Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-20
MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Proposed Des Moines Street Paving
Voted Down-Many Pro-
tests Received.

The regular meeting of the city
council was held last night with all
members, except Essig, present. The
minutes d the last meeting were
read and approved.
Ordinance 1914 establishing the
grade on Prospect street was read
and passed under suspension of
rules. Specifications for the material
and construction Of sewers was pre-
scented by city engineer E. S. Bou-
dinot for general construction. At
ter it's reading, the same was placed
on record.
The proposed resolution of neces-
sity passed June 21st, for the con-
struction of sewer in the seventh
district was read and approved, af-
ter which the resolution was passed
authorizing the mayor and city clerk
to publish the notice inviting bids
for construction of said sewer. The
district comprises that section in
the vicinity of the six hundred block
on Elm and Water streets. The pro-
posed resolution of necessity passed
by the council on June Sth for curb
and gutter on Superior, Des Moines
and Prospect streets, was read and
approved. Also the resolution auth
orizing the call for sealed proposals
on these different improvements was
passed and approved.
A proposed resolution of necessity
for the construction of paving on
Des Moines street was amended by a
resolution regarding the fifth kind
of material or fibre brick block pave
fment. After the amendment had
been approved, there were two petit
tons of protest to the paving on Des
Moines street-one from the north
side and the other from the south
side. These were signed by a ma
jority of property owners along the
line of proposed improvement. These
were read and placed on file.
Upon reading the proposed reso-
luton of necessity for paving, pass
ed by the council on June Sth and
amended at this meeting, the motion
was made by Hahne and seconded
by Horsley that this resolution be
not adopted Following this, a Pc
tition was presented by the residents
of the northwest part of the city OBJ
, iecting and asking to have a bill
board on the west side Of Broadway
street between the Illinois Central
and Crooked Creek tracks removed,
IS it obstructs a view in crossing
and renders the crossing dangerous
This petition was referred to the
mayor for his action.
Residents and property owners in
the southwest part of the city on
the several streets included in Wau-
meta Heights addition and adjoining
property, presented a petition asking
for the construction of sewer sys-
EN- in that locality. This petition
was placed on file and the city en-
gineer instructed to submit an es-
innate for cost, plans and specifca-
ton for a sewer, to be taken up at
a later meeting.
A resolution for the construction
of sidewalks on the west end OF Wat
err street, on the east end of Bank
street and also on Webster street,
was presented and read. and upon
calling the roll this resolution was
lost by a vote of four to two, Jacobs
and Bossert voting nay. The resolu-
ton then was reconsidered, cutting
out Webster street sidewalks and
upon second reading was again lost
by the same vote as on the previous
reading.
The usual monthly grist OF bills
was allowed and the council ad-
journed.