Show city council holds i special meeting complete race track D dzal al r cide to traffic regulations sign contract for meters consider rate reductions A especial meeting of the city council was called by mayor hect er cr last tuesday night at which several important matters were considered and acted upon decision was reached to commence a streett street l program and ad there was atal some discussion as to reducing electrio current rates as more tully fully reported elsewhere in this issue A contract was signed with the badger water meter co for meters conditioned on oil the cites leing able to get gel its loan to pay for them at a previous meeting they had the lie matter with the companas comp anys J T N naylor and he had explain d the merits of his meter and quoted a price of 12 A letter since had urged immediate signing of 0 the contract as a protection against an all advance in fit price 11 A dark clark met with the council and explained that deome some difficulties which developed in connection with getting title to the site for the race track had len been straightened out and that writ wm U thornton whose land was involved had made a definite offer to sell so much of the land as Is needed about three acres tor for 20 halt half of 0 which he would accept in lights and water credit the council accepted the offer and authorized payment as soon as a deed is delivered mr air dark clark said an attempt will lie be made to enlist the support of various organizations in in the community to commence improvident work at an early date and he suggested that the tract which can lie be used for a ball diamond athletic field fa for r the school and other community activities as well as d race track be designated as one of the relief projects on which work might be done by relief recipients reci pienta the council agreed to ask the county committee for permission to so designate it mayor decker brought up tip the matter of the catyb efforts to regulate traffic saying he felt fell that a continuation of li tr t r p awl sell policy f handling violators Is i ile he referred to a recent ol of tile ty sty justice which indicates indica tej shat hat a number of cases tor for speed 1 aig 1 had been slid aud that fines ties imposed on tiers average averaged ged less than following a gen een at al discussion it was decided that the city should continue its policy and that a minimum tine fine of should be recommended to the justice it was decided also to some operation from the school in the way of directing traffic during the time when school Is convening and dismissing attorney morris reported that ho he Is proceeding with the legal phases of the cites application tor for NUA bunds but that until the supreme court finally rules on the const ot oc recent legislation the application can not inot be tild idled in answer to a letter from rom him he said bald the engineers who have to do with that phase of 0 the application and who are keeping in close touch with alth advised pai patience lence in the matter the maor brought up the question ot of election judges and it was waa i decided to name them at the regular meeting of 0 the council next tuesday special meeting was the I 1 first to be held in the new city office arice recently made by partitioning the basement ot of the library |