, 1892-03-16
ALL BIns REJECTED,
Ra.sryojr Construction to be Con-
sIdered at a Special Meeting.
vIaduct Stairway to be Built For
Use Of Shop Employees.

The city council met in its regular semi
monthly meeting in the council chamber
last evening. Mayor Bresuahen presided
and City Attorney Campbell and City
Clerk Dana we're in their respective places.
The following councilmen answered to
roll call: Bond. Bristol. Riner. Talbot and
Reel. Absent. Councilmen Harrington.
HeIlman, Richardson and Post.
City Attorney Campbell offered a sub
stitute for the ordinance submitted to him
some time ago. In this substitute the
attorney stated that a portion of the
property upon which the city reservoir
was to be erected had been condemned.
The property condemned was worth
&482. so.
Councilman Riner moved to draw upon
the city treasurer for the mount. Car
ried.
A number Of petitions of citizens from
various portions of the city were read and
referred to their respective committees to
be called up at the pleasure OF the council.
A petition WAS read BY the clerk asking
for . better protection of the public road
in the vicinity of East Fifteenth street.
Another petition was read from the
~citisens of the western part of Cheyenne,
commonly dubbed Chicago" asking
that the police be requested to 20 up there
once in awhile to scatter vagabonds. who
it was alleged oongreRsted there At all
unreasonable hours of the night and
kept mp such = racket that it was impossi-
BILE for the just and good OF the neighbor-
hood to get the rest that suoh deserve.
Councilman Talbot made q stirring
speech in behalf of the petition and it
was finally referred to the police commit
tee.
Mayor Bresuahen then called attention
to a warrant for tr25 issued in payment
Of City Treasurer Parshsll's salary and
Office rent. He SAID he could not sign
the warrant IS provision was made in the
appropriation bill for salary, 800 a
month, and for that alone. Nothing had
been appropriated for ofioe rent.
A long and heated discussion was then
bssup. nearly everybody in the council
taking part. The matter was finally Ia
bed. The mayor stated If the council
wished to Day for rent it was all night.
and that they should pass suoh Ar. ordi-
nance. The treasurer lwas paid 81 .200A
year and that ewss al he bad to do With it.
The electric and motor ordinances which
Ras Rad and referred some weeks ago
sas called mp and re-read by the clerk.
ThA ordinance xrants to William Sturgis,
Or, and his aasoe,ates, the, frapchise to
build aud cause to be operated in the city
ofsQhsyenue . system Of electric cars and
motor powers of various un~stipulated
schemes not named in the ordinance.
The rules were then suspended by the
council aud the bill vas read by sections
andopsssed after several amendments had
been made to it.
The following bids for building q city
reservoir were read: R. w. Bradley of
fered to build the city reservoir for the
sum of 4 {. 900; W. B. O'Brien, 90, 200,
and @. E. McGaryey, $1,000. The bids
were referred to the committee on sewer
age. and the council took a recess Of if
teen minutes.
TIE MAYORS COMMUNICATION.
The following was submitted by the
mayor:
To the Honorable Council of the City
of Chevenne-Gentlemen 1 desire to call
your attention to a bill that passed the
council and a warrant ordered issued in
payment OF the same In favor of George
East for the sum of $3.50 This bill
was dated Aug. l, 1891, tor extra work
on the 7yisduct. In looking over the
records l find another bill dated Aug. 4
for 81 .426. 70. and also a bill for $316. 80.
Both of these bills were allowed BY the
old council and fnanoe committee Jan. S.
1892.
1t would seem to me that the bill of
Aug. l for $l89, 65. if correct. would be
included in the bill of Aug. 4 and allowed
Jan. s.. 1892. BY the old finance commit.
tee, as both bills included the same kind
IF work.
l recommend that the matter be re-
ferred to the city attorney for .investiga.
tion.
THE RESERVOIR D
After a short executive session Council
man Reel said that the committee had
rejected all bids received. for the reason
that they were al above the limit.
The council then agreed to hold a
special meeting Saturday night at 8
O'Clock. The city clerk was also ordered