The record-union., 1895-09-11
THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FIGHT.
1t Crops Up Again in the Board Of
trustees.
Seventeenth-S Street Citizens Ask For
Serial Bonds and a Postpone
ment of the Work.

The City Board of Trustees held brief
meeting last night, Trustees Lawton.
Wachhorst, Bragg, Davis. Devine. Kent.
Tozer and Leonard being present.
On motion of Leonard, all business was
deferred except the allowing of bills.
A large number were allowed. That OF
George w. Herr as Sanitary Inspector
was objected to, Devine saying that he
had not been properly elected.
Leonard said the mem Ders had better
read up on the charter. and Lawton told
him that the members who voted for cre-
ating the position were responsible and
the others were not.
Devine argued that if the board should
| vote for the bill they would do an illegal
act. as the necessary number of members
had not voted 10 create the position. The
health of the city had improved since the
Office had been abolished.
Leonard said the members could vote
for the bill. but Herr would never get his
money.
Nachhorst in the chair.
i4awton said the Board of Health, in
accordance with instructions from the
Trustees. had appointed Herr to look
after the sanitary conditions. The trou-
bic seemed to be that some OF the MEM
befs had objections to Mr.. Herr. The
Board OF Health had appointed him. pre-
$uniably because they thought he was
the best man for the place. The bill was
4 just one and should be- paid.
DcVlne said that his salary amounted
20 81 .2UO, W hich the taxpayers would have
10 pay. lie did not think the Board Of
HeI!tn had any interest III the health OF
the city, or cared for it. In answer to a
ques zion by Lawton as TO whether he
(LaWtOn) had correctly understood him,
Deyine reiterated his statement that that
was his opinion. He thought the Plumb
ing Inspector could do all the work of
both places easily.
Tozer called Devine to order for speak
ing more than twice to the same question
and Devlne refused to stop, saying that
ne proposed to defend himself from the
charge OF prejudice.
Iozer then asked TO be excused. as he
didn't propose to listen TO talk all night.
Lawton said he had not mentioned Mr..
DeYIue'S name or alluded to him.
The matter was laid over TOR week.
X. i. Rose asked the board TO visit and
investigate his police patrol-bo system
and 1T decided TO do so.
Devine said il would enable the city to
dispense with tho services of twenty po-
licemen.
Why, Mr.. Devine," said Lawton.
How can it do that? The city has only
fifteen at present"
DR.. Curtis, the genial janitor, who had
charge OF the rooms at Press Headquar-
ters. explained how he had done so. and
the mem bers of the board ompIimented
him on the manner in which he had at
tended TO his duties.
WANT SERIAL BONDS.
number of citizens appeared before
the board in reference to the improye-
ment OF Seventeenth street, asking that
it be deferred until the cheap macadam
could be procured from Folsom. Viii
liam Blackb burn. one of them stated that
there was one thing further. Many of
chem were working men and they wanted
the serial bond proposition inserted in
the specifications.
What" said Devine, who has always
claimed that the serial bonds would be
the rain OF the poorer property-holders.
Do L understand you to say that you
want serial bonds?"
- 4es," was the reply, 1--WE want the
board 10 give US chance to have them,
as we believe them TO be the best thing"
Well" said Devine, - have always
fought against those bonds, and il is my
honest conviction that they would be q
curse to the poor man."
Mr.. Black burn and his associates did
not agree with the Trustee, however, and
the board adjourned.
After adjournment Devine started in OF
the herculean task of convincing the
petitioners that be knew what was best
for them better than they did themselves,
while Lawton stood by with a sarcastic
smile and listened to the arguments until
he got chance to put in word.