The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-08
BOARD OF PUBLIC wosKs.
Business Transacted by the hoard
This Morning.

Business TRANSACTED Dy the HOar0
This Morning.
The Board met in regular session,
all the members present, and President
Bell In the chair.
A communication was received from a
number OF citizsns asking that. Hunt
street, from the Montgomery Road as
far south as necessary, be improved.
Referred to Mr.. Gessert.
The pay-rolls tor the week were pre-
sented as follows:
Sewerage Department-Pay-roll $52S Us,
material 1884 SS; total 1913 70.
Street Cleaning Department-Pay-roll
81, ,561 IS, material 500 IS; total $1.77l DO.
Park Department-Pay-ro 1886 81,
material $32 Is; total $3.50 4S.
Bridge Fund-Pay-rolI $9I %.
Grand total SO, 156 so.
The rolls were approved and ordered
paid.
A communication was received from
Eugene Halpin, asking leave Of absence
to attend trial in the case OF himself
against the Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany. Leave granted; to commence
from the 18th.
The following was adopted:
"Resolved, That there be appropri-
ated from the Park Fund a sum not to
exceed $50 for flowers for Lincoln Park"
A motion was agreed that the Su-
perintendent in Lincoln Park be di-
rected to purchase water cart for the
purpose OF sprinkling the walks in the
PARK, at cost not to exceed $l2O.
A communication from Jonn A. Will
| hanson, President of the Newport u
Cincinnati Street Railroad Company,
submitting new ordinance in regard to
the running of his line on the Ohio side
| of the river, was referred to Messrs.
Foote and Gessert for Investigation ana
report.
l On motion Mr.. McHugh, Supervisor oil
| Streets, was directed to have the bridges
over Crawtish Greek repaired, at. a cost
not to exceed $3.50.
On motion, $S32 was ordered to be paid
to r. Lehay tor work done on wing wall
of culvert at Crawtish Creek.
The sum Of $3.50 "a was ordered to be
paid Thomas Lloyd for the Improvement
OF Columbia avenue, east Of the Dummy
track.
Brick sidewalks were ordered to bt
laid as follows:
| L. A. Frost, south side of Fosdicl
street, between Bellevue and Highland
avenues.
Aaron Terrence, northeast corner o
Vine street and Evans alley.
The sum OF $12 was ordered paid kirkel
& Co, for repairs Tor wagons for En-
ginesr's office.
Mr.. j. II. Greuter, Secretary of thu
IWater-works, reported a balance OF
hand in office on May 6 of 81, ,4S1 36. Re
ceived and filed.
Applications to tap sewers were re
ceived and granted as follows, the worl
to be done under the direction Of the En-
gineer: .
: street; Geo. Geiger, No. "a Stark street
Henry Boggendelck, No. 81 Stark street
NJ. Jokers, Nos. 60 and 62 Stark street
John Magley, No. 40 Stark street; Henr
Wagner, No. ~ Stark street; John teh
lrum, No. 81 Stark street; Patrick Swee
ney, No. III East Front street; ID. Z
Lewis, No. 3l2 Central avenue; w. w
Davis, No. 10l southeast corner Syca
more and W oodward.
| Mr.. Caldwell reported that the esti
mated cost of repairing streets and al
leys in the Eighteenth Ward woult
amount to $15, ,4l0.
The President presented the following
which was adopted:
"Resolved, That no further grants 0
permits to occupy streets for stone
gravel, building material, etc., when N
buildings are being erected, be gram
ed"
The following was adopted:
"Resolved, That the Cincinnati GA
Light Il Coke Company be, and Is hereb
requested to furnish gas to Hopkins
Lincoln, Washington, Eighth-street an
City Parks, to commence May 10, an
the Superintendents of such Parks ar
required to light and extinguish th
same, having in view the strictest ecor
omy, and in no case to light more tha
one half OF the lamps therein or COL
nected Herewith except on the occasio
OF concerts, when all the lamps may b
lighted.