Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1908 — COMMON COUNCIL MEETING. [ARTICLE]

COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

The city council met in regular session Monday night, and the following business was transacted. On petition of St. Joseph College a sidewalk was granted on College road. L. C. Klosterman of St. Joseph College was appointed city engineer to act in the absence of H. L. Gamble. The city engineer’s report on Weston and Dayton streets was approved. / The firemen were allowed SI.OO each for services for the fire at O. H. Mclxay’s. A contract was approved with W. F. Smith & Co., for graveling Cornelia street at 25 cents a yard, the gravel to be put on the side of the stone now 1 there. It seems this contract was not executed until the w r ork under it had been done. £ leak in the water pipe at the city hall was ordered fixed by the city superintendent of water. Water waste had been going on here while city employes have been squabbling to determine who should mend the leak. • W The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. Chas. Morlan. sal., clerk.... $25.00 Healy & Clark, stationery.. . 3.50 Warner Bros., mdse 2.42 E. M. Thomas, sal., n’twatch. 26.00 W, S. Parks, same, marshal.. 30.00 G. A. Williams, city att’y... . 50.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea. labor with team 30.00 Roy Thomas, work on sewer 6.00 O. S. Baker, mowing streets.. 7.88 Eugene Smith, work on street 21.00 Benj. Hansen, hauling lumber 12.00 Fred Hemphill, sewer caps.. 21.00 Warner Bros., mdse 5.70 Fred Tyler, supt. streets.... 18.00 Light« Fund, loan to road fund 700.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary.... 50.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same... 30.00 Warner Bros., mdse.. 2.25 Moses Leopold, freight 61.22 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkins, salary.. 30.00 Frank Ellis,,work on main. . 3.00 Albert Wolfe, same. 4.00 Henry Fellmey, same 1.00 Warren Griggs, same J 5.60 Guy Ropp, same 7.00 John Makeever, reb’te on wat. 30.00 Moses Leopold, freight 4.53