The herald., 1896-12-22
MA1EO STREET FRANCHISE.
City Clerk Ordered to Ad-
vertise for Bids
FINALLY PASSED THE CITY COUNCIL
Will Not Have to Pay for Street
Paving
THE GARBAGE CONTRACT
Made to Conform TO Board of Health
Recommendations and Passed
Nsmerous Sewers Recommended by the Health
Officer for Sanitary Reasons
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Made to Conform TO Board of Health
recommendation and Passed
Numerous Sewers Recommends by the Health
Officer for Sanitary Reasons
A Lively Discussion Over the Piping of
Zanja-Reports of Officers and
Committees Presented - The
Routine Proceedings.

Nine o'clock is the regular meeting
hour of the city council, but it was 1915
before a quorum could be got together
Mr.. Munson, of the Third ward, was alb
sent in Randsburg, and Mr.. Stockwell.
of the First, was absent on account of
sickness. Several of the councilmen-
elect were in the chamber. as were also
several of the newly elected city officers
City Clerk elect Hance was around, TAX
ing notes, while his newly ap-
pointed chief deputy, Sam M. Haskins,
occupied a seat by the side of Deputy
Wilde at the reading desk. The lobby
was fairly well filled
MONTREAL STREET ASSESSMENT.
After the reading of the minutes the
special order, the hearing of appeals
from the action of the street superin-
tendent in accepting Montreal street,
was called up. The grounds of the ap-
peals are that the work has not been
properly done, and further that an
error has been made in the map, by
which one lot has been credited with
three or four feet more than it contained
appearing for the protestants, on motion
of Councilman Ashman the appeals We're
denied and the action of the street su-
perintendent confirmed
AMENDED GARBAGE CONTRACT
President Teed stated that he had un-
derstood that the garbage contract as
amended by the council was not in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of
I,<n Il of II
impression that the amendment as
adopted was not in accordance with
those recommendations. City Clerk
Luckenbach appeared and stated that
whereas the board's recommendation al
lowed the property owners to put the
garbage cans on the sidewalks il they
wished, the supplemental contract
made it obligatory. There being no OBJ
lection, the contract was referred to the
board OF public works, and the city at
torney to make the necessary corrections
to make the contract conform with the
recommendations.
MATEO STREET FRANCHISE
The matter of the Mateo street electric
franchise was called up, but at the re-
quest of Councilman Savage, who stated
that some of the property owners on
Also street had been present earlier,
and desired to be heard, action was de-
ferred for half an hour to give him an
opportunity to communicate with them
At 11:S0 o'clock Mr.. O'Melveny, one of
the property owners on Also street, ap-
peared and stated that he had no objec-
tions to the railroad going on the street,
but he thought it only just that the COM
pany should pay its share of the expense
Of the street paving. Mr.. Winter, another
property owner. stated substantial
ly the same thing as Mr.. O'Melveny. He
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to pave the street as the property could
be sold for.
City Attorney Dunn, in answer to a
question by Councilman Savage, said
that the law contemplated that all
moneys received from the sale of fran
chises should be for the benefit of the
city. He did not think that it would be
safe to insert a condition in the franchise
providing for the payment to the prop
erty owners as it was new question
that had never been passed upon by the
courts.
Councilman Savage insisted that the
company should pay it's proper share,
and he therefore moved that the same
clause that was inserted in the adver-
tisement of the Third street franchise,
in the matter Of paying for paving, be
inserted in the advertisement of the
Mateo street franchise.
A vote was taken, and Mr.. Savage's
motion was defeated by a vote of to 2,
after which. on motion of Mr. Blanchard,
the rules were suspended. the ordinance
passed and the clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids.
SEWERS WANTED.
The health officer reported that for
sanitary reasons he recommended sew
ers on the following streets: Beginning
at the junction of Michigan and Pleas
to the intersection of Summit avenue,
thence west on Summit avenue to con-
meet with the sewer on Also or Ander-
son street: on Ottawa street from Pearl
to Georgia Bell streets, thence on Geor-
gia Bell street to Eleventh street; on
Date street from Blanchard street to a
point forty feet south of the south line
of Ash street; on Hill street from Court
to Temple streets. The sewer on Jack
son street should also be constructed at
an early date. Referred to the sewer
committee.
1T IS A NUISANCE.
The street superintendent reported
that the corner of Main and Second
streets was in bad condition, and should
be put in proper sh/r,e. Owing to lack
of facilities in his office he recommended
that the work be done by contract, and
he presented requisition for the amount
VI lIlc COItTdCl.
BLISS TRACT ZANJA.
The matter of piping the zanja through
the Bliss tract was called up. The zan-
jero stated that work had been tempo
rarily stopped until the council could
pass upon certain questions involved.
Owing to the fact that the zanja filled
up with sand and overfiowed the
zanja was ordered piped. and the city
engineer was instructed to give the zan-
jero the best lines for the pipe. The en-
gineer recommended that the pipe be
laid on Alameda street. and work was
commenced, when the electric lighting
company, which has contract with
the city for the use of the water at their
works. protested. The company claimed
that by putting the pipe on Alameda
street it would be at too low level for
their use, and they would be put to the
expense of pumping. They Were of the
opinion that by piping the zanja along
Seaton street the same results would be
obtained without injuring them. A
general discussion followed. Mr.. Jones,
Of the engineers office, said that Ala