Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
CITY ACCEPTS LAND
FOR BALL PARK AND
LOCAL PLAYGROUND
Offer Is Made By Committee
From Commercial Club-City
To Direct Improvements

The city accepted 7.8 acres of lane
offered by the Laurel Commercial
club as a combination football anc
baseball field and municipal play
ground when it met Tuesday even.
ing. The offer of the land was
made by a committee from the Com
mercial club, headed by Paul Will
son.. The suggestion was adopted
that the tract, purchased during the
past year by the club, be trans
ferred to the city to facilitate max
ing improvements under the city's
supervision. The committee inform
ed the council that the land and
night-lighting equipment had been
paid for and that the lights are
now here for installation. The club
requested the services of the city
engineer for making a plat of the
land.
The council ordered an investiga-
ton of the origin of a fire on Jun
iper avenue last week, with a re-
port to be made at the next meet
ing.
Mayor Peter d. Thomson presided
at the session, attended by Aldermen
Freebury, Parker, Conner, Feuer-
bacher, Tubman, Smith, Rodgers and
Void.
T. w. Schessler appeared before
the council regarding bringing a
subdivision, east of Colorado avenue
and extending north of the city
limits, into the city. No action
was taken.
The council ordered that leases on
properties in Riverside park be re-
drawn. They are to contain clauses
STIMULATING disposal of garbage, with
expiration dates at uniform inter
walls.
A check from Foote Sign COM
pany, representing yearly rental of
space on West Main was accepted.
Ordinance No. 1896 was finally pass
ed and adopted. May reports were
presented from the city clerk and
the city treasurer. A letter from
the Commercial club, recommending
parallel parking was filed. A list
of delinquent licenses was pre-
scented and read. An easement from
j. C. Gruhlke for r~ight-of-way for
a water line to the cemetery was
approved.
An application for a permit by
Robert Metzger to build a "a by 20
frame garage on lot 5, block s.,
Park subdivision at a cost of $40
was granted.
Other applications granted we're:
Daniel E. Sharp, 80 by so COM
bination shop and residence on lots
10 and 20, block 6, Young's Sec
ond subdivision, at a cost of $4,000.
Fred Vogel, Jr., % by "a frame
house, lots 8 and A, block 10, yell
Iowstone subdivision, $4,000.
Laurel Coop association, 80 by
20 station of tile and brick with
underground gas storage tanks,
On lot 1, block %, Allard subdivision,
$4,000. !
John Chyle, moving a II by ID
'rame building from Billings to
OTIS II and 10, block Z, Laurel
Heights, 5000. :
Jake Kautz, 20 by 20 addition, 4,
OTIS 6 and Z, Yellowstone subdivis-
on, $3.50. /.
Edward Marian, 10 by % frame :
;arage, lot 10, block 80, Allard sub =
lNlSlOI, pOOO.
B. A. Sherrow, 60 by 100 ware
louse, railroad right-of-way, West
lain, $4,000.
An application by Christ Gjefle
o build a temporary frame build
.g, % by 30 on lots 20 and 80,
lock IS, Nutting Subdivision, at a
ost of $500 was referred to the
ldermen of that ward, with auth i
to act. L
Phillip Ostwalt was given permits r
ion to raise a house and install n
concrete foundation On lots a and t
+, block 8, Yellowstone subdivision, h
t a cost of $500. r
A permit was renewed for Herman
1ichael to move two buildings to S
IT s, block 10, Yellowstone subdi- o
ision. A renewal was also given h
[arlan Russell for a tourist motel. S
The park committee was auth o
to act in the matter of plac- T
lg lights on the north side of the n
ance hall at Riverside park. O
A study of the contract for pump g
lg water for the Northern Pacific
as referred to the water and Il
nance committees, who were given Il
to negotiate a rate Of a
larges with the Northern Pacific. tt
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