The record-union., 1893-05-09

oVerfiowing and creating a great nui-
sance in that neighborhood.
The matter was referred to the Street
Commissioner.
POOR STREET SPRINRLING.
Complaint was made of no sprinkling
being done on @ street, east of Seven
teenth, and Street Commissioner Green
said that complaints were coming in
from all parts of the city of poor work by
the street sprinklers.
Mayor Steinman said the Street Com
missioner should enforce compliance
with the contracts and not to dilly-dally
with the sprinklers. The city must have
good work or know why.
EAsY-GoING METHODS.
Building Inspector Nichols reported a
number of awnings that should be con-
demned.
Mayor Steinman said the board had
been going ahead and condemning avn
ings and sidewalks, and that no atten-
ton had been paid to the orders of the
board. This sort of business was mere
chlld's play. 1t was of no use for the
board to condemn awnings and then not
enforce its orders. He had seen avn
ings ready to fall that had been con-
demned weeks ago and nothing had been
done toward pulling them down. This
was no way to do business.
CllSSb COiilIl iSSlOn6T OE6en remarked
that he would have to proceed against
these parties if they did not show some
disposition to obey orders.
YES" said Mayor Steinman, land
rich people should be made to act as well
as poor people. No partiality should be
shown. Let's have no more foolishness
about this thing. but proceed on business
principles. We've had enough of this
style of doing things.'
Sfrapt Com miss
that, so far as sidewalks are concerned,
the board had ordered so much work
done that men could not be had to fulfill
contracts.
1t was agreed that the orders of the
board must be enforced rigidly if there
be any virtue in the law.
THE FIRE LIMITS.
The fire-limit ordinance introduced a
week ago (and which was published in
the RECORD UNION) was taken up and
read the second time and then laid over
for final action, owing to the desire of the
Mayor to inquire into some particular
point involved.
SEWER-PIPE ORDERED.
The clerk was directed to advertise for
bids to furnish ], 200 feet of siX-inch sewer
pipe.
K-STREET IMPROVEMENT.
William Boyne appeared before the
board and suggested that in letting the
contracts for improving streets the board
require granite to be used for curbines.
instead of freestone. The latter, he said,
would not last like granite, and it would
be mistake to use it.
Something of a discussion ensued re-
garding the proposed improvement of *
street, and Trustee Conklin suggested
that the property-owners along that
street be consulted in the matter of the
appointment of person to superintend
the work.
The Mayor said the people who had to
pay Tor the work certainly should have
something to say about how it should be
done.
There being no question before the
board, OF course no action was taken.
AT the afternoon session Mayor Stein
man called attention to the splendid con-
dition Of the City Cemetery. Everything
out there, be said, was looking fine, and
the new superintendent was doing good
work.
A SINGULAR ASSESSMENT.
G. o. Hayford called the boards atten-
ton to tho fact that W. II. Howard, a
nonresident, was assessed $1,000 on a
building that was burned down on Front
street year ago last January. although
the propertyiwas returned to the Assesso
as having no improvements. He wanted
the assessment revoked.
Trustee Conklin said he remem bered
that the assessment of 5000 was left on
the property last year becouse the owner
received that amount of insurance.
No action was taken by the board.
TwENTY-FIRsT STREET wATER-PIPE.
On motion of Trustee Green. Trustae
Conklin was authorized to have the
water-pipe on Twenty-first street, from L
TO I lowered when the Central Electric
Railway Company lays its track there. II
the cost should not exceed 500 the city is
to stand onehaif the expense and the
railway company the other half
CITY sCAvENGER.
a. Grubbs was elected, on motion OF
Trustee Green, to look after the removal
of garbage, ETC., found on the streets and
alleys.
STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS,
Resolutions Of intention were adopted
for the graveling or macadamizing of Sew.
enteenth street, from b to J; also, for grad.
| ing q street, from Twenty-tbird tr
| Thirty-first; also, for laying a sewer-pipe
in the alley between 2 and q, Seventh
and Eighth streets. sd, en-,
a resolution to improve Tenth street
from c to g, by graveling or macadamiz-
| ing, was defeated.
c street, from Eleventh to Twelfth. was
ordered improved by graveling or mac.
adamizing.
The matter of the laying of a sewer Oh
Twentyfourth street, from NJ to n, was
referred to the Street Commissioner.
\ resolution was adopted to improve
! Eighth street. from D to E, by graveline
or macadamizing.
| SIDEWALKS CONDEMNED.
| The Sidewalk Inspector reported tht
following sidewalks as being unsafe, and
they were ordered condemned: East Eal
of lot 5. II, l, Eleventh and Twelfth
streets; lot 5, H, /, Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth; south half of lot S, |, J, Fifteenth
and Sixteenth; lot l, 1, j, Sixteenth and
Seventeenth; lot s, NJ, n, Seventeenth
aud Eighteenth; east half of lot :. west
half of lot =, and south l2O feet of lot ., \
and o, Sixth and Seventh streets: east
half of lot ), and all of lot 4, 0, p, Tenth
and Eleventh; lot 5. n, o, Third and
| Fourth streets.
| No action was taken on the proposition
to construct bridge over the canal al
| Thirtieth and Y streets. Mayor Steinman
thought the county alone was interested
! in the matter.
| The board adjourned till 10 o'clock this
| forenoon.
THE PERKINS SCANDAL