Evening journal., 1894-08-08
GREENFIELD COMPLAINS
To the Street and Sewer Di-
rectors That He Fell
OVER A DIRT PILE IN TIE STREET

Printing Contract Awarded and BIDS
for Removing Ashes Received An In
vitation for Director to BE Present at
the Convention OF street Improyers, at
Buffalo.
At a meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Department, last night. bids for removing
ashes were received as follows: A q
Anderson, one year, S., 500; two years
$40, 800. Michael Riley, So. 600 and $40,
800 respectively. The contract was not
awarded.
Bids for printing 300 copies OF the eth
annual report Of the depsrtwent we're re
csived. They were Herald Printing Com
pany 81 30 per page; Mercantile Printing
Company. $l22, Homer Barry 81 81;
Freie Presse Sl5O The contract was
awarded to the Mercantile Printing Com
pauy
A communication was received from
the Water Department asking for some
consideration OIL the matter of the Street
and Sewer Department paving al parts
Of the streets torn up by the Water De-
partment aud that tho bill be turned into
the latter department. FOR payment The
matter will be brought up st the next
meeting Ia the meantime it will be
considered
The Broome Street lmprovement.Com-
pany, through q communication. asked
that the bed OF Franklin street between
Front aud Third be macademzed, as all
sewer connections had been made. The
matter was favorably considered and
was ordered TO be placed on the street
improvement list.
The secretary WAS instructed TO notify
Frank r Carswell to put down pave
ment ct once az the northwest corner of
Fourteenth and Rodney streets
A long letter was received from Rich
ard Greenfield, Ninth ward citizen.
stating that he fell over an obstruction
at Third and Orange streets, on Saturday
night last His clothing was badly dc
ranged and covered with mud and red clay.
Ie also stated that be did not see a red
light about the obstruction after lac had
recovered from the fall.
The Garfield Monument Association
sent a communication 10 the board stat
| ing that the statue would be placed at
/ the intersection Of Eleventh ana Wash
ingtou reefs and Delaware avenue. and
asked that member OF the blsrd BE-
selected TO advise with the association IN
erecting it. President Gswtnrop wa.
/ selected
An invitation was received from Street
Commissioner Nj. j. Murphy, Of st.
/ Louis, that a representative Of the de-
/ partment be present st the convention o
the heads of street departments to b,
beld ia Buffalo, N. Y, on September 10
| the object of the meeting is for thl
interchange Of ideas as to the method
used in the various parts Of the countr,
to make good streets Buffalo wa
selected because it contains same Of tn
finest streets in the United States, AM
also because of it's central location.
Sewer permits were granted 10 Julia e
Ward, James Kennedy, Hugh +
Dougherty, George A. Chadwick, viii
liam T. Honey aud George II Brown
| Permission to set curb on the mort
side OF Fifth avenue nesr Marylau
avenue, was granted 90 William {
Guthrie; western side OF Pine street be
tween Seventeenth street and Vandeve
svenue, to A. w Eekiuud; south side O
Fifth street east Of Bcoome, to Jane
Bradford
Tine pay roll for the week amounted {
81, 44904 The secretary reportedlhay
| ing collected $3.50 64,Clerk Of tho Merke
Fesster. $9l &C; Chief Engineer Wilson
$50 The city treasurer reported tn
balance In bank TO be: For street in
provement, S33 800 %; current expensei
S123 $50 u