Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — City Council Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

City Council Proceedings.

At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening all members were present but outside of allowing the regular claims but little business was transacted. The question of purchasing grounds and erecting coal sheds at the Monon tracks was referred to the water and light committee. St. Joseph College, and Jasper county, outside of Rensselaer, are the two largest consumers in the county and an attempt will be made to interest them in the plan. The primary object is to erect an elevated dump and individual bins where cars of coal can be dumped into the bins and save the expense of shoveling. The bins would be built high enough to allow the loading of wagons by dumping direct from the bins into the wagons.