Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-28
COUNCIL FORCED TO
ISSUE WARRANTS ON
NEXT YEARS TAXES
ANTICIPATING DRAFTS WILL Sc
MADE FOR $4,000 TO KEEP CITY
RUNNING AND PAY FOR SIDE.
CUT BRIDGE AT MAIN STREET.

Orders TO issue two anticipating
warrants, one for 100000 TO cover
city expenses from Jan. . until the
1922 taxes are due IN March, ana the
other for $4,000 drawn against deln.
quent taxes TO be paid into the city
treasury in June, the cash TO be used
in covering the cost OF the sidecut
bridge at Main street, We're given the
council by unanimous consent at last
nights meeting.
For several years II has been the
practice of administrations at this
time of year to issue anticipating
warrants SO the city may have funds
with which TO operate its affairs un.
Ill the end OF the fiscal twelve
months According to resolution
presented by Commissioner Bradley,
100000 is needed for general expen.
seS. The warrant for 5000 covers
costs in excess of the $4,000 allowed
by the bond issue election OF last sum
mer.
The bridge contract called for an
expenditure of $500 The bond is
sue provided only $4,000, which would
have been sufficient under the orig,
inal plan of making only a thirty foot
span, but this plan was rejected by
the state with notice that nothing
shorter than fifty foot span would
be permitted to cross the lateral ca.
nal A compromise was finally reach.
ed with the department OF public
works and buildings and forty foot
span was constructed, costing $4,000
more than had been voted in the cleo.
ton.
The bridge Is only few days from
completion and when that time comes
the city will have TO pay the balance
10 the Powers!Thompson Co, con.
tractors in charge Of the work
Both warrants will be issued In ia
vor of the First National bank.
ssoe for Bridge Lights.
A Communication from the Koss
construction company informed the
council that decorative lights for the
Fox river bridge, once it is complet.
ed. were not provided i'll the con
tracts awarded that concern. The
company offered TO install four CON
crete poles, each containing four
lights, for 1898.
The letter did not state how this
figure was arrived at but the coun-
cilmen pundered over the cost Of the
four sets of lamps and expressed
themselves as surprised at the seem
ingly excessive cost OF the addition
to the new bridge, now under course
of construction. On motion Of Com
missioner Palmer the letter was re-
ceived and filed.
Superior ST. Homes Flooded
Commissioner Dougherty announc-
ed that he so far had been unable to
get the state 10 repair a drain tile
paralleling the l. & NJ. canal for the
purpose OF keeping water from seep-
ing into the easements of residences
on East Superior street Three or
four houses at the east end of the
street, he said. We're constantly hay-
ing trouble with seepage from the ca
nal and until such time as the state
repaired the breaks in the tile there
would be no let up to this condition.
He said he had frequently written
Superintendent Sackett relative to
the matter but has never been given
any favorable reply to repeated re-
quests that Illinois act to stop this
water from flooding cellars in the re-
gion named.
Henotified his colleagues that he
would make one more try at getting
results. and if Mr. Sackett still per
sisted in ignoring the matter, he
threatened to take the complaint over
the superintendent head.
i. Complete Joliet ST. Paving. .,..
Paving on Joliet street has been
completed and is now ready for traf-
fic, according to Mayor Weeks and
Commissioner Dougherty 1t is pos
sible as a result of this completion
they said, to drive from Columbus
street to Champlain street on the
east
Favorable weather for the season,
it is said, has proved huge help in
permitting great Roadway to be made
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