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Home My WebLink About1914-12-18 MinutesF356 Regular Meeting City Council held December I8th I9I4. - -- - Present- Mayor-, •C-ler.;-A-ld;Cravens-,- Ras on-,--Ph--ill-ips-,-P-r-ice-.and-Stevens,.Ald Cornwell.------ -_- absent..-- - - -M.inutes-of__thP,,__previous__met6.ting-vra:.s-read__and-approved. _-__ - • _______ - ___ ___-A _communication from the Eureka Fire Hose Co, to Chief Dugga.ns in regard to Fire Hose that was purchased was read and upon motion of Ald Price that the matter be referred to the _rt board of Control, which was duly Sec by Ald•Stever.xs Motion czarried, Mr. Johnson, repreenting the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. ores present and addressed th tle Council in regard to selling the City A Adding Machine, 'FJherupon Ald Priced moved that b the Mayor appoint a Committee to investigate the proposition ofpurchasing s. -Adding -Machine-- ` which -was duly -Sea- by-Ald-Cravens-mot'ion- carried,Comm-ittee-appo-inted-Ald Price;Cravens,--&--- - --- Stevens -c-- Mr:-Putman-wars-present--and-adressed-the-Coune-it-in-r-egard--to-the C.i.ty-grant.in ---- _a. f.r-oanshise---Lo-the-Faisco,e-to-put-in-a-Spur Track-on_E.or_th W.e,at_S.tr_ee_t. __The-following-r-eports_of the various Officals for the month of November was pepotted as being examined and found to be correct by the Finance Committee, Towit: Chief of Police Fines.Col $56.25, License Col. $227.50, House rent Col. $23.00, Total Col. $306.75, Police I1� Judge Fines $56.25, Delinquint Street Tax $20,00, Total Col. $76.25, H.Sour, Supt,Water Flan 11 Money expended $I99975, Money Col I004.97,John`Zilla.h Money expended f296.85,Ed Allison _- Col $32.50 , Report- of Chief Duggana ie as follows Expense for F -ire Dept- "- -- 2Collars-and'"Iiames -- $40-.-00- Rein snaps 2.00 ---- 2 Autimat-ic-Halter-straps --- -8.00-- --------- --- -- ----- - - - - Express& message I.50 Lee Poore asisting train Team I8.00 _-_Lamp.Uet socket 2 2.10 5ale.of Team. .$225.00 . John Zillah feeding Team ICFOO-- Leas -- - -85.-60 Total 85.60 Bal 139.40 „ --- -The -following-is-the-report-of -the Auditor -of -the -Water -Plan -t--- - ------ Fa,yetteville, Arkansas, --» ---- -- ---- -- -- --- Yjovernber 3r-d.-I9I4..--- -- To the Honarable Mayor and Council, II Gentlemen: Below I submit a report showing the financial conditioh of the City Water Plant on September 30th I9I4 and an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures for the months of July, August ;sand September as per the records in Supertendents Office.this day: Amount collected during quarter for water rentals $3855..50 __Del- inquint list on September 30th /I4 372.20 $4227.60 Dr- __ To cash on hand on July Ist I914 122•I2 -" - To Water rental coTlectione for quar�'er 3855.-40- ------- To refunH from Fay. & Gas & Elect Co, 48.00 --------T'o-Money-advanced-by-0ounc l--f-or-emergen cy 350..00-- - -- µ' .To collections water.rental from meters I24.00 -- -----To-money-bor-r-ow.ed-from-Counail.(Elect.._ Co._)_ 720._35___ To money collected on sale of meters 20.00 $5239.87 -Cr- By money paid over to City Treasurer $ 3820.02 ------------------ - - � By -water b iTl to-K-C.-B•M-R'.-R-Co. 2 .- 9--------- --- -- --- Ey refund to Walter McCart on Meter Acct. 2.50 ---- --Py-expend-i to r e s -a t-pump-ste: t -i -o n I0 5. -00 ----- By bill from Fay Ga.s& Elect. Co. 720.35 -- --By--pajmments-of-ine-inden.tal-b.ill.s-approved _240.38,- __$5I15.39 - -- - Cash on hand September 30th I9I4 „ 124.48 The_ -$720.-3b ment ioned in the above receipts was loaned to the C ity Water Plant --by-the Council for the purpose of paydng the Fayetteville Gas & Eleetric Co for pumping water. Signed , - � - -- --- ---- ---- - E-L-Nettleship- ---- °------ ----?icy--annual report-of0at. I -s -t-19 I3-ohowed-ov.e.r dfaf-t-of__$35.,-9.3_whil.e._the_Supertendent- - - repo rt--showed-an--over-draf-t-of-onley-$I6...88_or_a_d.if.fer_ence of $I8, 95. The Superdentent has -. ---gone_-ov.er--h.ie__r.#{f#-####'#.#/ records from April Ist - I3 to Oct. Ist -I4 and foundseveralsmall errors--,vrhich_ correct his balance on hand October Ist _I4 to $)I05.53 - �3W1{N Report of City Trea.suerer for the Month of November I9I4. Pa#0#0 it. General Fund. Received.__. - Nov 3 Ba 453. Fit 30th Ed Allison 32.50 --' --Dec I-W7A-Gregg- due to the contamination of the water supply. 250.50 W.F.Stirman 56.25 neighborhood we have had but two cases reported from there.this year. It is our purpose to - - - Interest- on -Fire -Fund 5'4-00 11 on General Fund 25.09 :,.----- Stre.e.t:Fund 28.-67— typhoid organism. This matter has been taken up with the laboratory and it is hoped by Paid Out. isburements 842.aI Bal 66.52 900 _ .83 �-�J00.83 -`- Dec Is BaT" ---------- N0v-3 iia -1- 7 ',4.L.Crouch I4. 50 ----- --- -_�14_ .l!.L..Cr-ouch---- - 12.-00- -- ---- 21 u a 5.00 _ _1128 -Red Cross Drug -St ore._I8.40 Disbur-smen-ts- I9 --- Dec I 19. F. St irman 20,00 . . . ' Nov 3 Bal 47.79 -7-1 .-;our249.-39 10 11 11 I70, 73 14 11 11 OnA h7 Nov I Fial Dec I C. Dec 1_ 7I9 64 15.00 150156 -II733 Disbursements I064.05 357 Fire Fund. ever i)rai t I I. z I877,.58 Disbursements 8.-00— _,,n - S.Dugs I39.40 Bal 2008.98 20I6. 98 -`~- -'-"?n r� oii Total Amount Cash on hand all Funds $ 2I3< Respectfully submit Marcus Hulse. _—_--- The-f-ol-lowAng-report-of the-Ci-t-y-H-ea-lth-Of-f-icer-f-or-the-month-of-November-wa:s-read,---- There has been less sickness during this month than for any two preceeding monthzs - -- - - o£--this-year.-The-follow-in'g--cases-have-been-repo'rted-and--invest-iga-ted; the-d-iagnos is -being - verified and such presautions a.s.were found necesary were instituted in each case. ------"------- - Pe1-La;gra-I-case; Dipther-iae-3-cases-,Typhiod-Fexer L_case.,_?fle_.hay.e_examan. ed the___ throat swabs in two cases of ty##### Diptheriea and one for quarintine purposes. - ---.-,---On-ace.o.unt_ofhaving-no-proper cul_t_ure media the other two cases could not be examined. in ome case the diagnosis of typhoid fever was comfir.med by labortory test andin o one suspected reported case the diagnosis was not confirmed by the same teat . Two fumigations for diptheriae have been carried out; Onesuspected-caseof-dilther'i$ was examined and reported negative. Two cases of diptheriae have been deen with the Counp �ISlhereupor_ Ald Cravens moved that the reports as read be rece was duly seconde by A a, motion carrea. " The following accounts against-the-C-ity-was-rspa ted -as -b ea away, -`--`--be-correct by -the- a:ud-i-t-ing-committee,—T-ow-it: Fay-Lbr&Cement-C.o..-$I47..5.7-,_Democ W. T&Tel. CoSuI. 75 Gas& ElectCo.$258.50, 19.F.Stirman$1.054 Lewis pro. Coat12.480 .John Skillen $ 7.00, R.L.Fulton$3"001 J.E Myler$22.2I, Smith_Grieves Co -2---50, ---------- -- -- n Cdl Y11 V111{i G1 . ' The condition of the Rose Hill district of thds City has always been considered a —-menace--to-the-heEith-of-the-town .-The-wa-ter-supply-t.o-th.is-por-tion-of-.the-town-is-found t,o- be almost exclusivly from dug wells. These wells are,in nearly every instance walled with ----- loose-s.t.one-and-the-s.urfa.ce wal.l-i,s-fl.ush with the ground permitting contamination of the worst sort. Typhoid has remained endemic in this section for years and in ouropinion is due to the contamination of the water supply. This belief is borne out further from the R --- -------- - fa-st that by careful attention to the disposal.—of deject from existing cases in-thxt neighborhood we have had but two cases reported from there.this year. It is our purpose to -- - to ha:v`e the water from eacYi well examined-a'nd-have-every-well-showing-contam-ina-t-ion ma -rid - ed as unfit fat use. In addition the law applying to the construction of out door clo :,.----- �—sets -should-be-en-f-or.ced-there-as-i-t-is-f-rom-these-that-the_w.ells_ar.e_lar.gely inf_ected_w-iti- typhoid organism. This matter has been taken up with the laboratory and it is hoped by ----------- -spr-ing--t.o-hale-tha.t_part_of the-C.ity in -a much better sanitary condition. In additoin to the work here the Health Officer has attended a meeting of state health officers Little This being the second such conference. The meeting was largely a.tk _in__Rock. attented. and many matters relating to general sanita.ion were d-iscussed. Among other things were new regulations relating to canning and preserving of fruits e - --" '--- - hia applying to this-secvion of -the -state -perhaps -more -than -any -other. The following births and deaths have been recorded this month. --B-irths-IO,-Deaths-4,Causes-of-deaths-;Cerebral-hemorrhage--I.,-Acute-bronchi.t.is-I., Dysentery I,Pulmonary tuberculosis I. -----------^--Several-minor-oompla-in-ts-have-been-looked-af-ter-a.nd_o.ther work -relating to vital statist ice has been carried out. One dairy has been inspected this month. �ISlhereupor_ Ald Cravens moved that the reports as read be rece was duly seconde by A a, motion carrea. " The following accounts against-the-C-ity-was-rspa ted -as -b ea away, -`--`--be-correct by -the- a:ud-i-t-ing-committee,—T-ow-it: Fay-Lbr&Cement-C.o..-$I47..5.7-,_Democ W. T&Tel. CoSuI. 75 Gas& ElectCo.$258.50, 19.F.Stirman$1.054 Lewis pro. Coat12.480 .John Skillen $ 7.00, R.L.Fulton$3"001 J.E Myler$22.2I, Smith_Grieves Co -2---50, ---------- -- -- 353 The following accounts against the City ."later Plant being reported as correct was read Towit: Sandford&Son $10.00, Democrat Pub.Co. $I.08, { E.L.I,ettleship $I3.50, S,Vl,T:&Tel. Co.$9.50 -- ---Nall Ark:ybr:Co:$3:90-Bond-&-?Fulhoiland-,$•3:33-i'enty-E-:'Aorthi25.----ngton -$2: - I --�------�7her-eupon-Ald-P-r-ice-moved-tho-t-the-Acco.un.ts-as-r_ead_b.e_allo.vr.ed-and-war_r.ants—b.e—drawn--_ forsame, which was duly sec by Ald Cravens, thefolmwing'vote taken Ayes Ald Cravens.Eason i - I ' Phillins and Stevens, Nayes None Absent and not voting Ald Cornwell, t?otion carried. ,Price j Ald Phillips intoduced an Ordinanse granting the Fricoe a Franshise to put in a spur Track on North ',Vest Street, Moved by Ald Price that the rules be suspended and the Ordinance be placed on its second reading, which was duly see -by Ald Stevens, resulted in the following vote, I r- Ayes, Ald Cravens,Eason,Phillips, Price. and Stevens, Nayes None Absent and no£—votin gAld - Cornwell, motion carried- - -- -- '-�tVld�Phillips-moved-that-the-rules-be-further-suspended-and-the-Ord-inance-be-pl-aces-on-its- -- - ( _third and last read-ing-which-wa.s--duly_sec-by A1dCrauens.,_resul.t.ed_in-the_-follo!a-ing v.o-te.,_Ayes- Ald Crave:.ns, Eason. Phillips, Price and Stevens, Nayes-None Absent and not voting Ald _--_- ;,uestion is now shall the ordinance be passed, which was adopted by the foiling vote, Ayes, Ald Cravens, Eason, Phillips, Price and Stevens, Vayes none, Absent and not voting Ald ' Cornwell, Ordinanse passed, A Copy is as follows: - ORDINANCE-NUhMEE-340. --An_or.d.inan.ce-t.o_gran.t._t.o the-S.t_Louis a.n i ran-F_rano_iseoe Railroad Compa_n y_, its successor9 lessees and assigns.to construct, main ta.in and operate•a rail road track over,acaoss and upon e portion of North :Vest Street, in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. BE IT ORDAINEDby the Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, -----"--Sec.t.ion-I.._Tha.t_the-St_ho.uis-and-San-Franciscoe-Railroad Company_, its successors, lessees_ _ and assigns.is hereby granted the right and authority to construct, maintain and operate a railroad track upon a portion of North `,9east Street, in the City of Fayeetville Arkansas, upon the location described as follows: Said track will extend in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction across said North � ?1est,Str`eet a d"istance of-tYiirt-nine('39)-feet-froe: pont-about-one-hundred-s-ixty(I60-)-feet- !' northerly, measured along the «est line of said North West Street from the north lineof - D-ie'kson-Sbreet-of-sa-id-C3-ty-of-Fayeety-i-lle-to-a-point-abou-t-one-bund-red-e-ighty_two-and-six- i tenths (I82.6) feet nor.thly measured along the east line of said West Street from the north line-of--Dickson-Stres.t ,afore sa.id.- -_ Section 2.That said Railroad Company in consideration of the right of way herein set ---' - _ forth agrees and is hereby required to construct and maintain said track in such a manner as not to impede the usal travel on said street and further, that said Company shall at its own _ 1! part of -said -street over [- -- expense ,ma.ke all proper and suitalile crossings on said-std###Y,1lr which sais track will pass and to perform all nesespary labor to make the grade to conform -vim - - to t'rie grade-of`sai:d-ra-ilsva:y-cross-in-g. --- Sect-ion=3.-�llo•rk-of-plac-ing-said-track-acr.oss-the_sa.id_19.e.e.t-S.tree.t-shall-not-commence— - until a permit is issued to said Railway Company to•do so, signed by the Mayor and Chairman of_the�atreet_Cotnmittee�of the said. City ql ebteville. N Section 4, That this ordinance be in force and affect from and after its passage, --- app- rovaland publicanion and ill o`rd-ina.nces or part therof-in conflict -herewith -be -and -the - same are hereby repealed.. - Approved. Attest. -- - --T"om Tay-boe; D., E...ErAden.thal-, • Mayor. Clerk. p This ordinance passed and approved this"I8th day of December 1914, -- -- - - Publieh ed in the FayetteviTl Democrat December I9tYi I9I�i.- - - iroovewd-by Ald-Stevens-which-was-sec-by-Ald-Ph-i-1-lips , to-adjourn-subject-to-ca-1-1-.-ca-rr-ied-.-- . -Appred. Attest Mayor* Clerk,