The record-union., 1896-07-14


himself. and whose term shall COM
mence not earlier than the 22d inst Re-
spectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
1 hereby nominate and. by and with
your consent, appoint ]. M. Wallace a
special policeman for the locality bound
ed by alley between I and streets, and
alley between j and X streets, from
Fifth to Eleventh streets of this city,
to succeed himself at the expiration of
his present term, which will expire on
the I'D inst. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
ToZer moved that the recommended
| tion regarding the Chief Engineer be
adopted, but on motion Of Kent it was
| laid over for a week.
Leonard said that he would vote at
any time for the Chief Engineer to be
sent to such a meeting, as the informa-
| ton gained at them would certainly
| be valuable and the city would be a
| gamer by so doing.
| Kents motion to purchase eight car
| loads of fine macadam was carried.
A Mr.. Clyde asked the board to see
| that Eleventh street from T to be
properly sprinkled, according to con-
tract, as the driver did not sprinkle the
! sides of the street and was defiant when
| demonstrated with.
| Kent said that the contractors took
| the contracts SO low that they were
sighting their work and complaints
were coming in from all quarters.
On motion Of Mckay, the Street Su-
| perintendent was instructed to see that
| all the contractors lived up to their con-
| tracts and did their work properly.
| The claim of Miller & Buergi for re-
bate license on account of the tearing
down Of the building in which they kept
| saloon was rejected.
| The bill Of d. Johnston & Co. for blue
| prints, ETC., ordered by Judge McKune.
was referred to the Finance Commit
| tee, to find by what authority they were
ordered.
Several bills from japanese gardeners
| for damages by sewer water flowing
over the gardens cultivated by them
were referred to the Corporation Coun-
| sci, to ascertain If the city was not al
ready paying 800 rent for the land in
order to run the water on 1t.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
L
reported relating to the sewer at Sixth
and Seventh, F and G streets, that he
had conferred with Mr.. Small, and the
| railroad company would endeavor to
prevent the molding sand from running
| into the sewer. He recommended that
| a catch basin be put in, in order to
| catch the heavy matter.
superintendent Croly explained that
| if the catch basin were placed at the
head Of the sewer, the sand would run
into it, instead Of clogging the sewer
Leonard thought the company should
take care of its sand at it's own expense,
but Kent said the company was a very
heavy taxpayer and the livery stables
and other places run great deal of
sand into the sewers also. He moved
that the catch basin be put In and the
motion was carried.
The Corporation Counsel was re-
quested to have the fire escape ordi-
nance ready for action next Monday
night.
Devine, for the Street Committee, who
had been sent to San Francisco to in
vestigate the Williams block pavement,
which it is proposed to put down on K
street, between Front and Second, re-
ported that he found the pavement CIV
ing excellent satisfaction and he recon-
mended that the pavement be allowed
put down as asked.
Kent moved that the concrete founda-
tion be laid four inches thick instead of
three, as the specifications provided.
P. c. Drescher said that he feared If
the specifications were changed there
hn a, <hn 80
the property owners was obtained on
the basis of three inches and they might
object to the extra expense. They had
carefully examined into the matter and
were satisfied that the specifications
were properly drawn. The company
wishes to put down a specimen job and
would hardly put down a defective one.
Kent said he wanted the foundation
to be thick enough to be good at the end
Of the five years guarantee when the
city had to take care @. it.
City Surveyor Phinney thought a
change might defeat the petition in
case some one protested.
Kent said II that were the case he
would withdraw his motion. He did SO,
and the specifications We're read and
adopted.
Devine reported that the sidewalk at
Ninth and L had been laid six inches
higher than the grade fixed, although
Mr.. Dierssen had been granted permis-
sion to have the grade five inches higher
| than the grade of the block. The mat
ter was referred to the City Surveyor
with power to act.
The rules for the governing of the
Plaza, asked for by the gardener, were
referred to the Street Committee for
| revision.
Tozer, for the Finance Committee. re-
ported that as the lone Coal Company
was the only one that had submitted to
test of its coal, the committee favored
the awarding of the contract to it, pro-
| viding that it accept 81 S71a a ton,
which was little below its bid, but a
| little higher than last year.
Mr.. Justus. the agent Of the company,
after some argument, agreed to accept
the reduction in the shape of a rebate
Kent said he thought that the propo-
sition would be illegal under the former
opinion of the Corporation Counsel, in
regard to the boilers.
Pennish said he thought Kent was not
looking after the city's interest in op-
posing the acceptance of the PROPOSE
ton.
Kent said that he would rise to a
point of order that the remarks of Pen
nish were due to the fact that he was
ignorant and were not relevant to the
matter.