Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1908 — City Council Proceedings [ARTICLE]

City Council Proceedings

All members were present at the city council meeting Monday evening. The light committee was authorized to purchase a car load of light poles. A resolution confirming the assessments on the narrowing of Rachel street was passed and the clerk was directed to certify the assessment to the city treasurer. The Jasper County Drainage Association, which owns the bed of the Iroquois river, again asked permission to deed the channel and the rock therefrom to the city. The council seems to regard the offer with suspicion and has referred the matter to the city attorney to ascertain the liability of the city in accepting the gift. _ The clerk was Instructed to keep all bills for expenses of the engineer and superintendent of streets that are under improvement separate that these expenses may be charged to the improvement The matter of purchasing a dynamo for the light plant was continued until the next meeting. The following bills were allowed: Corporation Fund. Healey & Clark, printing . . $1.50 John Eger, mdse fire company . 8.90 Chas. Morlan, salary clerk . . 25.00 11. L. Gamble, city engineer . . 29.90 Sherman Parks,assisting engineer 4.60 Frank McCarthy, ” ” 4.26 W. S. Parks, marshal .... 30.00 E. M. Thomas, nightwatch . . 25.00 Road Fund. Electric light fund, cinders . 59.26 Healey & Clark, printing . . . 9.00 Fred Stocksick, street supt . . 6.00 Chester Zea, labor 30.00 Eugene Smith, work on street . 22.76 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary . . 30.00 John Eger, mdse light plant . . 8.16 B. F. Fendig, lamps ... 109.98 Moses Leopold, freight . . . 29.10 WATER FUND Ed Hopkins, Balary 30.00 G. W. Goff, rebate on water . 1.66 Moses Leopold, interest water bond . . 947.36