The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-03-22
FAIR ASSN GIVEN
use OF FAIR PARK
Ordinance Passed Last Night AL.
lows Use Of Park for
3 Weeks.

An ordinance granting the Fair As
sociation the use of the Fairgrounds
for three weeks next fall at a renta1
of $500 was passed last night by the
City Council. The ordinance was pre-
sented by E. j. Deal who appeared
before the council in behalf of the
Fair Association.
In explaining the request for three
weeks use of the park, Mr.. Deal point
ed out that bad weather might inter,
fere with the fair and might cause 6
delay OF a postponement of the fair
Besides, he said, it would require some
time to arrange the park for the fair
Those who held concessions during tel
fair will have to be allowed several
days for the erections of their stands
and booths and would require several
additional days after the fair to re,
move their booths.
The rental will not be paid in cash
to the city, but will be deducted from
the sum which the Fair Association in
tends to expend for the erection of q
public comfort station in the Fair
grounds Park. TIE building is to cost
approximately $4,000. Some time ago
Mr.. Deal and w. F. Bergman ap
pealed to the council for donation tt
help defray the construction of the
building, but no action has been taker
on this matter up to this time.
The petition of Joseph "Dep" Barren,
kamp to be allowed the use of the park
on all Sundays and holidays during
the baseball season, was referred tt
the Judiciary Committee. 1t is ex
pected that favorable action will b'
taken in this matter. The amount Of
the rent offered by Barenkamp is $50
Considerable discussion was caused
by the motion of Councilman Bowman
to give the Equalization Committee
the privilege of taking the Assessor.
books from the Courthouse to bank
Mr.. Bowman argued that it would b,
much easier to go over the books a
the bank.
A committee composed of a membe
of the Commercial Club, of the Cit,
Council and the School Board has beer
| appointed to revise the assessment
on ali property in the city. This worl
will be taken up in the near future.
Following a lengthy argument i
was decided to refer the resolution
offered by Mr.. Bowman to the Judi
ciary Committee. A majority of tn,
councilmen were opposed to the propo
sition last night, and from all indi
cations the resolution will be reported
unfavorably by the Judiciary Commit
tee Of the City Council.
The petition of o. E. Mabrey, VIII,
operates a service car line between
Jackson and Cape Girardeau, asking
that he be refunded So for his license
was granted. At the last meeting the
City Council passed an ordinance re
ducing the license for service cars from
SIS to $40. Mabrey and several othel
service car owners had paid the ole
amount. 1t is probable that these
too, will receive the S. they paid i,
excess of the new license for service
cars.
The paving of Middle street, between
Morgan Oak and College avenue. was
abandoned by the City Council follow
ing an investigation made by tn,
Street and Wharf Committee. Sever
al weeks ago a remonstrance agains
the improvement was made by tn,
property owners along this street. AM
the Street Committee was ordered t.
look into the matter. The committee
reported last night that they hat
found large majority of the property
owners to be opposed to the improve
ment. The present high cost of paw
ing material was the main reason ac
Vanced by the property owners fol
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