The record-union., 1895-02-12
so large an expenditure to accomplish
result so Insignificant,
on motion Of Lawton the report of the
committee was apnroved

81 atsalHSL Olncer Rutherford, SAID
the committee had decided 60 report in
iaVor of the policeman. McCabe was
anxious at first to prosecute the charges,
put has slgnifed his unwillingness to
press the matter
- LEVINE moved that the charges against
Rutherford be dismissed
fennlsh moved as an amendment that
huIherlofd be eXonerated. The amend
| ment was lost
Devlne then wanted to have Rutherford
censured, but the suggestion did not
| meet with the approval of the board, and
tne motion to dismiss the charges was
| carried.
ACTION OF CLAIMS.
DeVlne moved that the S36 bill of Justice
OF the Peace A. Meyers of Gait, who pre-
| slded III the Police Court during the trial
! OF the Industrials, which included serv-
| Ices, hotel expenses and railroad fare, be
rejected. lie said Justice Davis had no
right to take days ''lay-ott."
The bill was laid over for week.
Fennlsh moved that the bill of Expert
| Dunn for S3l7 90 be laid over a week. He
thought the bill a little high compared to
pliis submitted by previous experts.
The bill was, however, ordered paid.
Ihe bill OF Root, Nelson d Co., for
90 59, for repairing machinery at the
| w ater w orks, was referred to the Water
| Committee.
| WATER WORKS REPAIRS.
Leonard said the cost of repairing ma
! chlnery III the Water Works has greatly
! increased in the last two years. Too
much time has been consumed in making
| repairs there when the work is charged
! for by the hour
Tozer said he had been told the men at
The Water Works threw obstacles in the
! way OF those sent to make repairs.
Kent said that Root, Nelson 81 Co. are
f1T fn
city.
Lawton said the Mayor and himself
! mad been suddenly called to the Water
! w orks on one occasion and found the
holly pump disabled and the Stevens
pump as bad. The Chief Engineer was
instructed to have the pumps repaired
! Immediately.
1he bill was finally ordered paid.
BILL FOR ANTI-ToXINE.
The Clerk read the bill of the Citv
! Board Of Health tor $50 for that amount
| OF antI-toxine. Lawton spoke in favor of
! paying the bill, and moved that it be
PAID. All prominent Boards OF Health
nave recommended the use of the anti
| toxlne for diphtheria.
DeVlne said the county had arranged to
| purchase drugs for the Dispensary, He
offered as an amendment that the bill be
| referred to the Board of Supervisors,
| W achhorst spoke in favor of paying the
| bill.
The substitute was lost, and the bill
was ordered paid, Devine voting no.
| AN UNFINISHED SEWER,
X. Z. Irvine said about two years ago
he was instrumental in having a resolu-
ton passed 10 have a sewer laid in the
| alley from Seventeenth to Twentieth
streets, between II an 1. The sewer was
land as lar as Nineteenth street. where
work was suspended. He hoped the
board would order the work completed
lie agreed to pay one-eighth of the ex-
pense OF completing the sewer
The board decided to have the work on
the sewer completed.
WILL APPEAL THE CASE.
The Clerk read communication from
| Corporation Counsel Devlin stating that
the suit of Mayor Steinman against the
Auditor, an action TO prevent the Auditor
| from allowing a claim of SI56 81 against
| the city for the construction of a culvert
! at Third and \ streets, had been decided
IN favor OF the Mayor. The Corporation
| Counsel desired to know what future ac-
ton he should take in the matter.
The board instructed him to appeal the
| case TO the Supreme Court,
AN OFFICE ABOLISHED.
Leonard said ne investigated 1.-THE need
of clerk in the Surveyors office. In his
opinion, there was no need of a clerk i'm
the office. II the Superintendent of
Streets would leave outside matters alone
| and attend TO the duties of his office
more, he could find time to do the work
! for his department now done by the
clerk. lie recommended the removal of
| the clerk.
| Devine was opposed to the removal of
| the clerk.
Leonard asked Devine if he was not at
one time favored by Superintendent of
Streets Murray.
Devine replied that he had not been IA
! vored in any manner by Murray.
Leonard asked Devine ii Murray had
not at one time granted a favor to De-
vines brother-in-law.
Devine answered that that was not true.
1t was unmanly, he said, on the part of
any Trustee TO intimate that he favored
Murray because of favors extended To
him by Murray.
Kent said the way to abolish the office
IS to refuse TO pay the bill sent in by the
clerk.
Pennish was in favor of the retention
of the clerk.
Davis said the charter does not nrovida
for such an office.
Pennlsh said the Trustee from the
! Third Ward (Davis) was actuated in his
efforts to remove the clerk by spite work.
hent said when anybody comes TO the
! office of the Superintendent of Streets it
! Office and attending to business. instead
! OF clerk attending to the business of the
department.
Kent moved as an amendment that the
| Office be abolished, and that hereafter the
| Office hours OF the Superintendent of
Streets be from ii 10 L in the morning.
and from TO in the afternoon. Carried.
TEICHERT'S CLAIM.
a communication was read from Cor
| pOratlon Counsel Devlln advising the
| board not to pay the claim of 4. Teichert
| for constructing a cement sidewalk by
authority OF the Superintendent OF
Streets. Mr.. DevIin says that owing to
the defects in the proceedings by which
/ the city undertook the work Teichert's
/ lien is not good.
EXTENSION OF TINE GRANTED.
! John Hughes was granted an extension
( of time TO Marcn 10Th in which 10 i'm
prove the alleys between y and Q, Sixth
/ and Seventh streets, and between . and
! p, Fourth and Fifth streets.
AGAINST 4 THIRD JUDGE.
| The following resolution, offered by De-
! vine, was adopted:
"ReSOiUed, That il is the sense of this
! Board OF Trustees, and we have every
reason TO believe that ii Is the opinion of
/ the great majority OF the taxpayers of
/ this city and county, that there is no inn
mediate necessity tor sAddling upon them
| The exp pense of maintaining another costly
/ Superior Court"
| The Clerk was directed to advertise for
! bids for the construction OF fence along
! the Y-street canal from Twenty-eighth 10
/ Thirty-frst, on street.
/ No MORE HIGH HATS.