things tnat did not come up but Will be taken up trlday evening when the co~Acll meets in speclal session, were a reso- luton promoting the sweeping or sidewalks on central avenue and re curing that they snau be washed, a proposal to give the sum of S25 per month for general cnarty; al oral nance to require punk dealers to mahe their reports to the chief of police as to purchases.
 ppnLIRIT COTTON Pl PlANTlNG