The herald., 1893-02-14
The MUNICIPAL PARLIAMENT.
A Dull and PrOsaic Session
Held Yesterday.
The Garbage Contract Goes Over to
This Afternoon.
Mr.. Nickel Discovers That Men Are Be-
Ing Overworked on the Outfall
Sewer Contracts-Mr. Rhodes
Has q Good idea.

Has a Good idea.
The city council met at 1905 yester-
lay. Present Messrs. Campbell, Nickel,
Pessell, Strohm, Innes, Rhodes and
President Teed. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
The mayor presented message re-
turning unapproved the ordinance of
intention to change and establish the
grade of Michigan avenue. The or
dinance was reconsidered and referred
to the city engineer to present an
amended ordinance.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
The auditor filed report to the effect
that he had gone over the reports of the
other city officers and found the figures
to be correct.
FREE LABOR BUREAU.
The superintendent of this institution
fled his weekly report, stating that he
had received 166 applications for work
and had obtained situations for AZ OF
them, stating the employment to which
they had been sent.
REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER.
The health officer filed the following
report: I most respectfully wish to call
your attention to the sanitary necessity
Of paving and sewering Also street. from
Alameda street to the bridge.
L. M. POWERS, Health Officer.
( The report was ordered filed.
H. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The report of the board of public
works was read. In discussing the mat
ter Of a CROSS walk at Eighth and Flower
streets, Mr.. Munson and Mr.. Innes
called attention to the great necessity of
CROSS walks at Second street and FIRE.
mont avenue. They would especially
enable the children to get to school
without wading through great lake of
deep mud. The report of the board re-
ferring to the street superintendent the
proposed cross walk at Eighth and
Flower streets was adopted.
When the recommendation for cross
walks at Second and Fremont and Sec
ond and Kern was reached Mr.. Pessell
moved to amend so as to include a cross
walk at Fourteenth and Main. The
amendment was lost and the report of
the Doard was adopted.
GRAVEL LOTS.
The land committee reported in favor
OF purchasing gravel lots for street i'm
provement purposes from O. M. Hayden
for $500 and from Mrs. Clara Fisher for
$3.50. The report was adopted,
MOTIONS FOR REPAIRS.
Mr.. Rhodes moved that the street
superintendent be instructed to con-
Btruct cement sidewalk on Seventh
street between Main and San Pedro.
That he also be ordered to repair
holes in the cement sidewalks on Main,
Spring and other streets. Mr.. Innes
wanted the last part of this motion de-
tached from the main part of the mo-
ton. He thought it too sweeping in it's
were all we'll enough but the outlying
streets were we'll enough to let alone for
while. Money was scarce and the
taxes came in very slowly.
Mr.. Rhodes said that he believed
there would be no trouble about this,
nor any great expense either. He
wanted to see what it could be done for
during the space of one year next en-
suing.
Mr.. Nickel thought that the idea of
advertising for bids, merely to see how
cheaply work could be done, was a
breach of faith with contractors who
would file bids in good faith. He thought
the necessity for such work should be
clearly shown before any such proposals
were invited. There was no great
amount OF money to carry on work of
this kind, and while he was willing to
spend money on crowded thoroughfares
he was not willing to spend any money
on streets where there was little or no
travel.
Mr.. Rhodes said the board of public
works could take the matter in hand
and advertise for a contract specifying
the principal streets upon which btu
minous pavements had been laid such
contracts to be in force for the term of
one year, and the work to be under con-
troll of the street department.
Mr.. Nickel begged to differ upon that
question with Mr.. Rhodes. He thought
the thing could be better handled by
the board OF public works and the cor
rectness of the work done should be GER
titled by the street superintendent.
Alter somewhat lengthy discussion by
Messrs. Nickel, Pessell and Rhodes,
the subject matter was committed to the
board OF public works.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
This committee reported against the
demands of L. H. Lyon for s5.35, J. M.
Baldwin for $50, W. A. Noble for SIS, J.
T. Brown for s18, D. F. Donegan for
$3.50, and the same were denied. A.
McCartey's petition for rebate of taxes
was referred to the city attorney. Tax
sale certificates were cancelled on petit
tion OF Helen Durgin and Maria Medran.
Other tax sales certificates were can
celed and rebates made on petition of
Max Harris and Mp. Campbell.
MISCELLANEOUS MOTIONS.
Mr.. Teed moved that the city engineer
present ordinance OF intention to cement
sidewalk west side OF Twenty-third
street from Grand avenue to Hope street.
10 correspond with walks already made.
Adopted.
Mr.. Seed moved that property owners
IN Scarf street between Twenty-third
md Adams streets be allowed to top
eucalyptus trees on both sides of the
Jtreet. Adopted.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the chain
gang be put to work on East First street.
near city limits. Carried. /.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the street
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