The record-union., 1896-11-17
THE POOL-ROOM ORDINANCE.
DeVine'S Motion to Reconsider Lost and
the Rooms Must Go.
The City Board of Health Presents
a New Sanitary Ordi-
nance.

The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
Mckay. Deyine. Bentley, ToZer and
Pennish being present
b. Labs addressed the board in rela-
tion to his contract to improve the alley
between L and NJ, Seventh and Eighth
streets. He had placed his stakes and
found that some of the property pro-
Jects into the alley, and had been told
that he would have to replace the curb
in front of it.
Devine said that several of the other
buildings that projected into the alley
and one barn projects about a foot had
not been moved. The other property
owners who had moved their buildings
back felt that unless the barn also was
moved they had been imposed upon. He
moved that the barn be ordered moved
back
Superintendent of Streets Croly said
that the party who owns the barn
claimed that he would have to mort
gage his property if forced to move it,
and be did not feel like forcing him to
mortgage.
Devine said that in that case he felt
sympathy for the party, but the alley is
in a thiel1ly settled portion of the city,
and be had rather see the board con-
tribute the cost of moving the barn than
to let it remain where it now is. The
claim had been made that the survey
made by City Surveyor Mulleney
changed the lines of a former survey.
Deputy Surveyor Phinney said that
(,oI n
the lines of the former survey tailed
with those that he had made.
The board instructed the Superin-
tendent of Streets to see that the build
ings and fences are moved and the line
of the alley maintained.
Simon Ash presented q petition of
property owners that a sewer be con-
structed in the alley between Eighth
and Ninth, Q and r. The board passed
a resolution of intention to improve the
alley.
THE POUNDMASTER DENIES 1T.
Poundmaster Cooksley appeared in
relation to the charge that he was not
catching ours and worthless dogs. He
stated that one of his men was sent to
Jail for misdemeanor. and he had
been unable to get man to fill his
place, for the reason that the board had
reduced his salary to such a small
amount. After trying for three weeks
he started in to catch dogs himself and
was bitten through the hand. He had
even tried to get men from San Fran
cisco but they would not work for such
wages as he could afford to pay them
1t would probably surprise the board
when he stated that it was not the good
dogs impounded by him that were re-
deemed, while people would come and
redeem their worthless ours but that
was the fact. and he had some fine
dogs of all kinds, from the smallest to
the largest, Which he should kill in the
morning.
Perhaps you have been impounding
greyhounds belonging to some Of those
noblemen, and that is what is the mat
ter said Pennish.
Mr.. Cooksley's explanation was
deemed sufficient, and the matter was
dropped.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor were received:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
/ recommend that you direct the Street
superintendent 10 nave a eaten DdSan
put in at Sixth and r streets. When
ever we have storm the water accumu-
lates at this point and, as it cannot be
drained through the levee, there is no
other way by which this water can reach
Fhe sewer. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
i herewith return to you, with my ap-
proval indorsed thereon, Ordinance No
-, entitled AN ordinance accepting
the work of grading, paving and curbing
I. street, from the east line of Tenth
street to the west line of Fifteenth
street" Respectfully submitted,
G. II. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
] herewith transmit to your honorable
body. for your action thereon, a report
of Acting Second Assistant Engineer of
the Water Works charging Fireman
George Gibbs with sleeping while on
duty. The said fireman has been sus-
pended until your board shall determine
whether he shall be removed or be sus-
pended for a specified time. Respect
fully submitted
c. II. HUBBARD, Mayor.