Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1909 — CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS INTERURBAN FRANCHISE. [ARTICLE]

CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS INTERURBAN FRANCHISE.

Home Telephone Franchise Pasted t« Second Rending—Gerber Votes Against Railroad Franchise. At..the. city council meeting Monday . evening, all members were present except Councilman Brown. The interurban ordinance was passed with one slight change, which provides for the number o£ freight cars to a train. Councilman Gerber voted against the franchise. The Home Telephone ordinance was passed to third reading, and the city clerk was instructed to write to the Western Electric company- for information regarding the common battery or magneto systems. The report of the superintendent of the Washington street improvement was approved and a resolution making the preliminary assessments was adopted. . The following claims were allowed: -r—Electric Light Fund— C. S. Chamberlin, salary $50.06 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary.... 30.00 Tull Malone, work on 1ine....’... 17.44 C. W. Platt, labor 1.5 t» Moran & Hastings Mfg. Co., sup. 8.82 Metropolitan Electric Supply Co., supplies 7. 60.73 Shirley Hill Coal Co., c0a1...„.. 94.88 W. S, Edwards Mfg. Co., sup 25.75 Fairbanks-Morse & Co.,rep pump 3.60 Western Electric Co., supplies.. 20.56 General Electric Co., supplies... 96.12 —Corporation Fund— W. S. Parks, mar5ha1........... 20.00 E. M. Thomas, night watch..... 25.00 Chas. Morlan, clerk,. , 25.00 Babcock Fire Extinguisher Co., hose couplings 27.00 L. C. Klosterman, engineer 11.10 Wm. Sullivan, assisting engineer 4.40 W. W. Merrill, secy bd of health 25.00 —Road Fund— Bert Campbell, labor city team.. 25 00 Earl Chestnut, work on street and hauling.';~r.'Ttr. . 2LOO I. N. Hemphill, work on street., f 75 J. C. Gwin & Co., sewer pipe,. 117.19 Maines & Hamilton, feed c'ty tm 65 16 W. F. Smith & Co., crushed rock 406 35 Smith & Kellner, cement work. .133.13 —Water Fund— Rd Hopkins, salary 30-00 Harve Mcore, work tv main .... “ 0