Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1902 — THE CITY COUNCIL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CITY COUNCIL.

The Mllroy Ground to be Purchased for a City Park. The city council met in regular session Monday evening with ail members present. The Ladies’ Literary Society reported $958 subscribed toward the purchase of the Mllroy property facing the Washington street bridge tor a public park. On motion of Counoilman Ferguson it was voted that the city purchase the plat of ground for a publio park tor the city and that It be called Mllroy park. Said purohase to be.subjeot to a good title made to the oity by the grantors at theprioeof SI9OO, provided the subscriptions of the citizens be raised to the amount of SI,OOO, the said amount to be collected by the Ladies’ Literary Society or their order, and that the oity be able to make such terms for the payment of the S9OO as will be satisfactory with the present condition of the finances of the oity. The balance of tfie money will be raised at once and the grounds purchased. J. O. Carmichael was granted permission to erect an iron covered frame boilding on the ground in the rear 6f the Horton bnilding. A petition for an aro light at the creamery bridge was referred to the light committee.

The city attorneys made a report upon the remonstrance of W. H. Eger et al, in regard to the Plum street side walk ordered at a previous meeting. He reported that the council had the right to order suoh improvement. Therefore the walk win have to be built, but the council has given the property owners permission to repair the walk, with the understanding that the new walk is to be built in the spring. Ellls Walton made a proposition to sell a strip of his lot adjoining the city plant to the city for SIOO. The strip is forty-five feet in length and two feet in width and is at the rear of the lot. The proposition was rejected and the city attorney was instructed to make a written agreement with Mr. Walton to ratify a verbal agreement made with Councilman Parks, in whioh Mr. Walton agreed to arbitrate the matter. It seems in building the water tower part of the foundation and one of the legs of the tower extended a foot or two on Mr. Walton’s ground and the controvery is over this matter. An ordinance providing for the storage of oil and gasoline was passed. It is published in full elsewhere. The following bills were allowed: ROAD FUND. Hugh Burns, work on street i r Q Fred Stocksick, “ “ [r Q ay Zimmerman, “ “ » e im Wood, «« “ j s q ra Smith, “ ** Joe Ellis, hauling dirt. i 2Q ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND Chas. A. Schieren, new belt 112 65 H. Mueller Mfg. Co., water supplies.. 10 87 General Electric Co. electric supplies woi Central Electric Co. “ ** IO Park County Coal Co., coal. iq eo Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal. 75 20 A. L. Branch, coal and hauling..... 67 42 C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Oct 1 e.. vt cn Peter Giver •« «* C. L. Thornton “ « *‘ 2 | qq Ira Smith, work on line 3 75 • ’ Chapman, freight and express.. 275 70 . ud Adams, hauling poles 1 00 water fund. Conrad Hildebrand, salary 25 00 corporation fund. W. B. Peterson, painting and cleaning bridge...... 22 a, Jesse E. Wilson, Republican candidate for joint representative of Lake and Jasper counties, was born in Owen county, Indiana, in 1868, whioh makes lint 85 years of age, being brought up on a farm, where he remained until of age, dividing his time between farming and teaohing until he had earned sufficient money to pay his way through Indiana University, graduating from the law department in 1895. Immediately after graduating he located at Rensselaer, where he began the practice of law. It is seen by this brief sketch that Mr. Wilson is a selfmade man In every particular, and reached his present position by hard work and determined effort, and, being a young man of sterling qualities, well educated and versed on all subeots of law, the people of Lake and Jasper counties will be admirably represented in the Legislature.—Lowell Souvenir. ** V

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