The record-union., 1894-04-12

month was smaller than for any for
year past
Inc City Surveyor reported long list
OF sidewalks which he recommended be
condemned and new sidewalks ordered.
Actlon on the report was postponed until
the 23d inst.
The Surveyor also reported on the con-
dition of the streets and sewers. He
stated that the Y-street levee is completed
with regard to the earth work, with the
exception of the approaches at Twenty
first, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-SlXth
streets and at the Lower Stockton road.
/ The bridges at these points are wooden
ones and he recommends that they either
be raised or brick culverts be built. The
track at Twenty-eighth street. He also
reports on the state of Improvements on
j street and other matters.
communication was received from
Auditor Young, saying that he had re-
ceived strong protest from the Mayor
against paying the bill of NJ. b. Horne.
for work done at the Water Works as
an examination of the charter whether
the bill is a legal one or not.
The matter was referred to the Water
Committee.
A number of bills which had been wait
ing for some time were taken up and
allowed.
SALOON LICENSES.
Henry Ebert was granted license to
keep saloon at 207 X street, Wachhorst
stating that he had looked into the matter
and heard good reports of his character.
e. Manuel Mack's petition for license
to keep a saloon at 90S X street was re-
turned to the Chief of Police for his in
vestigation.
The petition of w. E. and J. L. Dakin,
for license to keep saloon at First and p
streets, was granted.
William j. Toland presented petition
for license to keep saloon at Fourteenth
and g streets 1t was referred to the Chief
of Police.
That of John Bowman, to keep sa-
loon at l06 X street, was similarly re-
ferred.
That of Cooney Dittmar. to keep saloon
at 9zS street, was also referred; as well
as that of James Martin, to keep saloon
at Twentieth and G streets.
STREET sPRINKLING.
Tozer said he thought the time for
street sprinkling had come, and he moved
that the Clerk be instructed to advertise
for bids for sprinkling the districts in the
city. with the boundaries fixed as they
were last year.
President Lawton suggested that as
there was plenty of old hose belonging
to the city, each wagon could be fitted
with hose so that it can be coupled on to
hydrant anywhere, and do away with
the stand-pipes, which make mud holes
on the streets.
The matter was referred to the Street
Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication was received from
the Mayor, requesting the Board to have
made complete map of the city water
system, showing all the mains, laterals,
etc., as the charter provides they shall
do, if necessary. The matter was referred
to the Water Committee.
A request for a larger water main, in
the alley between \ and O, Twentieth
and Thirty-first streets, was received and
referred to the Water Committee.
Two letters treating of the sewerage
system, sent to the Mayor, and by him
TO the Board, were referred to the Sewer
Committee.
A resolution of intention to improve
the alley between g and Ii, Sixth and
Seventh streets, and lay an aight-inch
sewer in 1t, was passed.
1t was ordered that the President be
authorized TO sign the hose contract,
which has been approved by the Mayor,
as soon as some corrections have been
made in it.
Devine said the Superintendent of
Streets had not obeyed the order OF the
Board to break the street sweeping con-
tract, and wanted to know why it was
not done.
He was requested to look the matter up
and see whether the city can break the
contract.