Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — THE CUT COUNCIL. [ARTICLE]

THE CUT COUNCIL.

More Street Contracts Let lo T. J. Sayler & Co. The city council met in regular session Monday evening. A remonstrance against the improvement of Forest and Merritt streets was presented. The improvement of Merritt was contained but the contract for the Merritt street improvement was let to T. J. Sayler & Co. at 85 cents per lineal foot. D. J, Yeoman bid 90 cents. The improvement is to be but 12 feet in width, without curbing.

A petition was presented asking that improvement of River street be post poned. The petition was refused and the contract let to T. J. Sayler & Co. at $2.85 per lineal foot. D. H. Yeoman bid $2.90. The city commissioners were directed to make and report the assessments on September 16th on the Van Rensselaer and Cullen street improvements.

The contract for the Olty printing was awarded to the Rdpublican. A resolution was adopted ordering the construction of Makemself sewer. It is to be of 30 inch sewer pipe from Main street to the outlet and -21 inch from Main to the source north of t lie rail road. Bids will be received September 25th. The matter of repairing Washington street from Cullen to Division was referred to the street committee. The following bills were allowed: Charles Danford, repairs hose cart. . . 75 E. R. Hopkins, flushing sewer I 00 W. S. Parks, hauling fife apparatus, .. 1 Co Duvall Bros. •* “ “ ... ico CW. Duvall, “ “ “ . 75 H. L. Gamble, services engineer. ... 29 10 Chase Shead assistant engineer 3 00 John Turner, work on street 3 00 Wm. H. Stephenson, work on street,. 225 Chas. F. Seelman, •• “ “ . . 585 Bert Campbell,' “ “ “ . . 300 Frank Weber, “ “ . 1 co Willard Shields “ •• 1 50 Bruce Hardy “ “ “ . . 750 J. A. Ramey “ “ “ 9 00 Dorset Brooke “ “ “ . . 135 Alvin Simpson “ “ “ .. 135 Chas. Osborn “ “ “ . . 135 Scott Richardson “ “ “ tie Ed Miiis <• •« «. ;; , 50 T. J. Sayler & Co. repairing Washington street 127 65 T. J. Sayler & Co. repairing Washington streets 4 57 Ed Randle, repairing Washington st. . 8 to W. Simons “ “ st.. 750 Geo. W. Martin, work on street ... 840 Ross Benjamin “ “ “ ... 660 G. Ross “ •< << si o John Turner “ «< “ 507 Wm. Campbell “ *• “ 360 J. Harshberger “ “ “ 360 Albert Marshall “ “ “ 285 G. Ross 01. << Gen. Electric Co. balance on dynamo. .366 67 James B. Clow & Son, wrench 66 M. Banstin & Co., carbons 9 00 Rensselaer heed & Fuel Co. delivering , coa l 24 00 C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Aug. Ic. 1000 Peter Giver . “ “ “ 15 22 50 Emery Mills, work on line 21 50 D. E. Hollister, salary 22 50 Manville Covering Co. packing...”... 4 50

All kinds of wagon and buggy repairing done at 0. Hansen’s wagon shop. Aus. Moore, who has been prospect - ing in the west, has concluded to remain in Jasper county. He has purchased of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Rensselaer, her 440 acrt, farm in Barkley township, near' where he formerly owned a farm. The consideration was sl4 per acre. Instructions to truancy officers of Indiana, under the new law, are being sent out from the office of the State board of charities. The new statute provides that the county shall pay for printing blanks and also for postage used by the truancy officers, in addition to salaries. Teachers and all other school officers are required to make such reports as truancy officers or boards of truancy or the department of public instruction may require. Township trustees or the school officials of cities and towns must furnish truancy officers on the opening day of a school year aAist of school children arranged alphabetically. The instructions call attention to the necessity for sufficient appropriations by county councils to enable truancy officers to do their work. The law in this respect is the same as the. former statute, which Attorney General Taylor construed to mean that neither county councils nor county commissioners could hamper the work of truancy officers by cutting off appropriation . There have been several decisions by circuit courts upholding the attorney general’s construction of the law.