The record-union., 1893-08-01
THEIR PACE IS SET.
The Trustees Frowning Down 0pposi-
ton to Improvement
An Intellectual Attempt Yesterday
Disorderly Houses to Close Up
Sprinkler Spurgeon Resigns.

The City Trustees had a busy session
yesterday.
The lobby was filled with petitioners,
renonstrants, orators, lawyers, con-
tractors and one or two of the ubiquitous
crank species who never miss an oppor-
tunity to lnfict a speech upon the City
Fathers on any subject that might turn
UP.
The first matter taken up by the board
was the opening of bids for macadamiz-
ing Eighth street, with curbings ETC.,
from \ to Q streets. Propositions were
received from b. Labs, e. Lambert and
Joseph Altman. That of Labs was con-
siderably the lowest and he was awarded
the contract
A petition from property-owners for
permission to lay sewer in the alley be-
tween q and H, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets was granted.
Two bids were received for laying a
stone sidewalk around the Plaza bounded
by Fifteenth and Sixteenth z and @
streets, but as one of them was not
signed, and the specifications in the other
were not satisfactory, the bids were de-
clared of. At the suggestion of Trustee
Green it was decided also to have the
Plaza filled in properly, so as to slope
from the center to the sides. Bids viii
be advertised for this work.
In connection with the improvement
of this public square g. A. Luhrs formally
notified the board of the recent action of
the now extinct Improvement Associa-
ton in giving TO the city the fountain
now at the exposition building grounds
near the depot. This ornament, he said
was given with the understanding that it
be placed in the new plaza. The board
formally accepted the associations gift in
behalf of the city.
AN IMPROVEMENT OPPOSED.
A. Q. Sweetser. representing some
owners of property in the alley between
Sixth and Seventh, Z and + streets,
spoke against laying a new sewer in
there. He said the petition had been
signed by persons who were not bona
fde property owners there. 1t would be
hardship, he said, on the legitimate
owners. owing to the hard times.
Mayor Steinman took the remonstrance
presented by Sweetser and glanced over
1t. 'Humphp' he said, as his eve caught
one of the names. ''Dr. II. II. Mcdonald
has money, hasn't he?'
Il don't know whether he has or not"
replied Mr.. Sweetser.
Well, there is not much question as to
that" said the Mayor. And besides he
Is nonresident, and should be made to
stand his share of the expense of improv-
ing the streets of this city.'
trustee Green suggested that the mat
ter be postponed for week so that the
petition and remonstr0nce cOuld he con-
sldered together. Clerk Young called at
tenuon, however, to the fact that the pc
tluon had already been acted upon and a
resolution of intention adopted
The Mayor then said he was ready TO
act upon the remonstrance at once. He
did not believe the improvement should
be hindered
The other members were agreeable to
this, 100. Mr.. Sweetser wanted to make
an argument, but Mayor Steinman cut
nm Oh. The matter has been consid-
cred, Mr.. oweetser, and you've got the
worst ofit,' he said.
A DISoRDERLY HOUSE.
W. E. Gerber presented to the board a
petition for the revocation of the license
OF Ioland, who runs the notorious Queen
Anne cottage on the corner Of Fifteenth
and \ streets. The petition was signed
by all the respectable residents of that
neighborhood.
After the petition had been read Mr..
Gerber addressed the board. He said the
place complained of had become such a
nuisance to the neighborhood that it could
be put up with no longer. 1t was the re-
sort OF all sorts of low characters, who ca
reused all night in riotous reYelry and
made night hideous for those living
within two blocks of the place, Mr.
Gerber said every ybody knew that he was
very liberal in his views on the saloon
question, but there was a limit to all
things. He and his neighbors had borne
the disgrace and discomfort of the notori-
GUS cottages presence for eight wears and
now could stand it no longer He nor his
family cared to sit on their porch in the
evening on account of the foul language
and vie songs that emanated from the
flnnan T1tt
Mr.. Gerber said he understood that
Toland's license did not expire until
October lst, and to show that he and his
neighbors did not wish to be too harsh,
they were willing that the city should
permit the place 10 run until the eX-
plratlon of the license before closing it up.
But, he added, it would be expected that
the police would exercise their authority
by arresting the proprietor of the place
should he keep a disorderly house be-
tween now and October LIST.
On motion of Mr.. Conklin, License
Collector Putnam was instructed not 10
renew Toland's license after it runs out
NO MERCY IN THIS CASE.
Police Captain Simmons also had a
complaint to make regarding a saloon
that had become novelty in its iniquity.
1t was the place kept by Biancolla d Pier
rini at lll9 Second street. Captain Sim
mons said that the notorious old Rose
bud" on lower L street, in its palmiest
days was not a patch alongside of the one
be complained Of 1t would take half of
the police force TO stand guard of the
place and suppress riots, and as the bal
auce of the city had right to expect
some attention at the hands of the police,
he thought the best thing 10 do was to re-
woke the license Immediately. He adj
Vised against permitting the place to run
until the expiration of the license.
Policeman Franks and lirpau nj told
the board what they knew about the
place
The board promptly ordered the license
Of Biancolla IL Pierrini revoked.
SIXTH STREET, OF COURSE.
The old "kick' about the occupation of
Sixth street by the Southern Pacific
Company then bobbed up again, all the
old familiar faces peered over the railing
surrounding the Trustees, and the men,
hers OF the board sighed and looked tired
Charles L. Jones, representing the rail-
road, addressed the board, saying that
the corporation had no desire to be hard
on the residents of Sixth street, but only
wanted its rights. The attorney showed
the board that the portion of the street in
question was a levee, and had been
granted to the Central Pacific Railroad
by the Legislature. The company had
usurped nothing, and only desired fair
treatment Mr.. Jones added, however,
that the company was contemplating eX-
tensive improvements in its yards, which
would do away with the SiNth-street
tracks, scales and other property. This
would remove the cause OF all the trouble,
and the property would have no
further complaint to make.
c. {. Brown, Theodore Labhard and
the others who have spoken so often be-
lore made more speeches. They did not
object 10 the tracks but wanted the scales