The record-union., 1896-12-22

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port offered by the committee be adopt
ed, and the Clerk be directed to adver-
tise for bids. Carried.
THAT RESOLUTION.
j. w. Mcdonald, for the City Street
Improv ement Company, answered the
resolutions passed by the board in rela-
ton to the S-street sewer and the
Nineteenth-S street improvement. He
said that at times the bricks were too
wet to do proper work with, as they
would not hold in the cement. He had
worked his men every day, rain or
shine, as far as possible, and he thought
the resolution had done him an injus-
tice. He had worked his men on Sum
ther, as the men are entitled to days
rest in the week.
Tozer said he had not intended a
censure by the resolution, but intro
duced it because he thought the work
In a critical condition and feared
nain.
Mr.. Mcdonald said in relation to the
Nineteenth street Improvement that he
had not been able to get all the rock in
Folsom that he needed, and he had been
using rock from Cordelia, for which he
was paying one-half more, which was
certainly not to his interest to do. His
men were idle part of the time now be-
cause he could not get the rock from
Folsom
Bentley said he understood that there
was considerable friction between the
Bureau of Highways and the author-
ties at Folsom Who have control of the
crusher. The city of Marysville has
been able to get what it wanted within
the past two weeks.
Street Superintendent Croly said a
contractor of this city had ordered
lot of rock on the Sd of October and
had not received it yet.
Devine said he had been informed
that if the three sizes of rock We're or
dered in proper proportions it could be
furnished without difficulty.
Mr.. Mcdonald said he had to order
the sizes in accordance with his con-
tract
ORDINANCES
The ordinance licensing poolrooms
came up and Kent moved it be laid over
for six months. Bentley seconded the
motion.
Devine moved as an amendment that
it be laid over until the matter is fl
nally settled in the courts, but the
amendment had no second and Kent's
motion was carried, Devine voting no.
The ordinance charging clubs where
wines and liquors are sold after mid
nit;nt special license of $500 a quar-
ter, unless it refrains from selling upon
the first floor was read and passed,
| Kent not voting.
The ordinance amending the peddling
/ ordinance was laid over for a week.
The ordinance compelling city en-
ployes to pay their debts or lose their
| positions came next. Davis said that
complaints had been made by citizens
that certain employees Of the city did
not pay their debts and he had there
/ fore presented the ordinance
| The ordinance was passed unari-
| mously, and those who do not pay now
viii have charges preferred against
them.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for sweeping the bituminzed
streets
The specifications were read and De-
requiring the contractor to remove
every morning the garbage placed in
the boxes on the sidewalks.
Bentley said that some different pro-
vision should be made for sprinkllng.
in order that the scenes witnessed lately
in flooding the streets might not be re-
! peated. He moved that the matter be
referred to the Street Committee to
| Il &c
| Carried
The Superintendent of Streets was
| directed to enter into a contract with
the present contractor TO perform the
work at the same price as at present
till the new contract is made.
| w. a. Rainey was granted a license
to keep saloon at AS ] street
| Chief of Police Drew reported in ref
/ erence to the collection of money from
the deniZens of l. street, that there were
no authorized special officers in that
locality, but that Deputy Sheriff Katzen-
stein was acting as officer and cole ct
ing money therefor.
Devine wanted the Chief of Police to
! prohibit such action, but Bentley said
it was question as to whether he
could interfere with a Sheliff's officer
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel for an opinion as to
jurisdiction.
Bids for furnishing a steam regulator
| We're opened. The bidders were the
Risdon Iron Works, $245 80, E. W.
Tucker & Co. $500.
Davis said he had been informed that
| there was no necessity of the regula-
tors, but other members said the Chief
| Engineer of the Water Works insisted
it was great necessity.
The contract was awarded to the Ris-
don Iron Works.
The City Engineer was instructed TO
prepare specification for a sidewalk al
the Water Works.
| The Clerk called attention to the fact
that the board should call for bids for
the city's supplies for the ensuing year.
Specifications were ordered prepared
and bids advertised for.
\ resolution that the sewer on Fifth
street, from r to S, be pushed to in
slant completion was passed. and the
statement of Kent that the contractor
must have the pipe manufactured was
referred to the City Engineer.
| A resolution to improve the alley be-
tween NJ and n, Twenty fourth and
Twenty-fifth, was passed.
An invitation to all citizens to visit
and inspect the new sewer, which has