The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-06
ONE NEW POLICE PRECINCT.
ALDERMEN MAKE AN APPRoPRIA-
 T1oN FOR THAT PURPOSE.

! Will Be Located on or Near Howard Ave- nue-Fire CoInmissioners' Decision Sus- tained in the Beloff Matter-Street | Sprinkling Discussed -- Other Business | Transacted.
 Sixteen of the twenty-four members
 of the board of aldermen responded to
 the roll call at the regular August meet
 ing of that body last evening. Alder
 man Macdonald, who is acting mayor
 of the city in the absence of Mayor Hendrick, presided and made an ideal
 presiding officer. His decisions in all
 cases were quickly given and In every instance accurate and to the point, and
 the large amount of business on hand was in consequence promptly disposed l oS.
 | communication was read from a number of residents of Spruce street calling attention to the fact that tho street was kept in an exceedingly dusty
 condition owing to the constant passing
 and repassing through the street of the
 teams from the city supply house. The communication was numerousiy signed and was referred to the committee on streets.
 Fischel Beloff presented an appeal from the decision of the fire commits sioners, who refused to grant him per- | mission to repair a wooden building in the rear of F and 19 Wooster place. man Rattlesdorfer called the attention I of the board to the fact that the char ter provides that no wooden building within the fire limits can be enlarged or l repaired without the permission of the l fire marshal and fire commissioners, and 1 in view of this provision, on motion ef | Alderman Skiff. the decision of the fire commissioners In reference to the mat | ter was unanimously sustained A communication from the board of public works recommending the exten- l sion of East street to the harbor line go as to provide public wharf, etc, was | liCICiiCd lo lAc COIIitIitlee OHg SLISClS.
 Another communication from the board of public works asking that ts~- de- partment be reimbursed for the amount of money expended in fighting the elm tree beetles was referred to the board of finance. The appropriation asked for will amount to about $1, 800
 The aldermen also unanimously voted to authorize the board of finance to make an appropriation not to exceed $10,000 with which to purchase land for | the use of a police precinct in the ter ritory now occupied by precinct No. 3. | Howard avenue, said money to be paid | from the unexpended balances in sun dry accounts. The city f1nanciers were also authorized to secure plans and spe- | cifications and to advertise for bids for l the erection of suitable building for police purposes, and after this has been done to report to the court of common council for further action.
 | The board of finance was instructed | to transfer to the board of public works lany unexpended balances which may be found, said sum to be used for the pur- pose of sprinkling the streets of the SihS' hS dlilOoHI Oli6llidlly dppIOpTl- ated for this purpose 1t at present en- tirely exhausted.
 The entire report of the special com nittee on street sprinkling appointed under the recommendation of the may or, and which was recently printed in l full in the Journal and Courier" with the exception of the clause making special appropriation of s5,000 for the purpose, was adopted. In lieu of this special appropriation the board of finance Is instructed to transfer all un- expended balances to the board of pub lie works for the specific purpose of wa tering the streets of the city. The majority report of the committee on water recommending that the peti- tioners for a watering trough at the junction of Howard and Kimberly ave- nues be given leave to withdraw was adopted, Alderman Lambert alone vot- ing in the negative.
 A meeting of the finance committee of the board of public works was held and a communication asking for the transfer of s2,000 was prepared and pre-
 scented to the board of aldermen by JoHiouIl. HIS u6pdTt-
 ment asks that $2,O00 be transferred
 from the bridge account, s1,50O to be
 used In repairing streets and $500 for
 the use of the stone crusher and road
 roller The desired permission was
 una nimously given.
 An invitation to review the parade of
 the Italian societies to be held August
 15 at 10:30 a. m. was accepted unani-
 mously by the aldermen.
 L. J. Matthews presented a rambling
 communication suggesting that the elc-
 tric light and other wires be placed on
 four towers from which to radiate cleo
 tric light, telephone and telegraph wires
 at height of seventy to eighty feet
 After the communication had been read
 Alderman Connor said: q do think our
 term of office is too short to consider
 all the vagaries of this man. do not
 believe that he is sincere, or, if he Is, he
 should couch his communications in diff
 ferent language. I therefore move that
 the matter be indefinitely postponed" The motion was promptly seconded and
 unanimously adopted.
 On motion of Alderman Macdonald
 the report of the committee on lamps recommending that the electric light at
 the corner of Edgewood avenue and Norton Straet he removad to tba oar,o,