The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-08
CITY Commission
ALMOST DECIDE TO PASS ORDI-
NANCE TO PARK AUTOS
IN STREET.

meeting last night the city commits
sioners declared themselves In favor
of parking automobiles in the center
Of the street on Egan avenue, and
have so ordered for the time being.
They have not decided on passing an
ordinance to that effect, but as usual
In such cases are considering 1t. II
Is considered necessary to keep the
cutters cleared of snow In the win
ter, and this can not be done with the
city plow unless the autos are re-
moved from them. The program is
for cars TO park In a position straight
across at the crown of the pave
ment, and to drive out straight ahead
keeping to the right as usual.
~Jaywalking across orne also
came In for a strong condemnation,
and the commissioners themselves,
when they left the meeting observed
the new recommendation, and went
to the crossings to cross-which
speaks exceedingly well for their
opinions of the Importance of their
own decisions.
1t being the regular monthly meet
ing, there was the usual bale Of bills
to consider. From the amounts and
the size of the stack ii seemed to be
something of a drain-or knocking
the bottom out entirely-of the
treasury. But at that. there was
$4,000 in that repository to begin
with. And Auditor Rae observed
gloomily that all the big bills were
not in yet. The bill for the amount
of the Meeker & Dobson judgment
was allowed with the others in the
sum of s1,S31.39, which they char
acterized as q holdup. They grum-
bled that it raised hob with their
sewer appropriation.
A bill for Sc, presented by VIM.
Rowland for the Merchants associa-
ton, received scant ceremony, and
was rejected peremptorily. 1t was
for tests made by C. c. Wagner of
sand used in making the concrete
base for the paving, at the instance
OF Hans Urdahl and q committee,
under suspicion on their part that 1t
was not up to standard. The at
tached result of the tests pronounced
the material as being of sufficiently
good quality.
In the consideration of the bills
for night watchmen In the downtown
district, inquiry was made as to
whether the city was to stand the ex-
pense alone. under the agreement.
Mayor Robertson announced that the
elevators and other businesses inter-
ested would reimburse the city for
the amount Of one-half.
The electric cable for the extension
OF the lighting system has not been
ordered yet. One of the commission
ers said that he thought the order
had been authorized for some time.
Mayor Robertson explained that 1t
would have been. but he could not
make his measurements and those of
the city engineer correspond by any
considerable distance, and he had de-
ferred II. 1t was decided that they
order a whole reel anyway.
A man in Lovers lane wanted to
use trees for lightwire posts instead
of planting expensive posts for that
purpose, and as his neighbors were
doing the same thing. Supt. Ed
Rafferty, Indignantly denied that
trees were used for any such pur-
pose.
From the recent agitation for bet
ter fire protection the news seems to
have gone shrewdly forth. Repre-
sentatives Of auto truck concerns
continue to gather about like crows
on a dead horse. One wonders where
they all come from, how they know.
and how many of these concerns
there are in this country. A Mr..
HOWE. representing the international
showed the commissioners some
more pictures of auto fire trucks,
and gave an exhaustive lecture on
the merits of his wares. The COM
missioners enjoy it, but 1t distracts
their minds from their regular work.
and still further confounds confu-
sion. The commissioners compared
the brilliant pictures of other makes
with the International. and the rep
resentative disdainfully considered
that comparisons are odious. Com
missioner Schmidt wanted 1t under
stood that he was for a standard
truck, and in case they got one. they
must have a mar in attendance,
ready to go out at a moments notice.
After the usual camouflage OF ex-
pressing a desire to see an assembled
and equipped machine, of which
there is none nearer than Rapid City
(Which the representative said was
not far out of the way they said
they wanted some more time to look
into the matter. That is, disposed OF
it in the usual way.
The bond Of A. J. O'Lien, for op-
Grating a poolhall was approved.
The ghost OF furnishing electricity
for domestic cooking again appeared