| Show 0 lion L ON I 1 0 0 cwi ft 1 0 11 1 11 atae C 1111 M the resignation of leao Ashton as a dewber of the council wasl was accepted by the council at their regu I 1 lar meeting wednesday the I 1 nation which had been tabled for some time was reconsidered and on motion of councilman hurton burton the council accepted the resignation the mayor asked the council members bers present to consider names tor a possible appointment oo 00 0 o that a new dew member might be appointed at the coun council c III meeting in june ot ter decisions of the council were the refusal of gravIl granting Ing any more ex tan ss of the water mains outside the city it was pointed out that the city ity water supply was waa barely enough tc supply the demands of the city john N davis as s present in behalf of 9 group of citizens who lived the city ard desired that an extension be added to the city water main giving them water service mr divis stated that he desired to know on what terms the city would do this and what the cost to the respective petitioners petition ers would be it was explained to mr davis by mayor colton that an undue precedent had been established bv b granting another extension and for the pipes and cost of installation water was supplied in iou 1 u cherof dut but te present council said jo the mayor considered this bad business for the city and the only cot coi kitiona here atts that will secure an ai extension will be for the citizens to lay thear own pipe paying all costs and keeping them in maintenance and then to pay the usual rate which is charged to people living outside the city limits the petitioners petition ers besides himself whom mr davis represented were henry williams fred dingham bred I 1 red lemon and vern this delegation wis invited to meet however with the lire ire and water committee of the council tor i r a further consideration A report was waa called for from the ire fire and water regarding the enlargement and exion slon of four inch service pipe aher were w r quite a number of petitions from various parts of the city chairman of the committee stated that the members hadin t as yet had ample time to investigate conditions over the city and therefore were unprepared to make a statement it was suggested and agreed by members embers in of this committee that they would meet with the citizens and come to some soak eon of an agreement as to what could be done mayor colton sud s ud that these petitions should be given give first cons conf tion inasmuch as these citizens were helping to pay for the water bonds and were paying the water tax therefore were entitled to consideration city attorney demoisy stated that it if pet petitions irions of outside residents of the city were granted in regards to water service that this would discourage them from ever incorporating in the city securing all the advantages yan that residents in tho the city do at a greatly reduced taxation councilman hates bates also pointed out that it was not only shortage of water but a question of funds which would discourage outside extensions much ado about nothing was enacted by the council in the petition of the city library doard who de sired that the city give permission to have a carnegie library built welty property the library board was ivas rep resented at the meeting by supt bupt earl thompson and mrs airs M R martin supt bupt thompson stated that the library board decided to pett petition t ton the carnegie library fund tor for the erection of a library building i i order to do this however the city in which the building Is built must furnish the location and maintain the mr thompson said it was thought desirable to have the building I 1 erected on halt half of the city property and half of the countes coun tys on the court house ground ile he also said however that the building would not be erected until after the war end and the reason the consent of the city was desired now was that all preliminary arrangements could be perfected so that work nork could be pushed ahead as soon as ae the war terminated it was explained that the carnegie fund would furnish ten times the library aearl tax assessment tor for the building which in the case of vernal would amount to the council made no decision and debated the point long and ser seriously bously the main trouble tobe in the selection of a suitable site mrs martin suggested tha in her opinion the city park was most suitable inasmuch as it was away from the business section and the environments were more conducive than elseA elsewhere here it would not interfere in the least with the enjoyment of the parl park kation was deterred until the next meeting of the council j it was as reported to the council that residents dents outside the city were mere coming in teams and hauling city water away in barrels particularly was this true as it affected etti citizens zens of naples the wanted to know what lie he should shoula do with regard to it tho the unanimous opinion of the I 1 council was that inasmuch as the I 1 I 1 water nater at naples aa was very unhealthy and as aa long as there was nas plenty of water nater in the city that nothing should hould be done in this matter the people who secured the water were doing it to protect and promote health interests A revolving screen was ordered purchased tor for the intake of the cites water supply in order orde that the tha continual clogging and gathering of refuse might be overcome i the rec recorder lyle fisher reported ported as having received 2000 tax money from the count after he read the report of 0 the city treasurer for april he to know what disposition wax was boing to b made of the sinking fund it was waa finally decided to put the money out on interest I 1 i the fol following loving claims were ali al i 1 lowed ashley coop supplies 8 65 II adlock bros repair ork 17 80 jas jaa henry haulani garbage 10 00 |
