St. Clair County
Remnants Of The Past

Appleton City Board of Aldermen Meeting, January 1909

Appleton City Tribune
5 January 1909

Board of Aldermen Met in Regular Session Monday Night.

The city fathers met in regular Monthly session Monday night with the Mayor and five aldermen in attendance.

The collectors report for month showed collections as follows:

General Fund:
Real Estate … $438.72
Personal … 536.37
Poll Tax … 8.00
Licenses … 9.75
Total: $1037.66

Electric Light:
Beaver reported … $204.70
Taxes … 305.79
Sinking Fund … 306.78
Total … $816.27

The Treasurer's report showed the following funds on hand:

General Fund … $1037.66
Electric Light … 513.44
Sinking Fund … 334.89
Cemetery … 103.00

The following bills were allowed:

Logan Moore Lumber Co. …$34.00
Thos. W. Ditty ordinance … 25.00
Klien Bros. two comforts … 2.25
B.T. Pratt commission … 38.00
S.S. Braonan blacksmithing … 2.50
Ed. Myers salary … 10.75
Ed. Koeller tax books etc. … 30.15
J.A. Rains lineman … 1.95
H. Byrd labor … 2.50
A. Owens … .50
John Klienker helper at plant … 15.00
Mann Bros. coal … 118.60
Beaver Bros. lamps … 5.35
E.A. Beaver salary … 75.00
English Iron works … 10.32
Standard Oil Co. … 12.54
Interstate Oil Co. … 21.20
B. and R. Electric Co. … 37.71
H.W. Johns Manville Co. … 10.23
Pete Bigelow old warrant … 38.72
Total … 542.93

Ordinance No. 33:

Be it ordered by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Appleton City, Mo., as follows:

Sec. 1 - All sidewalks in the city of Appleton City, Mo., shall be constructed of the kinds of material as provided in the next succeeding sections.

Sec. 2 - First-class sidewalks shall be constructed of cement and chats or crushed limestone, in proportion of six bushels of chats to one sack of cement, said walks not to be less than three and one-half inches thick and placed on a good even bed and finished with a good smooth surface and all sidewalks of the first-class variety shall not be less nor more than ten feet in width.

Sec. 3 - Second-class walks shall be constructed of good smooth flagstone not less that three inches thick and cut and fit so as to make close fitting joints. Said stones to be laid on a good substantial bed so when finished to present a smooth even surface.

Sec. 4 - Third-class walks shall be constructed of good hard burned or vitrified brick and placed on a good bed of gravel, sand or cinders, not less than three inches thick and curbed with bricks set on end. All joints must be well filled with sand so when finished to present a smooth even surface.

Sec. 5 - As soon as any wooden sidewalk becomes defective or dangerous so as to need repairing it shall be taken out and replaced with either concrete, stone or brick according to section two, three and four of this ordinance.

Sec. 6 - All sidewalks except first-class sidewalks shall be at least four feet in width.

Sec. 7 - This ordinance to take effect and be in full force on and after its passage and publication.

Sec. 8 - All ordinance or parts of ordinance not in conformity to this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Amendment.

All walks on Main or Fourth Street shall be First Class and all walks on Main or Fourth Street between Poplar, Chestnut Avenues, shall be ten feet wide and graded According to Sec. 4 of Ordinance No. 33. Section 3 and 4 of this Ordinance is to take the place of Section 5 and 6 of Ordinance 33.

Read the 1st time Sept. 17, 1908; read the 2nd time Oct. 7, 1908; read the 3rd time Jan. 4, 1909.

Ed Koeller, City Clerk
F.J. Pairn, Mayor