Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1908 — City Coucil Proceedings. [ARTICLE]

City Coucil Proceedings.

At the city council meeting Monday evening steps were taken to have a 4 foot cement walk built from Washington street to St Joseph’s college. The faculty of the "college have long desired a walk to the college and have made a proposition that has been accepted by the city and the walk will be -built at once. The college offers to construct that part of the walk in the corporation for 6 cents per square foot. Thq usual price is 10 cents. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for same and the walk will be built The college will at once begin the part of the walk along their real estate and will bid 6 cents per foot on the balance and if any contractor wants the work at a less price he is at liberty to bid on the work. The council approved a contract made with L. C. Klosterman, the civil engineer at St Joseph’s college, to act as city engineer during the absence of Engineer Gamble, and he may be eemployed permanently later. The fire company were allowed $1 each for being called out at the McKay alarm. The superintendent was instructed to repair a leak in the water pipe at the city halL An ordinance regulating the location of stone crushers was continued.

The street committee reported that they had contracteed with W. F. Smi.h & Co. for gravel from Van Rensselaer street to be used on each side of the stone on Cornelia street from Front to Division street at 25 cents per yard. Their report was approved. The following bills were allowed:

CORPORATION FUND. Chas. Morlan, salary $25.00 Healey & Clark, printing 3.50 Warner Bros., mdse. 2.42 E. M. Thomas, night watch __ 25.00 W. S. Parks, marshal 30.00 Geo. A. williams, attorney 50.00

ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, labor 30.00 Ray Thomas, work on sewer 6.00 O. S. Baker, mowing 7.88 Hale Grant, mowing L 75 Engene Smith,-work on street— 21.00 Ben Hansen, hauling lumber 12.00 Fred Hemphill, sewer caps 29.65 Warner Bros., mdse. 5.70 Fred Tyler, supt. Weston and Dayton streets 18.00 Light fund, interest 700.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlin, salary 60.00 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary 30.00 Warner Bros., mdse. 2.25 Moses Leopold, freight 61.22 Road fund 700.00