Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1904 — City Council Corrals Chickens. [ARTICLE]

City Council Corrals Chickens.

The City Council had its regular bi-monthly meeting Monday night. A somewhat stormy and tumultuous session was anticipated on account of an expected Makemself sewer raid; but the aggrieved parties had gone and generally shot off all their magazines of invectives previous to the meeb ing, so that none was left to use at that time, and therefore it was quite a tame affair. -. J t ere wasqu ite a 1 arge delega • tion of the sewer people present and the matter of the supposed insufficiency of the ditch whs calmly discussed. The action taken was to order the sewer committee to lay additional sewer pipes, above the regular sewer, through the streets where ibe old ditch ie filled up, and this will allow the water which accumulates in the still unfilied parts of the ditch to pass eff, More catch basins were ordered in the sewer, north of the railroad. As several of the catch basins already in, which stood above the present level of the ground have already been lowered, it is now hoped the sewer will do more satisfactory wois.

The much agitated question of a chicken restraining ordinance was again under consideration, and the city attorney was ordered to prepare such an ordinance, for consideration at the next meeting Its scope will probably be to keep all chicken birds on your own side of the garden wall, while the gardeningseason lasts. Reports that roosters are to be prohibited from crowing, or bens cackling over the advent of an egg, seem to be unfounded.

Another somewhat revolutionary ordinance was ordered drawn up by the attorney. It will be designed to forbid the driving of big droves of cattle and other livestjck through the more crowded streets of the town; such as the business portions of Washington and Main streets. The city cotnmiesioners were directed to meet April 14th to to assess benefits and damages for the propcred alley through block 16, commonly known as the Methodist church block. Some .49 miscellaneous claims were considered and allowed,