Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1914 — SEVERAL ASK FOR OILING OF STREETS [ARTICLE]

SEVERAL ASK FOR OILING OF STREETS

City Council at Monday Nigh Vs Meeting Confronted by Oil Petitioners. j V: ‘ All members were present at the regular council meeting Monday evening except Councilman Warner, who is away on hie wedding trip. , Petitions were presented asking that the following streets be oiled: Washington, River, Cullen, Front and College avenue. The city engineer was instructed to make a plat and specifications for same and the city attorney was Instructed to prepare the necessary resolution. A resolution for a sewer on Main street was passed and the council fixed June 22nd as the date for bearing remonstrances. A resolution for a sidewalk on Plum street, in block 5, was passed, and the clerk iwas instructed to give notice. , The city attorney was Instructed to present a petition to the court for a tile drain on the west side of Mellville street from River street north to the northeast corner of section 19, township 29, range 6 west. •• ■ / The treasurer’s report for May shows total of all funds on hand of $11,372.79, as'follows: road $591.21; library, $691.82; corporation, $758.29; water, $4,234.05; electric light, $4,47L71. The following calims were allowed: Corporation Fund. W R Shesler, salary marshal $30.00 FraUt Critser, sal nightwatch 30.00 Chas Morlan, sal clerk ..... 33.33 W Frank Osborne, city eng .. 142.00 W B Burford, mayor's docket 19.25 Rens Fire Dept, alarm May 27 12.00 C M Sands, treas, freight paid .48 Road Fund. Chester Zea, sal city teamster 30.00 G M Coon, men, wk Wash. st. 172.76 John Albertson, work street.. 13.00 Vincent Eisele, haul dirt .... 2.00 Vern Robinson, work street.. 24.00 Glen Ward, work sewer .... 52.75 E B Gibson, sank ........... 15.00 Byron Frey, same ........... 10.50 Orval Burris, same ........... 10.50 J W Childess, same 2.50 Henry Nevill, same 7.73 J W Speas, same 5.95 John Burris, assigned, same.. 7.00 Byron Frey, same same ..... 15.22 Chas Jacks, same same ...... 23.85 Orval Burris, same ......... 15.22 John Bunts, same same ... 8.00 Geo Kauffman, same same ... 10.00 John Ash, same same 7.50 dark Warfel, wk sewer, as... 20.75 Monon Crushed Stn Co., stone 109.70 W M Johnson, as. wk sewer 22.00 C M Sands, treas. freight pd 7.80. Electric Light Fund. 0.8 Chamberlin, sal 50.00 Mell Aibbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same 30.00 Dick Hartman, work line ... 30.00 Jesse Gates, haul coal ..... 39.75 Monon Coal Co., coal 61.53 Inland Electric Co., sup .. 810.91 Gen. Elec Co., same 176-38 C M Sands, freight pd 46.65 Water Fuad. T E Maine, sal 30.00 (Marion Cooper, work main.. 2.50 Rene. Valve Co., wtr hydrant 21.55 C M Sands, freight paid ... 1.24 Park Fund. Tom Co*, work on parks ... 15.25