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Show CAGE FOR (M JAIL. ' -f Double Comparinicuf'Slwl Cage (o be Installed in City Hall. 1 Council SMI Unable tFAgree on Appointment Ap-pointment of CltyjAttornej Other Business. f Tho rogular .mooting of tlio oity council was hold lu tLo City Hall last Monday ovoning. Tho Mayor and n full council was presont. Among other matters to recoivo at tentiou was tho question of Installing n stool cngo in tkojEnet room of tho oity hnll, which enmo tipin thoshapo of a roport fromithe committoo on prison rogulntiois, whloh roportod that tho county iCommlsaiouors had submlttod n proposition to boar 0110-luilf 0110-luilf tho oxpoiiBO of procuring n now doublo-comportment steol cago for tho building, ' 1 consideration for which tho county was to bo allowed . tho uso of 0110 compartniout whon needed. Tho committoo was author- m ized to nccopt tho proposition from I tho county and tnko etops at oiico for I tho iustnlllng of tho ougo. I Tho prnsent najtimodal ions for tho I dotontiou of prhonoru aro under- I ground colls, whloh aro damp und ronlly unfit for ueo. Bcsidos this, H peoplo froiU; tho ..outaido can easily communidiitb with the prisoners a'itT m it is tho regular prudMcotd puss liquor I to tho iomotcs through tho bars. H Weapons could as easily bo passod m iu, and it would bo decidedly unsnfo for tho dotontiou of dosporato crimi- H nals. Tho common drunks often I issuo from tiio coll moto Intoxicated I tho noxt morning than whon thoy woro looked up. With tho now cago H Installed asafo, sanitary plnoo will M bo provided for tho oonflnomont of 9 tho olty'a guests, mid communication with tbboutsldo will bo oltoctuully R cut off. Tbo cost will bo 8 2 CO to 9j 8300. Tho vexed question of tho nppolnt- H moot of a city attornoy formed tho ij subject for an animated discussion fi again daring tho session. Liko 1 Hamlet's ghost, tho question will I not down. Tbonttitudoof tho mnyor E and couuoil romnins practically un- S ohnufnl. Tho mayor rofusos to op- point Mr. Ryan with tho ralso lull jjgwackocl, nwlhaJtnRiarJty of th ! counbil rofusos (0 rntify tho appoint- ment of Mr. Wilkinson, so tho pros- I pects aro that tho council will livo I through tho prosont torm in oflloo 1 without an attornoy. It was dooidod e to employ an outsido attornoy to defend tbo nppoaled oases from tho oity court now ponding, iu which Mr. Ryan appears for tho defendants, nud legal assistance will bo soon rod for tho drafting of ordinances and other matters ns oosnsion roquiros. A potition was prosontod by tho , residents of lower 3rd East Street, , asking that a spooial tax of 10 conts : por front foot on tho property abut- ' ting be levied for grading and lm- i provement of tho stroot, whloh poti- i tion was granted. A petition from n numbor of citizens citi-zens asking that tho spraying of lawns from tho water system bo permitted wns rend and referred to tho couimitteo on potitions. A petition was submitted from tho local oleotrio light and power company com-pany asking for n 50 yours franchise for tho use of tbo center of tho streots for tho purposo of transmitting tbo curronts through nud about town. Tho oounoil wns disposed to grant tho potition, providing that it did not conflict with tho frauohiso hold by tho Rooky Mountain Boll Tolophono company. Tbo matter was roforred to tho committoo on potitions for investigation. in-vestigation. Tho reports of trcusuror, soxtou and wntormaster woro accepted nud ordered fllod. Several bills-woro allowed, hut ono from Thomas llladon for a plow-shoro broken 011 tho oity ditches In 1005 wns tabled for tho timo boing. Tho committoo on judioinry was instructed to proouro tho asslstanco of a competent attorney in framing nu ordinanoo fur the levying of a grading grad-ing tax. Somo othor roattors of minor iin-portnnoo iin-portnnoo woro dlspoaod of and oounoil ooun-oil udjouruod. |