The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-08
Council Proceedings.

Council met Tuesday night with all
members present except Culver and
Silvers.
Ladies Cemetery Association asked
that north gate of cemetery WHICH
the use Of ce1A7tery drives by heavy
wagons and for traffic be reopened,
but that ordinance be passed and en-
forced putting penalties on such use
OF drives. Ordnance was also asked
enforcing rule against curbing around
and raising OF level of cemetery lots.
Ladies were asked to have an ordi
nance submitted by Judge Smith en-
bodying rules they ask.
Complaint of a number of over
flowing cess pools and sewers were
referred to sewer committee to III
spect and order abated.
Fire department given use of water
for sprinkler season to begin on May
II provided business district pledges
sufficient contributions to enable
them to render the service.
Council made following rulings in
regard to auto license ordinance:
That any person having paid license
(ls-
which license had been paid and &C
curing another car might have Ii
cense transferred on application to
City Collector. paying additional fee
if car was of size to take higher rate
and reporting person to whom old
car was transferred. Also that any
person having paid license on car and
selling same might transfer license
with car by reporting sale and trans
fer to city collector and paying thir-
ty-five cents fee for reissue. That
persons owning and demonstrating
cars they wish to sell are liable for
license.
\ number OF persons from West
Butler were present in regard to the
recent pasturng war. Council adj
vised that the. pasturing of stock on
vacant lots with owners permission
and when properly tied to prevent
trespassing on streets or walks was
not a matter with which the city was
but that stock either at
large on streets or staked out on
streets would be taken up. Mayor
was requested to make change i'll
poundmaster in West Butler to pre-
vent further wars and strife which
request was taken under advisement.
Mr.. Burns of the Fairbanks Morse
Company was present and addressed
the council in regard to its light and
power situation. He stated that
there were good bad. and Indifferent
oil engines and advised the council
before deciding upon any plan as the
best to meet the needs of Butler to
look into other types OF oil engines
to supplement the equipment now
ownd by the city. He stated that his ,
company had hundreds of engines in
use and gave names of towns where
his engines were giving satisfaction
and were at small expense for re-
pairs. He gave names of towns
where with their engines the city
was making good profits and in one
case were furnishing commercial
power to large users at a two cent or
less rate. He gave names of towns
which had been stung with poor oil
engines and had gone to steam and
afterwards returned to a simple and
economical type of oil engine.
Among them was Pleasanton, Kan
sas. He stated that he had been
bidder az the installation of the But
Ter plant. but that his lower bid had
not met the approval of the engineer.
He gave to the city large number OF
towns where his claims and the guar
intees OF his company might be in
iestigated. He advised that the
present plant was too expensive to be
unked and that by being supplement
ID with reliable two hundred horse
power engine could render proper
service for years, and could do SO at
! far less expense than for coal as a
uel. Mr.. Burns offered to back his
statements up with proof of many
owns in the neighborhood and his
ak was listened to with interest by
he council. He stated that at pres
mt standard of prices it would cost
sutler something like $4,000 to COM
letely equip another and reliable
liant.
The mayor stated that the council
ad no plans at this time, that a re-
'ort from the public utilities COM
mission had not yet been received
nd no proposition Offered yet by the
;reen Power Company, but that the
i'll of repairs for the past twenty
even months on the present engines
ad been $3,60o while . further bill Of
yer $7Ao was paid At this meeting
nd that the city could not begin too
Don to seek . solution of its diff
ulties and that Mr.. Burns talk was
nost valuable 10 the council md - :
e&st gave them noinfn Ia inveskiRn1n.