Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — The City Council. [ARTICLE]

The City Council.

H. J. Kannal filed a remonstrance against the construction of a sidewalk on the south side of Kannal Avenue. Referred to street committee. The Ladies’ Literary Society again called the attention ot the council to the matter of buying the piece of ground facing Washington street bridge for a park. The land can now be bought for $2,000. Formerly it was held at $2,500. The matter was referred to the street committee. A committee appointed at a previous meeting to audit the treasurer’s books reported that they had completed their work and found all accounts correct. The bicycle ordinance was passed to third reading. The street committee was directed to have the contractors repair the brick streets in certain places where water now stands. The treasurer reported a great numberdelinquent in the matter of water rental and asked that a penalty be provided for delinquents. The matter was discussed but no action taken. The following claims were allowed: ROAD FUND. Joseph Rowen, work on street . . 300 W. H. Stephenson “ “ 300 Ed Mills “ ” 37S Joshua Ross “ “ 1 50 Harry McGee “ •■ 4 SO Chas. F. Seelman “ “ 900 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary 37 50 Peter Giver “ 25 00 C. L. Thornton “ 25 00 A. L. Branch, delivering coal 54 00 J. H. Chapman, treasurer, freight 33 72 General Electric Co., supplies 3 24 Central Electric Co , 10 29 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal St 00 WAI Ek FUND. Conrad Hilderbrand, salary 25 OO William Dilts, work on mains. ... l 00 J H. Chapman, interest on mortgage bonds 1067 60