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them all. The only ones necessary to
Connect at present are those of the
Fifth, Sixth and Thirteenth streets.
Kent offered a resolution for the con-
struction of a sewer on Fifth street,
from r to S, and that the City Surveyor
| be instructed to prepare plans and
specifications for it. He called atten-
| ton to the necessity for it and the
manner in which the people of that
portion of the city have suffered from
water every winter.
! On motion Of Devine the Thirteenth
street sewer from to was included
In the motion and it was then carried.
Devine said that L. Simmons and E.
W. Fratt claimed the right to take the
ccbbles on X street, between Front
and Second, and dispose of them. If
they have that right it should be known
and hereafter the city should allow
property owners to pay the expense OF
lCosening and removing them.
Tozer said the property owners had
paid for the cobbles and he believed
that they had the right to take them.
The, city had not been able to sell the
cobbles in the past and he thought it
would be well to let the property own
| ers take them
| Devine said he had a customer for
them and did not propose to surrender
any Of the citys property to any one.
| He moved to refer the matter to the
Corporation Counsel
| The motion was lost, and the prop
| erty owners were allowed to take the
cobbles if they wished
Leonard said in relation to creating
| fha nOcitinn of al
tween J and r and M and Front and
Fourth streets was signed by K-street
and M-street residents, but it took in
j street also. If that street were ex-
Cluded he would vote for it.
Kent moved to lay the matter on the
table.
Bentley said the petition was signed
by prominent taxpayers and should re-
! ceive attention. He moved that it be
referred back to the Mayor for investi-
cation.
| So ordered
| THE BOULEVARD ORDINANCE.
The ordinance declaring the streets
around the Capitol Park bouievards
and prohibiting the use of heavy We
| hicles on it was read.
| NJ. Cronan said he lived on one of
the streets and he was opposed to the
| ordinance. He did not believe that it
| should be made a boulevard for BIZ
cycles.
Frank J. Dwyer believed that three
fCurths Of the property owners favored
| the movement
Bentley said that Mr.. Cronan was
was mistaken in saying that the Capt.
| tel Commissioners had started the
| movement, and the bicyclists had moth
| ing to do with it, either. He himself
had introduced the ordinance because
he saw that those hauling dirt We're
| having a regular procession of their
| wagons, and the custom was disastrous
to the streets. He had seen no property
| owner but Mr.. Cronan who opposed it.
The country people who come in can use
j street which is good, smooth one
Leonard said he was at present op-
posed to the ordinance Winter is COM
ing on and other streets will be bad,
and the country people should be al
lowed to come in on all the streets. He
was not stuck on" bitumen, anyhow,
| and believed that streets should be
built of such material that all vehi-
cies could use them
| Secretary of State Brown said the
Capitol Commissioners did not orig
mate the idea of the boulevard. They
had been requested by property own
ers on the streets fronting the park to
pass a resolution favoring the boule-
ward and had done 50. The commits
sioners are spending much money in
beautifying the park. To be sure, they
did not pay much taxes, but they could
sit still and do nothing toward beauti-
flying the neighborhood, if so disposed,
but intended to go on spending money
on the park. The park is the most
| beautiful of any in the State, and he
| thought the identifying of it should be
encouraged, and he believed the tax
| layers of the city favored the ordi-
nance.
Mr.. Dwyer said that broken rock and
stones are being dropped all over y
| street and being ground into the btu
men and running it, The San Francisco
! teamsters at first opposed the boule-
| wards, but now are their strongest ad-
| vccates. The citizens propose to go be-
| fore the Legislature that is soon to meet
! and ask it to light up the whole park
and beautify it still further, and the
passage of this ordinance would aid
| them.
The matter was laid over for week.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On motion of Tozer, $500 was trans
ferred from the general fund to the
street fund, and 5000 from the general
fund to the sewer fund.
A number Of bills were allowed
The bill of NJ. B. Horne as Second
Assistant Engineer came up as usual,
and Devine opposed it on the usual
ground of the resolution passed by the
board. He said he proposed to vote
against it until the rights of the Trus-
tees can be determined by the Supreme
Court
Mckay said that all three of the
| Judges of the Superior Court had de-
cided adversely to the city in a similar
| case.
Pennish said the decision Of the court
was law enough for him. The board
had declined to mandamus the Mayor
when it had a chance.
Kent said Horne had no bond up. al
though he occupied a responsible posi-
ton. Pennish was only making a gallery
play, and had been inconsistent in vot-
ing against the bill first and then voting
for it afterwards.
Pennish said he did not think it fair to
| single out a poor man because some
one of the board did not like him. The
| board had a chance to mandamus the
Mayor and settle all the cases al
once Why said he, If / had voted
as you did you would have said I was
an A. r. A
The bill Of r. +. Ash as Acting Cap
tain of Police, was allowed, as well as
his bill for August Devine voting no.
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