The Nome daily nugget., 1916-07-07

| corner hA Lhe 'dthhiis 1hai'h HiS''aa 'a on Fourth street, Us requested bs Il number of the property owners of that section. McAlister stated that the change was due To the absence of any support aside from telephone pole which was buried in the snow during the winter.
 Claims and accounts against the city, | tptalng S20G044 and including the city pay roll for June were read by the clerk
 and ordered paid after approval bs the unancc committee
 Councilman Burgn handed in Il reso- ution thanking the chairman and mem Ders of the Fourth of July committee, the ladies committee and Captain Mar
 in and the men of Fort Davis for their lld and assistance in helping to make thc celebration a success. The resolu- uon was adopted on motion of Burgh
 Bills approved by the finance eommit- tee totaline $9lO97 were submitted and order paio on motion Of Councilman Burgh.
 Councilman Burgh brought up the mat ter of the city printing contract but the mayor remarked that the same could stand oyer for while and no action was taken.
 Rose moved that the clerk be instructed To collect such rents as were due on city property, stating that he under stood that various properties owned by the municipality were occupied by rent DTS and no returns had been forthcoming The clerk was ordered to take the mat ter up with the city attorney and take such action as might be ncccssary.
 Councilman McAllister thought that the city had best get a move on in the maj ter Of the pumping plant and stated that the work of clearing the lot would commence today. The council could then place the necessary fundations and move one of the pumps from the power station td the new site. Mayor Blake agreed to the idea and offered the state mcnt that he had secured an estimate as to the costs of moving the pumps and installing same. Al this juncture the money was to come from. He said that he Was unable to find anyone who Willlnp n take 1 pblDaf nm 16A 4- ing money for the purpose. No one seem ed to have any answer ready so the clerk, al the suggestion of the mayor, read an estimate of the cost of moving and hauling the pumps and other para phenalia, the cost of setting up. ~. made by ]. l.. Douglas. The price stated was around S50O" Douglas stated that 1t was impossible ,o tell exactly but he figured that the stated sum would be sufficient To cover all costs. The mayor remarked that the sum was suficiently y large. Councilman potect said that he had done all he could 10 enlist the in terest ol the citizens and raise the neces- sary money but no one wanted to take chance. The banks would not advance money 10 the city and the chances did not seem very good. Nc one seemed to want to trust the city as they saw no assurance of getting their money back From the tone of Councilman Poteet's remarks il appeared to him like rather hopeless task to raise funds for the pur- pose
 The mayor did not share in this ap- parent spirit of pessimism and remarked in confident tone hat more efforts could be mada.
 Councilman Ross brought up the appli- cation of Mrs Williams relative to The rebate of taxes on Mrs Waskcy's lot but the council decided to leave that petition as well as the one presented by St Germain to the finance committee for consideration.
 McAllister wanted to know if some thing could not be done about installing a public scale. The mayor replied that something could be done but suggested that the street committee nrst secure all estimate of the cost of such installation
 The council then adjourned.