Show councilmen hold busy session the city council mat in regular ses sion last fuday evening with mayor mitchell and councilmen knowles griggs oh ch arch and bauer present a large about t of routine business be ing transacted residents of the fast encl endom of the c ty among tl em ern being william dark clark thomas mansfield john starr and james strang asked that another i treet light tight I 1 e placed in their neigh boyhood I 1 he matter was referred to the street committee with power to act sam handon of the bank baloon saloon and Cli charles arles harro who has j t re opened the finn rinn saloon applied foi i bior licenses 1 ahe I he necessary essaiy bonds accompanied their applications which received favorat ie le action il 11 e city of officers finers salaries and a num ber her of other claims against the cita cit were ordered paid the total disburse dis burae in ments ants of the evening amounting to 11 08 arthur A miller under whose dir action the ne tie v sewers were installed presented a m written ritten report which cov ered the work in detail the same being accepted and filed lire ilie cost of the main street sewer according to this report wis sl 06 per 75 the sewer to the public schools buildings a portion of which was through solid rock cost 1 64 per foot or 1 78 the committee on streets started a discussion of the helel tele hone question by reporting that the officials of that corporation had failed to send an en gincer here for the purpose of taking up the proposed improvements which have been hanging fire for ov over er a v year ear it is q ute lite evident to tl e coune imen that the telephone company s officials w 11 do no nothing thino until to fo ced to it bi the c t councilman C lurch brought tip the mattar of erecting a public amuse ment hall this bei g something that haa has been under ever since the present officers took up the re ns of the city government after a thorough discussion of the matter it was deemed a Iv isable to submit it to the people odthe city tor for their approval at or rejection city recorder bacon presented his report tor for the rabi th of september was as as follows collections for the month 5 disbursements 3 26 other city officials submit ted their monthly reports as follows follow sexton houghton reported two bur bials at the city cemetery for the past month miss anabel mooney the city treas aurer presented a report wl ich at stowed owed that on september 1st the city had a cash balance ofa 85 the monthly receipts were 1 and tl e disburse in ments ants 3 26 leav ng an ov overdia erdi aft ft of 41 on october 1st the inseal lation of the new sewers had much to bo do with wiping out the city s cash balance in a very short time the tax money modey will have hav e a fattening effect on the city treasury marshal church reported the callec tion of on poll tax and the ex pend iture of for street work justice dewar reported five caseb in the local police court for the month with the same number of convictions fines amour ting to were levied 35 being collected and bind turned into the city treasury |