The herald., 1893-01-24

and sold by st. Vlncents college thai
the deeds to the north half of the block
all ran to an alley. also am informed
that this alley has been kept open and
used by the public Tor many years
there can be NO doubt but what this
alley has been properly dedicated and
that no one has right to obstruct any
portion of the same; and therefore
recommend that the superintendent OF
streets be instructed to notify the party
who has obstructed it to at once remove
such distractions, and in case that he
fails to do so that they be removed by
hesuperintendent Of streets. Adopted;
ayes 8, noes 0.
l have drawn and report herewith an
ordinance severing the contract between
the city and the Citizens Water COM
pany, which ordinance should be passed
today and served before the 1st of Feb
ruary. This ordinance is second notice,
which is made necessary by the require
ments of the ordinance granting them
their franchise and privilege. Adopted.
ayes 8, noes O.
l have drawn and delivered to Ayers
& Lynch q contract for the city printing.
l have examined into the proposed
grading of Buena Vista street, and find
sh6v VIC VI bbACOtby Al
posting his notice of intention to per-
form the work, made mistake in the
character of the work to be performed,
and for that reason no further steps can
be taken. am also informed that
portion of the street which is to be
graded is private property that does not
constitute portion of the street. THE,
of course, would prevent the work being
performed until the city had acquired
title by condemnation or otherwise, of
all the portion of the street which was
proposed to be improved. Re-referred
to board OF public works.
l have been informed that the con-
tractors upon the outfall sewer are work
ing the men nine hours day. There
is clause in all the contracts that eight
hours q day shall constitute a days
work, and no person shall be employed
who has not been a resident of the city
for six months, etc. There are many
reasons why both of these clauses should
be inserted in the contract, but even If
there were none, the fact that they are
go inserted, and that the contractors
have signed their contracts with the
knowledge that both of these require
ments were required by the city council,
is of itself sufficient to authorize us to
enforce them. Some of the contractors
seem to have an idea that they are only
required to conform to such parts of the
contract as may be convenient to them,
but think that at the commencement
of the work on the outfall sewer is q
good time to give the contractors to un-
derstand that they would be required to
comply with all of the requirements of
their contracts; and 1 ADVISE that the
matter be referred to some committee
for the purpose of investigation and re-
port. Referred to sewer committee.
REPORT OF SEWER COMMITTEE.
The sewer committees report was as
follows:
We have examined the contemplated
change in the route of the outfall sewer,
and find that there can be nothing
saved by the change, and we therefore
recommend that the work be proceeded
with on the original route.
We recommend that Z. P, Vincent be
appointed as deputy engineer at salary
of $125 per month, whose duties shall be
to personally superintend the construc.
! tion and field work of the outfall sewer,
and perform such other duties as direct
ed by the city engineer and sewer COM
mittee. Adopted.
We also recommend that Frank Har-
burt be appointed to take charge and
look>after the cement furnished by the
city and perform such other duties az
the CITY engineer and his deputy super
intendent and the sewer committee may
direct, at salary of So per day, and
that the city attorney be requested
to present the necessary ordinance.
Adopted.
We recommend that NJ. J. Darcy, ].
Fl Smith, Charles Derby and II. L
Ryan be appointed as inspectors for the
outfall sewer.
PUBLIC WORKS MINORITY REPORT.
Councilman Rhodes then offered the
following minority report of the board
of public works:
Recommend that the bid of Ramish
& Co., for the removal OF the city garb-
age outside OF the CITY limits and bury
ing the same for s1l, 100 per annum bs
accepted, and the city attorney be in.
structed to prepare and present the
necessary contract and bond. This be
ing a saving of $l400 per annum to the
city over the bid for cremation, which
according to the statements of the
health officer, under the past contract
by cremation there has only been about
40 per cent cremated, the other 60 pc,
cent they were unable to cremate and
it was buried in the city in a locality
not desired by the residents of the same
but was allowed under the euise o
cremation in the face of the peoples
registered protests. So bv accepting
this, the lowest bid. and allowing the
contractor to bury and cremate outside
of the city limits, this will do away with
this abominable nuisance that the peo
pie of the Sixth and Seventh wards de.
sire removed, and save $4,000 to the ta1
payers OF the city in the three years.
Mr.. Pessel moved the adoption of tn.
minority report.
Mr.. Munson said the health officer
was present, and he should like to heal
from him. DR. MacGowan said the re
port was a mistake. What he had in
tended to say was that about so per cen
had been cremated and about 40 per cen
buried. This was owing to the careless
ness of housekeepers in filling garbage
cans with ashes.
Mr.. Rhodes said he certainly under.
stood DR., MacGowan to say that only AZ
per ceut of the garbage was burned.
DR.. MacGowan made lengthy speech
ia favor OF cremation. He said that tn,
health of the city demanded cremation
as the only safeguard against typhoid O
cholera.
MR.. GoRDoN's REMARKS.
Mr.. Gordon spoke upon the presen