The record-union., 1896-02-18

| lowed by law, except at Agricultural
Park, was read. and Devine moved it
be laid on the table.
Kent moved that it be laid over for a
week, and the motion was carried.
| The ordinance allowing the Fair Oaks
and OrangevaIe Railroad to abandon
their privilege of hauling freight and
fruit over V street east of Twentieth
was passed.
THE OPEN BALLOT.
Devine called up his proposed amend
ment to rule Is, providing that the
vote on all confirmations be by roIl-caIl.
| Davis moved that the resolution be
postponed Indefinitely
/ Devine said he wanted to have the
ballot open, in order that his constit-
uents could know how he voted. He
had been accused of voting against per-
sons after promising to vote for them.
Davis said it probably made very lit
tie difference to Devine how he voted.
as he was not in business. He himself
| had found in his business that it in
| jured him to have it known how he
voted.
Kent said he favored the open ballot
! He was tired of voting against men
T.,
and was sorry for some votes he had
cast in both ways
Pennish also wanted an open ballot.
He was not afraid to have it known
/ how he voted. When he promised to
vote for a man he kept his word
I Wachhorst opposed the amendment
to the rule on the same grounds that
Davis did.
Leonard also opposed it. He had
heard it charged that Pennish had not
always kept MS word in voting. He
did not see that there was any necessity
of an open ballot.
Davis said he had been told to-day
that Devine stated some members of the
board had agents out doing business on
the outside for them He would like to
have Deyine offer proof of his state
ments.
Devine demanded the name of Davis
informant, and the latter said it was
Bart. Cavanaugh, and that he said he
could prove it. Devine expressed him
/ self as willing to meet the charge at any
time.
Bentley said he was not prepared to
vote on this question tonight. He could
easily see how man in the retail busi-
| ness could be injured by his vote For
| himself, he did not care one way or the
other. He moved it be laid over for one
week, and the motion was carried.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The combinations of the Mayors ap-
pointees came next.
| E. ]. Croly was confirmed as Superin-
tendent of Streets by vote of ) to 4.
The confirmation of Albert Fox as
Gardener for the Plaza was refused by
8 noes to 1 aye.
The nomination of H. D. Nash as
Water Assessor was confirmed by a
vote of to f.
The Corporation Counsel gave his
opinion that regarding the claim of w
III. Devine for damages to his grocery
wagon and contents from upsetting in
an uncovered sewer the city was not
liable
The matter was laid over until next
week.
Permission was given to N. Zemansky
to tap for his buildings at Sixth and I
streets a water pipe in the alley.
A SEWER FLUsHER.
]. c. Boyd addressed the board in re-
lation to an automatic f1usher that
could be applied to any manhole in the
city. He explained the workings of the
fiusher when in use, and the large
| amount of water that could be dis
charged by it in a short time. He said
the company manufacturing it would
place one for trial, free of expense to the
city.
Permission was granted to the COM
pany to do so.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Corporation Counsel Johnson reported
that he had drawn up a warranty deed
to the city for the land on which to
placeithe new Water Works pump.
The matter of purchase was referred
to the Mayor and Chairman of the
board
The electric light ordered by mistake
to be placed at Thirty-first and J streets
was ordered changed TO Thirtieth street
as petitioned for.
Tozer said that the City Collector had
spoken to several members of the board
in relation to a new license ordinance.
He moved that a committee he ap-
pointed to confer with the Collector on
the subject of a new ordinance.
had taken out single license and had
a number of wagons peddling.
Devine hoped that proper attention
would be paid to the department stores,
so that the other stores would not be
forced to close up.
The Chair appointed the committee, to
consist of Tozer, Bentley and Kent
Petitions were received from prop
alley between J and K, Eleventh and
Thirteenth streets, with macadam.
Also, one for the establishing of an Off
cial grade on Tenth street, between F
and G.
communication was received from
D. Healy, relative to the establishment
of a graveyard for dead horses, etc. and
asking that the city bear some of the
expense. 1t was referred to the Finance
Committee.
Leonard called Kent to the chair and
stated that City Scavenger Grubbs had
had considerable trouble in collecting his
bills from the city He Geonard) had
asked the Health officer why he did not
@. K. Grubbs' bill, and he had expressed
his willingness to do so if the board au-
thorized him to do so.
He suggested that the City Clerk
might be authorized. if the board
thought best, to take dispositions in
certain cases where owners claim to be
too poor to remove their dead horses,
and in such a case the Mayor could or
der the horse removed.
The matter was referred to the Mayor
in relation to the removal of dead ami
mails.
Dan Healy petitioned to be appointed
Poundmaster, guaranteeing that he