The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-18
COUNCIL HEARS
ANNUAL REPORTS
CRY ADMINISTRATION ENTERS
ANOTHER YEAR.
MAYOR MAKES GOOD SHOWING
City Engineer Gives Detail Of I'm
provement Accomplished Last
Season. South Ninth Street
Asks For New Walk. ~

AT the session of the city council on
Monday. evening. with. Mayor j. G..
Harold presiding, all of the mem
bers were present and after the read
ing and the passing of the list of
claims for salaries and general ac-
counts for the first half of April, a
petition was presented for new side
walk on the east side Of South Ninth
street from Ninth to Tenth avenues.
The matter was laid over until after
the annual opening of the bids for
this class of work.
Annual Reports.
The annual report of Fire Chief /.
H. McCfacken was presented and in
it he stated that 80 percent of the
fires of the past year had been put
out by the use Of chemicals and he
spoke highly of the economic efficiency
of the present combination motor
truck
City Engineer H. G.. Hawkins also
presented his report and in it gave
a detailed statement of the improve
ment and repair work that had been
done by the city during the past year.
Receipts from sewer tappages were
s549. Expenditures $2,791.91. A total
of 90 blocks of street grading was
done, "a blocks of cindered roads, side
walks, "a blocks of walk grading and
81 blocks put in, 10 new crossings
were placed and 81 new walks inter-.
sections were laid, 240 feet Of old
walks were replaced; ) blocks of new
sewers and / manhole were construct
ed, and 5,771 square feet of old pave
ment was repaired. A long radius
curve was put in at the corner of
North d street and G avenue west
and considerable work was done at
the North Outlet" at the treatment
plant and in connection with the
storm water culverts, and at the new
Penn College addition
The Mayors Showing.
The annual report of Mayor j. G..
Harold was also presented as fol-
lows: To the Honorable City Council
Gentlemen: ! herewith present my
annual report of the moneys collected
and the number of cases docketed,
for the year ending March 81, 1918,
fines collected $5S1.O5, costs $249.71.
licenses S1,O54S5, miscellaneous $3.50
Total $i,97321, all of which has been
paid to the city treasurer.
Arrests Compared. g..
40
for intoxication or an average OF five
and one.twelfth per month and by
way of comparison allow me to say
that for the year previous to March
81, 1915, there were 172 cases of in
toxication or an average of Ia and
one-third per month. and during the
year ending March 81, 1917, there
were SO cases of intoxication or an
average of and one-sixth per month.
The total number OF arrests were, for
intoxication 81, disorderly conduct so,
exceeding speed limit 3S, gambling 8
and cruelty to animals /. Total 1853.
Moneys received for dog licenses S277
The moral condition Of the city is ex.
cellent Respectfully submitted J.
G. Harold, Mayor.
Other Detail.
The annual report of the city treas.
urer was also presented and was
placed on file. The bond OF w. NJ.
Crawford OF $1,000 for sewer work
was approved. The business OF the
evening being completed the council
adjourned During the evening De
putty Clerk Anna Carlin took the place
OF her father T. H. Carlin who was
out of the city.