The record-union., 1893-06-20
TIE CITY FATHERS.
The Streets Beyond Agricultural Park
May be Opened,
Chief Guthrie Reports More Fire
Plugs Needed in the Uptown
Districts.

and ID, Twenty-third and Twenty-ninth I
streets. He said it would improve the .
city and give people chance to buy lots .
and improve them. He asked the Irus-
tees to take some action to open the (
streets.
Trustee Green thought that if the streets |
were thrown open the lots would be |
bought instead Of people going out to
Oak Park to buy lots. The owners of this |
property had had the use Of the streets
tor the past thirty years.
Trustee Conklin did not think there |
was any necessity of opening the streets,
as there would be very little travel on !
them.
Mr.. Churchman said the people own |
the streets and have right to them. lie /
bad been offered 81, 900 to drop this thing /
but would not do so. Four different |
parties had offered him money, and he |
insinuated that the money must have |
gone somewhere, or the streets would |
have been opened. He did not want to |
accuse any one, but he would like to |
know. Three or four people ought not |
10 rule the city. He wanted the board to
go out and see for themselves and take |
action.
Mayor Steinman said he was in favor
of opening the streets and keeping the |
money in the city TO improve it, instead /
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places. He thought the property-owners |
in that vicinity had rights TO be con-
sidered. He wanted to see the city i'm |
proved, and thought he should favor |
opening the streets.
Trustee Conklin said that he had been |
all over the ground in question lately, |
inspecting it with regard to water. If the |
streets are opened the people will want |
water, and it will be heavy expense to |
the city. His action on this matter had |
always been for what he considered the /
best interest of the city.
On motion of the Mayor, the matter |
went over for one week, in order that the |
other property-owners could be heard |
from.
SIDEWALKS CONDEMNED.
City Surveyor Boyd recommended that
the following sidewalks be condemned |
and new ones constructed: Lotto, ii and l,
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets; Lot /,
y and ., Seventeenth and Eighteenth |
streets; lot >, and X, Twelfth and Thir- |
teenth streets, and north half Of lot 4, NJ .
and n, Ninth and Tenth streets. His |
recommendation was adopted and the |
sidewalks condemned.
KUECHLER's KICK.
George j.. Kuechler made a charge |
against two young men, whom he |
claimed were deputies of the Pound |
master, who shot at his cow, which was
tied to post near his house, with shng-
shots, trying 10 make her break loose, AS
he supposed, in order that they might
get her. lie thought the board should |
see that no such men were employed by
the Poundmaster but the board did not
see how they could take any action in the
matter, as the COW did not get loose and
the Poundmaster did not get her.
The Mayor reminded Mr.. Kuechler |
that the board was trying to get the !
gravel of the streets, SO that the sling
shot riends could not get ammunition any |
more, but Mr.. huechler did not take |
kindly to the suggestion.
vINCENT's PROPOSITION.
The proposition of State Gardener f. o. |
Vincent to improve the city's block by |
planting from 275 to 800 shade and Orna- |
mental trees and take care OF the same for
four years, was taken up.
The Mayor recommended that an agree
ment be drawn up specifying what Mr.. |
Vincent would undertake to do and what
the city would grant him, and on motion
it was so ordered.
NEW SALOONS.
The petition and bond of Jacob Grub
Ter to keep a saloon at l0l4 J street was
read and approved.
q. w. Platt was also granted permits
sion to open saloon on Sixth street. be-
tween and X.
Low LOTS To FILL.
A taxpayer presented a petition asking
that the low lots at Twenty eighth and 9 |
streets be filed. The water stood there |
all winter, and although he had raised |
his lot he had to build a scatlolding to get |
In and out of his house.
The matter was referred to the Street |
Commissioner.
The Mayor suggested that the lot |
owned by the city at Fourth and q streets |
ought to be filled. The lot at present had |
lot of cobbles on it and was of no use.
10 MI 1t would conduce to the health of /
the locality and also give the school chill !
dren a good place in which to play.
The Street Commissioner agreed with |
him as to the ACCESSIBILITY of filling the |
lot when dirt can be got, and the matter |
was laid aside for the present.
RACKEBY's HORSE.
Poundmaster McNulty appeared in |
answer to summons of the board to ex- 1
plain the action of his deputy in taking /
the horse of William Rackeby from the /
stable where he ran after runaway. The |
deputy explained that the horse got /
away from him as he was putting a rope |
around his neck and ran into the stable. |
and as he was informed it belonged in an |
other place he went in ana took it.
The board did not think he had any |
right to do so and ordered Rackebvjs |
money refunded.
The Poundmaster was also instructed
to go easy on the dogs till July LIST in |
order that their owners might get their /
tags for the next year.
WOULD LIKE MAIN LAID.
Mrs. Craig, who resides on Nineteenth
street, between L and V, stated that she !
had been informed that an alley was to he |
opened through the block, and as every |
one but she on the block had water. she |
would like to have a main laid so that |
she could be supplied.
The matter was referred to Trustee /
ConkIin.
MORE FIRE PLUGS NEEDED.
Chief Engineer Guthrie recomnended |
that some more fire plugs be placed in |
the southeastern part of the city. There |
are. he said, only two plugs on Twenty |
eighth street, between } and o. and A /
very small main. Some large frame
buildings in that vicinity have no pro-
lection from fire, and in some places it |
would take 1000 feet of hose to get one
small stream on a fire. If fire occurred /
down town while the uptown hose was
in use it would take a long time TO take
up that amount OF hose and get down
town with it, and much valuable prop
erty might be destroyed.
The matter was referred to Trustee |
Conklin.
MINED MACADAM STREET
Silas Chance addressed the board with
regard TO a substratum of gravel for
macadamized streets and the board were
disposed to consider the matter favorably,
provided that only clean gravel was |
used, believing that very good street
could be made that way, and indicated
that if he obtained private contract on
some of the cross streets they would give |
ii a trial.
THE ART GALLERY NOT INSURED.
When the insurance bills came up for /
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