Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-10
MEETING OF THE
CITY council
Request That a Jitney Bus Or6in-
ance be Enacted-Discount OF.
Electric Bills.

The city council met last night in
adjourned session with all members
present.
VIM. Markwardt appeared and
asked that an ordinance be prepar-
ed regulating jitney bus service.
This matter, upon motion, was re-
ferred to the city attorney and the
ordinance committee to prepare
suitable ordinance and report at the
next meeting. The establishment 81
jitney line has long been expected
in the city and will be received with
much favor by those who have TO
walk long distances.
w. w. Bair also appeared in the
interest of auto liverymen, asking
that a license ordinance be esrao-
lished regulating livery bus service
in the city. This matter was also
referred to the city attorney and Or
dinance committee for further &C
ZION anu report.
The report of the street commits
sioner for the month of July was
read and accepted.
The contracts and bonds of lit
terrell & Sullivan for the construc-
ton of a sewer on Seneca and Wat
er streets and for curb and gutter
on Prospect, Superior and Des
Moines streets were accepted and
approved.
The paving committee was in
structed to inspect curb and gutter
included in last years improve
ments to see that the same Is in
good condition before the contract
or's time limit of one year expires.
This committee will report at the
next council meeting.
Proposed resolutions of necessity
were passed and adopted for the
construction of a sewer in the south
west portion Of the city, including
Wauneta Heights and adjoining
streets.
Councilman Hahne then present.
ed to the council a report Of the
electric light fund showing in de-
tail the financial condition of said
fund and recommended that orGtn-
ance 391 which provides for ten per
cent discount to all resident patrons
should be repealed and another en-
acted changing the discount to
twenty per cent to patrons who pay
within given time. The repor. is
given elsewhere in these columns.
In answer to this report, a mo-
ton was made and seconded that the
city attorney prepare the amended
ordinance for twenty per cent dis
count as recommended. Attorney J.
w. Lee retired to his office and be-
fore the close of the council meet
ing submitted ordinance 39S repeal
| ing section one of ordinance 391 and
submitting in lieu thereof section
two which reads: There shall. be
granted to residents of Webster City
who are users of electricity furnish
ed by the city electric light and DOW
er plant, a discount of twenty per
cent on all monthly or bi-monthly
bills for electric current used. pro-
vided said bills are paid at the Of
flee of city clerk within ten days
after they become due"
The ordinance was passed and
adopted under suspension of rules
and is to take effect when published.
The matter of arranging tax lev
les for 1915 was reported by Coun-
Gilman Hahne, who was directed by
the ways and means committee to
prepare schedule to be submitted
at the next session of the council 4
few current bills were allowed and
the council adjourned until Monday
evening, August 10th.
An ice cream social will be held
at the w. T. Weir home Wednesday
evening, Aug. 18th, for the benefit
of the church in Mulberry Center.
Each lady who attends is requested
to bring a cake. The cakes will be
sold to the highest gentleman bidder
and whoever pays over 81 for one
cake will be given all of the ice
cream he and the cake maker can
eat.
Before the Council.
Many things have come before the