| Show LIGHT BILLS TOO HEAVY COMPLAINT J W Ham hammond mona who was selected some time ago by the city t cv antil to fill the vacancy in that body caused by he resignation of dr IT D goetzman qualified as a councilman at the meet ing of the council tuesday evening and took active part in that meeting coun cilman gomera Gom erP P peace it suggested the name of J bex rex miller to f fill III I 1 be he vatan cy stift remain remaining flig in the council be cause of the rr of L it full mer met at the last meeting elds 1 ais lame same met with the approval of the tho cluttil but ber walled upon the parao and told of the council councils action mr miller was in no way of the honor and whether or not he will accept and qua fy remains to betseen be een about a third of the council councils time at every meeting lately is taken up in listening to complaint complaints of citizens who think their light bill bills ar are too high and vary too much from month to month in some instances the th complaint complaints ap pear to be with ample cause but often the cause of a high light bil bill one month mouth and a low one the following is the fact that the meter is not read at the ame same time each month for instance if a meter ie Is read oue CD month on the first day of the month and the dext month not till the tenth and then when the thid third thi d aate rolls around the meter is rad on the f first arst of the month again it A ie is only that there should be a large variation aria tion the matter of more lights kl ut city park for the earning timing summer cason season was referred to the he city electrician for an estimate cell mate as to the cost and a rec ret 0 enmen lation as to what should be done A request made by fred larcher for a reduced rate on power used at the vat ost office was granted by the council an and d the rate hereafter will be the same as that for churches which is one D ne half the regular power rate J T tullis presented a leti petition tion to the council signed by property oviers living along north sixth street asking that the east sidewalk be p paved av id from if street to the canal thin this was re furred to the city attorney to ascer ascertain fain the proper legal steps in this tills case and to the building committee D W dalton asked the council for city park and pavilion on the fourth of july to put on a big rodeo and to furnish a fitting celebration for that day intending to take the wort work en oft off the hands of the city member members of tin council thought this was a vry wry gool goal plan in lew of the 1 city I financial and be he waa was tys aitt 4 of the date A part of the agreement is that the price band hand will receive M 75 from ur mr dalton for their a nice rices part art of the day 1 echi e P bi gun gunderson Gund le roon ereon fire chief al asked kea the th council what we woo to be done in regard to a new place for housing the city fire eng engine ine the plan of build building ilig a an addition to the city hall having been laid over at lat list meeting mayor mcgee stated that a suggestion had bad been made to him in thus regard that in td pressed him favorably which waa was that the rood room at the southeast of city hall be remodeled for this purpose the fire chief and city barahal were instructed to make measurements and otherwise int teate the feasibility of thit this plan ind end to report at the next meeting of the cociol u city marshal A W mak mack told the council that he was we having rome paine trouble collecting licenses from some ion 0 of f the smaller business fi ms of the e city ity he ile was told to take the matter u up p with the city attorney and to see that the law in this matter was strict ly enforced the following members of the council were present at the meeting mayor L A mcgee council men E C lee 11 S 8 robinett Bo binett gomer gainer P peacock and J IV hammond |
