The herald., 1895-02-05
MISCHLLAN

Matters of = General Nature Before tn
Council.
The passing of the acquisitions
brought up some old matters and
opened some old sores. as usual. The
requisition to cover the pay Of extra
draughtsmen in the engineers office was
up again, and there was a long discus
sion, an explanation by the engineer,
and opposition from Messrs. Kingery
and Pesssl.
A requisition for the employment o.
an assistant bookkeeper in the street
uperintendent's Office WAS also opposed.
Mr.. Pesssl, who voted for this requisi
ton In former council, had met with a
change OF heart on the subject and nov
opposed the measure. Right here this
old cry waa raised that there are more
deputies in the city hall than are abso.
lutely necessary.
There are several ulerks and deputies
being carried on acquisitions instead OF
on the salary list. 1t was with view
to having the matter referred to the
finance COMMITTEES for an Investigation
of every officer who is working on re-
QUESTIONS. The motion that the mat :
ter be so referred, made by Mr.. Pessell,
was lost, and then this motion to pass
the reputation was lost The requisi-
ton was then referred to the finance
committee.
The bonds OF DR.. Sheldon, health off,
Ger, with NJ. d. Johnson and W. j..
ashbourne in the sum OF $1,000, and Of
W. W. Everett, clerk of the police court.
we're referred to the finance com mittes.
The demands wsro approved as pre-
sented.
Stsnsbury and Moore were granted
Is days extension of time on their con-
tract for i'm proving Seventh street.
The mayor returned. without his ap-
proval, the ordinance of intention for
changing the grade of Kearny street
and Pennsylvania avenue also the ordi-
nance OF intention to construct sewer
on Twenty.sevsnth street and Grand
avenue. The first matter was referred
to the city engineer and the latter to
the 80 wer committee.
The bond filed by W. 8. Hollings-
worth for doing. the street sweeping.
with Schee Bros. as suretiss, was re-
fsrrsd to the city attorney aud city en-
gineer.
There uesmsd to be somathing about
the matter which 1t least q part OF the
Mr.. Munson, who was member OF
the council which granted thu Sweep
ing contrsct to l.. E. Hewlett of Oakland,
said that he did not fnlly understand
the present move, but that the contract
had been let to Mr.. Hewlett, aud Mr..
HeWlett's bondsmen are responsible Tor
the provisions of the contract being
carried out. This move looks like. an
attempt to relsass the former bonds
men. and this he did not proposs to SEQ
done. The city attorney ia expected to
report on the status of the matter at the
next meeting.
The clerk was instructed to advertise
for proposals for hardware and lum bsr.
Tbs requisitions for paying three
extra men in the city assessors ofiics
were passed. rrf
A requisition for an extra bookkeeper
in the street superiutsndent's office was
allowed.
The supply committee reported favor
ably on the requisltion for 5000 ,lor co.,
lara and harness for the FIRE department
and the came were allowed.
The Bellevue avenue sewer distric
was set for hearing on Monday next.
DR. kur'z appeared before the council
in regard to the elecrric lights on Buena
Vista street. He asked that the four
lights on the street be taken down and
distributed along the street at appro-
pirate places.
The chief OF police sent to the council
the reports which the policemen have
made in regard to lighting, sweeping
and sprinkling the streets on their
beats. The reports we're pretty eevere
on the contractors all around.