Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1916 — City Council Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

City Council Proceedings.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening. Jerry Healy was granted the use of the streets in moving a bam. Amel Besser asked the council to extend the city electric light wires to the match" faetory building for the use of the new’ factory and reduction plant. The city attorney was directed to file application for such permission with the public service commission dnd was also directed to prjpare a contract for the petitioner to sign. In the matter of the proposed Scott street sewer which is designed to run south to the river and relievo the Makemself sewer, the cPy attorney was directed to prepare and file with the circuit court a petition for same, so that certain lands outside of the city limits, over which the council has no jurisdiction, can be assessed. The street numbering ordinance was passed. The city engineer filed a corrected estimate on the proposed South street improvement, and October 9th was the date set for hearing objections to the assessments. This improvement was once advertised to be let, but there were no bids, the contractors not caring to undertake the work at the estimate. The same action was taken on the Grove street improvement. The usual number of claims were allowed.