1914-10-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes
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Title
1914-10-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes
Subject
Dana, Iowa; Town Council; regular session; R. G. Martin (Mayor); W. H. Kittell (Kittel); A. D. McGregor; Melvin Collins; G. D. Johnson; T. M. Ferguson (absent); John De Boest (Clerk); Home Comedy Co. (license fee); gravel; Vaspond [Vapond]; bills audited; council salaries; mayor's salary; hall rent; Mrs. Jennie Ferguson; marshal's salary; C. Bauer; M. & St. L. Ry; side tracks and crossings
Description
Regular session, T. M. Ferguson absent. Mayor reports a license fee collected from the Home Comedy Co. Bills for gravel, a dog killed and buried, hall rent and the marshal's September salary are allowed. Council salaries for six months are allowed (Mayor $15.00; councilmen about $5-6 each; Clerk $5.22 salary and expenses). Clerk to press the M. & St. L. Railway again on side tracks and crossings.
Creator
R. G. Martin, Mayor - John De Boest, Clerk
Source
City of Dana, Iowa
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
1914-10-05
Identifier
Dana City Council Minutes - Page 34
Coverage
Dana, Greene County, Iowa
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Dana Iowa October 5th 1914
Town Hall
Council Met in Regular Session
Members present
Mayor R. G. Martin
Councilman W. H. Kittell,
A. D. McGregor, Melvin Collins & G. D. Johnson
Absent T. M. Ferguson
Minutes of last meeting read & approved
Report of Mayor of $5.00 [?] License for collected
from Home Comedy Co.
The following Bills were Audited by
Finance Comm.
John J. Vaspond [Vapond?] 28 loads Gravel at 10ยข 2.80
L. J. Murty [?] 7 " " " " .70
J. C. Jones Killing & Burying Dog [?] .50
Mrs. Jennie Ferguson Hall rent for Oct 1914 3.00
C. Bauer Marshall Salary for Sept 2.50
on reading of Ferguson's [?] Bills Motion
was made that Council bills be allowed
Motion Carried
Council Allowed Salaries as follows
R. G. Martin Salary for Mayor 6 mo. 15.00
W. H. Kittell Councilman Salary " " 5.00
G. D. Johnson " " " " 6.00
A. D. McGregor " " " 6.00 [? could be 4.00]
T. M. Ferguson " " " 6.00 [? could be 4.00]
Melvin Collins " " " 6.00
John De Boest Clerk Salary & Exp 5.22
Clerk was instructed to again ask
Company concerning Side tracks & Crossings in [?]
Side tracks owned by M. & St. L. Ry.
Moved by Collins Seconded by McGregor
that we adjourn
Carried John De Boest
R. G. Martin Clerk
Mayor.
Town Hall
Council Met in Regular Session
Members present
Mayor R. G. Martin
Councilman W. H. Kittell,
A. D. McGregor, Melvin Collins & G. D. Johnson
Absent T. M. Ferguson
Minutes of last meeting read & approved
Report of Mayor of $5.00 [?] License for collected
from Home Comedy Co.
The following Bills were Audited by
Finance Comm.
John J. Vaspond [Vapond?] 28 loads Gravel at 10ยข 2.80
L. J. Murty [?] 7 " " " " .70
J. C. Jones Killing & Burying Dog [?] .50
Mrs. Jennie Ferguson Hall rent for Oct 1914 3.00
C. Bauer Marshall Salary for Sept 2.50
on reading of Ferguson's [?] Bills Motion
was made that Council bills be allowed
Motion Carried
Council Allowed Salaries as follows
R. G. Martin Salary for Mayor 6 mo. 15.00
W. H. Kittell Councilman Salary " " 5.00
G. D. Johnson " " " " 6.00
A. D. McGregor " " " 6.00 [? could be 4.00]
T. M. Ferguson " " " 6.00 [? could be 4.00]
Melvin Collins " " " 6.00
John De Boest Clerk Salary & Exp 5.22
Clerk was instructed to again ask
Company concerning Side tracks & Crossings in [?]
Side tracks owned by M. & St. L. Ry.
Moved by Collins Seconded by McGregor
that we adjourn
Carried John De Boest
R. G. Martin Clerk
Mayor.
Original Format
Handwritten ledger page; ink on paper
Files
Citation
R. G. Martin, Mayor - John De Boest, Clerk, “1914-10-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes,” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed November 7, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/31.