Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1903 — THE COMMON COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The city oounoi! met in regular session Monday evening. The treasurer presented hie report for the month of May. It shows the corporation fund overdrawn $126.57; on hand in the Washington street im* provement fund 137 30; $363.63 on hand in the road fhnd; on band in the water fund sll6O 35, and the light fhnd overdrawn $514 76. G. W. Ooen was elected a member of the school board to succeed Delos Thompson. The vote stood: Coen, 3; G. K. Hollingsworth, 2. W. B. Austin filed a remonstrance against the sidewalk on Olark and Madison streets. Referred to- street oomipittee. It was ordered that the insurance on the city hall be renewed in the sum of S2OO and on the contents to the amount of S3OO. Also that the hose cart and building near the depot be insured for S3OO. The contract for the city coal was let to the Victoria Mining Go., of Linton, at $2 60 per ton, mine ran, f. o. b. cars at Rensselaer. A petition was presented by J. W. Horton et al asking that Franklin street be narrowed to 66 feet at the south end for the distance of one block and that the extension of Plnm street on the north side of Weston park be established at 30 feet. The object of the petition is to make Weston park larger in case the Carnegie library should be built there. CORPORATION FUND.

Mrs. John Jones, boarding smallpox patients io 67 Wm. Guss, special police. 4 5° A. Simpson “ “ 375 John Huffman** ** 3 00 Joe Hoover “ “ ...., 300 Fred Stocksick, special police. -^. ... 2 25 John Ramey “ “ 975 Wm. Childers “ “ 10 50 John Summers “ “ 6 75 Bert Goff “ “ 6 00 Fred Parcels “ “ . 4 50 J. McConahay “ “ ....... 300 Roy Stephenson “ “ ....... 150 Harve Moore “ “ 1 50 B. F. White “ “ 3 00 John McClanahan “ “ 6 00 C. H. Vick “ “ 9 00 C. Caruthers “ “ 4 SO Jas. Thompson *• “ 7 50 J. W. Speaks “ “ 3 00 W. P. Clark “ ** I 00 Sunderlan Bros. “ “ ....... 1950 Wm. Parks, hauling I 00 A. F. Long. merchaiqj|MflP*t 73 F. E. Babcock, printing. 2 50 G. E. Murray, merchandise.. 3 30 A. R. Kressler, telephone messages.. 1 30 Warner Bros., supplies 28 70 B. H. Dillon, salary 45 00 F. M. Abbott, marshal 45 00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Warner Bros., 5upp1ie5............ 612 Parke Co. Coat Co., coal. 56 70 C. Hansen, blacksmithing 2 40 S. C. Chamberlain, salary 37 50 C. L. Thornton, salary 25 00 Lem Huston, salary 25 00 Chas. Morlan, light dup. and postage. 19 50 J. H. Chapman, freight.. 108 80 ROAD FUND. Henry Luers, gravel 14 20 S. O. Baker, mowing 7 93 Chas. Seelman, mowing 8 55 Geo. McCarthy, work on street 9 00 C. Caruthers “ • “ “ ... 75 Frank Giver “ “ 0 ... 75 Tom Parker “ “ “ ... 4 80 Chris Sack, mowing park I 50 Frank McCarthy, work on bridge... 2 70 W.'T. Smith, city’s assessment Clark street 446 31 J. H. Chapman, freight 7 75 WATER FUND. E. H. Gordon, work on mains...... 9 80 . Martin Thornton, salary, 25 OO -Conrad Hildebrand, salary 25 00 H. Mueller Mfg. Co , water supplies. 25 08 Wm. Dilts, work on mains. I 40 Wm. T. Smith, city’s assessment on Clark street improvement, out lots 73 and 74 7500