The record-union., 1896-10-27

subject, but Leonard raped him down,
saying that Kent had the floor De
vine persisted, and Leonard said: Il
will not listen to you. Mr. Kent has
the floor
ALLOW me-you WILL" said Devine.
Il have not finished my report yet"
Kent said he had no recommendation
to make for the Fire Department Com
mittee.
Leonard said he had consulted Judge
| Holl in regard to the Kendall bond
| case, and he had agreed to carry it to
the Supreme Court for 5000, and r. t.
Devlin, who was before associated in
the case, would assist him in the matter
for $3.50. He thought the case could be
won by the city
! Tozer said it was economy to employ
good lawyers. and he moved that the
/, Mayor be authorized to employ the two
attorneys The motion was carried.
! Kent reported a dangerous crossing
at Twelfth and r streets, and moved
that the Street Superintendent be in
structed to have it fixed. So ordered.
He said that people on d street be-
tween Tenth and Twelfth, and F and
| 1Weifth streets, were complaining of
dangerous sidewalks with loose boards.
The matter was referred to the Sur
veyor.
Devine said that there was dangerous
| sidewalk at Ninth and t streets The
matter was also referred to the Sur
veyOr.
The Superintendent of Cemeteries was
| authorized to purchase a stove for his
| office
w. III. Brown, at 225 X street was
granted a SALOON license.
/ The ordinance relating to peddlers
came up, and w. A. Anderson pre-
sented another one for the considera-
ticn of the board. He said that the
present ordinance prohibiting peddling
goods on certain streets was certainly
class legislation and unconstitutional.
he presented petition from prominent
| business men repeating or amending it.
| 1he ordinance is being violated every
day by those who sell in the market on
Third street
/ The matter was laid over for a
week
| The specifications for motor for. the
sewerage. plant We're read and adopted.
and the Clerk was instructed to adyer-
tise for bids for it.
BIDS OPENED.
Bids for the 40-inch main for tho
| Water Works We're opened The hid
GERS We're Schaw, Ingram, hatcher &
~, 9I,ZoO, and J. A. Cunningham,
fl">4. Inc bids We're referred to the
Finance Committee.
Bidders for improving the alley be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, n and O
streets, were Burns & Parker and
Wlillam +. Bryant The contract was
| awarded to Burns & Parker.
Those on the alley between Nine
teenth and Twentieth, L and NJ, were
Burns & Parker, Thomas Coulter and
James Touhey. The contract was
awarded to Burns e Parker.
Bidders for improving D street. from
Tenth to Eleventh, were b. Labs and
w. F. Bryant The contract was
awarded to Bryant
Property owners at Fifth and K.
and Seventh and J were allowed to
repair their cement sidewalks.
WANT NO INSPECTOR.
| superintendent Of Streets CroIy noti-
fed the board that he had appointed
7. A. Miller as Inspector of the work
on the street sewer.
| DeVlne said that the board had
passed resolution that the CITY Sur
Veyor and Superintendent of Streets
| should inspect the work.
| Pennish said that it needed some one
| there all the time as an inspector. and
the Surveyor and Superintendent of
streets could only be there occasionally.
He thought the $50 would be well
spent for an Inspector as the bricks
were being laid in slush.
| Tozer thought the Superintendent of
Streets had taken the wisest course for
the city,
Kent said the Superintendent Of
| Streets said to the board: ITO the devil
with you fellows don't care what
you say" The board ought to take
action in the matter.
Wachhorst thought the Superintend-
ent OF Streets had done wisely.
les, but what about that resolution
Mr. Wachhorst?" said Leonard. s'It
seems to me that we are making mon
keys Of ourselves in these matters"
The Clerk was instructed to notify
! Superintendent Croly of the resolution
passed by the board
| A communication from the Canitol
! commissioners was read. stating that
| they were ready at any time to confer
with the committee of the board in re-
| lation TO the sewer on Thirteenth street
through the Capitol Park.
The Corporation Counsel asked
whether or not the board wished him
! to appeal the case of 10th against the
| city.
Mckay said the Corporation Counsel
had told him that there was no show of
| winning the case.
Devine said that there were evidently
| members Of the board who dfs,egarded
their oaths to serve the people faith
| iully and it seemed easy to get five
/ votes through some mysterious infu-
ence and against the charter. and the
| PUBIC should see to it that those men
were not elected again.
Mckay moved to pay Loths bill and
/ the motion was lost.
| Devine moved that the case be an
| pealed, and the motion was lost
| The remonstrance Of the property
owners on the alley between Sixth and
Seventh, | and j, was referred to the
| Surveyor.
| Two hundred copies of the plumbing
| ordnance We're ordered printed FOR the
Board of Health, and the board ad-
| journed.