The herald., 1895-06-25
The Council Was Through Its
Labors by Noon
WHITE REFUSES COMPROMISE
He Wants All OF His Money Returned
or None
The Site for the Central Police Station Not
Yet SeIected-Reports of the City
Engineer and Attorney

The business before the regular we ekly
council meeting yesterday was all dis
posed of by noon, something unusual
with the present council. With the ex-
ception of the opening of the bids for the
school, Jail, and headworks bonds, only
the usual routine was transacted. The
council received the resolution OF censure
adopted last Thursday night by the
boa;d of education, relative to the build
ing OF the various new school houses by
the architects instead of the building SUI
perintendent Of the city, by simply order
ing the same filed, where the paper will
probably be pigeonhole1 for time and
eternity.
The alleged riparian rights owners
offered, if the city would turn back into
the river all of the surplus water and pay
to them $3.50 for each head sold outside
Of the city this year and all the time in
The future to stay all legal proceedings
1T present pending. The matter was re-
.erred to the zania committee and the
city attorney.
at the corner of Rosamond and First
streets, and the same was referred to the
board OF public works and the street su-
perintendent for investigation.
The pay rolls OF city officials and their
deplties for June were approved.
The supply committees acquisitions,
aggregating in value S26i2.96 Tor the
week ending June 22i were approved and
ordered paid. The recommendations
m ade by the various council com mittees
made during the week were adopted. with
such exceptions as are elsewhere noted.
President Teed opposed and voted against
the recommendation OF the sewer COM
mittee to accept the $1,000 offered by the
county for the building of the proposed
Kuhrts street sewer, Councilman Snyder
also voting in the negative. The recon-
mendation was adopted by vote OF 7
to 2.
Chairman Stockwell of the finance COM
mittee states that the committee has not
recommended denial of the application
to increase the salaries of the fire de-
partment, as has been published. No
action of any sort has So far been taken
in the matter.
The health officer called the councils
attention to the fact that oil is being
pumped at Fort and Douglass streets.
which the petitioner claims is asnuisance
to the public health, and will become a
serious danger to pedestrians when the
upon the subject is being violated also IN
other sections of the city. The matter
was referred to the board of public works.
The big protest signed by all of the
mercantile houses on Spring street. from
Temple to Sixth, was referred to the
board of public works. All OF the other
petitions and protests were referred to the
various committees having the subject
matter thereto pertaining in charge.
z The Fourth of July committee was
granted the use of the force employed in
the streeG department. for public decora-
tion on Independence Day, under the
supervision of the board of public works.
The land committee made no report
upon the site for the proposed central
police station. Chairman Savage stated
to Herald reporter during the session
that the recommendation upon the sub
ject will positively be ready for the ad-
journed meeting tomorrow.