Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1911 — Business Transacted by City Council at Regular Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Business Transacted by City Council at Regular Meeting.

Considerable business was transacted at the regular meeting of tbe city council Monday evening. Bids were received for the construction of tbe Harry R. Kurile, et a!., sewer. B. J. Moore and George Scott bid 34*4 cents per foot and a » m Stevens 33 cents per foot Both bids were on the condition that no rode work would be necessary. The matter of letting the contract was deferred until this evening in order to investigate more fully as to the rock matter. No bids were received for the construction of the Monnett and Leopold alleys and the clerk was instructed to readvertlse for bids. Contractors claim that the engineer’s estimate for the work is too low, and for that reason they failed to file bids. A new ordinance regulating the us# of city water, making connections, etc., was introduced and passed to second reading. - Mrs. A. Gangloff, et al., petitioned for a street light Same was referred to the light committee. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for a sidewalk on Rutsen street from lot 7, block 11, east to Division street. An ordinance authorising the school trustees to erect a new school bonding to cost $12,000 was introduced and passed to second reading. The following claims were ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlin, salary ig&gp Mell Abbott, salary.. 30.00 Dave Haste, salary 20.00 Shirley Hill Coal Co., c0a1.... 34L10 Vandalia Coal Co., c0a1....... 54.57 Kenneth Rhoades, work on »ne 4.75 Scott Chesnut, work on line.. 9.50 Jesse Gates, hauling c0a1..... 26.86 C. W. Platt, work on light plant 11.60 Roy Thomas, same. 7.50 Central Electric Co., supplies, 21.88 Western Electric Cb., supplies 95.07 Healey ft Clark, letter heads.. 2.00 Healey ft Clark, advertising.. 3.00 Warner Bros., merchandise... 3.20 Ray D. Thompson, freight.... 118.85 CORPORATION FUND. John Hordeman, work on sewer 28.00 Geo. Mustard, salary... 30.00 Prank Critser. night watch... 2640 Healey ft Clark, advertising.. 8.36 The Northern Trust Co., commission on bond payments v 14.56 American LaFrance Fire Eng. Co., supplies 13.70 New York Belting ft Pkg. Co., fire chiefs hat 6.00 John Hordeman, extend sewer to river '. 7.50 Warner Bros., mdse fire c 0... 2.47 Conrad Kellner, sewer 146.99 Ray D. Thompson, freight 21.48 Healey ft Clark, printing..... 29.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, salary. 25.00 W. I. Hoover, oats 3.92 Monroe Cart-, unload swr pipe 2.00 F. Rutherford, hauling stone.. 3.15 Harry Swartzell, same.. 14.00. Warner Bros., mdse 1.75 E. B. Smith, cement work.... 12.00 Ray D. Thompson, freight.... 1947 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00 Clinton Oil Co., packing...... 2847 Ray D. Thompson, interest on water bonds 24441 “Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what I did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me.”—dC H. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.