The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-20
THE BOARD OF WORKS
How the Monthly Appropria-
ti0n Is to Be Spent.
NEEDED FOR THE FIREsoAT.
Considerable Clerical work Thrown
Upon the Board-Report OF the
Building Inspector.

The board OF public works il beginning 70 feel
the responsibility thrown upon IL BY the sppro-
priation ordinance Il viii have 70 keep an &C
count With each of the departments, and the
amount OF clerical work il. therefore, consider
ably increased
Secretary HolbFook presented a report in
which he said that be had obtained from the
comptroller statement Of expenditures Of the
various city departments in July, with a view of
comparing the amounts appropriated By the city
council in ordinance 1.7a5 for the Eve months
following August J. The street Department
made is 81 80, thus giving that department a
margin The sewer department expended in
July about 81 CO. while the appropriation is but
800, showing that II new sewers are built dur
ing the next I've months special appropriations
viii lie necessary. The chief OF police
had assured him that the sppropria-
ton of so would probably. be sufficient
Tor his legitimate expenditures, he ob5ecting 10
any expenditures made by the municipal jaGge
icing charged 20 the police fund and INCLUDED
IN the 800 allowed. The board Of heath N
July expended $s5l The allowance is 500 and
he nsa notiaed them 70 that effect, although
the greater amount OF the expenditure was
made without authorization from the board OF
public works. As regards the water department
apparently an oversight had been made, the ex-
pendituTes for July having bsen s2,-s0, OF which
sum ~ 600 was for fuel, and for August and sub
sequeut months the additional pumping station
at Lake Union will add TO this. The allowance
by ordinance is 40, and was probably already
exceeded for this month"; calling fo- iInInec ate
ecti0n By the council 10 meet the shortage. The
general fund expenditures were si,S30 during
July, bile the allowance is $500, apparently
adequate
For street lights the expenditure during July
was s2,7J0: additional lights have been ordered
By council, while allowance is only $3.50
sl,4Ja, as against so allowed, of which about
$50 has already been expended and the chief OF
the department notified. In consequence
and ia order 70 com lete repairs 10 the frehoat
as ordered, special appropriation will be
necessary.
Two bids were received for the police signal
system, one from the (IamcweIl Police Telephone
aud signal Company, az s7,o25, and the other
from the Municipal Signal Company, which
only asked for further particulars The Game
well offer was accepted subjec, TO the approval
of the city council.
Communication was received from Captain
MeAllep calling attention 20 the necessity of re
pairs for the hTeboat Tae ooar1 of public
works had already taken cogniza8ce OF the re-
ports made to the fire commissioners, and under
the direction Of Major Rinehart the necessary
additions viii be made
superintendent Compton submitted a report
relative TO certain conditions Of the building
ordinance. since his last quarterly report On
public buildings the following schools had
changed their doors from sliding TO swing doors,
as required b. the building ordinance. No. I,147:
Mercer school, Jackson street school and school
in Pontius addition. There had also been three
new editions, one two and one-hali story
brick and fame addition 70 the Denny school;
one a .wO.story frame addition 10 the Jackson
street school, and one two-s story frame addition
to the Mercer senOoihouse, and the old county
frss-g ted
for city hall and city jail in conformity with
the building ordinance. Also a new school
house AT LatOna.
:. Z. Clough offered petition requesting use
of the sidewalk on the corner of Pike and Union
streets where the new Masonic temple is being
constructed. superintendent Compton reported
against granting the petition II would be
very inconvenient to give up the amount of
space desired in the roadway. Referred to city
engineer.
The backsrniths and vagonmakers, who petit
toned the board last week 70 divide the city
work, fled q list Of the blacksniths and wagon
makers in the respective wards.
Property owners aad residents on Republican
street. from Temperance street 10 Elliott bay,
petitioned for a sewer to be put in that street.
Referred to the city engineer.
City Engineer Gardner presented fna, esti-
mates on the improvement OF Temperance
street The total OF the property-owners pro-
portion il .5946. aid Of the city sl72ss.
Sr. Compton reported that the alterations and
repairs To the old courthouse which is TO be used
city hail, have been completed.
The report of the bGiicing superintendent
showed that from the 10Th 10 the 18th inst.
twenty-eight building permits had been issued,
the aggregate value OF which is si2,ssD.
Bids for machinery required for the sever de-
pariment were opened Puget sound Machinery
Depot $50: A. = Aberuathy. S7G7: Staver,
Walker & Co, $40: Moran Bros. $40: NJ Ar
thur, $40 Action was deferred.
Bolton Rogers, chief of police, presented the
bill OF A. f. Boyd for the use of a sadd.s horse
for June and July The bill amounted to $40,
and was for an extra police horse.