The herald., 1896-08-11
foot walk, 60 cents; sewer so cents;
total, S215.
Adopted under suspension of the

foot walk, 60 cents; sewer. so cents;
| total, SILL
Adopted under suspension of the
| rules
Ordinance of intention to improve
| Winston avenue, from Date to Avila
| street, unher the provisions of the bond
| act. Herewith is an estimate of the
| cost of said improvement per front 1901
| on each side OF said street: Grade and
| gravel, 10 cents: cement curb 30 cents;
| five foot walk, co cents; sewer, so cents;
| total. $2.15. Adopted under suspension
| of the rules.
| Ordinance of intention to estblish the
| Grade of Twelfth street, from Westlake
| avenue to Alvarsdo street. Adopted.
Ordinance of intention to establish the
grade of Echandia street, from Bridge
| street to Brooklyn avenue. Adopted.
| Ordinance changing the name of Mateo
| street, from Palmetto street to Short
| street, to Shafer street Adopted.
| Ordinance of intention to construct
| sewer on Macy and other streets. Re-
ferred back to the sewer committee.
| On motion of Councilman Kingery pro-
ceedings for the improvement of Twelfth
| street. from Main to Hill streets were
| abandoned, and the city engineer was
instructed to prepare a private o-ntract
| covering the same.
The usual petitions, protests, etc, were
read and referred to the proper commit
| tees
S. w. Langworthy rendered his resig-
nation as elevator boy. and Clyde r.
Ebey was elected to fill the vacancy
THE SAND MONOPOLY
A couple of lengthy communications
| in regard to the con- Nlaints of team
sters about company taking sand from
the river bottom by machinery, thereby
| depriving number of teamsters of en-
| ployment, were presented. A commun-
| ication was also road iron, 49, ror, Wv
asking for investigation before taking
| action, and saylns Lnat .A.y tn.us..-
| they could convince the me IN bers that
| what they were doing was q benefit to
users of sand. Councilman Pessell moved
| that the company be oilered to remove
| its machinery. This was amended by
referring the matter to the board of pub
| lie works.
On motion. it was decided that when
the council adjourn it be to Wednesday
morning at II o'clock
| CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT
The city attorney presented the fol-
| lowing report
| In the matter of the fees of the board
| of engineers which you have again re-
| ferred to me- / am of the opinion that the
| board of engineers are entitled to a fee
| as provided in the ordinance for each
| regular meeting of the board that they
| attend. The only question that is in
| dispute is the question of whether or
| not the meetings charged for in the de-
| mands under consideration were regular
meetings. The minutes of the board des-
1SnateS them as special meetings, but
| l am informed that these We're clerical
| errors on the part of the secretary, and
| that these meetings were held as regu
| lar meetings under an agreement made
hot l. ZC &l1J hoo b-r
| reason of the great press of business
! during the months following the crea
| ton of this department If these meet
! ings were, in fact, regular meetings, held
| pursuant to the provisions of the ordi
| rance. then the board of engineers are
entitled to fees therefor. l would ad
wise that your finance committee hear
a statement fronA the board Of engineers
and If. from these statements, they find
that the meetings charged for were reg
ular ones and were necessary for the
! proper transaction of the business of the
board, the demands should be paid. Re-
ferred to the finance committee.
MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENT
AT your last meeting you instructed
me to advise you as to what can be done
| to have the paving of Main street pro-
| ceeded with. During the past week I
| have been assured by parties inter-
ested in the contract that full force of
men would be put upon the work this
morning and the work prosecuted with
due diligence, and that it would not be
| necessary for you to take any further
| measures in the matter But so far as
I can learn, there is no work being done
| upon the street today and l am led to
| believe from repeated failures upon the
| part of the contractor to proceed with
the work, that no attempt to substan-
| TALLY comply with the terms of his con-
Il i
| ion of the supreme court as to the val
idity of street improvement bonds.
However much the contractor may be
| disinclined to enter upon work Of this
magnitude until he is satisfied with the
validity of the proceedings, he cannot
expect the city and the people on this
| street to wait until he has decision
from the courts. The same uncertainty
existed when he bid upon the work as
exists now. The people on Main street
are entitled to relief in this matter at
once. would therefore recommend that
you order the contract heretofore en-.
| tered into between the city and John T.
| Long be Cancelled and annulled upon
| the ground that he has failed to comply
with it's terms and conditions, especial
ly that condition which provides that
the work shall be diligently prosecuted
until completion; and that you direct
the street superintendent to notify Mr.
nulled and that ne will not be permitted
upon said street for the purpose of doing
any further work thereon under said
contract.
A motion was made that the report be
adopted, but before a vote was taken
Deputy City Attorney Crutcher appear
ed. and stated that he had been inform
ed that the contractors were now haul
ing material on the street, preparatory
to commencing work in earnest. He did
not know whether this was true or not
There was some further talk, after
which action on the matter was defer
red until Wednesday to see whether
the contractors are in earnest. If an
adequate force of men is put to work,
nothing further will be done, but if there
is any further disposition to trif1e with
the council the contract will be can
celed, as recommended by the city at
torney
The bond of Mauricio and Rivera for
the translation of the old Spanish ar
chives. was approved.
HOUSES IN THE STREET.
Ex-City Attorney Mcfarland, repre-
senting Stansbury & Moore, contractors
for the improvement of portion of Cas-
tellar street, appeared and stated that
the lines of the street, as given by the
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