The record-union., 1892-08-02
LEVEE IMPROVEMENT.
The Railroad Company is Ready to Do
Its Share.
Citizens Complain to the Trustees
One of the Public Squares.

When the City Board of Trustees were
called to order yesterday a commGnica-
ton was read, signed by j. w. Rich
mond, John Norton, C. C. Duhain, John
II. Barry, Reca Olsen, Joseph Cor, J. +.
Menke and Ida Doan, protesting against
being required TO lay sidewalks on the
west side of Nineteenth street from
to L.
Mr.. Duhain said there were no side
walks on the other side Of r street, and
there was no occasion, in his opinion, for
laying walks in that neighborhood.
The matter was referred to the Street
Commissioner, to report thereon next
week.
John Langley, who resides at Seven
teenth and T streets, complained of the
lack of sidewalks in that locality. He
said the school children over there had to
travel to school with wet feet and bring
their shoes and stockings home in their
hands in the rainy season. Referred To
the Street Commissioner.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following reports OF city officials
for the month of July were read and
filed:
X. H. Singleton, superintendent of City
Cemeteries, reported forty-seven deaths
during the month of July. Twenty bodies
were brought here for interment and six
We're sent to other places. He collected
S552 from the sale of lots and for cemetery
dues.
Poundmaster McNulty reported to the
board that during the month of July he
impounded six horses, twelve COWS, one
goat and 26l dogs. Two hundred and four
of the CANNES were sent to the glove fac
tory He collected $40 in fees.
During the month of July, according to
the report of Chief of Police Rodgers,
there were 293 arrests, 2,00l meals were
furnished and fourteen dodgers accom-
modated.
Harbormaster Wiseman reported that
he collected SAG 80 for levee dues in July.
WOODLANDS CITY HALL.
The board received an invitation to at
tend the laying of the cornerstone of a
new City Hall at Woodland on the 9th of
August.
THE HAYMARKET NUISANCE.
A protest from residents and property
owners in the vicinity of Sixteenth and
p streets was received, complaining of the
erection of sheds on the public square be-
tween Z and q, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets. The protest embodied very
sharp criticism of the uses to which the
public square has been devoted by the
city authorities.
Felix Tracy appeared before the
board and demanded that immediate ac-
ton be taken. The public square was
being made an eyesore instead of an
attractive spot where people and their
children might enjoy themselves. The
rough buildings now being erected there
are menace TO the safety Of the city, as
they are liable to catch fire at any time
and beside will be used as a rendezvous
and sleeping place by tramps during the
winter. The square is on the line of the
U-11p
visit the city and view that public square
with It's rookerieS they will have a very
poor opinion of the city.
MessrS. Tracy, Beebe and o. A. Low
dal assured the board that if the I'M
slightly rookeries were removed from the
square the citizens in that neigborhood
would raise the money necessary to have
the block improved and planted to
grass.
Trustee Conklin said he did not see
how the board could go back on the ac-
ton already taken. Permission had been
granted for the erection of the shed and
500 appropriated to help pay therefor.
Mr.. Tracy then requested that the
board either grant or directly refuse the
request of the property-owners that they
might know what to expect, then they
could take steps to protect themselves.
REQUESTS AND PETITIONS.
DR.. Fowler, L. T. Breuner and F. It.
torical Society and asked permission to
make collection of articles belonging to
the city to be added to the exhibit which
it is proposed to make at the State Fair.
The request was granted.
A petition was presented by taxpayers
requesting the board to extend the water
pipe from Twenty-sixth to Thirty-first
streets in the alley between G and II.
The circular of w. S. Green, relative to
the calling together of the Anti-Debris
Convention, was received and placed on
file.
IT BoBs UP SERENITY.
Trustee Green reported that residents
in the vicinity Of Eighth and r streets
objected to the proposed removal of the
electric light from that locality; but if it
should be moved they wanted it placed
at Eighth and $ Streets instead of Ninth
and Il. No action was taken in the mat
ter.
FRANCHISE ABANDONED.
A communication was received from J.
ii. Henry, President of the Central Street
Railway Company, notifying the board
that the company had abandoned it's
franchise on Tenth street from II to X,
and up II to Twentieth.
The abandonment was accepted and the
Street Commissioner instructed to see
that the streets were placed in good con-
dition after the rails and ties had been re-
moved.
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION.
A resolution of intention was passed
for the improvement of the alley between
and p, Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets.
Also for the improvement of the street
in front of the north 20 feet of lot l, in
in the block between 1 and J, Second and
Third streets.
Also for the improvement of the side
walk in front of the old Lambard Mill ON
the northwest corner of Second and 1
streets.
Property-owners on Fifth street, be-
tween and Q, petitioned for the i'm
provement of that block. Laid over.
LEVEE IMPROVEMENT.
J. o. Coleman, representing the citi-
zen's committee ON levee improvements,
reported to the board that the Southern
Pacific Company had expressed a will
hngness to make the necessary additions
TO the river front north of n street, and
from n TO r wherever its tracks are.
1t was therefore desired that the city
at once have estimates made of the cost of
Improving the Front-street levee, from
\ to r, outside of what the rail-
road company will do. This portion
OF the levee should be raised five