The record-union., 1891-06-16
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Saloon Licenses Fixed at S45 Per
Quarter.
That Nine-Hundred-D Coal Con-
tract Rebate Again Discussed-The
M-Street Improvement-Etc

"0eh ny mayor COlnSIOck, III felaIlOn 10 |
saloon licenses, was laid aside, he remark |
Ing that he thought it was unpopular.
An ordinance prepared by e. NJ. Leitch |
was read, and then Trustee Mclaughlin |
handed in his ordinance (which has been |
published in the RECoRD-UNIoN). The |
amount Of the license was left blank, |
and when the Mayor came TO that section |
the question arose as to what the rate |
should be.
Trustee Mclaughlin moved to make |
1t Sl5 per quarter for licenses to conduct /
saloons within the hours provided by the |
ordinance, and $40 for licenses allowing |
restaurants and hotels to sell liquor
between l2O'clock midnight and 5 A. NJ.
Trustee Conlllin moved to amend by !
fixing the price at Si5 per quarter for the |
ordinary saloon license.
The amendment was carried by the /
votes of the Mayor and Mr.. COnklin.
The ordinance viii be read next Mon |
day for the second time.
Mr.. Leitch addressed the board and |
stated that he did not think the price was
high enough. He believed $1,000 a year
was not a high rate, and he was informed |
that twenty-six cities in this country had |
adopted that rate. He wanted the board |
TO make the rate S75 per quarter.
MRS. JosEPH'S AWNING.
Isaac Joseph asked permission to pro-
ceed with the erection of an awning |
around his mothers property on the |
northwest corner of Sixth and X streets !
lie said the awning which he proposed to |
build was not exactly in accord with the !
provisions OF the ordinance, but he had |
let the contract before the ordinance was
passed by the board, and had gone to the |
expense of having the ironwork made at
a San Francisco rOlling-miIl.
Trustee Mclaughlin was opposed to
granting Mr.. JoSeph's request. He did |
not think he had acted right in the matter |
In not consulting the board sooner
The matter came up again at the after |
noon session, when Mr.. Joseph was told !
that If he would state under oath that he |
had let contract for his awning before |
the new ordinance was passed the board |
would not interfere with its construction |
Mr.. Joseph was sworn and said he |
knew he had let his contract before the |
ordinance was passed.
lie was told the ordinance went into |
effect June lst, and was asked if he let |
his contract prior to that date
Mr.. Joseph said he could not tell as to |
the date. He assured the board, however |
that he would go on and put up his avn
ing, and II arrested he would contest the
matter.
The lone Coal Company We're allowed
91z3 30 in part payment Of their bill.
M-sTREET IMPROVEMENT.
j. NJ. Henderson, George Murray and
several other residents on NJ street. asked !
the board to change the specifications for
grading and grayeling the street, and in
stead OF ordering the street graded from
Fifteenth to Twentieth, to extend the /
eastern limits to TWenty-eighth street !
They believed that unless the board did |
this the proposed Improvement would be /
defeated by remonstrance. Some peO-
pie living on the street had an idea that !
there was q job being put up TO have the /
basalt pavement laid on the five blocks.
Trustee Mclaughlin said if the prop /
erty-owners would decide whether or not /
they wanted gravel, ne would extend !
the specifications to Twenty-eighth street /
!. NJ. Henderson wanted Sixteenth |
street, from railroad to railroad" :" or /
dered graded, and Trustee McLaughIin /
promised to consider his request.
DELINQUENT TANEs.
City Collector George a. Putnam sub
united report of those who were delin- !
quentin the payment of taxes, showing
that S30S,514 70 had been collected in !
taxes since the lst of April.
on motion of Mr.. Mclaughlin. the
City Auditor was instructed not to issue
warrants to any person delinquent i'll
taxes who has claim against the city
MORE wATER-PIPE NEEDED.
Clerk Coffey of the Water Works called
the attention of the board to the necessity
Of securing additional water-pipe for the
city on the following named streets: B |
and G., from Eighteenth east; G and d, |
from Sixteenth east; d and +, from Sew
enteenth east; r and +, from Nineteenth
east; +, 6, l. and NJ, from Twenty-third /
east; @, II, ! and J, from Twenty-sixth /
east i to j, on 'Thirty-first street: X and |
l., from Twenty fourth east; NJ and y, /
from Ihlrtieth east; n, Q, 7 and @, from |
IWenty-seyenth east, and q and Z, from |
Twenty-second east. He stated that the /
city needed to extend its mains right
away. He thought that if the pipes ran
to Thirty-tirst street 1t would mean at a
low estimate one hundred new houses
added each year. The absence Of mains
in the eastern portion of the city Injuries
the sale Of property greatly.
The report Of Mr.. COtIey was placed on
file.
THE HAY-sHEDs.
The matter of erecting a shed on the
public square at Sixteenth and streets
was laid over for one week.
CONCERNING wATER-MAINs.
z. NJ. Leitch submitted a proposed
ordinance amending city ordinance No.
1875. II provides that all pipes connecting
with the city mains must be laid of q
sufficient depth TO be well-protected, and
before being covered up must be ex-
amined by the Plumbing Inspector, and
when excavations are filled the earth
must be tramped so as TO prevent set
tling. All soldered joints must be heavy
wiped plumbers joints and all nipples of
erected or remodeled for more than one
family must have the pipes arranged !
with stOps-cOCks for each fiat. All con
nections with new tap-couplings must be |
made by the plumber who procures the |
tap, or IournCyman plumber in his en-
ploy, who has received a certificate of
proficiency,
The ordinance further provides that
any licensed plumber procuring Il tap for !
an unlicensed plumber, win have his
license cancelled, unless consent is given
by the Superintendent Of the Water
Works and the Board of Examiners.
The ordinance was laid over for one
week, under the rule.
y recess was taken till l:3O Z. NJ.
THAT lone COAL REBATE AGAIN.
At the afternoon session of the board,
when the matter of paying the balance
OF the lone Coal Company's bill came up,
Mayor Comstock said he wanted TO have
deducted the 5000 which he claimed the
company's agent had agreed TO remit TO
The city. He could not, he said, sign a
warrant for the full amount, as he con-
sldered II his duty to look out for the
Citys interests.
Trustees Mclaughlin and Conklin
thought 1t was wholly a private matter
between the Mayor and the company |
and IN order TO settle the controversy, |
which was constantly coming up il was |
moved that the bill be allowed.
After some further discussion the mat
ter was, however, laid over another week. |
AN ASSISTANT AUDITOR.
Trustee Conklin asked what had be- |
come of the proposition to allow an as |