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in the United states Fidelity ' Ouarant•y Co, eras approved on motion of Walker.
Sureri_2tardent of Streets c'a snr asked that tl e city council adcr t a wa;;e
scale and tl.e matter wan referred fo the str?o:t coi,mittce.
Flijah. Frost rude venal r:otest eL:ninst la. for a part of a certain drain
ditch from the Water 71orLe TRrrk and tte matter vian r:ferrod to tie T'ark committee.
Toted, on notice. of Adarr.s tl at couno11 adjourn until °Sonday evening, "ay 22,
1911.
Monday, x "ay 22, 1911. Council mdt in re;,ular session rurrnant to adjournment
with i.4ayor Orirfiths, and ro?anoilmen A -tam, Adar,s, Bardsley, '?teunenber•L
"=talker, Zeh, rresent; Shorl,, Clerk.
Reporting on the nark natter, l.l:e park committee asked ?or more time.
TI e. street committee reported that it aould be cLraper and l:row'ely better for
the city to OFirnis: "r•s, Vas Jensen witl free xatnr for irrigation purposes than to
put in two culverts. Voted, on motion of ,',el, that ifrs. Jensen be furnished free
,rater from the .eater raorks nyst =m in r�xcass of "'1.00 ler• month, durinL; the irrigation
season and culverts be not lift in.
Palace Livery Tarn, througl the_ street eomn ;ittsa, nal;e.i ti,a counratl tb have the
Caldwell rower Co, to so adjust their wires through the alley back of the barn as not
to interfere with the loading, or hay into the l aymow of tl:^ harn. The committee was
liven more time to ndjtast this rre:tt,er.
Elijah Front, agreed to grade dorrn 71aball Avenue hoar Y.is place .vitYout cost to
the city lrcvid ±l ',. -_ ct% will wive l.im a iigl - er grade for his side.valk at the north
end and will give him the une of su ^L Iirt as he needs, and the street committee re-
cormendnd that thi he tone. Voted, on motion of Zeh, that tl a recommendations of
the street corrmAttee Le approved.
Voted, on motion of "' alker, that the street cormittee be authorized to purchase
tlsee King; dr•u
'I , j 'ollovaing rasolu!:ion was int.ro•.luce r 1,y "al., and on: Motion of ',Volker, adortec
"Resolved, 72at the City rlark is lerebv instructed to notify, in writing, each
and every Lank doing bu•sinesa in t]_e City of Caldwell that seal ad bids will lei ree.eived
1 June 5, 1911, before 5 p, e„ by the "a; +or and Council for the <s. ra and ?ceeping
of the city rrontya, according to tl,e l.rovisions of Ordinance No. 147, of said city, and
the council res the ri;::ht to reject any and all bide ".
The cemetery corrrittee r-ported that the fence around the cemetery sho +ild be
the bluff on the north and east, sites, that the lots ought to be staked out to conform
to tl,a plat, ;:dotted by the city and that the ground north of the old cemetery rlat
ourl.t to be �;rubhed of sa Voted, on motion of Rardslay that the cey.ater;
cor.irittee Le autLori real to carry ou'. plans sue,- sted.
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The Fire and Building Cot- mit+ee reported that t�,e Firemen wanted a double
40- gallon chemical engine, a half do %:en rubber coats and Late and a half dozen hydrant
wrenches, and asked for furtl.er time to consider the matter of the coats, hats and
chemical engine, but recommended that the wrenches be p±archaeed at once. "oted, oh
motion of F9alker, tLat corrnittee be authorised to purchase the wrenches,
The Mayor presented a request iron: the Continental Oil Co. asking permission
to erect two storage tanks, one for oil and one 'or gasullne, on the Creeon Short Line
right of way between ThirteentL and Fourteenth Aver:ues. Voted, on motion of 7.eh, that
the request of the Continental Oil Co. be granted, and that the Company be given the
permission as prayed for.
Personal bond of the American national Bank in the sum of .r "15,000,00 to
secure the city deposits was read. Vote on motion of : ?eYc, that the bond be accepted
and filed.
The building committee reported that t! E! Luildings complained of in the
petition of Olive 14. Barrington, et al, had been investigated by them an-1 it found that
none of the buildings were connected will the sewer and tt_erefore, unsanitary, and
recommended that the barn be cleaned up and the toilet connected with the serer. Voted,
on motion of 1., that the report of the committee be approved and their reco=enda-
tions be enforced by the prober officers,
The matter of l:rocr,rhg "auto" tags was referred to the finance core.ittee.
The matter of keeping the £urnance roou. free fror. uater was referred to the
building committee.
Voted, on motion of SteunenberS, that Council adjourn
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