The herald., 1893-07-04
CITY BUSINESS TRANSACTED,
The Proceedings Yesterday of
the City Council.
The Free Labor Bureau and Its
Manager Discussed.
Tho Hayes Street sewor--Wnsh- room
Fioors-Reports From various
OGicials--Rnilroad Lands.
Petitions and Reports.

terday morning, and the full board, with
the exception OF Mr.. Pessel were pres
ent, President Teel occupying the
chair.
MR.. MURPHY's REQUESTS. a-5
j. s. Murphy appeared before tho
council and asked one week further
time in which to file petition for the
opening and widening of First street in
accordance with petition OF W. IL.
Workrsan ct al, which request was
granted.
]. s. Murphy also asked that the
council set aside the contract awarded
to Register & Darcy for the improve
ment of Iowa street, on the ground that
the said proceedings are defective, and
that il the work is done the contractor
cannot collect the payment, for the
same.
REGISTER AND DARcY's DEPOSIT.
Mr.. Innes moved that the deposit of
Register & Darcy be returned and the
pending proceedings abandoned and
the city attorney be instructed to pre-
pare new ones.
THE FACT is DISPUTED.
Mr.. Thorn asked that the contractor
for that part of Echandia street In lot 8,
block Z, on Brooklyn Heights be en-
Joined from taking 10 feet from the prop
erty owners around Prospect park in the
opening of the street. He claimed that
the city had no right to the property. and
although the city engineer had placed
his stakes on the property In question,
he had afterwards acknowledged that
the city had no right to it.
The city engineer when asked about
the matter said that he had instructed
his deputies to follow the line OF the
property, that the 10 feet would not be
taken from them, but he also said that
the property had been laid out in fam
tastic manner and owing to that fact he
was compelled to follow its line. He
said also that it would narrow the street
10 feet for distance OF about 300 feet,
but as that narrowing was done on q
curve, it would not appreciably affect
the property owners on the proposed
opening of the street.
SUPPLY COMMITTEE.
The report of the supply committee
was then made and adopted.
TIE LABOR BUREAU.
The report of the Free Labor bureau
was to the effect that during the last
month 154 applications had been re-.
ceived and of them SO had been furnish
ed with permanent positions.
HAYES STREET SEWER.
A communication was presented from
,the health officer recommending the
seweripg of Hayes street between Mo.
zart street and Downey avenue, because
many of the residents on that etreet
procure water for domestic purposes
from pumps which are sunk in the
ground where the waste water. from the
residences above may run. The matter
was referred to the sewer committee.
wAsHRooM FLOORS.
Another communication from the
health officer asked that an ordinance be
passed requiring the washroom floors OF
all wash houses or laundries to be laid
with cement or some material that will
prevent leakage and the formation OF
pools of water under the building. This
was also referred to the sewer commit
tee.
JUSTICES REPORTS.
City Justice Austin reported for the
last month $516 collected in fines and
S56.05 as fees in his court.
Justice Seaman reported $36.75 col.
lected as fees.
STREET sUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The street superintendent recon-
mended that the contractors doing work
on Seventh street, between Main and
Pearl streets, be granted an extension OF
80 daya' time, which was so ordered.
THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.
The superintendent of buildings rec
commended that the petition of A. NJ.
Edelman asking for an amendment of
section 81 of the building ordinances bs
granted after having itself been some.
what amended. Referred to the city
attorney for purpose of drafting the
necessary ordinance. I{
LABOR BUREAU MANAGER.
The city attorney presented request
for the appointment OF manager for
the free labor bureau. Mr.. Teed moved
that action be deferred until the after-
noon session in order to allow the spe-
cial committee to make their report.
Carried.
F. I.
The report of the finance committee
was read and adopted.
MAGNOLIA STREET BRIDGE.
The following proposals we're received
from J. d. Mercer TO construct the Mag
nolia street bridge for $l025; also one
from l.. +. Ledbetter for $1Ol5. They
were referred to the bridge committee.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The city attorney reported as follows |:
The contract between the city and W..
L. Y. Schenck for 750 feet of Paragon
hose; also q contract with r. R. Brown
4 Sons for 750 feet of Baker fabric also
contract with r. Maloney to construct
hose wagon were read and filed.
In the matter of changing the grade OF
Bartlett street. it will be necessary that
the consent OF oil the property owners
npon that portion of the street which is
being improved be obtained before the
grade can be changed. Ordered to be
filed. fl1E
In the matter of the petition of VIM.
Ferguson ct al, asking the repeal of an
ordinance vacating Negro alley, 1 find
that one of the considerations for pro-
perty taken for the opening of Los
Angeles street was the vacating of Negro
alley. and am of the opinion that to
repeal this ordinance might involve the
city in serious complications and litiga-