The Nome daily nugget., 1916-06-06

1 Whether the beautiful evening caused
 the detection or not. is hard to say but there was a noticeable lessening in the number attending the weekly meeting 5f the city council last night A goodly sprinkmg of spectators were on hand,
 however who listened with rapt at- teutlon to the words ot wisdom flowing from the councilmanic lips at intervals during the session. And the council was sure some busy, albeit il was most ly wind. as the sum total of the business was small
 The honorable mayor and all the counclmen wer on hand when Clerk Grimm called the roll and responded to their names in sonorous tones The minutes were read and approved after some slight corrections had been noted communication was read from the Alaska delegate relative to the bill in- trodueed by him 10 allow the bonding Of the city for municipal utilities and stating that the outlook for securing passage at present was not particularly bright
 A communication signed by A. Calvin offered to purchase lot I block 38, for the sum of $2o if the council saw fit to accept the offer The writer averred that the building occupying the lot was In a delapidated condition and most insight ly and his desire to purchase was large ly animated by wish to tear it down and relieve his home of dismal pros. pect
 A communication was also read from the school board requesting the sum of $1 200 for defraying the costs of con- ducting the school during the month of May
 The report of the city treasurer was read, disclosing that there was a bal | ance of $4, 33 on hand The report of the city clerk was to the same effect. | City Attorney ONeill advised that the | council take no oction with respect to a delupldated building. mentioned at an ! earlier meeting. as he was informed that | Andy Anderson was in communication with the owner Mrs. Chilberg, with l reference to same and action had better l
 The report of the city physician was read showing one patient in the hospi- | tai under city care. There were no | births nor deaths during the month of | May. The restaurants and markets, | etc. had been inspected and some cor rections ordered in several instances. He also advised that closed refuse cans should be employed by the city and also that the refuse at the river mouth be | pped away.
 Councilman McAllister, of the fire and | water committee, announced that the | fire pumps had been overhauled and | Tepdckeu. several other repdlTS ndu dlSO | been made and the pumps were now in as good condition as could be expected |
 Ross reporting for the committee ap- pointed to look into the Reed boiler | proposal submitted at the previous | meeting, said that he had given the | matter his attention. He had found that | Reed would land the boiler on the old | Elite hotel lot for one thousand dollars after placing the same in good condi- 1 tion by installing new flues, etc. Ross thought that it would be a good thing to take advantage of the offer as 1t would be a starter for the proposed pumping plant, especially as 1t would cost the city little cash outlay owing to the readiness of MT. Reed to let his taxes, amounting to about $500, apply on the purchase. Ross said that if the council wanted to go ahead with the matter he would look up q suitable building
 Poteet objected that a sixty horse power boiler was too small as two