The herald., 1895-08-20

having with the opening OF Ninth street
been found to have been. SO far as ac-
complished, proven illegal, the result OF
carelessness by the city official paper In
the official printing Of the necessary Or
dinances. All the procee dings were
ordered aband oned.
The protest against the proposed open
ing OF Wall street. between Eighth and
Ninth streets. was denied.
In the opening of Flower street. be-
twee., Washington and Twentieth streets.
the protest represented large majority
OF the frontage affected. That being the
case. the proceedings were ordered
sides Of the case very fully. President
Teed favoring the opening OF the street
as matter of public necessity, but III
view OF the great opposition of his con-
stituents. his opinion was that the pro-
posed improvement should not be showed
down the throats of the people of the
Fifth ward.
In the matter of the check of L. Small,
declining TO accept the Macy street cleo
trio railway franchise, his check for
1887 was declared forfeited. and ordered
conveyed into the city treasury. In the
matter of the checks of W. B. Robb, for
declining to carry out his contracts to
enlarge the Gates street and San Pedro
ntreet schools, the same were ordered
forfeited to the city The checks aggre-
gate $1,000. The check of J. f. White,
amounting to $3.50. which was a fine for
alleged defective work in the construc-
tion of the Hoilenbeck sewer. resulted
in a lengthy discussion as to the legality
OF the proposed return of the check. The
chair ruled that it REQ uired SLY votes to
return the check. only five having been
secured for the motion. The city attorney
was called in and referred the council to
its own records. These were called for
and ahnUod that 10 hcd loool1y
really never been in the custody of the
city. The decision of the chair that it
required six votes to return the check was
appealed from on motion of Councilman
Pessoll, and the check was ordered re-
turned by vote Of 4 to B. Councimen
MunsOn, Ashman and Kingery voting
against returning the money
The bid of W. 8. HOOK offering 500 for
an electric railway franchise from Bush
street southwest to Buena Vista to
Hoover and to Forester avenue was re-
ferred to the board of public works.
City Assessor Hull was granted a ten
days' leave of absence.
Patrick M. Darcy, the contractor con-
structing the Third district sewer. was
granted a sixty days extension IN which
to COM plete his work.
Humane Officer Hutchins, when the
reached. was permitted to make state
ment relative to the section which recon-.
menoed that his $40 monthly allowance
be stopped. HIS claim was that defen.
dant in case which he had prose cuted
was at the bottom Of the committees
recommendation. If the action to be
taken was because he was not q legal
resident he would be satished, but if it
was because of matters which relate to
his family affairs he would certainly not
allow the matter to drop. William Niles,
whose name was mentioned. was allowed
to MAKE statement, and began to retry
bis case OF alleged cruelty before the
council. The finance com mittee's recon-
mendation was amended as Hutchins had
suggested. and then it was adopted. as
were the committees other recommended
tions printed in full in The Herald on
Sunday.
The various accommodations of the
board OF public works and the sewer COM
mittee were adopted.
The recommendation of the fire COM
missicners that all buildings higher than
four stories be provided with standpipes
was referred to the city attorney to draw
the necessary ordinance.
The bond for the contract of ]. l.. Starr
to furnish the city 100 tons of hay at 81
per ton was approved, as were also the
committee.
acquisitions for supplies for S44 for va
rious municipal purposes were approved.
The ordinance of intention to open
Ninth street. from Pearl to tthe west city
limits, was passed anew.
The demands Of W. I. Hollingsworth
for street sweeping to date were allowed.
The docked bills were re-referIed to the
board of public worsk.
When the council adjourned it was OF
meet again at o'clock on Friday after
noon.