The record-union., 1895-04-16

S67 a; city licenses, 50, ,044 so; dog licenses.
$53; harbor dues S7I 80; cemetery dues,
1904 90; water rates, 81. 3S2 80; water taps,
! S32; total, S20,0SS 58.
Superintendent of Streets Murray re-
ported expenditures as follows: Street
repairs, SI,2S3 62; sewer department,
Slo6; cemetery, S23; street sprinkling,
| 81, 40 62.
Chief of Police Drew reported 200 ar
rests for the month of March; meals fur
nlshed, 856; lodgings furnished. Is; also,
that the electric lights had burned steadily
during the month.
! Poundmaster Cooksley reported l9
| horses, 8 cows, l goat, IL sheep and 131
dogs impounded during the month. OF
these, IS cattle and 30 dogs were re-
deemed. Fees received, $43 70.
! W Water Assessor Solomon reported that
he had raised the rate of Al residences, !
lodging house and l Chinese laundry,
and reduced the rate on 3 dwellings. He
had also added dwellings and horses
| to his list.
Police Clerk Desmond reported fines
imposed during the month, $68l; col
lected, 1916
City Taper J. w. Watt reported hav-
ing expended 1857 06 during the month
of March.
The City Surveyor reported 49, ,6S4 feet
OF sidewalk and 1854 feet of curbing sur
Yeyed. The alleys between Sixth and
seventh, n and O. and Fourth and Fifth,
| y ana L streets, were finished, and assess
ments would be issued at once.
Chlet Engineer Guthrie reported that
engine NO. had been repaired, equipped
WIN new boilers and placed in service,
ana Inc relief engine has been placed in
the corporation house, in readiness for
service IN case OF accident. The Hays hook
ana ladder truck has been repaired The
rear wheels and axle for engine No. 2
nave been ordered, as well as two collars
ana pair OF extra harness. The axle on
NO. hose-cart needs replacing.
Chief Engineer Wolf of the Water
/ Works submitted the following report
for the month of March: Holly pump,
running time, 704 hours; Stevens pump,
I hours; gallons pumped by Holly pump
Ia, $4,000; gallons pumped by Stevens
| pump, l,630,OOO; total number of gallons
pumped, 49, 10000. Expenditures, 81,
| lS2 40.
RETURNS FOR IRRIGATION.
City Collector Mckee reported thai
SSH 90 had been paid into the City
| treasury for irrigation for the season o.
| 1894.
MORE FIRE PLUGS.
The City Taper, Water Assessor and
! Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
We're directed to report how the ire plugs
should be distributed in the Ninth Ward
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Brown Bros. were awarded the con.
tract for the construction of the new pa
| troll wagon. Their bid was 1897 so.
The City Street improvement Company
| was awarded the contract for the improve
ment OF j street from Eleventh TO Fif
| teenth.
Henry Dehn was awarded the contract
| for the construction of the sewer on
! Iwenty-second street, between @ and r.
SALOON LICENSES.
On the recommendation of the Chief Of
! Police saloon licenses were granted tc
| John Rasmussen at 324 Il street, and 3.
/ d. Ross at 1923 Third street.
WachhOrst moved that the action of th G
| board in refusing w. H. Coleman at 7Ol
| K street an all-night saloon license be re-
| scinded. Coleman was then granted the
! license.
! Applications for saloon licenses were
read from ID. La Fountain, $50 NJ street:
! Alexander Williams, rs X street: Will
lam J. Hook, 706 street. Referred to the
| Chief of Police.
On motion of Devine the action of the
| board IN refusing Cunha d Silva at 200 l
street an all-night license was rescinded
The board then granted the license.
| AN EXTRA MACHINIsT.
! Leonard introduced resolution author
! izing the Chief Engineer Of the Water
! Works to employ machinist to repair
! the pumps at that institution. Carried
! The compensation of the machinist was
| fixed at 40 cents per hour.
STREET sPRINKLING.
! Kent offered resolution directing the
! Clerk to advertise for bids for stree
! sprinkling according TO the specifications
on file; that two city carts be used in
each OF the first five districts, the carts tC
| be useG in the upper streets in each dis
! trict; that no contractor be allowed tC
sprinkle more than one district.
/ Tozer opposed the resolution. He said
! he was ia favor OF paying the cOntrac tors
! by the hour.
Action on the resolution was deferred
until Wednesday evening.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A resolution of intention was adopted
to improve I street from Front TO Fifth.
A resolution OF intention was adopted
| to improve street between Ninth and
| Tenth.
The serial bond and market-pIaca ordi-
! nanCeS were laid over fer one week
/ The Fire Department Committee was
| directed to make needed improvements
/ to the approach to engine house No. l.
/ On motion of Kent, action on the resO-
/ luton of intention TO improve the alley
! between NJ and y, Fourth TO Sixth
streets, was deferred one month.
! a remOnstranCe was read against the
| construction OF d sewer in the allev, [
and NJ, IWenty-sixLh and Twenty
seventh streets. Action thereon was
! postponed until Wednesday evening.
Kent said that in the near future he
would introduce a resolution to consOli.
date the offices of Sanitary and Building
Inspector and Plumbing Inspector.
Kent offered resolution directing the
Clerk to afIix to an ordinance the names
OF the members OF the board voting for
and against its adoption. No action was
taken on the resolution.
The board then adjourned until
! w ednesday evening.
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