Minutes 04/11/1911 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Hon. C o,mmon ~o~ncil. -- ~omm=~tev respectfully reports Gentlemen: Your Cemetery ~ ~e ~ ~ ' ~e~erred to the Joint Cemetery Conm!Itvee larch I~2i,19!I: herein concerning the fo!~ow~ng matters ~ Referred by Co~mon Council ~arch 14th~ ~m~h ~utho~z~ to advertmse for bids to wn~vewasn the cemetery ~-~: ~ ~e report that we have so advertised and have received the ~o~owl~g bids therefor: Fmom S. k. Duvaii .................................. Peyton Rosser ................................. W. L; Bess .................................... ~0.0~,. o .oo. !1~.00~ Peyton Rosser being the lowest bidder, it is reconnnended that the contract be awarded him. Referred by Board of ~ldermen ~arch 21st. A proposition of Joe. A. Guthrie ~o sell the City a the Oak Grove Cemetery. Progress. .(Signed). strip of land owned by him on west ~. ~a. Johnson. Chairman C. C~ side of On motion, the recommended award to Peyton Rosser to:w~itewash 'the cemetery w~lts, for $87,.00. adopted by the following vote: Ayes--Corbitt, Hall, Hanvey, Brooks, ~oore. Baker, Johnson.- Leigh, Brinson, Reynolds. Cross. ~ithy~ Hawks, Hutchins, First. Ratters adopte~ by the Common Council ~reh i4th and referred to the Board of Aldermen for concurrence. 1. ,To appropriate $200 to the Sixth ~ard, out of the ~ard funds, to pay for its employment of a consulting engineer. 2. To appropriate $800 to the Seventh Ward. of the ~ard ~muds, for the employment of an engi- neer on its street improvements. 3. TO the ~p and 4- TO require all street work, hereafter done in the Sixth Ward. to be done in accordance with profile adopted therefor. authorize the Seventh Ward Local Board to advertise for bids to do street work. ~Iz of the above were concurred in. she Board of Aldermen concurred also in all reeommemdetions of oomaittees adopted by the Common Oouncil ~rch 14th. Second. Communications from the i~Iayor. "29th,, ~{arch, 1911. ~The Council:-- WGentlemen:-- "i would again respectfully ask that yo~ order the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to place safety gates at the point on South street west of Chestnut street.its tracks cross this street. "Recently there has been several narrow escapes from be~g run over by trains using this track. and to properly protect the public gates should be placed at the point above referred ~o. Respeo ~iMl~, Davis Reed, Mayor.~ an~ I believe it to be desirable that ~Respectfully, Davis Reed. on motion, the, ~mm~m~a~on;~o~. ~h~ ~ayor ~n regard to mafsty gates on South street west of ~hes~nu~ street, wes ~.eferrem to the ~omn~ Street $o~i~ee~ chat ~equesting ~e Go~onweezth~A~to~- ney to apply to the Court for a re-assessment of c~r~emn p~oper~, was adopted; that for sn increase of the ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ' re~er~ee to the~n~. Zalice Conferee, ~3that for the ~ssue solace Pores by four men, ~ ~ ~"-~ ~ ~' ~ ~' of licenses for keepi~ of restaurants, ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ e~=ne bourse, dc. to be subseo~ to the approval of the ed only on the approval of the Mayor. ~O~h~r cities have s~eh a requiremenz have the same.~ ~!Ith.. April, 1911. "The Counoil:-- "A question having been raised as to w~etner or not the Council had requested the 0ommonweaith~s Attorney to ask for an increase in assessments on such pieces of property as in the opinion of ~r. C. N. '~/mark~m were under assessed, 'and as the record does not show that such a request had been made ! would respectfully ask that the record be amended so az to show that such a request had been made. or if such should not' be the ease that you do now request such action by the Oommonwealth's A u ~At a meeting of the Board of Police ~omm~s~loners held s.p~ml lO, 1911, a full Board being pre- gent, it was resolved t~t the Council be petitioned to increase the Police ~orce fo~r .ps,re,men. "I would respectfully ask that your license t~ ordinance s~ail consider zhe gran~ng ~ l_~ense to restaurants, lunch rooms and eating houses, a personal privilege, and that such licenses be grant-