Laurel outlook., 1947-06-04
ACTS ON
BUILDING RENTALS,
PARKING OF BUSES
Ordinance Licensing Camps Is
Amended-East End Cross
Ditch Is Ordered

The city council at its first June
meeting Tuesday evening bought a
carload of iron pipe, considered the
renting of a building in Riverside
park, set a schedule of charges for
use in renting the hall at Riverside,
r~eapproved Yellowstone bank collat-
e1al, amended an ordinance licensing
tourist and trailer camps, acted on
the parking of buses and heard the
reports of departments of the city
government. Several permits for
construction and additions were
granted. Mayor Peter D. Thomson
presided, with Alderman Feuerbach-
er, Freebury, Parker, Rodgers and
Void attending.
The application of Jerry Gass, Jr.,
to operate an outdoor shoe shining
stand was referred to the street and
police committee.
r. B. Packard appeared before
the council in regard to the Ameri-
can Legion and its auxiliary renting
a building in Riverside park known
as the bath house. 1t was moved
to rent the building to the Legion
when it is released by a Mr.. Nc
Kinney.
A bid from the American Cast
Iron Pipe company of Minneapolis
quoted $1.14 per foot for four-inch
cast iron bell and spigot pipe and
81 per foot for three-inch pipe, f. o.
b. Laurel. The bid was accepted,
with the city engineer and water
department to agree on the kind Of
pipe wanted. The material is in
carload quantity.
Return of a check for $4,000 to
the Yellowstone bank, posted in con-
nection with a bid on swimming
pool bonds in July 1916, was author
lied. The bond issue did not mater
ialize because of legal difficulty.
Monthly reports were submitted by
the health department, police depart
ment, police judge, water depart
ment and public library.
The councils park committee re-
ported a schedule of charges for
rental of property in Riverside park.
The report vas adopted. 1t provides
a charge of $25 for weddings, an
niversaries and organization celebra-
ton dances; SIS for regular organ
ization dances; S. for organization
meetings, including use of the kitch-
en-, and $3.50 for organization meet
ings that use the lodge hall only.
An application for a permit to
park a trailer house was rejected,
with instructions to move the trailer
from its present location. 1t was
recommended that it be placed in
one of the available camps equipped
for that purpose.
Collateral amounting to $685. 900
as security for city funds was pre-
sented by the Yellowstone bank and
was reapproved by the council. The
collateral consists of city of Laurel,
school district Z and U. S. treasury
Six new permits for construction
granted and one was renewed:
Adam Schreiner to build a 12x14-
foot addition on lots 9 and 10, block
Yellowstone subdivision at an ap-
Droximate cost of $500.
Frieda H. Miller to build a 7x7-
addition, lot 6, block Z, Yellow
subdivision, $50.
j.. w. Rigney to build an addition,
OTIS l and 2, block 5, Park subdivi-
ion, $500.
Dwight Rowlison to build a 24x24
rame house, lots a and ), block 80,
Allard subdivision, $4,000.
A. N. Larson to build a frame
26x36 feet, lots 10 and 20,
lock l, Park subdivision, $500.
Paul H. Wilson to dump gravel
street for use in concrete drive
'ay on Sixth street between Second
nd Third venues
A permit previously issued to A.
!. Warfield was renewed.
Purchase of a tire for the patrol
was authorized. Bills approved
. the auditing committee were or
cred paid.
Ordinance 1896, amending ordinance
"a, was Professionally passed and
pproved. 1t relates to licensing
'urist camps, cabins and trailer
ouses and fixes the license at
$50 per quarter.
Chickens running at large was
,nsidered.
The council approved the action by
herman Rodgers regarding park
e Of buses at the Yellowstone
otel to pick up passengers. The
ERIK was instructed to write the
r~eyhound, Burlington and N. P. bus
'mpanies, recommending that they
otaln permanent bus stop spaces
18th exclusive parking rights.