The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-08-12

. drawn in favor Of the City Treasure
in the sum Of s359.70 TO balance frcish
express and gasoline account On roi
call Anderson. Beals. Cole, Conklin
Gaukel. Hoy and Johnson voting Aye
motion carried.
Moved and seconded City Treasurer
be instructed 10 secure interest or
daily balances on moneys in his hand,
for the present On roll call Anderson
Beals. Cole. Conklin. Gaukcl Hoy and
Johnson voting Aye, motion carried
Committee on taxation made the
following report:
We. your committee on Taxation OF
the CITY Of B~rookiuSS would recon.
mend The refund Of $500 for road poll
Of w. Il. Donaldson and Martin Ander.
son for year 1914 Sisned Il \ Pill
mcr. W II. BealS and J, Il Johnson.
committee.
Moved and seconded report OF com.
mi,tec on taxation oe adopted and war,
rants he drawn IN payment for same.
On Tol, call Anderson, Beals. Cole.
ConA,.n. Gaukel, Hoy and Johnson vot-
.ne Ave, motion carried.
Chairman Of the Board of Health APP
peared and stated that there was a
piece OF ground that could be pro-
CURED for a new dump ground. and
had consulted with the committee on
city property TO investigate and they
stated that they would like more
time and the matter was on motion
laid on the table for one week.
\ request was made for water on
Fourteenth avenue from Sixth street
north and was referred TO committee
in water and sewers to investigate.
\ portion of the library board ap-
peared and stated that they were broke
and would require more money to
finish the year and matter was referred
10 committee on taxation.
The committee on light and heat re-
commended the purchase of Allen
Suckers for the two new boilers.
Moved and seconded the two new
boilers be equipped with stokers. On
roll call Anderson, Beals, Cole, Conk-
lin, Gaukel, Hoy, and Johnson voting
Aye, motion carried.
The council proceeded to open bids
for the supply of coal for the year.
Bids were received from the Carne-
gle Fuel Co, Buchanan Coal Co., Pitts
burg Coal Co., Farmers Cooperative
Co., Northwestern Fuel and Supply Co.,
@. Reiss Coal Co., c. NJ. Youmans Lum-
Der Co. Great Lakes Coal and Dock Co.
and the Zenith Furnace Co., after a
discussion as to quality of coal to pur-
chase to give best results it was NOV
ed that contract be awarded to the
Buchanan Coal Co., for 1000 tons Will
mington coal at $4.10 per ton F. o. B.
cars Brookings.
Moved and seconded action in award
lHS CoulldCt III Cily Sooi e uCiCiiCu
one week or until 8 o'clock p. m,
August 9th, 1915.
All voting Aye on roll call motion
carried.
Bids for hauling city coal and freight
were received from Theodore Martin
son and Claude Davis.
Moved and seconded action on con
tract for hauling coal and freight be
deferred until August 9th. All voting
Aye on roll call, motion carried.
Mr.. Cannon, a representative of the
Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co., being
present, spoke on telephones and
switch boards.
A petition was received from A. L.
Moberg, praying that he be granted
the privilege to operate a peanut and
popcorn vending machine on the
streets.
Moved and seconded A. L. Moberg
be granted license to operate vending
machine on the street and at a license
of $500 per year. On roll call Ander-
son, Beals, Cole, Conklin, Gaukel and
Johnson voting Aye, motion carried.
An ordinance to amend Section IA
of Ordinance No. 81 was submitted
and given a second reading and on roll
call Anderson, Beals, Cole, Conklin,
Gaukel and Johnson all voting Aye,
ordinance was declared passed and
approved and became Ordinance No.
A..
A petition was presented and read
praying the city to vacate Sixth ave
nue. betwaon Williams street and Fifth
streets.
Moved and seconded the City Audi
tor be instructed to file said petition
to vacate a part of Sixth avenue and
that he have notice published in the
official papers Of said city for four
weeks, once in each week, that the
city council will hear said petition
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