The record-union., 1894-06-23
| SESSION OF THE CITY FATHERS.
The Hitch Between Them and the
Mayor.
Corporation Counsel Devlin Will Give
an Opinion Thereon-The Sew
erage Plans Deferred.

The Board of City Trustees held a spe-
cial meeting last night. Trustees Lawton,
Wachhorst Kent, Davis, Bragg, Devine,
Leonard, Tozer and Pennish being pres
ent.
r. 7. Devlin. as Corporation Counsel,
presented to the board for their approval
contract he had drawn up between the
city and the lone Coal Company, for fur
nishing coal for the Water Works during
the ensuing year.
With regard to the claim Of B. Labs,
for land taken by the city from him at
North B street and Twelfth. he was OF
opinion that the city would have to pay
for the land if it has taken 1t, as Labs
states that he notified the Surveyor that
the road trespassed on his land. The city
has not condemned it or taken any steps
to do so.
Devine thought that if the City Sur
veyor had laid out the road over Mr..
Labs land. he was the one who should
be called on to pay for it and not the city.
Counsel Devlin said that was matter
for the city to settle with the Surveyors S
bOndsmen.
BRECK KENRIDGE's CLAIM.
Miss Laura NJ. Tilden presented claim
of r. L. Breckenridge for $500 damages
against the city, he having been thrown
from his buggy down the levee at Elev-
enth and Y streets on dark night, there
being no protection at that spot against
such accidents.
Messrs. WachhOrst. PenniSh and Davis
stated that Mr.. Breckenridge was not so
badly injured but that he was able 10 be
about on the next day, as he conversed
with them and told them OF his mishap.
Miss Tilden presented physician s
certificate as to Breckenridge's injuries,
and stated that she had witnesses who
could testify to the condition of the buggy
and horse after the accident.
Some facetious questions as to Brecken-
ridges condition tor sobriety were neatly
parried by her, and the matter was re-
ferred to the Corporation Counsel for his
opinion.
CITY OFFICIALS REPORTS.
City Collector Mckee presented his
monthly report of money collected as fol-
lows: City taxes, SI9l, ,450 10; city licenses,
81, l,g47 80; dog taxes, 50; cemetery dues.
Sl,022 80; harbor dues, Sl42 90; water
rates, 81, $40 70; water taps, $50; total,
SI99, 1919 80.
City Treasurer Porter reported the bal
ance in the treasury May lst to be S55,-
5S3 So; receipts during month, 1884,
SIG II; total, $500, ,430 73; warrants paid,
S48, 603 63; coupons paid, $50, l66 90; total
disbursements, SS4, 40 IL; balance June
1st, S205, 500 90.
The City Auditor reported the total
amount in the various funds in the City
Treasury to be $3.50, ,246 0S.
NJ. j. Desmond, Clerk of the Police
Court, reported fines imposed during
May, Sl62 80; fines collected, $l26.
fof 6 orlS 80
during the month, of which l6 remain in
the prison. During the month l,097
meals and q lodgings were furnished.
The City Physician reported 204 pa
tients treated, Ill prescriptions repeated.
% patients treated outside the dispensary,
IL treated at the Receiving Hospital, IL at
the County Jail and Il visits to the
Foundlings' Home; total, 80. Fifty-two
burial permits were issued.
The Water Assessor reported fifteen
new names for water-takers. He had
shut Oft the water from two business
places, one being a soda-water factory.
He was satisfied it was using city water
but could not find out where they got it,
and he did not know of any law in exist
ence TO drevent their getting it.
The Poundmaster reported thirteen
horses, four cows and 120 dogs impounded.
OF the CATTLE fourteen were redeemed, III
dogs were killed and eight redeemed. He
had received S33 for impounding the ami
mails.
The Building and Sanitary Inspector
reported 395 inspections during the month.
The City Surveyor reported $4,000
square feet of sidewalk surveyed and $50
feet of curbing; that the work of improv-
ing j street, from Third to Eleventh, was
finished, and several contracts for inn
proving alleys let.
The Chief Engineer of the Water Works
reported l66, 81, 600 gallons pumped. at a
total cost of 81, ,66l 81.
The Sidewalk Inspector presented re-
port condemning the following side
walks:
South half and east quarter of lot s. I
and j, Fourth and Fifth streets; west
sixteen feet of east half of lot 7, and j,
Fourth and Fifth; lot 2, NJ and Il. Second
and Third; west half of lot 3, n and 0,
Tenth and Eleventh; east half of lot 3, NJ
and \, Ninth and Tenth; west three
quarters of lot 6, M and n, Third and
Fourth, lots and 5, NJ and \, Fifth and
Sixth;west forty-five feet oflot2, lot 1, east
half of lot 8, y and o, Fifth and Sixth;
part of lot 4, and lots l, 2 and g. L and Nj,
Third and Fourth; lot l, n and o, Third
and Fourth; west three-quarters of lot l,
l. and NJ, Fourth and Filth; lot S, NJ and
\, Ninth and Tenth; lot l, l. and NJ,
Fifth and Sixth; east side of lot 4, NJ and
\, Sixth and Seventh: east side of south
half of lot ), NJ and y, Seventh and
Eighth; east forty-tlve feet of lot l, NJ and
n, Fifth and Sixth east quarter of lot 2
and east half of lot l, L. and NJ. Sixth and
Seventh; part of lot and all of lot I, l
and j, Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
He also presented resolution for
action by the board, ordering new walks
constructed on these lots, beginning
within fifteen days. Lot 4, \ and O,
Fifth and Sixth, was ordered stricken
from the list on motion of Devine.
On motion lot s, on Eighth street be-
tween 6 and II, was added to the list.
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
q. w. Ficks, Superintendent of Gene
teries, submitted supplemental report,
stating that during the last quarter of this
year the expense for labor in the ceme-
feries amounted to 81, ,26S 25 and out of
the ten men the Mayor had been author
lied to employ only four had been en-
ployed for ten days each. During the
corresponding quarter last year the labor
bill was y, 1872 90, a saving this year of
STA %.
He also called the attention of the board
to the necessity of telephone communica
ton between his Office and the city. For
the past ten years the Bell Conservatory
Company has been the medium of tele
phone communication, and on each occa-
sion they have had TO send a man over to
the cemetery, thus losing his time. They
refuse to do so any longer, as 1t has al
ways been a heavy expense to them.
City Collector Mckee presented re-
port showing that the total assessment
roll amounted TO S236, SIG 361: cash paid
into the City Treasury, S233, ,664 20;
amount delinquent, 81. .lSl Ola.
ELI MAYO'S LOTS.
Mayor Steinman, who was present,
asked what action the board was going to
take in regard to Eli Mavo. who refuses
TO fill in his low lots, as ordered.
The records show that the matter was