Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-04
COUNCIL ORDERS
flREMEN Ditto
BE REINSTATE[)
Action Comes at Conclusion
of Two Hour Executive
Session.
WANTS POLICEMAN
TO BE cow CATCHER
Alderman Niven's prono>a' IA Employ
Additional Man to Fakq IN ESira,
Animals tarrie> Two Street
Lights Ordered,

The city council last night spent
more than two hours III executive
session, and when the public session
was resumed, adopted Il motion order
ing that Martin A Ditto be reinstatea
to his old position in the fire depart
ment. 80
Ditto is one Of the men suspended
some time ago, and his reinstatement
will mean the discharge of ono OF the
men recently employed as extra man,
it was stated Tho department is
now short handcd however. 50 Dittos
reinstatement may be brought about
without otherwise changing the per
sonnet OF the department.
Ditto was officially informed Of the
councils action, the belief being held
that he will accept the position and
then formally resign, but all he would
say was that he will report this mora
ing to Chief Briener, to say what he
will do in the matter
There has been considerable hcqt
shown by some Of the members oi the
council the past six weeks. over CON
ditions alleged to be prevalent. and
for a month past Aldermen We'll. Nc
Gibbony and Bahlau in particular
have made every effort 10 have the
council as a body investigate into the
fire department. Their efforts sue
ceeded last night. Whcn immediately
after the council convened adopted
Mr.. Wells motion to hold other bust
ness in allegiance, and conduct the in
vestigation.
Add Another Cow Catcher.
There was lengthy discussion of Il
proposition to place another COW
catcher on duty. because OF the very
great number of COWS that are stray
ing in the streets and running lawns
and gardens in all sections Of the
city. s@R
Alderman Niven proposed that a sec
ond COW catcher be employed for three
months, but Alderman We'll said this
would mean an additional expense.
He urged that one OF the policemen
on duty in the day time be used as
COW catcher at night, and stressed
the point that the city can not afford
to spend any money that Us not abso
iutely necessary to be expended.
On the vote. Mr.. Wells amendment
was defeated, and then The council
voted to employ the additional COW
catcher.
Routine Business.
The cemetery sexton reported re
ceipts OF s2495o. expenditures Of
$133.93, an excess. of $11o.57.
The chief of police and the police
Judge reported cash fines of sos, com
mitted $115, total $41S.
Cash receipts for stock fees aggrc,
gated 5000.
The four defect We watering troughs
will be repaired. at cost OF -
each. under authority gram ed Alder
| man Bahlau, chairman of the wat +
ard lights committee.
Two standard incandescent street
lights we're ordered installed. at
Tenth avenue afd Pennsylvania street
| and a. Ninete nth avenue and Ash
street
Aide, man McGibb3ny said the IRON
| Mountain has not yet installed light
at Fourth avenue and Colorado street
| Alderman Pahlau sa d he will LOOK
| INTO it at once. as the railroad OF
ficials have had more than eougH
ime TO act in the matter.
| The council ordered that broken
sewers in the western end of tie city
| be repaired. az an estimated cost OF
| S4a: and that repairs be made to tn
! bridge at Thirteenth avenue ana
| Cedar street. and to the bridge in
Missouri street between Fourth anj
| Fifth avenues, each at cost estimat-
i cd at ST..
tIo <.;fu ono nd
Alderman Niven were named as a
! committee to investigate mo the need
! for imme diately filling the five big
and old water cistelns and fire
wells. in East Barraque and Alabama
street.
The mayor will Immediately investi-
| gate into drainage conditions N Wes
Nineteenth avenue, beyond Cherry
streets.
The ordinance was finally adopted,
increasing from II per centum to 10
percentum, the tax in Sewer district
No. 16. The one per centum increase
| will allow of the last bonds being
taken up this year. Had tn S. action
not been taken, property owners
| would have been compelled to pay a
per CeHtuIu IAN lOl bCtu IJio
1917, to retire the last of the bonds.
Meet Next Monday.
The council will meet in regular
session against next Monday night, at
which time there will be several i'm
portant matters up for consideration.
/ The ordinance granting franch Sc
! TO the Hot Springs. Pine Bluff and
Eastern Railroad will be one of these
matters. Others will be petitions for
! the organization of curb and gut
| ter Improvement district in the ter
ritory between Eleventh and fifteenth
| avenues from State to Tennessee, and
for the organization of a street i'm
provement district in the same ter
ritory
Aldermen Frank o. McGehee, ]. A.
Clement and J. Harvey Means will
be sworn into office a. the next meet
ing. when Aldermen R. G. Johnson
and n r NiyeO will give IN their