Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1908 — THE CITY COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met in regular session Monday night, with Councilman Gerber absent. The water and lights will be furnished to the Monon railway for S3BO a year, with penalties for waste to be fixed hereafter. W. F. Smith ft Co’s, bid of 76 cents per lineal foot for stone street on Van Rensselaer street frdm Grace to Harrison, and from Cornelia to Susan was accepted, and a bid of 75 cents from Susan north to College Road was &Ibo accepted. The street committee was empowered to employ anyone they saw fit to superintend the street improvements.

A sidewalk was ordered on Cedar street on petition of Anna R. Mills. City employes will get a week’s vacation annually hereafter with pay. While it is not so stated, the presumption 1b that the taxpayers cgn help themselves to a week’s vacation also and with pay or not as they see fit. The superintendent of the light plant and the chairman of the street committee were ordered to investigate the dynamos and report their finds to the council. A loan of $1,200 was made from the light fund to the corporation fund at 4 per Cent., this being to take up outstanding orders that bear 6 per cent. Following claims were alloweO: CORPORATION FUND. E M Thomas, salary nt Watch $25.00 W 8 Parks, same, marshal. . 30.00 Babcock Fire Ex. Co., supplies 1.20 Healey ft Clark, printing.... 10.25 B F Fendig, supplies 3.25 G B Porter, 5ame.......... 2.12 H L Gamble, engineering... 31.00 Leo Colvert, ass’t. same..... .75' Sherman Parks, same 2.40 Mose Leopold, ex. lire C 0... .25 A J Harmon, insurance.... 39.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, salary.... 50.00 Mel Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same... 30.00 Western Electric Co., supplies 88.38 Gen. Elec. Co., same 22.55 Shirley Hill Coal Co., c0a1..208.44 Sullivan Oil Co., 0i1........ 9.18 Roy Stephenson, work on line 2;80 G B Porter, mdse, light plant 1.24 B F Fendig, same 1.45 Mose Leopold, freight 73.90

ROAD FUND. C Zea. labor with city team.. 30.00 William Nowels, mowing sts. .14.00 Marion Smith, work on streets 29.75 C W Platt, work on sewer. . 11.25 O S Baker, mowing streets. . 2,60 Conrad Kellner, haul’g l’ber 12.00 Fred Stocksick, sup’t’g streets 14.50 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkinß, salary.. 30.00 C W Platt, work on main.. 5.50 80-16 quart Michigan fancy Huckleberries this week. Leave your order. Chicago Bargain Store.