The herald., 1896-09-09

work done on the foundation Of the new
| central police station be referred to the
building committee. Adopted.
Recess until o'clock.
Afternoon Session
The council met at 2:15 o'clock with
| President Teed in the chair and all the
members in their seats.
The Buffalo Woolen Mills company
was granted permission to erect tenn
porary band stand In front Of their
| place OF business on Broadway, between
Second and Third.
THE MATTER OF CIRCUS LICENSES
| The finance committee presented the
following report In the matter of circus
| licenses:
In the matter Of the petition from the
Combined Adam Forepaugh and Sells
| circus, requesting the license be re-
duced to $3.50 per day. we beg leave to
| report recommending that the city at
torney be instructed to prepare and pre-
sent the necessary ordinance providing
| license for circuses as follows. For
| circuses charging an admittance of 81,
| 5000 for the first day and $3.50 for each
additional day; for circuses chraging an
admittance of so cents. $3.50 for the first
day and $3.50 per day for each addition
al day thereafter. and providing IL
| cense Of $25 per day for each side show
| or after show.
Councilman Savage moved to amend
| by making the license for shows $3.50 for
two day and $3.50 for so cent shS1s.
which amendment was adopted and the
! report as so amended passed.
| BEAUDRY AVENUE BIDS.
| On motion Of Councilman Kingery the
! action Of the council taken at the morn
| Ing session nOn-concurrfng In the rec
ommendation Of the board of public
works that all bids for the Improvement
4 of Beaudry avenue and other streets be
| rafn hn ctt f,1a I'M tad
to re-advertise for proposals. was re-
considered. and the matter opened up
| for discussion.
VIII d. Gould. representing the prop
erty owners. addressed the council, say
| ing that as the supreme court had re-
| affirmed It's decision upholding the va
| ldity Of the street improvement bonds,
they thought that these bids should be
| rejected and new bids advertised for. as
1t was believed that lower bids could
now be secured, as all question as to the
| validity of the bonds had been settled.
Those bonds should now be at a pre-
MUM, and for this reason they thought
they should have the benefit OF this
change Of circumstances. Mr.. Gould
said that neither he nor any other OF the
property owners wished to take any un-
fair advantage Of the contractors or any
| one else.
Messrs. Ramish & Marsh, the contrac-
tors. were also present, and protested
against the rejection Of their bid. They
had bid In good faith, and they did not
think that this council should deprive
them of their work.
Mr. Ramish declared that Mr.. Gould
had offered to sign waiver in case the
bouds were declared invalid. He fur
ther said that Mr.. Gould had told him,
In the presence of Mr.. Blanchard, that
Mr.. johnson had a man at the Westmin!
ster who would buy the bonds at par,
and further that Mr.. johnson would ad-
vance money on the work.
Mr.. Gould vehemently denied the
statements of Mr. Ramish, saying that
they were untrue. and made UP of whole
cloth. He appealed to the council for
protection. If protest against any mans
coming before this council and calling
me a horsethief and a liar" concluded
Mr.. Gould,
A. NJ. Hough, another property owner,
also addressed the council. He said that
he thought that he could straighten
out the misunderstanding between Mr..
Ramish and Mr. Gould. The conversa-
tlons could not have taken place under
the last contract. He then ent ahead
and reiterated the arguments used by
Mr. Gould.
Mr.. Marsh wanted to know II RESPONSE
BILE contractors had no rights in the
premises. They had put their bid In in
good faith, and had paid civil engineers
to figure on the work for them. He did
not think that the property owners
should now come In and plead the baby
act. Mr.. Marsh referred to contractors
who had their bids made out and who
| did not have the nerve to put them In,
later mentioning the name of Mr.. Done
gan.
At this remark Mr. Donegan asked
Mr.. Marsh what he meant by mention
Ing his name In connection with these
bids. and a colloquy followed between
the two contractors, the exact nature Of
which could not be learned as both men
spoke In low tone. Later Mr.. Donegan
made a statement before the council,
saying that he had made out his bid, but
had not put 1t in. If he had bid at that
| time he would have been considerably
higher than the others, but II other bids
were asked for he would now bid, and
his figures would be much lower.
Councilman Savage peremptorily call
ed Mr.. Donegan to time, saying that Mr.
Marsh had not mentioned his name, and
he had no right to assume that he was
the person meant.
o. T. Johnson, as a property owner
asked that the bids be rejected and that
new bids be advertised for as q matter
Of simple Justice.
Councilmen Kingery, Munson and
others spoke briefly, after which, on mo-
tion of President Teed, the whole matter
| was referred back to the board Of pub
lie works.
The report of the city clerk, as pub
lished In The Herald Monday morning,
was read and adopted.
A large number OF demands were also
re ad and approved.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The city attorney presented the fol-
lowing report:
An ORDINANCE authorizing and direct.
Ing the sale OF certain city land situated
on Buena Vista street. Adopted.
An ordinance authorizing the employ
ment Of twenty men and severn teams
In the street department.
At this point President Teed became
facctious and started in to kill time. say
ing that he wanted to talk for an hour
or two. For some reason he wished to
filibuster, and after a farcical exhibit
| Of ten or fifteen minutes concluded TO
allow the council to proceed with busi-
ness. It was unomcially stated that the
president of the council was piQued at
the slow progress made, - he had .