The record-union., 1892-06-01
THE CITY'S GUARDIANS.
The Seventeenth Street Canal Nui-
sanCe Gets an Airing.
Ex-Chief of Police Drew Demands SAL
ary Again-Bad Street Cross
ings-Street Bonds.

The Board of City Trustees had a light
session yesterday, no very important
business coming up for consideration.
Mayor Comstock presided and Trustees
Green and Conklin were in their usual
places.
petition was received from property
owners asking that an alley be cut
through the block bounded by Twenty
third, Twenty-fourth, o and p streets,
and was referred to the Street Commits
sioner.
CITY OFFICIALS BOOKS.
a report was received from Expert B.
B. Brown, of his investigation of the
books of the various city officials for the
fiscal year ending April I'd, of the pres
ent year. He sets forth that the accounts
are generally correct, the few errors or
mistakes being almost entirely of a cleri-
cal nature. The expert declared to q re-
porter that the reports of officials were
generally better and more Ineligible
than formerly, owing TO the fact that the
Auditors office had been very strict in
requiring that reports be properly pre-
| pared. The report was received and or
dered placed on file.
! Chief Engineer Renwick, of the city
water works, reported that 80, 81 900 gall
| Ions OF water were pumped last week.
! The Stevens pump was in use l02 hours
| and the Holly GO hours.
Harbormaster Wiseman's report for the
month Of May showed that he had col
lected Sl36 for levee dues.
THOSE PLAZA WALKS.
! A communication was received from J. d.
! p. Clark, saying he had noticed the board
/ had agreed TO pay A. Haskins S4OO for
building walk through the plaza. Clark
! says HaSkins owes him SlS for working
IN the plaza, and he would like the board
to assist him in collecting it.
! AT the suggestion Of Mr.. Conklin it was
! decided to ask Mr.. Haskins to come be-
| fore the board and explain if he will pay
the people who work for him. There are
several other claims against him.
| 1t was decided TO pay Haskins half the
! money on account.
BAD CROSSINGS.
Street Commissioner Green reported
! that the crossing at Fourth and streets
was impossible, being submerged in Sip
| age water. The land was low, and he
! thought that some filling should be done.
! At Fifth and X streets similar state of
affairs existed, and besides a dwelling,
| which occupied twelve feet of the street.
caused trouble. The people owning the
! house were too poor to move it, but Mr..
! Green thought that by some judicious
| filling in the house would not have to be
disturbed. After some talk the matter
was referred to the Street Commissioner
| to attend TO.
The Mayor frightened the Street Com
missioner by remarking that several peo-
| pie on street were putting down cinder
! sidewalks in violation of the city ordi-
nance.
Mr.. Green gave it as his opinion that
| the Mayor was mistaken, but promised
| to make an investigation.
SEVENTEENTH-STREE DITCH.
| Health officer H. l.. Nichols dropped
in and talked to the board about the con-
dition Of the Seventeenth-street drainage
! ditch. Two years ago it was covered as
| far as 5 street, and should have been COW
cred all the way. The ditch was in bad
condition, he said, and he thought the
chaingang should be put to work on it to
| clean it out. H also took shy at the S.
street sewer, giving it as his opinion that
| this sewer was of no service at all. But
| Trustee Green jumped on the doctor, so
to speak, for impugning this sewer. He
said the S-street drain did good service
| The doctor realizing his mistake became
| apologetic, and explained that he did not
| know anything about the sewer himself
and must have been misled by persons
who had told him about the state of affairs
! in the neighborhood of the sewer. The
| doctor insisted, though, that the people
along the Seventeenth-streetc canal should
| be afforded some relief, as they had TO
endure many bad stenches.
The Street Commissioner promised to
| look into the matter.
| STREET BONDS.
The Trustees then INDUCED in general
| talk about the street improvement fund
! OF the SlO0, 900 issued in bonds but S60. 900
! have been bought, and the city has con
/ tracted for work amountingto to some ST, 900
more than that amount. There seems to
be no disposition to take up the remain
! ing bonds, and the object of yesterdays 8
talk was to see if some method of dispos-
ing of them could not be devised.
After lengthy discussionof the subject
the Mayor consented to interview the
Bond Commissioners with the view OF
inducing them to take the bonds.
The usual weekly bills were audited.
One was received from Warren +. Drew
for S150, for services as ''Chief of Police''
during the month of May. 1t was pigeon
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