The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-02
CITY COMMISSION
AS SEEN FROM THE GALLERY
THEY DID QUITE A LOT
AFTER ALL.

Being the first meeting of the
month, the regular monthly raid was
made on the city treasury at the COM
m~issioners' meeting last night at the
city hall. After a tedious auditing of
the bills, the whole city budget was
passed. The full representation of
officers was present, and they had
the usual pleasant and friendly ses-
sion. The real activity and large
problems of grading and paving are
over now, and they could apply the
time to things OF lesser, but still
pressing Importance.
City Engineer C. A. Trimmer was
called upon to explain the difference
of estimates between that of figur-
ing on a purely frontage basis to de-
fray the expense of the intersections,
as against the later understanding of
the law governing that work, hal it
must be estimated on a basis of the
area of the quarter block adjacent
to the intersection.
The police department was in
structed to have N. t. Dingman move
the small building from the street
Just south of the new bridge on Egan
avenue. The city desires to work the
street at that place, and finish the
filling about the sides and wings of
the bridge, and find this work some
what inconvenient with the building
occupying the street.
Language was used, threatening
some of the plumbers licenses unless
a closer adherence is made to city or
dinances governing the installation oil
meters in boxes outside of buildings
A case was cited in which a plumber
had installed a meter in a box out.
side of a building, and built the boz
of wood, as against the city require
ments of a cement box and with steps
of specified kinds and disposition
The men seem to be disposed to make
an example of the occasion.
BY previous appointment Roy Ken
nedy appeared before the commission
to submit a plan for the amicable ad
justment of the extremes of the cit.
demands of the position and grade o
the walk at the front of the Kennel.
residence, and those of the Kennel,
brothers themselves. The propert,
owners maintain that there has bee
, enough damage sustained by them Il
the deep grade made for bringing tn
~4-o~t 10 nrNoh IfrhnA urndn Tho Pif
maintains that if they desire to g
to the extreme. the walk can b
forced to grade at the owners eS
pense. They do not like to use eN
treme measures, and showed a dis
position to meet the owner with
plan of compromise. Last nigh
: when asked to submit his proposition
Roy Kennedy stated that If the cit
would do the grading, set the tree
down and build the walk, with an al
, ~surance that the work and change {
; grade would be permanent. ther
would be nothing further done in III
, matter. The commission shows n
e disposition to do any such thinI
And from the tenor of previous r.
: marks it is probable that they will 6
ahead with orders to bring the wall
d to grade, the cost of which will |
charged TO the property.
d There's one thing right after a.
k other in this city business. The di
cussion of this matter brought out
y hitherto unthoughtof phase of Il
& sidewalk problem. ii will probab
be the part of the city to bear Il
expense of putting in the walks b
tween the curb line and the proper
Is line at the various intersections. TT
n commissioners were dumb in Il
} presence of this addition to their 9
ready overwhelming situation.
) Doubt was expressed rs to wheth'
walks had been ordered in or 9th
n property about the intersection
Fourth street, and orders were give
l. to look the matter up with a view
taking the necessary action with +
a gard to it. And old and dangerol
a wood walk on Fourth street Sc W
ordered to be taken out, and the b,
II ~graveled. A petition was read whi'
q citizens signed, praying for a eros
ing on Third street NV and Chicai
o avenue. and received favorable co
sideration.
The desired culvert for crossii
the creek near the old slaught
house, and on the road to the dun
ground was again brought UP. 1t W
decided once mor that it was not
a street, and that ~culverts would
a poor conductor of an amount
water for which the city has provid'
a $4,000 bridge with a 16-foot sp;
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