The record-union., 1891-07-02
WATER AND SEWAGE.
These Subjects Considered by the
City Trustees.
No Money With Which to Do Anything
But Trustee ConkIin Insists
on a Stand-Pipe.

A special meeting of the Board of City
trustees was held yesterday for the
purpose of considering the question Of
dlsposing of the city sewage.
The Mayor said he was to have made
report, but he had not been able to see
City Physician Nichols and Judge Beatty,
whom he desired to consult. He really
cid not think a report was necessary. AS
he understood the matter, the Y-street
pump was taking care of all Of the city
sewage, and he did not see that there was
anything more to be done.
Trustee Mclaughlin said the pump
could take care of all Of the sewage of the
city. The board had nothing to do with
the sewage in the Thirty-firs street
canal.
The Mayor thought the matter might as
well drop for the present The sewage
was being disposed of to the satisfaction
OF everybody, and as long as this was so,
there was no need of going to an expense
OF $4,000 in perfecting a system which
might be abolished next year. The
money would be wasted. He had talked
with several persons about purchasing a
new pump, and had come to the conclu-
sion that it would be a useless expense.
Trustee Mclaughlin said the people
expected the board to take some action
which would enable the city to care for its
sewage at all times. If the present pump
should break down, there would be no
other recourse than to cut the embank-
ment and let the water run down the old
drainage canal again. 1t was true that
the pump was doing good work at pres
eut, but there was no telling when ii
would break down. If it should be de-
cided to put the pump at the river, the
water from the SiXth-street canal would
be difficult to handle. According to the
City Surveyors notes cut of 1873 feet in
depth in the river levee would have to be
made TO let the sewage run out.
Trustee COnklin thought that as long as
the sewage was being carried off to the
satisfaction Of every body, the matter
should be dropped, at least until the
board should come in possession of funds
sufficient to put in new system.
The Mayor read the several reports of
citizens, as published in the RECORD
UNION Of June 18th, and although the
plans suggested by them would hardly
require an expenditure Of $4,000, yet
Engineer Pierson had told him that it
would reach nearly that amount. He
thought Mr.. Pierson would make a state
lnent and estimate, if the board should
ask him.
Trustee Mclaughlin said that if the
board was going to consult everybody. il
would find difficulty in deciding what to
do. The only thing to do now was to get
q larger pump and a twenty-four-inch
pipe from the pump 10 the river.
Trustee COnlllin said the board had no
money to carry out the systems of sewer
age which the people were talking about
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Trustee Conklin said he had looked
into the matter OF purchasing and erect
ing stand-pipe for the Water Works.
lie found that one of 200, 600 gallons ca
pacity would cost about $4,000, and n
pipe of 100000 gallons capacity would
cost $4,000. lie believed the larger pipe
was needed, but then the board could not
think of buying such thing at present
There was no money on hand. He
thought the cheapest thing to do would
be to get the smaller stand-pipe, and then
the tank on the old City Hall building
would not have to be used
That wouldn't help matters much"
said Trustee Mclaughlin. 1.-The build
ing is not fit to occupy, anyhow, on ac-
count of its bad sanitary condition, and
it is not right to make prisoners remain
there snow. /, for one, am opposed to
keeping prisoners in Il place considered
unsafe and fruitful of disease. / am in
favor of fitting up the Perry Seminary as
4 jail, and compelling the Board of Edu-
cation to give it up. The structure be-
longs to the city, and the people have
been paying taxes on it for several years.
and 1t has been OF no use TO anybody
during that time. ! am in favor of utiliz-
ing it now"
Trustee Conklin said that at present
there was but four feet of water kept in
the tank daily, and people in the out
skirts Of the city and in the upper stories
OF hotels were complaining that they were
unable to get water. He thought the
Trustees should take steps Immediately
to get a stand-pipe. He believed the old
City Hall building could be put in safe
condition for use, and its sewerage svs-
TEN remodeled, if the tank was kept
empty.
This subject was also dropped after
some further discussion.
THE HAYMARKET AGAIN.
A. B. Burns and John Simonds. COM
mittee appointed by the Farmers Ali
ance, appeared before the board and re-
quested that it contribute something
toward building a shed on the hay-
market block at Sixteenth and p streets.
The Supervisors, they thought, would
agree to give certain amount, and they
asked the city to do likewise
The board promised to consider the
matter further after the Supervisors had
taken action.
FIRE ALARM WIRES.
Fire Commissioner J. NJ Morrison
stated to the board that the Sunset Tele-
phone Company was about to erect poles
in the alley between Front and Second
streets that would interfere with the fire
alarm wires.
An order was passed instructing the
Clerk to notify the Manager of the COM
pany not to interfere with the wires of
the fre-alarm system.
CONCERT COMMITTEES GAS BILLS.
The board decided to authorize the
Auditor TO draw a warrant in favor of the
Open-air Concert Committee for SIS, and
let the committee pay its gas bills, in
stead of having them presented to the
board.
STORAGE OF OILS.
The American Cash Store proprietor
vas instructed To remove his tank of
gasoline from the alley between q and II,
Eighth and Ninth streets, to some safer
locality.
The committee appointed by the Mayor
q couple of months ago to draft an ordin-
ance regulating the storage of coal oil and
gasoline i'm tho a;fNv limits Will l,a oil