The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-12
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session
with all present except Councilmen
Silvers and clearinghouse.
Street committee ordered to have
plumber who failed to properly re-
store paved street in front of Coberly
residence make repairs.
Ordered that electric light poles in
future be stacked at railroad light
station instead of at city lot on Pine
street.
Street committee was ordered to
have proper ditch dug on Chestnut
street back of north side of square
and Mayor was instructed to direct
owners of property on that street to
either remove the ashes and trash
with which the street has been filled
or that city will do it at expense OF
property
Complaint of oily water from rail
road light plant referred to light
committee to see what method can
be devised to better the condition.
An ordinance was passed forbid
ding any further erection Of curbing
or fences around cemetery lots or
the raising of mounds to greater
height than four inches. Curbs may
be placed on side of any lot next to
driveways at a height to be fixed by
the Cemetery Committee and in GER
tain locations with approval of coun-
Gil and ladies cemetery association
curbing will be permitted
An ordinance presented once be-
cs,l r~o,,elspv rs th q
condemnation of thirty-five feet off
the Heinlein vacant lot on Lyon
street at the expense of adjoining
property for a parking place for
autos back of the East side was pro-
posed but failed to pass. Council
men Culver. Arnold and Wells vot-
ing aye: Councilmen Hubbard, Dren-
non and Morris voting no.
A proposition from the Green
Light and Power Company of Pleas
ant Hill asking that the. council con-
slider the matter of submitting to
vote of the people the sale of the
light plant to the Green Company
was read. The Green Power COM
pany offers to buy from the city the
machinery, poles. wire and equip
ment of the city light plant for which
they offer to pay the sum of $4,000.
payable at the rate of $500 per month
during the first year, $4,000 per year
for each succeeding year as the
bonds against the city become due.
all deferred payments bearing five
per cent interest. As further con-
sideration they offer to furnish the
present street lights free for ten
years and to furnish all power to run
the water works at Ia cents per
K. w. H. This sale would not in
clude any of the water works ma
chinery nor the building at the rail-
road but would give the use of that
building SO long as the oil engines
are left there. The company would
also make as a condition that they be
granted a twenty year franchise at
the present rates. The proposition
was referred to the water and light
committee who will present this with
other plans to a mass meeting of cit
izens to be called in the near future
to discuss the best solution of the
city power and light problem.
Mayor DeArmond called President
pro tenn Culver to preside over the
council and stated that he desired to
present a matter to the council in
which he had a personal interest and
could not act. That he with J. r.
Baum had joined ]. F. Bedinger in
the ownership of the eighteen acre
tract of ground at the south end OF
Main street which they propose to-
open Is the Bedinger Addition to the
city. That the same being. accepted
South Main street would Be opened
to its full width Of eiDhty
feet, that their pant of the lenA 20
open South Delaware street Would
also be given. that Atkesoa .Avsane