Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1904 — THE COMMON COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The regular meeting of the city council was held Monday evening. G. A. Strickfaden was granted a city saloon license. The city treasurer whs instructed to get prices on a bond register and report to the council. The matter bf extra pay for making the special assessment duplicate was referred to councilmen Spitler and Irwin. The treasurer’s report for the month ending November 30th shows the following condition of the city’s finances: Water fund, on hand, $840.57; corporation fund, on hand, $126.65; electric light fund, on hand $195.25; road fund, overdrawn, $6.80. Orders have been presented and not paid for want of fund as follows: Road, $804.16; corporation, $1951.13; electric light, $836.35. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. B. H. Dillon, night watch i 45.00 F. M. Abbott, salary 22.50 Leslie Clark, printing- 1.50 S. B. Jenkins, firing 65 H. L. Gamble, city engineer 1.80 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Roy Stevenson, Work on line 19.24 Victoria Coal Mining Co., coal 245:05 General Electric Co., supplies 26.41 Western Electric Co., supplies 47.28 J. L. Adams, hauling..'. 3.50 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50.00 Lem Huston, salary 30.00 C. L. Thornton, salary 30.00 Chas.Morlan, making light duplicate.. 5.00 Rush A Warren, labor and material... 6.65 Hiram Day, brick and cement 9.90 J. H.Chapman, freight 153.53 WATER FUND. Conrad Hildebrand, salary 90.00 The Gould Co., pipe 15.45 Marion A Payne, water tap 15.40 Roy Thomas, work on main...... 2.25 Ed Randle, work on main 3.55 H. L. Brown, paint for tower.... 7.50 road fund. Frank Rowan, work on street... 9.00 Geo. McCarthy, work on street. 9.60 Roy Thomas, work on street 4.06 Ed Randle, work on street..., 1.35 Ernest Cockerell, work on street—.... LC D. H. Yeoman, crushed roek 5.15 J. H. Chapman, freight..... ILO3 Bette* see those Misees and children’s ooats at Bowles & Parkera befor’e their Xmas presents. Prices we/e never so low. Bead The Democrat for news.