Laurel outlook., 1949-09-07
CONTRACT IS LET
BY COUNCIL FOR
7TH AVE. SEWER
Plan To Enlarge Library Is
Are
Given Wage Raise

ming by the city council for con
~struction of a sewer line OIL
Seventh avenue A plan for
major addition to the public Ii
brary was Professionally approved
A report was received from the
water committee which recon.
mended the setting up of a funC
for replacement of water lines
when requirements r needed
City employees ere given a 8.
cent per hour wage increase. A
six-day week for police officers on
a rotation basis was approved
Some dozen repair, addition and
new construction permits totaling
nearly $22,500 and including a
$4,000 new residence were grant
ed.
Aldermen attending the session,
with Mayor Peter Thomson pre-
siding, were Rodgers, Romeo, Nc
Manus, Paul Void, Freebury and
George Mccormick.
One bid was received for con-
s~tructing the Seventh avenue line
OF sewer, designated as special i'm
provement district ~, which the
city clerk, Miss Title Hohendorf,
was instructed to open and read.
1t was from Herman Schessler,
Laurel contractor, whose proposal
was $4,000. 1t was accepted on
motion.
r. w. Davis asked permission to
make a connection from outside
the city with the city's sewer sys-
TEN, which was granted.
John Alvin was granted a per-
NIT to build a 9 by 12-foot extern
sion on his house at AIT First
avenue south at an approximate
cost of $500.
Edward Marian was given per-
mission to construct a "a by SO
frame garage on lots IS, 10 and
20, block 80, Allard subdivision, at
an approximate cost of 5000.
William Higgenbotham's appli-
cation to build an 8 by 16-foot
glass porch on a house on lot 6
and south half of Z, block IL, Lau-
rel Realty subdivision, to cost ap-
proximately $500, was granted.
John w. Nolte was given per-
mission to remodel a building, a
former blacksmith shop, at the
corner of Third avenue and First
street at a cost of $4,000.
Merwin Price applied for and
received permission to replace a
sidewalk at 206 Second avenue, to
cost $3.50.
Walter Smidt asked to make
basement repairs at 4O6 Forrest
avenue, and Lester o. Boyland re-
quested a permit for a 3 by 71a-
foot addition to a house on lots 16
and II, block z, Young's Second
subdivision. Both requests were
granted.
An application was from Mar
jorie Nicholas to build an 8 by 12-
foot entry at COS Seventh avenue,
which was granted.
An application by John Nolte
for a permit to build a % by 90
frame house and a 20 by "a garage
on lots ID, Is and 16, block IS,
Heights, at an approx
mate cost of $4,000 was present
ed and granted. The location is
in the middle of the last north
block on the east side of Fourth
avenue.
Henry F. Schlagel applied for
and received permission to build a
IG by 24-foot addition on a house
IN lots Z and 8, block ~, Nutting
subdivision, at a cost of $1,000. ,
The mayor requested the sewer
committee to bring in a report at J
he next meeting on a sewer for
he Trace tracts Immediately west I
# town. 7
Monthly reports were received :
rom the library, Police Judge W..
7. Chapman and the police depart !
nent. A letter from Officer
,harles Woods, regarding a radio =
or the police car and other mat q
ers pertaining to the department, f
gas read and referred to the t
department. S
Resolution 1913, levying and as t
essing a special tax against prop ]
rty in the district for construc-
ion and installation of a water v
nain, was approved and passed. T
resolution 709 was also passed. I
provides for a special tax on p
roperty in the district for recon- o
truction and replacing a water il
c
A letter from city employees v
'as received, requesting a raise in t
and a 44-hour week. A mo- t
ion prevailed that an increase of S
cents per hour be made, begin t
ing Sept. /, with pay for AZ a
ours. Provision was made for f
olicemen to work a six-day week, T
18th rotating shifts. +
1t was moved that the council G