The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-15

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 The regular monthly bills for April were read and approved Tho light bill shows that the city re trcnched considerably m the mat ter of putting the city lights on a meter. as the expense for lght- from April 10 to April 30. inclusive. was only s26.25.
 The personal property tax of Will liam Casey. who recently returned to Fairbanks from the Outside was ordered reduced
 The matter of the printing of a tax book was then brought up Councilman Mack expressed de, sire to have it printed in the States. but the majority of the councilmen thought otherwise. Consequently the matter has been placed In the hands of the finance committee with is to be used hereafter.
 Fairbanks has no poundmaster. No body wants the job. And such an officer is necessary at this time for the reason that many dogs are run ming loose in the streets. The mat ter was left to Chief of Police Wiseman and Councilman Burslir by the council.
 The lamp posts for the new bridge was one new subject of discussion. The road commission plans call for eight lamp posts, four on either end of the bridge, and R. j. Som mers, local superintendent of the road commission, thought that the city should install the posts. The expression of the council was the, the residents of Garden Island should pay for the four to be located on their end of the bridge The street committee will investigate the mat The matter of a settlement gf HgHt and water rates to the consumer will also be brought up at the next council meeting Therefore it was decided that the N. C. company should be notified of the action of the council The matter must be fixed up this month. pursuant to a city ordinance governing it
 The street cleaning which is to be done was discussed at consider able length by the councilmen. Some wanted it to be let by days WJr- and others by contract
 It was finally decided to call for bids.
 It was also decided at the meet ing that new call for bids for auditing the city books be issued Mayor Myers having vetoed the for mer action of the council under the provisions of the law whiCh gives him that power At it's last meeting the council haI It
 contract to audit the books to Ii B. Joseph for s244 When the veto came up for vote at tna cam meeting it was sustained by Coun- cilmen Ray, Mcintosh and Smith. Those opposed were CounciineH Burglin, Gets and Mack. Mayor Myers therefore had to cast the deciding vote. favoring his veto. The report of Chief of PoliCs Frank c. Wiseman, read at ths meeting, shows that extensive side walk Improvements are needed it. Fairbanks Not only are repails to the old walks very much needed but there are numerous places on all of the streets of the city where there are no sidewalks at all, and here general Improvements along those lines could be made The report also takes into consideration the sewerage and ditch systems of the city, and 1t is probably that they, as well as the sidewalk ma} ter, will be looked into at an early date by the council.
 SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT. There is to be special meeting of the city council this evening. It was decided upon at the last meeting, as numerous matters are up for discussion which could not be put off until the next regular council meeting. Bids were called for during the week for auditing the books and for street cleaning. Both of these matters will prob ably be talked over by the council this evening.
 BIDS WANTED.