Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-07

5nouiu oe ECU 20 the required eXpend-
tures. IL Is poor economy to run a city
city In debt. A deprecated scrip fol.
lows such policy. The city attorney
VIII advise you as TO the legality of re-
newihR the tax. should you consider il
best TO do 50.
REooxMySDATToNs
On the frat of the present month. at
regular meeting of the late b lard OF
City Councillors, An order was made
awarding to Mr.. Clarence Hauford a
contract TO print ID pamphlet form 800
copies Of the complied ordinances Of
this city, the estimated cost of which is
$1,000. / recommend that not more
than lJO copies be furnished, and that
the previous order be reseinded.
SUPPLIES FoR CITY.
The system of permitting city oficers
and employees to purchase merchandise
and supplies for city use, at their pleas
ure, IL bad one, and should be changed.
Empower the city clerk as purchasing
agent; recognize no bills not directly
ordered IN writing by him. Have requi-
sition blanks and blanks for itsmized
accounts ordered for use of clerk. Re
qnire all accounts presented to the Com
mittee on Finance TO be first duly sworn
10 and countersigned by the city clerk.
In this way the business before the
Committee will be expedited and the
city will be protected against undue
loss or peculatioR.
Bids for printing, fer hardware, Ium-
ber, supplies for fire department, likht-
ing gas lamps. making connections with
gas mains, and for all the other require
IRents of the city. for labor or material
should TO advertised and contracts for
the same let to the lowest responsibsl
bidder.
CEMETERY AND PARK.
l desire to call especial attention to
the cemetery affairs of the city. From
data furnished by j. b. Metcalfe, Esq,
one of the lately appointed commission
ers for the purpose of carrying ont the
provisions of Ordinance No. 57l, ap-
proved July 1884, it would seem from
the loose condition in which all matters
relating to the cemetery are, that 1t has
been taking care of itself.
BY deed dated May q, 1865, Mr.. ID. I.
Denny aud wife conveyed TO the city
about five acres of land, aud subse-
quently in 1873, by Ordinance No. 36,
approved January Sd of that year. an
attempt was made TO dedicate the afore-
said land as place of sepuiture, bat in
reality no description, or one 80 grossly
defective, was embraced In the ordi-
nance that no dedication took place as
intended. This mistake il perpetuated
in Ordinance No. 57l, which undertakes
to set apart and dedicate the same and
other land rs "public park" aud of
course the ordinance in this respect is
imperative. Ordinance No. 57l also
repeals specifically Ordinance No. 36,
and all other and parts of ordinances
inconsistent with IL, and in 40 doing
abolishes the power OF the Council to
appoint oity sexton and the power by
which cemetery records were created
and preserved. In fact. n0 records OF
any moment have been kept, and none
at all in pursuance of the terms Of Or
dinance No. 80. About two acres of the
new cemetery grounds have been cleared
and stumped. and under contract On
tered into by the city with Mr.. .. @.
Shorey, quite number Of bodies have
been re-interred in the new ground
This contract seems To be repugnant
to the provisions of Ordinance No.
57i, hut this defect can be remedied
by the action OF the Commission
ers. There have been at this date
forty eight bodies in all removed to the
ne and the Nj ,sonic cemeteries. About
twenty acres Of the new ground have
been plated, aud this, with the unplai-
ted portion IL a most eligible site for q
beautiful cemetery. As yet no ordi-
nance has been passed dedioating and
setting this ground apart as cemetery.
would suggest that no more ground be
staked of. or disposed of until another
plat IL made that will preserve the to-
biography of the land, which IL possessed
of considerable natural beauty. | would
therefore recommend that ordinances
be drawn rs follows:
First st-Dedic sting all land included in
the deed of MIR. benny, dated March
2S,h, 1884. as public park, and CON
mission he created for its proper care
and adorument.
Seeond-That the new cemetery
grounds be- dedicated and set apart as a
place of burial.
Third-Fhat new plat of the same
he made which would preserve the natu-
raj beauty of the ground as far as prac-
ticable.
Fourth The passage of an ordinan ce
providing for proper cemetery records
and creating the Office of City Sexton.
CITY PRISONS.
Hitherto offenders against CITY ordi.
uances have been furnished with food
and lodging At the expense Of the muni'
cipalitv. General observation aud ex-
perience demonstrates that this IL at
best but poor policy, aud calculated 10
foster idleness and debauchery. IL Is
No more than right that those Who con-
tribute bv their vicious habits to the ex
pense of the city should. In some man
ner. contribute to the payment OF this
expense. l therefore recommend the
passage of an ordinance providing that
this class of offenders be required to
work out their fines upon the public
streets, under the supervision OF iailor.
which latter office can be created under
the terms of the ordinance suggested.
WATER SUPPLY.
In addition to the private water works
which, until the past year. have furnish
ed the CITY with water, the city Is TO be
congratulated a upon the inauguration OF
the works of the Spring Hill Company,
which guarantees a supply of pure
water from that exhaustless reservoir
Lake Washington, ample for all de-
mands likely 60 arise for some years to
come, with facilities for indefinite en-
lsrpement equal to all possible contln
ceucies. la view of the fact that the
Spring Hill Company's reservoirs fur
nish 3 head of water sufficient for fire
hytirant purposes. the outgoing Board
ordered the erection of twenty hydrants
at suitable points along the main onsi
ness thoroughfarss. Recent occur
rences in this city demonstrated how
very valuable es q means OF contFoliins
conf asraiians these hydrants will prove
when erected and made operative.
therefore recommend that the hydrant'
referred To be placed In position at 20.
earliest practicable moment, and Zee
well assured that the taxpayers OF th'
city will second nv further rccounmen
datiou that the bvdrant System ne sx
tended throughout the city a. rapidly
as circumstances will permit.
rraE pKrABrMESr.
The excellent condition and etficienc,
Of the ore department of this city IL to'
we'll known 30 need any elaboration q
This time. Tue recent reorganization
although effected with some difncuty
has added greatly 20 its efficiency
| With the placing OF the nre hydran'