Budget System Get-O Waterloo Council Moves To Adopt
The Waterloo city council began placing municipal affairs on an approved budget system with department appropriations based on estimated needs for the year. E Howard reported fire department estimates from 1921, and all department heads will detail last year’s expenditures for review by the finance and purchasing committee. A smoke abatement ordinance was urged by the Woman's club, citing constant smoke from plants, churches, and schools. The ordinance committee and city attorney were to draft measures for early consideration. Charles McCoy was named to the police and fire commission, replacing Wirt Hoxie. Mrs C Sage as police matron and EB Baldwin as city scavenger were named. the scavenger ordinance was revised and bonds raised. Licenses for motor buses were granted. taxi licenses held for investigation. Chief of Police P M Walker’s leave was extended to May 4 1924, keeping him in civil service eligibility. Council addressed minor matters and discussed stop promiscuous dumping and paving petitions on Maly Street and Outer Williston Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
E. Howard
Fire Department
Finance and Purchasing Committee
Woman's Club
Sam Frank
McCoy
Civil Service Board
Edward H. McCoy
Police and Fire Commission
A. B. Gnagy
Wirt P. Hoxie
Hoxie
Walter P. Jensen
J. E. Brinkman
Scavenger
Gnagy
C. Sage
EB. V. Baldwin
Motor Bus Company
United Taxicab Company
P.M. Walker
James Register
Fourth Ward
City of
John Ehrig
Petition Aims At Using Municipal Courtroom For Band Rehearsals
A communication from James Pilson requests weekly access to the municipal courtroom for Vand rehearsals. The petition was referred to the police and public building committee for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pilson
Police and Public Building Committee
Navy Radio Veteran to Address Y Clubs in Lafayette and Grant
Charles Gordon Pelton, a Navy radio veteran and Waterloo native, will speak to the Lafayette Y club on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and the Colored Joys’ Y club at Grant School Friday night. He will recount his travels in Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, and other places, and explain wireless workings and radio phone benefits. Pelton is a Marconi Wireless School graduate who served as an instructor at naval stations in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. R. Clare Heald calls it the year’s best Y Club program. boys are invited to bring their friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gordon Pelton
Lafayette
Colored Joys
Grant School
Pelton
Russia
New Zealand
Australia
Chile
Pellon
Marconi Wireless School
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
R. Clare Heald
Mr. Pelton
Waterloo
Rat Bites Sleeping Babe in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Iowa on April 25 the baby boy of Mr and Mrs Orval McEliurry was bitten on the fingers by a rat while asleep. The hand swelled and a doctor administered antitoxin to prevent blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah, Ia
Orval McEliurry
Gurgon Street Parking Plan Sparks City Council Debate
City council discussed rising street clutter from more automobiles and proposed new regulations. Merchants complained about curbside car sales blocking access near hotels and public buildings. a 20 minute to one hour parking limit was proposed on business streets to keep traffic moving. Fire chief Nay Tier warned that double parking hinders emergency access and entry to stores. The council reversed prior action on road marking paint for traffic and parking spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge
Fourth Streets
Nay Tier
Ehier
City council debate over street painting expense
Council members differed on the spending for street marking. Bellon urged the project as cost effective while Merlin opposed the expenditure as extravagant. Thickalice cast the lone negative vote as Link's motion authorized the purchasing committee to buy white paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Merlin
Investi- Bellon
R. A. Thick Alice
Leon A. Link
Freed in killing of Hatfield saga shocks Welch jury
Welch West Virginia April 25. E Lively Buster Pence and Willan Sallers were found not guilty of the August murder of Sideld Mingo county miners leader Hatfield era. The case hinged on disputed testimonies and local strike tensions lingering from earlier confrontations.
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Geto Council
U. K
Zimmerman
Huck
Maly Street
Williston Avenue
Navy Radio
Gurgon Street
Alesmen
Antos Menace
Mark
Victrola
Reg
U.S
Pat
Victor Talking Machine Company
Den
New Jersey
Gooch
Hatfield
Mitt TV
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
Commercial
the New
Oakland
Ape
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