The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-07
WAS LONG DRAWN out
City Council Meeting Lasted Until
After Midnight.

Midnight at the city hall Monday,
! found the council still in session
7 Thursday morning came, and after its
ARRIVAL the council purchased two
new tires for the motor truck of the
! fire department and discussed the i'm.
portant point Of whether or not the
fire chief should be permitted to read
aloud some correspondence relative
to tires, good and bad. Then after
agreeing to adjourn to next Monday
: eyenihg,-when they did ADJOURN
the town fathers closed business
about 1915 a. m. Thursday morning
1t was busy session with much
talk and considerable action.
George Stewart appeared to explain
disputed claim. No action. b.
N. F. Hedlund asked for new light
at the front of his place, No. 1902
South Eleventh street. Light commit.
tee to investigate. -
r., H. Williams, agent for Penn
college. asked that the extension OF
c street, plated in the Penn college
addition to 0skaloosa be vacated as
recorded and moved to the east side
of the Penn college property and OPP.
sned up, accordingly. City Attorney
H. B. Mccoy was instructed to pre-.
pare ordinance covering same for
next Monday. .f...
j. B. Dempster, chief of the cleo
trical wire inspectors of Des Moines
addressed the council upon the de-
STABILITY of an inspection ordinance
for -Oskaloosa, as sought for by the
electrical wire workers. .. e..
Claims Wara than nrdarad poid
A. M. Hovey of Knoxville wants to
make some new maps for the city
and asks the council to get busy with
the order.
C. H Miller and host of others
ask road tax abatement or refund
Laid over. be-. .n.s. ..r
The Carton bills for side walks were
assessed. e.. S., INK,
The jitney bus ordinance was pass
ed on its second reading after extend.
ing discussions An attempt to sus.
pend rules and pass the ordinance on
its final reading failed and ordinance
was ordered to legal committee and
city solicitor to fix for next session.
Some Of the members believe the or
dinance fails to cover the points il
was intended to hit. They are afraid
1t has holes in it and won't hold wat
err"
The bid of L. A. Suffer for block
of sewer on Z avenue west at $267.50
was accepted. Only one bid was OF.
fered. .r.
The council will investigate an al.
ley trouble out near College avenue.
Next Monday afternoon was set for
the visit.
City engineer Hawkins reports the
North Ninth street sewer work com
pleted by the contractor, James My.
ers, and the date for filing and hear
ing objections was set for November
first
Charles Kessler of First Ward in
sisted upon repairs for work I'll North
G street near High avenue and the
engineer was instructed accordingly.
. Albert Mendenhall made a report
of the visit of Oskaloosa representa-
tiyes, Messrs .Mendenhall anu C. A.
Kessler to The annual meeting of the
League of Iowa municipalities at Coun
Gil Bluffs and in a brief way told OF
the good work the league is doing for
its members and urges closer ao'
quaintance on the part of OskalOosa.
One of the biggest subjects of the
evening was the sewage disposal pro.
position. Now comes c. G. Morgan in
suit against the city of Oskaloosa
claiming damages from the sewer
water on his land Sewer damage
cases are piling up faster that the
city can earn money to pay them
Horace Hawkins, city engineer was
instructed by the council to write,
wire, fetch or bring some of the spec.
ial engineers with whom he has been
corresponding to the city for the meet
ing of next Monday evening to tell
the council what's good for this sew
er trouble. The sewer committee was
told to go over the correspondence
with Mr.. Hawkins and determine who
to call and what to do in the emer
gency.
Several attempts were made to ad
journ but no one was able to get a
motion to that effect made before
someone elsa was on his feet with
another proposition. Mayor Harold
was SO sleepy that he could not see
motion, when it was made. and Clerk
T. H, Carlin also slumbered at the
switch. The reporters threatened to
strike for shorter working hours, but
the band played on. T..