Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1899 — The City Council. [ARTICLE]

The City Council.

The sum of S3OO was transferred from the corporation fund to the street fund, to be used in repairing streets and making cossings. The city attorney was directed to prepare an ordinance requiring owners of property abutting on the river to keep the river channel free of Willows. The condition of the channel below Western cemetery is specially aimed at. A little more cement walk was ordered on Franklin street to carry it to the railroad- As previously ordered the north end of the walk was in the air, so to speak. The matter of substituting larger transformers on the business circuit was discussed and the electric light committee was authorized to investigate and take action if thought best. It is claimed by an electric expert that SSOO a year on coal bills can be saved by the use of larger transformers. The 20 firemen who were present at the tecent Front street fire were allowed $2.50 each for their good work that night, and to partly compensate them for the damage the water, dirt and smoke did to their clothing. It was decided to run special wires from the telephone and engine house to the water and light station so that in case of fire, quicker action can be got on the fire alarm screecher. A gong will be put in at the water and light station, and a button will -be pressed at the telephone central or the engine house, and the gong at the light station will do the rest. The Commercial State Bank was authorized to build an eight inch sewer in the alley in block nine, from the rear of the bank to connect with B. Forsythe’s sewer. Thirty-five claims were allowed.