The record-union., 1895-06-11
THAT DELINQUENT TAX CONTRACT.
Trustees Pass 1t Over the Mayors
Veto.
They Dismiss the Charges Against the
City Physician-Street Work
Ordered.

Ordered.
The City Board of Trustees held its reg
ular weekly meeting last night, Trustees
Lawton, Wachhorst. Kent. Davis. Bragg,
Devine, Tozer, Leonard and Pennish
being present.
The following messages were received
from the Mayor:
HOUSES OF ILL FAME.
To the Board Of Trustees: In reply to
your communication of the 9TH instant.
relating to the houses of i'll fame In this
city, 1 will state that during the last week
/ have given the matter my attention
and have requested the Police Depart
msnt to enforce strictly the ordinances
relating to the houses OF Ill fame, am
satisfied that at the present time all the
ordinances relating to the subject are
being strictly obeyed. Respectfully sub
mitted, Il. u. STEINMAN, mayor.
CONDEMNED SIDEWALKS.
TO the. Board Of Trustees: Referring
to the list of sidewalks which were sent
to me by your board, l will state that l
have given the matter my attention and
have instructed the proper officials to
cause the arrest of all those who refuse to
construct new sidewalks after the proper
condemnation proceedings have been
taken; and l further report that during
the last week many of the parties whose
sidewalks have been condemned, and
which are contained in the list, have
entered into contracts for the immediate
construction of new cement sidewalks.
Respectfully submitted,
b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
NEW LIBRARY TRUSTEE.
notify your honorable body that A. G.
ten resignation as member of the Board
of Free Library Directors, to take effect
Immediately.
l hereby nominate and by and with
your consent, [ hereby appoint Jabez
Turner to be a mem Der of the board. vice
A. c. Hinkson, resigned. Respectfully
submitted, b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine, as special committee appointed
to ask the Board of Supervisors to pay
two-fifths of the cost of building the
bridges over the drainage canal, reported
that the board had paid the amount.
FOURTH OF JULY.
C. e. Adams addressed the board on
behalf of the Fourth of July Committee,
asking them for an appropriation to help
u
and hard TO get and the committee would
be glad to receive any appropriation the
board saw tit TO make.
Leonard said he wanted to see the cele-
bration, but he had some doubt as 10
whether the board could legally appro-
pirate any money, although he knew it
had been done in the past. He moved
the matter be referred to the Corporation
Counsel for his opinion as to whether it
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BILLS PRESENTED.
The usual number of bills was allowed.
One by William Gutenberger was OBJ
jected TO by Pennish as being too high.
Tozer said that large bills should be con-
tracted for, and he moved that it be so Or
dered in future.
y bill of DR.. Strader for attending q
Chinaman who was shot, in the absence
of the City Physician last summer, was
referred to DR.. Fowler, the City Ply
scian.
y bill of George W. Herr for services
rendered by order of the Board of Health
during the month of May was rejected.
The bill of A. i. Roza for improve
ments at the city wharf was debated and
laid over, ToZer saying that although the
pipe was changed from the specifications
for iron pipe. TO viIrified pipe, more was
charged for it than for iron pipe. The
bill was referred to the Street Committee,
to be reported on in one week.
SALOON LICENSE.
Mrs. Patrick addressed the Board, say
ing that she understood that there was an
application for q saloon at Twentieth and
@ streets and she and other residents
wished 10 present a remonstrauce.
The report OF the Chief of Police was
read, recommending that the license be
not granted, the saloon heretofore kept
there having always been source of
trouble and the scene of many fights, and
the Same crowd would congregate there.
The remonstranee, which contained
large number OF names, was read.
Bragg moved that the petition should
be rejected.
Leonard said he thought the board
should not be hasty in the matter.
While he was opposed to any such saloon
as had hitherto been run there, the petit
toner was Il man of good character, who
intended 10 keep an orderly saloon, and if
he kept an orderly beer garden, there
would not be the same objections as the
old saloon raised.
L. z. Hart, as counsel for Mr., Gustaf-
son, asked the board to let the petition
lie over for y week, and let him try to
overcome the objections of the remon-
strants. He proposed to run the saloon
in an orderly manner, and was reputa-
bic citizen.
Mrs. Patrick said that there were
plenty OF saloons in the neighborhood,
and the boys could hardly go away from
home without coming into contact with
them. " hen the boys get into trouble
they are called hoodlumS. Another lady
spoke 10 the same effect, and said every
mother wanted the saloon kept closed.
Pennlsh SAID that there was bad gang
of hoodlums IN that part of town. The
boys associated with them, and were led
into trouble by them.
Deylne thought, from what he had
heard OF the neighborhood, the toughs
would do more hurt TO the saloon than the
saloon would to them.
Tozer said he was always opposed to
saloons in the residence portion OF the
town.
A motion to lay the matter over for one
week prevailed, Bragg, Tozer and Law
ton voting no.
CITY OFFICIALS REPORTS.
The Chief of Police reported $50 arrests
during the month, l, 14S meals furnished,
lodgings, IS.
Chief Engineer Guthrie reported the
horses in the fire department in good
order, and that the 800 feet of hose de-
ivered to the street department had been
replaced by new hose, which he had
tested.
The City Surveyor reported Is, 744 feet OF
sidewalk and 1872 of curbing surveyed.
j street, from Eleventh to Sixteenth, il
under process Of Improvement, but be-
lore 1t can be completed, sewer from
thirteenth 10 Fifteenth street should be