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Show 1 CITY TO HAVE ATT'Y. I . . , ;E. II. Ryan Will be Appointed al a Sal- ' k v.v ary of $250 Per Annum. -City Also Orders Double Compnrt- F ment Steel Cnce Water Sys- t ' tern to be Extended. fy At last tbo oity oounoil sooras to I' hnvo bcon roused from its etnto of ' lotbnrRy, nud thiB week hold two inootinga nt which importaut busl- neffl wna transuded. Tbo first mooting wns on Monday . - ovoniug, whoa it wns uunuimously K dooidod tbut tho oity could not got 1' .. along without nn nttornoy, and tho judiciary aommlttoo wna accordingly itiBtrnotod to confer with Attorney I Ryan and oithor on) ploy bini for tho I remainder of tho torm for which tho j9 prosont counnil la olootod, or to nlfor M him tho appointment at 3250 per 9 annum, this being tbo lowest ilguro 99 at whloh Mr. Ryan wob willing to jD neaopt of tho pluco. 8i Oouoilor Rollo brought up tho sPJ matter of tho extension of tho water tfl system down Fiist East Btroot and II nornss tho orcok, whoro in all twot vo U or thirteen fnmilioa woro waiting to H iiiBtnll soivico pipe. On motion it wob decided to lory a fmntngo tax on 9 tho property abuttiugtbo improvement ID' equivalent to that levied for othor 9 proportiQUB of tho Bystom, and have W - tho pip oh laid ub early as tho ground can be worked to udvuutngo. I : " V W-' v "J mk ' Last nightktf"vBpcoIul mooting was K hold, at which Attorney Rnyn and ffl ' Commissioner II. V. Lunt wore pre- M ieont by special request. Mr. Ryaq 1 ', explained tout ho was not uuxluiis for mh --, . .'tho appointment ofT-oltyi nttornoy ;, fw2ww fbot II Y'" looso, and Unit tho only ronson that ft ho would aoeopt of tho poflition at II all was in ordor that the dignity of I tho oity govoruiuout might bo better maintained. I It wna decided to pass an ordin- K anoo ilxiug tho aulary of oity nttornoy ffl at 82150 per annum, and pending its jy passage and Mr. Ryan's uppoiutmont, jfl ho is temporarily omployed by tho II. oity. 1 Oommiesionor Lunt was present for II tho purpose of conferring in tho mat- ter of tho purohaso by tho oity and II county jointly of a doublo-compnrt- jl ment ftuel OHgo, to bo installed in an ! upper toom of tho oity hall. For I this purpose tho county commission-I commission-I era BOino months sinco voted nn np-I np-I proprlutiou of 9100. At tho special I mooting it wits unanimously doalded I to order tho steel cugo nt once. It la I to ooBt 8238 delivered at Lund, I y Tho prosont stuto of tho oity jail 1b I Buoh as to rondor it unlit for uto I Tho walls have becomo damp and ell my. It is a noiHomo plaae, and It I is a question whether tho oity would uot bo linblo tor tho retention of prisoners in suoh unwholosomo II quartern. 'S Tho ordor for tho axtousiou of the '" water systoin to tho roaidonta in tho I north part of town, who huvo boon pleading for it bo long, tho omnloy- mont of a comoptont nttornoy and tbo ordorlng of the now ougo, now bo neo- ossnry, uro actions which will at least I partially redeem tho reputation of tho aounoil from tho ohargo of Inaction that has eo froueutly boou hurled at If tho members. m |