The record-union., 1892-01-12

Warrants $50 q37 90
Balance January 1st..~.,.............. $5O,023 j
/ WATER WORKS BOILERS.
| a report submitted by the Hartford
Steam Boiler Inspection Company
showed that the boilers of the Water
! Works were examined by Inspector r.
q. Holman, who found them in good
condition. The safety-valves worked
! freely, the gauge-cOcks We're clear, and
! the other attachments in working order
! The general condition, care and manage
! ment was good.
PROTEST AGAINST \ SIDETRACK.
a remonstrance signed by many prop
erty-0wners in the vicinity of Twenty
! second and ) streets was received protest
| ing against the construction of a spur OF
switch on IWenty-SCcOnd street, from Il
! TO >. Permission to lay such q spur had
! been asked by J. l. Richardson, but the
| property-owners claimed that it would
| inconvenience them, and should not be
| placed on the street at all. Besides, il
would iliure property value.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he would
have to report against granting the use OF
Iwenty-Second street for railroad track
The wishes Of the prOperty-owners had
| to be respected, and, besides, the track
foreman of the railroad company had
told HIM that 1t would be impossible to
get the necessary curve on the street.
Mr. Richardson said he was an old tax
payer, and II he could not get any accom-
modations he would leave the city.
On motion of Trustee Conklin the re-
port OF the Street Commissioner was ac-
cepted and the request OF Mr.. Richardson
refused.
ANOTHER KICK AT THE POUNDMAS TER.
Louis Kinkella appeared before the
board and entered a complaint against
the Poundmaster. He said the latter took
mare belonging to him tKinkella) and
demanded 50 so, when he mad kept her
only few hours. When Kinkella went
to the pound he found the animal standing
in mud up to her knees. She was liable
to contract sickness from the exposure.
He paid O'Neill the money and took the
animal away.
Trustee Conklin said he was sick and
tired OF hearing SO many complaints. He
was in favor of discharging O'Neill and
getting new Poundmaster. The pres
ent one was evidently unwilling to dc
what was right, and he ought not to be
kept in office.
Trustee Mclaughlin was also wrathy.
He did not think much of O'NeilI, and
would vote to dismiss him the next time
q complaint was made. He suggested
that the Clerk be directed to notify Mr..
| O'NelIl to refund So to Mr. Kinkella A
motion to that effect was made and car
ried.
L STREET IMPROVEMENT.
4 petition, signed by all the property
owners on l. street, from Twenty eightI
/ to Thlrtieth, was received, requesting
! that they be given permission to grade
and gravel those two blocks. They would
do the work themselves
! Trustee Mclaughlin said he understood
that three ungraded blocks were to be i'm
] 1AN- Il III Il L
! ting property-Owners grade and grave
| only 10 Thirtieth street, leaving out one
! block. He thought a mistake had been
| made III writing the petition, and at his
suggestion the matter was laid over fol
! one week.
CHAIN-GANG EXPENSES.
| a bill of SlS6, one-half the expense O
maintaining the chain-gang for the pas
/ Jour months, was presented, but action
on it was deferred for one week. Trustee
! Mclaughlin stated that the city ough
not to pay as much as one-half. The
chain-gang had been working continu
ally OF late on the county canal.
! THE GRADING OF AN ALLEY.
Frank Grygla, Assistant Superintendent
| of Repairs United States Public Build.
ings, who is in this city inspecting the
work on the new Government BUILDING
| appeared before the board and explained
that although it was DESTROYS that Oak
avenue, from Seventh to Eighth streets
! be graded still the Government could
| pay nothing toward the work, except by
! special Act of Congress. He made a few
remarks similar to those contained in his
/ interview published in the RECORD.
! UNION on Saturday.
A resolution ordering the alley graded
and paved was adopted, and an advertise
ment calling for bids was ordered pub
! lished.
The board adjourned after allowing g
number of bills.