Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-10-24

Albert Eye, street work .....: 3I.7,
A. E. Barker, Mayor salary :. IS o,
Cresco Novelty Works, repair
T. H. Meivoid, tile .::....:::: 11.2!
Geo. St. John, assistant engin-
Grace Hoy, typewriting 49,: Sc 5
A. H. Brown, special police :. 500
]. Klingle, special police ..... 5.ot
J. E. Barker, special police :. 5.ot
w. R. Despard, special police 500
w. Birtwhistle, special police. s.ot
g. D. Elderkin, special police 5.ot
w. J. Fleming, special police SOC
John Coyl, special police 80. SOC
Chas. Schultz, load gravel 90. 1.2s
Cresco Light Co., Water fund
power at water plant ...... los Ie
H. G. Moen, repair work 49,. 20. sc
T. H. Melvold, repairing hyd-
H.%k s Supply Co., repair 1880
A. H: Brown, i labor and ma 10y
Northern ias Iowa Telephone, go
phone rent .......:........ $50
c. w. Hunter, dray bill ...... Ito
A. A. Merrel, Engineer ...... 100 90
Cresco Light Co., street lights 21o 40
G. D. Elderkin, assistant en-
gineer, improvement fund :. $50
c. A.. Marshall, brick ........ 1900
Cresco Novelty works, grade
stakes :....., 1880
John Nolen, street crossing 21.15
J. H. Howe, engineering 49,. 15o. 40
! Herbert Howe, assistant engi-
HecT 49,. ........ 70 II
Herbert Howe, assistant engi-
neer e...... ............. 500
H. {. Moen, cleaning sewer $50
j. H. Howe, engineer ........ 5000
J. Howe, assistant engineer :. 1877
J.. Howe, assistant engineer
sewer fund ............... S.75
G. D. Elderkin, assistant engi-.>
Heer ........ .......... 500
Herbert Howe, assistant engi-
neer so
T. J. Tomas rent for fire house IS. 90
Fire Truck Co. No. 1, fire ser
wee rs As
Lomas Hardware Co., coal for
Flre 20. 1915
H. c. Moen, repair work on
nose ....... 3.75
Fire Truck Co. No. I, fire ser .
vice :.............. ...... go
Cresco Light Co., lights ...... 2.64
Cresco Light Co., light at park 100
Z. c. sMoen, sewer pipe $50. 90
Chas. Mackenberg, grading
G S!ree.6 s4ate Rank orescnted 0' tbs
following Order to the City Council
signed by T. H. Melvold:
To A. E. Barker, Mayor, NJ. J. Nc
Arthur, City Clerk, and the City
Council of Cresco, Iowa:
Dear Sirs: You are hereby directed
to deliver to Cresco State Bank all
money that may be due me or that
becomes due me and all Sewer Ser
tifcates that you issue, in payment
for the construction of lateral Sewer
No. 16 in Cresco, Iowa, and charge
the same to my account. l will sign
necessary receipts for these pay
ments as soon as they are ready for
delivery.
At this date l have completed said
lateral sewer to the South Line of
Market Street and l hereby assign to
Cresco State Bank the Payment in
whatever form for said portion of said
lateral sewer,
This order for the payment to
Cresco State Bank, and all payments
for this Lateral Sewer, and the as
signment of the pay for the complet-
ed portion, is given in consideration
for the payment by said Bank of suf-
ficient funds to continue the work.
Signed, T. H. MELVOLD.
1t was moved and seconded that
the above order be accepted and
placed on record.
1t was moved and seconded that
~, w he
empowered and authorized to file an
answer and defend the case now
pending in the District Court of How.
ard County, Iowa. against the City OF
Cresco, Iowa, Fred C.. Miller is
plaintiff and the City of Cresco is De-
PENDANT. Motion carried
NOTICE TO ABATE NUISANCE.
TO THE CITY OF CRESCO AND
ITS OFFICIALS:
We, the undersigned, being resi-
dents of Cresco, say that we live and
own property in the Northeast part
of the City of Cresco, and within a |
short distance of the septic tank, its
outlet and of the City sewer and over
flow pipes thereof, and we further
say that stencil and foul odor which
arises and comes from said place, is
at times unbearable,s and that said
places have been in the past and are
1t this time unclean, unsanitary, and
and not kept in clean
and sanitary condition, and we here
by notify the City officials of Cresco,
Iowa, of these facts and request that
you take notice of the nuisance which
is created by the unSanitary cOndi-
ton of the places as described above
herein, and that you take such neces-
sary steps and use such methods as
are right, necessary and proper in or
der to abate said nuisance at once,
and release us from necessity of TAX
ing further steps in having said nuis-
ance abated: |.
We hereby further notify you that
unless this nuisance is abated within
a reasonable time, we shall be forced
I, l.