Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-08

the OldUG Ddllk dllu L lust Gull
pany $4,000 on two notes for
money borrowed tO pay the city
running expenses. 1t was voted
to pay off these notes Out OF the
net balance. City Attorney Rice
called attention to the fact that il
was illegal to use the sinking fund
money for any such purpose. He
pointed out that the sinking fund
is sacred. Councilman Hamilton
explained that the city could
make notes and repay the sinking
fund at any time that it was need
cd, however.
The question of appointment OF
new City Board of Health will
be taken up at an adjourned
meeting later. Mayor O'Neill in
formed the council that the terms
of the three members fthe
board, !. w. Hamilton, Z. c..
Stockton and c. E. Smoot had ex-
pired. He said number Of citi-
zens to whom he mentioned the
matter h adrefused to serve.
Some time was spent in dis,
cussing the question whether the
city's fire fighting apparatus
should be sent outside the city
limits to attempt to save dwell
ings, &c. It was finally decided
to leave the matter to the best
Judgment of the fire chief and
other authorities as each case
came up.
The council was informed that
someone has been taking the OLD
bricks off a street in Rosedale
that were dumped there to re-
pair the thoroughfare. They
came from the old Baptist
church, it seems. It was re
quested shat the street be rolled
and graded over the bricks. The
Building and Repair committee
was also directed to repair leak
in the roof Of the fire depart
ment.
Councilman Pleas Benton.
chairman of a committee which
investigated a collision between
the fire truck and a car belong
ing to Jake Hackett, reported
that his committee could find no
evidence that the city was liable
for the. damage to Mr. ,Hackett's
car. There was a bill for 500
which Mr.. Hackett requested the
city to pay, but Councilman Ben
ton said the evidence showed
that the city employees driving
the fire truck were not to blame
for the accident and his commit
tee did not think that Mr.. Hack
EFT had grounds for claim
against the city.
Councilman Benton's street
committee also reported against
any improvement work on B
street between Irvine and Main
at this time.
The question of a sewer for
the new colored First Baptist
church came up and its need WASH
impressed on the council. Coun-
Gilman Hamilton's motion that
the city provide the thing if the
members of the church would
furnish the labor to put it down,
carried after considerable discus
sion. He pointed out that the
city has no funds at this time to |
lay more sewers that there are
requests from all over |
the city Tor more sewerage but |
that the city is totally unable tol
comply with them.
Rev. Welby Broaddus, pastor
of the church, made an impress
sive plea for the sewer. He
said that nearly all of. his mem
Ders work during the day and he
ielt it would be extremely hard
for them to find time to do this |
work. He said the new church /
is Just Icing completed at a cost
of about $4,000. There are IL
Wu members The church build
ing is equipped with lavatories,
etc, and everything is ready to
Connect with a sewer which is
badly i:eccc,l. Jim W..litc roint-
ed cut that the hill Oh which the
church is located Is flu of rack
and the members who might
work cn the sewer wouldn't
know about getting through it..
Street Commissioner Allnlani