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Show City Council Votes t i Telephone Franchise Council Sots Aside AH Public (Irounits As Ilird Sanclunrlcs. Will Join VIh County In Sprinkling Slntc Road. Tho City Council held a regular scs-Blon scs-Blon Saturday night, Counclltncn Seo-loy Seo-loy and Nlcholcs being absent. Nlntecn residents on cast Main St. petitioned for street sprinkling and agreed to pay 60c each per month. Referred to commlttoo on streets and irrigation with power -"to act. A motion was carried that tho city sprinkle tho State Road from Grant's Emporium to tho eastern city limits, from which point tho county will tako It up. . ' William Durratit asked for city wati er and agreed to dig tho necessary trenches nhd take it out in rates. Petition Pe-tition granted. Permission wns given to Jared Roller, to extend tho mollis' to his homo on snmo terms. Dr. J. F. Noyos representing UiO now Independent tclophono Company,' asked for a blanket frnnelilso to operate oper-ate In tho city limits. On motion of Councilman Thornton It wns voted that It was tho bchho of tho council that tlio potltlon bo gnrnted provided tho city attorney's opinion showed that there wore no legal barriers In, tlio wny. Tho question of tho transfer of waK or from tho meadow lands to thoso' higher up was referred to tho water, masters to transfer on their own dls-u cretlon. Jnmos Poterson nnd twenty others asked for power to elect a watcrmast-or watcrmast-or for tho distribution of water west or Mitchell Hollow. Petition granted, Tlio high school asked for a refund of $2.G0 Hcoii8o paid at city park,'' , Granted. t. Tho Boxton asked for'tenm aniLholp, to oloan up City Cemetery. Rofe?rw to committo on cemetery with powor to act. James Mnrtin asked that tho city-council city-council dedicate a picco of public ground bo act apart and designated aew a bird sanctuary. A motion was carl jleianygrouufJaBl 7ortiris"purpo8c,'nnd thnt tnei'gcncrp public bo nBkcd to ubo their city lots,, for this purpose, that tlio general officials uso tholr Influence to help presorvo bird life. Tlio recorder nnd mayor woro authorized auth-orized to borrow $1,000 for contingent expenses. |