Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1902 — THE COMMON COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening with all members present. The Ladies’ Literary Society reported $953 subscribed toward the purchase of the Milroy property facing the Washington street bridge for a public park. On motion of Councilman Ferguson it was voted that the city purchase the plat of ground for a public park for the city and that it be called Milroy park. Said purchase to be subject to a good title made to the city by the grantors at the price of SI9OO, provided the subscriptions of the citizens be raised to the amount of SI,OOO, the said amount to be collected by the Ladies’ Literary Society or their order, and that the city be able to make such terms for the payment of the S9OO as will be satisfactory with the present condition of the finances of the city. The balance of the money will be raised at once and the grounds purchased. J. C. Carmichael was granted permission to erect an iron covered frame building on the ground in the rear of the Horton building. A petition for an arc light at the creamery bridge was referred to the light committee. The city attorneys made a report upon the remonstrance of W. H. Eger et al, in regard to the Plum street side walk ordered at a previous meeting. He reported that the council had the right to order such improvement. Therefore the walk will have to be built, but the council has given the property owners permission to repair the walk, with the understanding that the new walk is to be built in the spring.

Ellis Walton made a proposition to sell a strip of his lot adjoining the city plant to the city for SIOO. The strip is forty-five feet in length and two feet in width and is at the rear of the lot. The proposition was rejected and the city attorney was instructed to make a written agreement with Mr. Walton to ratify a verbal agreement made with Councilman Parks, in which Mr. Walton agreed to arbitrate the matter. It seems in building the water tower part of the foundation and one of the legs of the tower extended a foot or two on Mr. Walton’s ground and the controvery is over this matter. An ordinance providing for the storage of oil and gasoline was passed. It is published in full elsewhere. The following bills were allowed: ROAD FUND. Hugh Burns, work on street. i 50 Fred Stocksick, “ “ 1 50 Jay Zimmerman, “ “ 75 Jim Wood, “ “ 1 50 Ira Smith, “ “ 60 Joe Ellis, hauling dirt 1 20 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND Chas. A. Schieren, new belt 112 65 H. Mueller Mfg. Co.,water supplies.. 10 87 General Electric Co. electric supplies. . 57 91 Central Electric Co. “ “ .. 49 10 l’ark County Coal Co., coal 19 50 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 75 20 A. L. Branch, coal and hauling 67 42 C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Oct 15. . 37 50 I’eter Giver “ “ . . 25 00 C. L. Thornton “ “ .. 25 00 Ira Smith, work on line 3 75 J. H. Chapman, freight and express. .275 79 Jud Adams, hauling poles. 1 00 WATER FOND. Conrad Hildebrand, salary 25 00 CORPORATION FUND. VV. B. Peterson, painting and cleaning bridge 22 00