The record-union., 1893-11-28
KICKING AGAINST TIE COST.
The Twenty-First- Street Assessment
Must Stand, However.
A Remonstrance Against the Opening
of Twentieth Street Was Not
Offered In Time.

At the meeting of the Board of City
Trustees yesterday Hon. Fred Cox ap-
peared before the board and asked them
to rescind their action in opening Twen-
tieth street from @ to 7. He knew moth
ing of the matter until he read of the
boards action in the papers, and had no
chance to offer protest.
The Mayor said that several requests
had been made by different parties to
open the street through Richmond Grove,
and others wanted to have it opened clear
through.
Mr.. Cox wanted to know if there was
any use of opening streets where no one
was living. There was not resident on
the part of the street to be opened. He
had calculated to level his lots with the
dirt but if the street was opened the dirt
would belong to the city and he could
not use it.
Mayor Steinman said the only way to
get people to live on street was to open
it. OF course the dirt on the street would
belong to the city. 1t was too late now
TO talk about the matter, as the street had
been declared open. Mr.. Cox then re-
tired.
STREET ASSESSMENT.
John Stevens addressed the board, COM
planning of the heavy assessment on the
properUy-Owners on Twenty street.
The first estimate Of the City Engineer
was $500 but the final cost was far
greater II the city was to pay for one
quarter and the street railway company
tor nine feet. he could not see why it was
so high. The cost of the surveying was
about 500, and he did not understand
why it was so high. He would like the
Engineer to explain.
Engineer Boyd stated that the Twenty
first-street work had to be gone over
twice, and in some places, as at the heavy
fills, three times. In some places they
had to blast out rocks in order to drive
the stakes. The work was done by days
work. lie gave the figures of cost of
surveying other streets, to show that the
cost OF surveying Twenty-irst street was
not excessive. His first estimate of cost,
he said, was hastily made and was too
low. He did not make an estimate on
cost at that time, but on the number OF
cubic feet, and the bids were made by the
yard. He overlooked the cost Of round
corners.
MIR. Stevens said if the first estimate
would fall so far below the actual cost, he
wanted no more such figures for him.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On motion of Trustee Conklin the ac-
ton OF the board in referring the petit
ton OF Gross IL Carlow to be allowed to
keep a saloon at 607 X street, 20 the Police
Commissioners, be rescinded, which was
done, and on the recommendation of the
CHIEF of Police the petition was granted.
The Street Commissioner, to whom had
been referred the matter Of placing cleo
trio lights at TWenty-fifth and l. and
Twenty-frst and S streets, recommended
that they be so placed, but on motion of
the Mayor the report was received and
action deferred for a while.
When the bills of Frank Daroux for
Sll0 and J. J. Schick for SO came up dur
ing the auditing of bills, the Mayor OBJ
!jected TO paying them, as both men had
been sick and off duty.
Trustee ConkIin said that it had always
been customary when a man was sick a
few days to pay his salary without reduc-
ton. No such case of long-continued
sickness, however. had come up, and he
had approved the bills so that they might
come up and the matter be settled by the
board.
Mayor Steinman said he did not see any
more reason why the two men should be
paid any more than man who was
working in the street department, if he
was unable to work. He declined TO
audit the bills and Trustee Green voted
with him against them.
K STREET ACCEPTED.
By resolution the board accepted that
portion Of the K-street pavement be-
tween Second and Tenth, the City I'M
provement Company guaranteeing to re-
pair any defects that may exist.
AN OBJECTIONABLE SEWER.
Charles Heisen complained that the
sewer in the alley between and G, Sixth
and Seventh streets did not have proper
outlet, and is TOO small for the service re-
Quired ofit. No action was taken in the
matter.
SIDEWALKS ORDERED.
A resolution of intention was adopted
for the improvement of the north side of
l street, from Third to Fifth, by filling
in and the construction of bulkhead and
cement sidewalk.
Street Commissioner Green reported
that new sidewalk was necessary on the
east side of Twenty-eighth street, from ]
to y, and it was ordered that the same be
constructed.
The sidewalks on lots and s, l and J.,
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