Show MORETONS MORETON'S ADVICE SW SWAYS A YS THE TilE COUNCIL Petitions to Refund Money Collected Collected Col Col- for Improvements Put in Pigeon Hole Tin TIlt lurn members of thc lie city council fought shy ih o of the thc recommendation tion Uon of ot lh the tue committee of the thc whole Monday Ion t night to o refund lh the lie abutting lit IH owners owners' money mone on ott uncompleted public Improvements Two Iwo petitions asking ask tn lag ing f r relate rebates tc wore Were referred to the lie f finance tot for consideration consideration- W rif delay the lie gime The Time only comment nt math mad thom was them was b by CRy City Hor r J J. J U It Mol PI Pigeonhole tin tin-si- hi ho he- hee ex- ex clammed un under er his breath or ur 0 ue we will be bo swamped with u eli n thousand Il petitions ll The Tue significance of hl his remark was caught h by Councilman Crabree who Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im- Im Im mediately ha had Item in referred The desperate des des- straIts strait of time the city's finances a shown b by the lie auditors auditor's report r Mich uch action Mayor Thompson will call calla a caucus this his week eck It U is said to lo discuss the public Improvement situation before any an further further- action Is taken In lii another Instance the city's Nuances up ulI when Pat J J. J Joran oran was as asked to 10 pa pay his rent remit of the Pas Pasco lasco co quarry hi-ased hi from flom lie Iho city which amounts t It te 1572 Motan Men an left the lie council chamber in hi n 11 disgust II and exclaimed I didn't know eno the they W ll that lint hard hUId lii ip I If f they had laid nt hi-nt me tue a bill I would Intro o paid lal It without a communication fm oni the time cil city lIu auditor tor requesting the tho to grant authority to collect it it In fact it Il was such a small mall item in I lUll haul I It Time Tho communication from froni Cit City Auditor nudolph Alt Alff was ElK sent In to secure scent contingent con con- cn l expenses for fOI operating tin I the tIme city elty government for fOl another month It II Va sias as referred to the time committee with authority to lo act The bf petitions received asking l for lerun ro- ro run a were wen from Crem property owners abutting abut abut- ting lug si sidewalks C. C II pl l ll d that lie hc laid had paid 90 t fur for sidewalk sidewalk side side- walk Improvements a a. year car II ago O. O fh The flie extension was waH not nor started until April and amid now minis the cuti tract rue I has lias been cull cull- cried I He Ill to also UIO stated that lint lie IK- lund hud pal paid 2 2 us as interest lo II the lie city on his own motley money which the corporation laid hall been using I Ho Lu asked d for fur the lit principal and Interest Mrs Elizabeth 15 lb ll the lie second communication Her lIer sidewalk to lo ii Cli Tho llie Im Improvement 1111 provement IHO was walt ol ordered cred moi o than thun a lur a ago o and amid It H has hal not nol Yet yot been start start- e ed cd SIte She a asks ks for tIme tho rebate of or her money Councilman introduced a resolution which was wall tiled In tn regard reg-ani to i u m for or public Improvements Improve c ments under the thu amended public Im- Im 5 In laws It recommended that l bids for a advertising lJ be solicited from each dully dally newspaper I published in lii the time dl city elty so that it Il would 1 bi hI IC legal 11 lie argued ar um- gUC gued that hat un under er tho the v nr laws It Il would be lie necessary 1 to lo receive bids on ott advertising ad ud I to mako make an c exact estimate of or the thc expense of each cute improvement to tIme the property owners before c the lie Ic levy y Is Isma ma made e und lid time the contract I let t. t Since Juke Jake T. T 1 WitS was given authority au au- thom fly lo tu bu buss boss Ii the franchise work on time the streets Instead of the board of public pub pub- lie lic works he lie lma hn has ed out a way to ro o about aboul II per pcr iii month tot for tot toia 11 lie sent a communication to ro time the council asking aking for the tiie lit appointment of enil e men to lo watch the lie work that Is bl being c carried on under contract ct Councilman Councilman Coun Coun- cilman Black objected to III tho lie measure stating that thu board of public works worl s ha had Inspectors IH on time the WOI work Thu Tue tan- tan gb Ble between en time thu street department and II the board boar of public works seems more pronounced t d than thun ever when the tho council council coun cotta cil finally recommended that the time Inspectors inspectors tors tars employed IJ by the board bo be under Raleigh's direction |