Show RATES MAY BE INCREASED IN EUREKA eureka hill company wants to change city more for ho mansville water reports ts of the various city officers J maor Zabris Zab risHe lle presided atia councilmen castleton ai ields me cormick it lions ons aid richan answered to roll call at tie tle fleeting fre eting of we council on friday evenia g of last week and luring this session a large amount ot of rout routine irie bu budress bul iress ress waa vas transacted wate N ate users on what is known as jarvis jar vis street asked the city to change their water line in such a manner that a tree free eup e up would not be likely d irli g the coming winter they are on what Is known as a dead end and are aniio is to han hae e the line ex tended so go that ta tie e water would ha hae e continuous circulation the matter was re erred to the water committee tor for investigation A communication was received from the cureka hill mining corn com pany in which is appears that an e lort tort is being made to raise tt ti e price on water now being furnished the city at pie ent the miling company is 1 selling the water at gallons tor for 1 and the new price asked is 2000 gallons for 1 with a guaran tee that the city will take worth ot of water per month the city Is to now paying the mining company about per month and in view of 0 the tact fact that the acceptance of 0 the new contract would undoubtedly mean higher water rates tor for the peo i pie ot of eureka the councilmen are backward about signing up it is barely possible that water can be secured from some other source at any rate this matter is to be given an investigation I 1 bills against the city were read and after receiving the endorsement I 1 of the auditing committee the re corder was instructed to issue war rants tor for the payment of the various claims the council discussed the apropo of improving main street by covering it with a coating of gravel this matter was left in the hands of 0 the street committee and the work has already been taken up reports of the various city cers were read accepted and ordered filed the city treasurer mrs julia whitehead submitted a report on city finances it showed that on august 1st the city had a cash bal ance of 0 1383 45 that the receipts tor for the month were 1408 20 and the disbursements 2782 09 leaving a cash balance of but 9 56 in the treasury on the first of the present month mouth the mayor has arranged for a small loan to tide the city over un til the tax money comes in money motley collected through the treasurer treasurers s ot of flee fice during august came from the following sources police court poll tax 4 pound receipts 13 water collections 40 gen eral licenses 50 water deposits 39 cemetery lot 2 GO 50 and city scales 8 co recorder bacon s report checked chocked with that ot of tl e city treasurer show ing the collection of 1236 20 and the disbursement of 2782 09 for august justice krager transacted a little business notwithstanding the fact that tie tl e saloons were closed but there was only one of two cases of cohere 1 drunkenness thirteen cases were disposed of as follows 8 3 convictions 3 dismissals 2 suspended sentences 7 fined 1 committed to jail callec eions for month 1 sexton A N wallace reported two burials at the city cemetery collect ing and turning over to the city from the sale of one cemetery lot the sum of 2 50 j gus J henriod road commission er reported tl e expenditure of 75 tor for street and sanitary work during the month of august poll tax collections 4 pound col sections 13 j the next meeting of the council will be held on the evening of sep |