Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — Common Council Meeting [ARTICLE]

Common Council Meeting

The city council met in regular ■session Monday night with all members present. The following business was transacted: Charles G. Spitler filed his oath of office as councilmen which was approved. A cement sidewalk was ordered constructed on the south side of the property of Mrs. Barbara Meyer on East Hutson street, also from the property of Lee Jessup to that of J. •F. McColly.vm Oak street. John Makeever was refused a permit to build a cpal house between the Odd Fellows building and the Stockton-Williams building. H. L. Gamble presented his bond as city engineer in the sum of SI,OOO. with E. L. Hollingsworth, C. W. Coen, Frank Foltz and B. F. Fendig as sureties, which was approved. The ordinance relating to riding bicycles 011 cement walks was read a second time. A remonstrance which practically kills the ordinance. by allowing riding upon the walks on certain conditional, against its passage signe 1 by 105 taxpayers was tiled. The ordinance was referred to the CQnjmittee on ordinances with instructions to modify same in accordance with suggestions made in the remonstrance.

Tax levy for the year 1900 was fixed as follows on each §IOO valuation : Corporation Fund : 20 cents Road “ ; p 6 Staking '• .. ‘S' Special add. 10 School library Fund 1 Wafer Work's •• >...15 'Electric Light •*.... 10 Special school 40 Tuitiou school 85 County Library “ OS Total ain't same as last year 1.65 The marshal was directed to strictly enforce the permissions of the curfew ordinances. The trustees of Weston cemetery reported the sale of eight lots, sales confirmed and deeds ordered. The following claims were allowed : COKt'OKATION Fcjid. t *\ . C J l)*au, serv a*councilman , sl4 00 H J Kaunqd. sauie..... 14 oo John Eger, an we .’... to 00 I J Porter, same.... .. 1J 00 John F MeColly, 5ame........ 14 00 John C Chilcote. sume 14 00 John Eger, services as mayor 4 00 S C Jrwin, services as clerk., 42 29 Abram Simpson, serv as marshal 45 00 H R Kurrle. serv ns city attorney 25 00 J W Childers, sal night watch.i.,.1..... 21 00 Thomas Mctiownu, rent public pound. 10 00 White j* Marlon, repairing well ~ 100 Rons. Fire Department,salary... 90 00 H L Gamble, serv us city eng.... I 1 27 60 Verne Roiiinsou. assisting eng 9 00 D JWnrtiCr. «ume. ......... ;j Road fund appropriation... ROO 00 Hoad FUXD. D H Yeoman, lumber X 57 50 •Harry McGee, work on street'..l 25 Stun Scott, same.... 1 ,..... fl 00 John McClnunhuu. same ... fl 45 Win. Guss. Wot li on bridge ............, 150 Harry MoGe«\ same.'.V. 1. ’ 2 (W will. ToWers. Same. .. .‘.V ; -.** 4‘flß Frank Burns, same 1 50 David MeConnhay, work on street..... 6 60 uloßsnjh Kawerusame^. 1 00 poblh Mmeylki uJgi ,k. ,V: ?-j I f : (waJik vrttu. IP C|k>lHit" r Jtl 31 so * ’ w&mbnm} utrttT rvsu. '■ 1 C S Chamberlain, salary 30 bfl l.em Huston, salary...' 22 50 White A Marlon, repairs 135 Parke Co. Coal Company,coal 152 61

COfinUNICATED. \ About That Union Tp., Scl»MlhoiM«. There seemgjro bqka ; on the part of the aoVisory*- boardarid the trustee of Union tp., to mislead the voters as to the law where an improvement costing SSOO or more is contemplated. We believe the voters should thoroughly inforrn themselves as to the. law and the facts in the premises and then vote as their best > judgement dictates, and not as partisans. Umbrage has been taken at what “UAibd Tp.,” said about the advisory board and trustee in The Democrat some weeks since; but we endorse every word* he said, for it was the truth. It’s a pity, it’s true, thai we have not more such men, *vho» have the : courage of their [convictions. In making that contraotTlie advisory board and trustee npt only violated the letteFof the law but the intent also. The law kays where an improvement is proposed and the cost is to be SS(X) br mofie,-thesame must be advertised in she, twoleading papers of the,county representing the two leading parties. “AU contracts nym#, in,violation of of this act shall qe uull anfcT void.”" The contract, we believe, calls for an -expenditure of SSBO. i A$ to the violation ofithe intent pf. the, law, the answer i£ this: The, re-, form-law provides & I wholesome restraint oh township and county otficials iu squandering townshi p and county funds. It is a' notorious, iact that hundreds and thousiande of, dollars squandered by county and, towiuship officials before this, law became effective, hence we are not surprised that third rate politicians should be so bitterly ■ hostile to so wholesome a law. Even the’improvements of.the great city of Chicago with its two millions of population is governed and made by the same identical law govern- . ing contracts of SS(X) or more that is in force iit this state until rcI pealed, and if the reader has read | his city papers he has learned that quite a goodly number of politii cal shysters came to grief last winter in Chicago by violating I the same law.

We wish to challenge your nt- | tention, Mr. Voter, and ask you candidly,, can you support the prese nt incumbent at the coming elect ion on moral or . -political I ground*, either, knowing lull y.eii 1 what is being done, to gjpu {the trusteeship so; the 'law u.:J order league(;Can you trust a man, with the power the trustoe- | ship gives him, who openly violates the law? Surely you can not. We believe, Mr. Voter, you will jbe serving your own interest best jas well as the interest of your neighbor by voting for a inau for I trustee of Union tp., at the coming election who is pledged t6{ obey the law and let contracts in conformity thereto, thus obviating; B tar chamber contracts J. Fogef.ty Jones. Subscribe for The Democrat.