| Show CITY GITY IS FORCED TO REFUND MONEY Taxes Collected for Sidewalk Improvements But No Noc c Extensions Made j FERNSTROM SPEAKS SPEAKS OUT I Declares that Streets Co 4 tee Does Not Know Much About Its Duties Tho city council is already finding itself It Itself it- it self In a 3 poTton where It will wilt h have vt to 1 lh tho amounts refund properly owner paid into the city's coffers and which ft j hav I been lying Idle not even en paying the city interest These Those amounts are the tho special taxes levied for sidewalk lI 4 extensions the paving ha having be been n i paid for Cor by h- the tho property owners owner but no sign of or the sidewalks has r rewarded S the tho owners S At th the session of the council Monday Mon Mon- Ion Ion- 5 5 fia day night a no report from City Auditor 4 1 Alit Alft w was s read In which were ei receipts from froni l S. S B H. H B. B Scott for tho the payment of oC CS as his portion of oC the lev levy for Cor sidewalks 5 S S In Extension SI Sj but which have e not S become evi evident ent In nn any tangible formS form S t up to this date The r recommendationS recommendation allon S contained In tho the report was to the ef eC- feet that the report be filed and the tho thor r 1 t board of public p works authorized toS to toJ advertise ad for Cor bids for the completion S- S J f. f S of oC the work S Councilman Fernstrom took exception J to this action asking tho the council councH if JC Its Us In intention is to keep the mon money paid ii and giveS give I S by b by these property owners If S them nothing In iii return A motion was adopted I to the effect that timaL the tux tax be beS ber r S remitted the report and md the hoard board i. i of oC works authorized and Instructed to toti t i S S advertise for bids As 8 the council now mow sees this matter 4 S under the provisions of or the law re regarding regarding re- re f garding public works the council will wm again have to for tor bids under tinder a n. new lev levy the money which 1 is now in the time hinds of oC the city being unless It Is demanded demanded de do de- de held heM there as a deposit by hy the thc property owners who llo i- i have ha paid their taxes but who on account ac nc- ac- ac 4 count 0 of the thc blunderers who executed the contract for the tho Improvements have Ill seen nothing of oC the proposed ed 0 S sidewalks but who are arc asked to thank t- t their stars star for the party The fhe streets committee or of the council 5 and tho the street department dep In general handled by Councilman V was shod roughshod S Fernstrom at the session Monday night when a 0 petition from James Storey a resident of ot the northwestern tem portion portionS S of oC the city was read before the counS coun coun- S cil cli In his petition Mr rr Storey Store called the attention of the council to a n. condition condition con con- which has existed In the trie vicinity of oC Camps Camp's lane since December last S Mr Storey averred that since December Decem Decem- S ber bel 31 a t he has not been able to get within three anti and one halt block of or his S ok r J home hom or place of ot business In that section sec see j tion of the city except with a raft on account of or the overflow waters which S has permitted to r run n o over cr th the S p ground a and 1 I remain rem there in spite o of r r the tact fact act that the condition has be been n S. S called to the attention of th the council councH many times To secure immediate action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion Mr l Store Storey advised ad the council that unless It be ba attended to at once ho lie will be compelled to go Into the law courts to secure redress S Trio TrieM 10 to Shirt Shift Councilman Fernstrom asked ed ChairS Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Carter of or the tue streets committee S for an explanation of or Its ed and Carter tried to explain b by saying that S the county Is s to blame and that It reS refuses re re- re fuses to for the S spend an any mon money remedying of oC the condition Carter as asserted asserted asserted as- as that the time committee on streets has worked as IS far as ns the city limits on the drain ditch which Is causing the trouble but that it will tm so IO no further urther S claiming that the the c county i Is cp 1 I I for or the tho condition of oC the tho ditch after the I J city limits arc are passed f. f S To this statement Councilman Fern- Fern 5 strom took exception calling Carters Careers S attention lion to the fact that tho the city is isS is'S S 'S S maintaining maintaining- and keeping clean several S drainage systems outside o of the city S f limits limit but which are used to drain the ell city For this tills Carter had no an answer answer answer an- an further than to promise that the S matter would again be he c considered b by bythe the thc committee S Upon a motion of or Fern Fernstrom It was wasS S first referred to the cn engineering ln COrnS committee com COrn S Fernstrom advising advising- th the council jS that the I streets committees committee's par value valueS S does not amount to five c cents in rea real S money noney Curter Curler objected to this weakly and Fernstrom came camo back a atS nt at S him with the remark that the streets S committee does docs not nol know a great deal dea about it Its duties Finally Y tho tile matter 2 was referred to the streets committee with power to expend lOm or BO so much f 1 V thereof as may be necessary to remedy 4 the evil Following the thc petition from Storey l S 'S another read in similar vein hu hut jS j'S tv V. V the reme remedy Y for one Ono will be the rem remedy fly S 4 ik- ik 5 l u for Cor the HIP other and this petition was wasl ordered flied filed A claim for Cor 17 wn was placed upon the thc appropriation list in Sn favor or of Mrs Hugh Anderson Q as reimbursement for Cur darn dam j I ag-I ages s done clone her property U by reason 01 or of J JI the grading grading- of North Main street Her orl original inal claim was for O 2 but 1 t com com- I prom promise Iso was entered Into with her at attorneys attorneys attorneys at- at and the payment of oC th the claim In the above amount was sas recommended l b by the tile city attorney The rhe property Is situated just south 0 of tho the Hempstead property in North Main street upon which the tile council was as forced recently to pa pay pa a similar claim The matter of or levying a one-mill one tax on the property abutting on North orth Temple street front from Fifth to Ninth West Vest streets for the cue purpose of constructing constructing con con- a concrete aqueduct as an extension ot of the one now nw in operation was referred to the Iho finance commit committee lee It is proposed h by tho the property owners to construct this tiis conduit at a 0 cost not notto notto notto to c exceed ct e 12 per linear foot and to lev levy levya a 0 one mill tax to pa pay for Cor it It Purl Park Need d Sprinkler Upon the request of the the tile matter 0 of providing him with an nn additional sprinkler for tho the driveways ny at the park was referred to tho the sprinkling ling Ing committee The park keeper re reported reported reported re- re ported to the council that the time attraction attraction tion lon of oC the park for drivers of or various varian vehicles automobiles In particular had hod rendered the roads In such a condition that hat one sprinkler cannot take care of the he roadways s lIe He said that the suction suction suc- suc tion lon following the tile passage age of oC automo- automo blIe lles blies when driven at high speed through the park Is making the roads ver very cry dust dusty The rhe matter mutter Is In the hands lof of the sprinkling committee The municipal laws committee of t tile the 10 council has in hand a n matter referred to o It by the council at the session in which It 11 is recommended that the chief of or police be Instructed to see ee that tile the ordinance regarding the time closing of oC all barber shops on Sunday be enforced The petition to tho the coun council ll came from and md Hill lUn and Is Is' drawing atten- atten lon Lion to a violation of or the new law lat affecting affecting af af- af barber harber shops An additional 10 was placed upon tile the appropriation lists at the time session to o complete completo the work worle of oC grading grading- Second See Sec ond West cst M street from Its present termInal terminal term- term Inal nal to the Warm Springs The streets committee reported that 1500 had already al- al read ready eady been spent pen t for Cor this work but that hat it Is not yet et completed The orl original origl- origl l- l nal nat appropriation was for 1000 lOJ so the tIme appropriation on Monday night adds p Z to the fund to lo be uc used for Cor this purpose A fire hydrant t wa was ordered mo e moved l to the he curb on Twelfth East st street c t Corthe for Cor he tile use of oC sprinklers covering co that street It now being necessary to haul he time water two blocks for that purpose I T To Fl Fix Tn Tin Le Ie Levy y At the city council meeting meeting- Monday Monda night light Councilman Ferry after aCter the regular regular regular reg reg- ular business of ot the session was wa completed completed com corn moved mo that the council take toke a no recess until 8 o'clock Tuesday evening e when the finance committee will vIlI make Its report on the city tax lev levy This committee was in session a n. large largo part of Monda Monday It will complete its report I by Tuesday night |
