Show u 11 1 1 ii i i luj ia ij ii i i ii i i ij ij i J i water system collections show excellent increase lea very little business aside from the regular routine of work was transacted at the meeting of the city t i council held hold last friday evening but reports which were submitted show the affairs of the city to be in goo good d condition the council was exceptionally pleased with the re port from the water masters s depart ment showing the collection of 1142 70 which Is the largest amount that has ever been turned in for water during a single month it is generally understood that the new peter borup has succeeded in putting the water tern tm on a more businesslike business like basis and that many of the leaks are being stopped all ali members of the council fred kichan richan john bunnel dan fields C V firth and W W freckleton were pre present sent when mayor church called the meeting to order the first business was the payment of claims against the city then the city ordinance which alms aims to stop all card playing within the limits of the city was up for consideration the co council until decided to table the or denance for a few weeks having re calved some assurance from the pro prie tors of soft drink establishments that gambling which has been go ing on rather openly tor for several months will be stopped the matter of erecting some kin kind of detention house for the use of cf the juvenile court officers was up tor for consideration but action was de berred acting upon the suggestion of councilman richan the council de aided to extend the water system in the northeastern part of ot the camp in order that halt half a dozen families residing above the gemini spur might be served tle report of the justice of the peace showed that six cases were up for consideration during the past month two convictions were se be cured the others being dismissed and fines to the amount of 60 were f lao i 1 s J J 11 1 1 1 IJ U U IJ J J I 1 levied the sum of 50 was collect ed and turned over to the city trea surer the city treasurer submitted a ire port which showed that on the first of september the cites city s cash balance was 07 that the receipts tor for the month including a 2000 loan from the local bank amounted to i 3 15 the disbursements ag gre gated 2260 61 leaving 1 54 on hand on the first of october the money turned over to the treasurer during the month came from the following sources water collections 1142 70 water deposits 36 gen eral licenses 25 water from city well 21 75 city scales 6 50 miscellaneous collections 38 88 loan from bank 2000 poll taxes 10 pound tees fees 10 tines fines 5 50 0 and water supplies 5 57 7 |