The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-28
As SEEN By THE EYE AND NOT
ACCORDING TO THEIR
OWN RECORDS.
LIGHTS FOR ELEVATORS
4 MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
OF BUSINESS NECESSARY
FOR CAREFUL AID
JUDICATION.

sion which the men approached with
extreme care and caution, like in
v~estigating a woman's suitcase. May
or Robertson and A. G.. Schmidt we're
present of the commission, and VIM.
Rae as auditor and moderator of I'm
warranted expenditures. Though
without music, the meeting was
wholly harmonious.
To expedite the work of paving.
there being a great shortage of teams
and a county fair impending, the
feasibility of the city lending TO the
paving company the use OF "A portion
of its hauling force was discussed at
some length. There is much outside
street work and repairing to be done,
and all the teams are needed for that
work. But in view of the fact that
there is considerable anxiety to see
at least a patch of the finished work,
and because of the further oddly
that Charley, as he is come to be
called, is a good fellow, they lowed
that they could relinquish one team
for that service.
A ~pasteboard of the size and APP
pearance of a business card or res
t~aurant meal ticket was produced in
evidence Of something. but just what
the commissioners could not decide.
1T appeared to be a demand for pay
ment of work and service rendered,
but there were two accounts on the
same space. and ii was not deter
mined whether the city was expected
to pay. or whether il was a state
ment of a division of time between
the city and the paving company.
The commissioners found it some
thing of an attractive problem. like
a puzzle, and returned TO its consid-
Grafton from time to time during the
session.
The bond of S. j. Bryan. for oper-
ating a pool hall in the Fred Kurth
building received favorable action,
after some consultation as to wheth-
er there were not already about
enough of those temples of recrea-
ton in the city. But inasmuch as
there are probably some of the in
habitants of that street who have es-
capped some tax for moving water con
nections, light posts or paving i'm
positions, it was considered best 10
let it go through.
The board favorably entertained a
motion to make a contract with the
Standard Oil company for their sup
ply of gas engine oil and cup grease
for the remainder of the current year
and the whole of neX year
Instructions were issued to the
street commissioner to build the turn
at the west side of town. where the
city recently purchased a lot of 10.
seph Henkin for the purpose Of max
ing a less dangerous intersection OF
the east and west road with the north
and south highway. 1t is desired &c
have this work done before the open.
ing of the county fair ext week
There are also other places which
need repairing, and they cast about
for a source of gravel material witt
which to mend them. There seems
to be a scarcity of dirt in Madison
At least there is a crying demand
for it.
NJ. NJ. Kramer appeared before the
commission with a request for better
rates than 6 cents a kilowatt for elec.
tricity for cooking and household
purposes other than lighting, and fol
provision for installing this conven
fence. Acting on an earlier assur
ance that the cost would be nomina
for the installation, he had bough|
an electric stove. and was then in
formed, much to his distress, that the
cost of getting the connections ane
transformer would be $3.50 or more
He quoted various rates of outside
concerns, all of which are very mucl
lower than those of Madison. which
greatly disturbed the auditor. HI
also stated that there are severa
families in the immediate neighbor
hood of the house which is beinl
built for his occupancy, who would
use the electrical method of cookini
If they could get the service line ant
the transformer.
The commission demurred at frs
on the proposition of furnishing I
transformer and an extension of thu
power line to that neighborhood, blu
on the information of the number o
persons who would install the sery
ice, they promised to look into tn
matter. In the matter of a lowel
rate for this day cooking service, the!
instructed the engineer to Investigate
the output and cost of the plant, Will
a view to ascertaining the cost of pro
ducing this elusive but shocking eie
ment. 1t is purposed to develop thit
service and extend 1t among cit,
homes, according TO the sentiment o
the commission last night. The ordi
nance makes it incumbent on tn
householder to stand the expense o
wiring and meter on his side of tn
transformer.
AS a result of the meeting of grain
men to take action for greater safet,
of grains stored and stacked, March,
Aus and f. III. Sloan made a reques
OF the commission for more light am
police protection in the elevator dis
trict. From the sentiment expressed
, at the grain mems meeting it woul'
be a duty of the municipal and coun
ty authorities to provide for this pro
: lection, inasmuch as the interest tn
grain men have in the grain is onl