Show city council councile As pravio previously 11 sl city council ine met t thursday evening as a board of equalization and reduced the assessment of several taxpayers and also remitted the taxes of some deserving old citizens and others the matter of the pavilion building in 11 then came up contractor represented that ho be was without maans means to finish the job a although he lie had bad thui thus far faithfully complied with the requirements 1 all except as to the time limited in the contract to the councilor horrocks moved being seconded by Alder AIderman manMiller that the contract bo be taken from watkins while other members of the council were in favor of extending lo 10 the tile contractor who had been un fortunate in thia this affair and appeared willing to do his very best all the lenie leniency fic and latitude consistent with tho the law and the interests of the city when the motion came to a vot ethe council decide decidedly ilby dby a vote of four to th tb reethe mayors opinion going 0 n gaith with the majority in favor of k watkins V reta retaining illing the contracted the matter was vias still left in the hahus of the special building committee |