The record-union., 1891-10-21
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The City Trustees Wind Up Their
Weeks Business.
They VIII Consult With the Police
Commissioners About New Police
Quarters-GasoIine Storage.

Inc City trustees met yesterday morn
ing Tor the purpose Of taking up business
that was not disposed of at the meeting
Monday, on account of the absence of
Trustee Mclaughlin. All of the mem
bers were present.
Mayor Comstock called attention to the
TACT that a horse had been running at
large in the vicinity of Ninth and e
streets, and considerable damage was
being done to lawns and small trees.
The Clerk was instructed to notify the
Poundmaster to impound the animal.
Trustee Mclaughlin informed the
board that he would examine into the
matters referred to him at Mondays
meeting, in regard to complaints about
the work of grading on Eighth and on
Sixteenth streets.
The petition of property owners on
Eighth street, from q to w, to grade these
two blocks, was granted on recommended
ton of the Street Commissioner. The
intersection Is not to be graded.
a communication was received from
Clinton l.. White, stating that as attor-
ney for the city he had effected q COM
promise with the lone Coal Company i'll
the suit pending between that corpora
ton and the Mayor over the payment of
$500 TO the city. The company agree to
pay $3.50 to the city, and he (White) re-
tanned 500 as his fee.
The Mayor asked the other members if
the settlement was satisfactory.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said he was glad the
matter was settled, and Trustee Conklin
thought vote of thanks ought to be
rendered the Mayor for his gift to the
Water Works fund.
The proposed ordinance in relation to
the storage OF gasoline was read by the
Clerk, and w a. Anderson spoke at
length on the importance of the ordi-
nance He said too great care could not
be exercised IN preparing an ordinance
that would remove all danger of contla-
gratlons by reason Of the explosion of
gasoline.
The ordinance provides that it will be
unlawful for any one to keep in store in
the city limits larger quantity than 10
gallons, which shall flash or emit an in
tiammable vapOr at temperature below
1l0' Fahrenheit The gasoline must be
kept in an iron or brick vault devoted to
and used exclusively FOR this purpose.
unless if stored in building especially
licensed for the purpose. In this latter
case the quantity above mentioned may
be exceeded, provided that such building
shall not be located within the following
limits: Commencing at the northeast
corner of Front and q streets, thence
north to the center of II street, thence
east to the east line of Sixth. thence
north again to the north line of G, thence
easterly to the west line of Twenty
eighth street, thence south to the north
line of q, and thence westerly to the
place of beginning.
Action on the ordinance was postponed
until next Monday.
w. a. Anderson called the attention of
the board to the fact that the Liquor Deal
ers' Association was preparing an ordi-
nance which they proposed to submit to
the board shortly, in relation to the sale
of liquor in groceries, where it was mot
drunk on the premises" The associa-
ton claimed that the present ordinance
gave some of the grocery men an adyan-
tage over the saloon-keepers, because
they were required to pay only a license
for merchandise. The association wanted
the ordinance amended so that no less a
quantity than one gallon could be sold by
groceries, without they had a liquor
license.
A resolution was adopted ordering that
vitritied ironstone pipe sewer be laid in
the alley between \ and O, Ninth and
Tenth streets.
The Mayor remarked that there was
complaint about the sewer on 0 street,
between Twentieth and Twenty-frst 1T
was too small, and the water from the
swimming baths frequently choked up
the sewer and ran along in the cutters.
The matter was referred to the Street
Commissioner.
Trustee Conklin brought up the subject
of Preparing the river levee, and remarked
that If the board proposed to do anything
it ought to take some action right away.
City Engineer Mulleney said he had
not quite completed the specifications for
filling in and riprapping the levee. be-
cause he did not know exactly how
much OF the latter work was to be done.
At the suggestion of Trustee McLaugh-
lin. it was decided to advertise first for
bids for grading the slope of the levee.
When this work is done the board will
proceed to have the levee riprapped.
1t was resolved that joint meeting of
the Trustees and Police Commissioners
be held tomorrow evening for the pur-
pose of discussing ways and means Of re-
pairing the old Jail or moving to new
quarters.
The board then adjourned.