The record-union., 1896-03-17
COMBINATIONS DEFERRED.
The Trustees Will Discuss the Sewerage
Question Tonight.
Kent Thinks St. Patrick Has Very Few
Friends on the Board-Improve-
ment Knocked Out.

The Board of City Trustees met in
weekly session last night, Trustees
Leonard, Wachhorst, Davis, Kent, Nc
Kay, Devine Tozer and Pennish being
present, and Leonard presiding.
]. c. March presented the claim of G.
W. Herr for Sanitary Inspector, which
has been confirmed by the Superior
Court in its recent decision, and also
claims for four months salary.
Devine spoke against the claims and
asked the board to employ special coun-
sci to carry the matter to the Supreme
Court on appeal, as it would establish
a bad precedent to allow the Board of
Health to contract debts against the
city in this manner. He moved that the
President Of the board and one of the
members be appointed to employ spe-
cial counsel to appeal it.
The motion was carried, Kent, Davis,
Tczer, Devine and Leonard voting aye.
A citizen complained about a side
walk at 606 F street, where he said he
had nearly broken his leg. The matter
was referred to Trustee Mckay, as the
walk is in his ward.
The following message was received
from the Mayor:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
1 hereby nominate and by and with
your consent appoint NJ. B. Horne, Sec
ond Assistant Engineer of the Water
Works, in place of A. d. Hurd, not con-
firmed Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Davis said that there was much COM
plaint that contractors were using fire
plugs, and he moved that no contract
ors be allowed to use them without
permission of the Chief Engineer of the
fire department
The motion was carried.
Wachhorst, for the Building Commit
tee, reported in favor of the city's al
lowing Miss Lynch 81 for the carpet in
the room rented by her to the city. So
ordered.
Devine, for the Street Committee,
recommended that good substantial
chairs be provided for the reception
room in the cemetery chapel, to cost
from 81 to Sc. He thought it would be
economy to purchase substantial ones.
He moved that the gardener be in
structed to purchase material, not to
exceed $50, for boxing the young orange
trees at the Plaza. So ordered.
He thought 81 40 a block was too
high for sweeping the streets, and he
moved that until the street sweeper is
purchased that the streets be only
swept once a week.
Mr.. President" said Mckay, there
are many good men in this city who are
out of work, and the pay is only 81 a
day. 1 favor employing all we can.
They must not be allowed to starve"
81 would like to give them all work
if I could" replied Leonard, but we
have only so much money in the street
fund, and if we spend it all now we will
have none by and by. We must be
careful of it,"
Yes" said Kent, that's what's the
matter. I know a lot of idle men, too,
down my way that 1 would like to give
jobs to if I could. I haven't been able
to get one of them in yet
well, Mr.. Kent" said Mckay,
there are twenty-four men from your
ward at work on the streets now"
"Oh, no. said Kent; "only one. I
don't know any of the rest of them.
They are not voters in my ward any
how
II have the records to prove my as
sertion," said Mckay.
Tozer reported that the Police Clerk
wanted a new desk, and that there
would probably be needed a table for
reporters and some repairs to the plat
form. The desk and table were al
lowed.
Kent stated that Mayor Steinman
granted a three months leave on De-
cember Sd to ]. ]. Donahue, coal-passer
at the Water Works. Donahue had
called on him CKenD to know if he had
any objections to his going, and was
told that he had none.
Mckay raised the point that under
the charter no one could absent himself
for more than thirty days without con-
sent of the Board of Trustees.
Devine argued that Donahue was an
employe and not a city officer, and
therefore did not need a leave of alb
sence He thought he should not be re-
moved.
Kent also spoke in favor of Donahue.
Leonard asked if Kent had ever been
told that Donahue had offered to sell
his job before he went away.
Kent said he had never heard any
such thing.
Donahue said he sold his furniture
before he went away, but did not offer
to sell his place.
Leonard asked him if he did not get
pay for one day too much when he left,
and he denied doing so.
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel.
Tozer said that R. NJ. Clarken had not
vet presented the ordinances he has
been compiling, and moved that he be
instructed to present his work to the
board next Monday night. So ordered.
THE TELEPHONES
The Sunset Telephone Company pre-
sented a communication, stating that it
had 600 subscribers in the city to whom
it would be an injustice to take the tel
ephones out of the fire department. 1t
would, however, furnish the city with
the present telephones for SD month.
which would practically make those for
the fire department free.
Davis and Wachhorst insisted on
making them all free, but Devine said
the new telephone company has no
long-distance telephones, and it would
be very unwise for the city to shut it
self off from communication with other
places.