The record-union., 1894-09-05
COMPLAINT ABOUT STREET LIGHTS.
City Trustees Lay the Bill Over to In
vestigate.
Low Lots at Eleventh and II Streets
Ordered FiIIed-Owners Must
Come to Time.

come TO Time.
The City Board of Trustees held its
tees Lawton, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
Bragg, Devine, Tozer, Leonard and PEN
nish being present.
The following messages from the Mayor
were received:
POLITICAL FIRENEN MUST GO.
! TO the Board Of Trustees: L herewith
transmit to your honorable body COM
munication received by me from Henry
| Guthrie, Chief Engineer of the Fire De-
paftment, IN reference to j. E. Sullivan,
! Foreman OF Engine Company No. /, and
| james Curran, hook and ladder man OF
Hook and Ladder Company No. l, who
have recently participated in a conven-
! tlon and are now candidates for office, all
OF which is in violation Of Section l40 OF
the Charter, which declares that any
member OF the fire department so par
ticlpatlng shall forfeit his office.
L hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent, L hereby appoint the fol-
| lowIng-narned persons to the following
| named positions:
j. Mellonberg to be Foreman of En-
glne Company No. l, vice j. Il. Sullivan,
who has forfeited his position.
X. Tengrove to be Assistant Foreman
OF Englne Company No. l, vice j. Mel
lonberg, promoted TO Foreman.
ID. ). Doermer to be hoseman OF En-
gine Company No. /, vice h. Tengrove,
promoted to Assistant Foreman.
! As Chief Guthrie states that Mr.. Cur
ran intends to withdraw as a candidate,
L Will not at present make any appoint
nent In his place. Respectfully submit
! ted, B. u. STEINMAN. Mayor.
/ LEVEE APPROACHES AT ELEVENTH
STREET.
To the Board Of Trustees. Some time
| since / made recommendation to your
| board that the approaches to the street
| levee at Eleventh street be lengthened
and wldened, so as to remove all danger
OF accidents occurring there. | am not
aware that your board has taken any
action upon the matter; but il you have.
certainly nothing has yet been done
toward the improvement of the APP
| proaches.
! l hope, therefore, you will again con-
sider the matter and cause the work TO be
done at once. Respectfully submitted,
b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor
CONDEMNED SIDEWALKS.
To the Board Of Trustees: I am in
formed that there are some reports OF
Sidewalk Inspector Mulleney on file in
your Office which have not been acted
upon by your board. This being the fact,
wish you would take up the reports and
| condemn the sidewalks recommended by
HIM to be condemned, SO that the good
work OF building new sidewalks may go
on. Respectfully submitted,
Is. Y. STEINMAN, Mayor.
CHARGES AGAINST SPECIAL WARNER.
To the Board of Trustees: | herewith
transmit to your honorable body written
charges which have been filed in this
office by II. u. May against Special Officer
| " arner.
Pending investigation of the charges
by your board, L have suspended hun
from duty. Respectfully submitted,
B. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
RENTED WATER RATES.
To the Board Of Trustees: 1t has come
to my notice that your so-called Water
| Committee, consisting of Trustees Davis
| Leonard and Kent, have authorized City
| Collector Mckee to remit water rates in
! several cases on account of poverty.
! know of no law which permits three
| Trustees, under the name OF the Water
| Committee, to exercise such prerogative.
Ii this is one Of their rights. these three
Trustees and the City Collector could give
! one-half OF the city their water free, and
no one would know anything about it.
1t seems only right that anyone who is
too poor to pay his water rate should come
! before your board in open session, and in
proper cases you, and not the Water Com
mittee, should remit the rates, and the
| record of all such cases should be kept in
| your minutes. AS committee keeps nc
record, it is not right, in my Judgment
that this practice should be continued.
For the purpose of correcting it l have
| called the attention OF your board to it,
and hope you will give the matter your
attention. Respectfully submitted,
b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
The charges made by Mr.. May were
that Special officer Warner said he heard
the burglars at work in his place, but
told ii. q. Megerle and S. Poska, when
asked why he did not make the arrest.
that May did not pay him to watch his
place ana he did not propose to arrest his
| burglars. May asked that Warmers COM
mission be revoked. The charges were
referred to the Police Committee.
| In reference to the allusion to the Water
Committee, Davis stated that so far as he
| knew the committee has remitted nc
" ater rates except in one case, which
was authorized by the board.
Kent thought that the 'so-called" Mayor
had insulted the whole board. When
| people are poor and deserving. the least
that the board can do is to give them a
drink Of water He moved that the com
| municasiou be returned to the Mayor
and Leonard seconded the motion.
Penuish said that whatever the Water
/ Committee had done should be reported
to the board.
kenps motion was declared carried by
| the Chair, he declaring that Pennish
called for roll-call after the announce
ment was made.
In relation To the suspension of mem
bers OF the ire department who had be-
come candidates for Office, Leonard said
that he considered that the provision o1
the charter with regard to mem bers of the
IL
| not apply TO man becoming a candidate
for office. which. he thought, was any
mans right.
The question was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel for his opinion
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine thought something ought to be
| done with the approaches to the levee al
| Eleventh and \ streets and moved thai
the superintendent OF Streets be empow.
cred TO construct properly the approaches
at Eleventh and Y. Perhaps the county
will be willing to pay portion of the
cost.
Pennish thought some of the mem bers
had changed their minds since he brought
the matter up.
Bragg said he opposed the matter be.
fore, because he did not thing everything
should be referred to the Street Superin-
tendent. He thought the cost should be
ascertained and bids advertised for.
The Superintendent of Streets was in.
structed 10 ascertain the amount of work
TO be done and report.
Leonard stated that the Chief Engineer
had returned from San Francisco. and
reported that the hose wagons were moi
what the city wants.
Devine stated that hackmen and others
had complained that the Electric car
Company were obstructing Fifteenth
street with their cars. He thought that
private citizens should have a right to
use the streets,