Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1911 — City, Council Held Regular Meeting Monday Evening. [ARTICLE]

City, Council Held Regular Meeting Monday Evening.

The fcity council met in regular session Monday evening with Mayor Meyer absent. The park committee was authorized to employ men to assist in loading and uploading dirt for Milroy Park, and also to purchase trees for the park. The city attorney was instructed to take such action as will bring about the repair of all defective curbings on Van Rensselaer, Division and Main arid Washington streets wnere ’the guarantee of the contractor has not • A *; ft c-. expired. The street committee was authorized to purchase two cars of screening for the repair of the streets. *Tbe marshal was instructed to notify all people having private sewers running to the river, to extend same out to the new river channel. -The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. Geo. F. Meyers, salary mayor.. $62.50 Geo. W. Hopkins, councilman. 20.00 D. E. Grow, councilman....... 20.00 W. H. Kresler, councilma 20.00 C. J. Dean, councilman 20.UL* A. G. Catt, councilman , 20.00 Chas. Morlan, clerk -... 25.00 Geo. Mustard, marshal 30.00 Frank Critser, night watch 25.00 Fire Dept., salary Ist quarter 71.75 J. J. Montgomery, year’s salary fire chief 40.00 Moses Leopold, efty attorney.. 50.00 Ray D. Thompson, city treas.. 75.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, salary teamster.. 25.00 Herry Swatzeli, straw 10.92 H. F. King, blacksmithing 22.15 E. J. Duvall, board city team.. 3.00 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00 H. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies.. 2.10 Knapp Supply Co., supplies.. 2.59 PARK FUND. Elmer Matheny, work on park 1.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlin, salary 50.00 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary ’... 30.00 Jesse Gates, hauling coal 21.87 Western Electric Co., supplies 91.91 Kenneth Rhoades, work on line 15.38 Standard Oil Co., oil 11.33 Illinois Electric Co., elec sup.. 2.25 Rey D. Thompson, freight 53.09 Arthur Battleday, work on line 2.50

Alva Simpson went to Logansport today to take the physical examination for a position as either conductoi or motorman on the Wabash Valley Traction railroad. Alva took a correspondence course from the company, familiarizing himself with the mechanism of the car, the city and interurban routes, and passed a successful examination some time ago He will probably be put to work at once. He has been hauling coal for some time, Alva is a straightforward and honest citizen and his friends here will be pleased to see him in a good paying job. If you-are having any trouble with the flour you are using, we can relieve you of that trouble if you will try Arlstos, the king of them all. JOHN EGER.

Attorney Emery Sellers was over from Monticello this morning. We reminded him that Rensselaer was 225 people larger than Monticello. “Not if we would take in East Monticello,” said Emery. “We would be if we took in the college,” we answered. “Then we would have to take in the poor farm,” quoth Emery. “Many occupants at the poor farm?” we asked. “No, but a mighty fine building; why, it don’t make a dashed bit of difference whether a fellow over there makes any money or not, he can live better at the poor farm than he Can at home.” Then up spoke some traveling man and reminded Emery that they had a good city ball over there. The bus was backing up at the Makeever house, and Emery looked over at our fire engine house. “What’s that,” he queried, “a city hall or a hitch barn?” Gee, these Monticello people are chesty.