The record-union., 1893-10-10
A SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER.
The City Trustees Yesterday Ordered
One Printed.
Side-Entranoe Ordinance Defeated-A
Contract Let For the Twelfths
Street TrestIe.

Street IreStles
The meeting of the Board of City Trus-
tees yesterday morning attracted num-
Der of contractors and others, who filled
the space outside the rail.
The bids for building the trestle on
Twelfth street and filling in and grading
were opened. Darby, Layden & Co.,
Healey, Tibbitts & Co. and S. Carle were
bidders on the trestle and G. a. Burns,
James Tuohey, Rosa 81 Sullivan and A.
T. Silva bid on filling.
The City Engineer advised the board to
cut down the plans, as the cost to the city
under the present ones will be about Sc
per foot, while the county pays about So.
He advised cutting the length of the piles
down from thirty feet to twenty.
The contractors explained that the
plans were very different for the city and
county work, and the city's were much
more expensive.
The members of the board felt that
there is much more travel over the city s
portion and that the bridge should be
Of the best, and the bids of Darby, Lay
den IL Co. of s., ,597 for the trestle and A.
+. Silva of z cents a yards for filling
were accepted.
SALOON LICENSES.
M. II. Sheehan was granted license to
keep a saloon at COS l street.
Tie Woh Jung was refused license to
reopen the Chinese saloon on Third
street, which was closed at the last meet
ing.
The petition of Henry Berzoni to he al
lowed to carry on saloon at SOB * street,
the Trapp saloon, which was closed by
the board, was referred to the Police
Commissioners.
a communication was received from J.
a. Graham saying that he had signed the
petition without due consideration. and
remem bering the former annoyance to
his guests from the habitues of the place,
he felt that he could not sanction its being
opened again.
The petition Of Louis Beger to keep a
saloon at 3l5 K street was granted.
THE SIDE-ENTRANCE ORDINANCE.
The ordinance closing all side entrances
was defeated by the unanimous vote of
the board, all of them expressing the
opinion that it would work hardship on
many respectable places, and would close
almost all the restaurants in town. 1t
was not properly worded, and another
one could be drawn not open to the same
objections.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication was received from
5. ID. Gerrish, Secretary of the Free Lii
brary Trustees, announcing that L. Z.
Smith had resigned as Trustee, and G. c.
Bonte had been elected in his place.
The board allowed number of bills,
but rejected the bill of the Supervisors
for part Of the support of the chaingang.
On motion of Trustee Conklin, the
Clerk was authorized to have a supple
ment to the Great Register printed for the
coming election. The election proclama-
ton was deferred till next Monday.
The residents of Chinatown were
granted permission to conduct their an
nual religious services according to the
Chinese custom" from October Both till
November 5th, so white residents in that
portion of the city will do we'll to lay in a
large stock of sleep in advance to make
up.
CITY OFFICIALS REPORTS.
Chief of Police Rodgers reported for
the month as follows: Total number of
arrests, 345; for safe keeping, ITO; drunk.
40; Yagrancy, q; disturbing the peace. %:
suspicion, Z6; petit larceny, 10; detained
as witness, 7; violating ordinances, 9; in
Jured and sick, II; gaming, Is; murder,
z; assault to murder, 2; battery, I2 re-
ceiving stolen goods, 2; number of pris-
oners brought IN patrol wagon, al.
The City Treasurer presented his
monthly report for September as follows:
Balance September 1st, SlSS, ,76S 43; re-
ceipts during month, S49, ,628 0S; total,
S236, 1886 81; warrants paid, S73,3O0 25;
bonds paid, $1,000; coupons paid, S2l,-
Sll 50 total disbursements 500. II2 25:
balance October 1st, Sl3S, ,2S4 26.
The City Engineer reported 42,6OO,OOO
gallons pumped during the week.
STREET MATTERS.
A petition from Jacob Olsen for the
closing of all streets and alleys between
Twentieth and Twenty-third, A and r
streets south, and between Twentieth
and Twenty-second, A and B streets
north, was received and referred to the
Street Commissioner.
The ordinance for closing certain streets
IN the southern part Of the CITY as lonp as
the Seventeenth-street sewer is left open
was read the second time and action de-
ferred one week.
City Attorney Post addressed The
board, stating that the board had power to
order the City Engineer to set stakes de-
fning the streets and knock down anv
fences found to encroach on the street.
If the property inciosed trespassed on
the street, the fences must be removed.
This VIII probably result in the opening
OF Eleventh street through the pronertv
of Howell Clark and others.
In answer to statement of the Mavor
ne SAID that the city could order low lots
filled in, and if the owners did not ohev
the order, could fill them in and exact nav
therefor. The trouble in the past had
been that the city did not proceed
properly.
Lincoln White asked the board to COM
pei the railroad company TO remove their
tracks from Sixth street, between e and
II, and to take up their scales.
The Mayor said the company had heon
granted sixty days to fix the matter. but
they had not done so, and asked the
pleasure of the board.
The City Attorney was instructed to re-
port to the board next Monday as to IFS
powers in the matter.
The Mayor called the attention of the
board to the low lot onlthe northwest cor
ner of Sixth and p, which was two feet
below the grade, and it will have to be
hlled Immediately; also the church prop-
erty at Twenty-third and K streets. The
following sidewalks were also called to
their notice: Lots 5, and :, Ninth and
Tenth, * and l.; corner Ninth street he
tween \ and o; southeast corner Twen-
tieth and ii; 1908, I210, 1912. 1914. 1915
l2lS and l22O Third street, between l. and
NJ; the south side of l street. between
Twelfth and Thirteenth; the southeast
corner of Sixteenth and I streets. but as
the City Surveyor was not present to
present his list, no action was taken.