Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — The City Council. [ARTICLE]

The City Council.

Monday night was regular semimonthly 'concil meeting night. All present except the mayor and Conncilman Murray; Councilman Spitler, president of the council, presided. The street committee was ordered to have two cement street crossings constructed one across Angelica that near E. L. -Clarks place on Van Rensselaer street, and the other across Division street, at the south side of Washington neai Henry Harris’s place. Also three brick crossings, one across Division, near M. F. Chilcote’s and J. W. Williams, residences, one across Weston street, on Angelica street, near James Flynn’s. The treasurer’s report dated Aug. 14th wasapproved. Balances en hand: Corporation fund sß3ll. 94; Road fuhd, $625.83 Light fund $1053.69, water $987.12 special addition fund, $200,70. The city health officer called attention to the malodorous state of very many pig pens around the city, and was directed to have the same cleaned and purified. A number of claims were acted upon Favorably.