The herald., 1896-08-25

prove Bauchet street. from Date street
| to the easterly line Of the Bauchet
tract. herewith presented, be referred to
the sewer committee. The grade has
rot been established on Elizabeth street,
Rosabel street or Augusta street. there
fore no ordinance to improve can be pre-
sented at present.
| l have omitted Ash street from this
| list because no frontage on that street
! is represented on any of the above mem
/ toned petitions. although petition No.
$50 includes Ash street in its heading.
TO SELL DIRT
Councilman Snyder moved that the
| captain of the chaingang be authorized
| to sell dirt from the Hill street cut and
report the amount of money collected
to the council. Adopted
Councilman Pessell moved that the
street superintendent be directed to
place street signs at the various cor
ners of streets that now have no signs
| and where the names of streets have been
changed. Adopted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The finance committee presented the
following supplementary report. which
was adopted. together with a motion by
Mr.. Snyder that the wages of carpen-
ters in the street department be raised
to $3.50 day. The report is as follows;
Recommend that the report of the
city auditor or the condition of the funds
for the month ending July so, 1896, be
filed.
Recommend that the ordinance pro-
vi6ing for the number of employees in the
health department and fixing their conf
pensation, be placed upon its passage.
Recommend that the demand of L. c.
McKeeby for damages be referred to the
city attorney.
Recommend that petition No. sos from
Patton & Davies Lumber and Mill COM
pany be filed, as the matters therein re-
ferred to have been amicably settled be-
tween the parties thereto
Recommend that petition No. 716, from
the Council of Labor, asking the coun-
Gil to appropriate the sum of $3.50 to
assist them in defraying the expenses
of the celebration of Labor day on Sep
tember Z, 1895. be granted, and the city
clerk be instructed to prepare and pre-
sent the necessary demand against the
salary fund therefor.
The usual petitions were presented
and referred to the proper committees
President Teed moved that the gas
and light committee prepare and pre-
sent specifications for lighting the
streets at the expiration of the present
contract. Adopted.
MIR. LONG HEARD FROM.
The following communication was
read from Mr.. Long, the Main-street
contractor:
ITO the Hon. City Council: In view
of the fact that complications unlocked
for have arisen in regard to the improve
ment of Main street, for which / was
awarded the contract l would desire to
submit the following: Having plowed
quite lot of said street. and you. by
your action, having attempted to can
eel the contract awarded me, which ac-
ton may hereafter become a ma tier of
litigation, 1 will. If so desired by you,
with the consent of the plaintiff, who has
procured an injunction against my pro-
ceeding on said street, water and roll
the street so plowed up, in order to place
the same In condition to be used by
the travelling public until such time as
the matters now in controversy may be
determined by the court. Respectfully
submitted, JOHN T. LONG,
Vice President and General Manager
Then the councilmen fell upon Mr..
Long. individually and collectively.
They declared that they did not wish to
have anything further to do with him,
either in his private capacity or as a con-
tractor with the city 1t was openly
charged that the communication was
merely a scheme of the willy contractor
to get the council to recognize his rights
on the streets after the contract had
been Cancelled. and they would have
nothing to do with it. j. C. Williamson,
a suffering property owner, entered a
vigorous kick. but he admitted that he
did not see the way clear by which the
council could act. and then the COM
munication was filed and the council
adjourned.
1t was stated that another injunction
suit had been instituted against the con-
tractor by the University bank, stop
ping work. This was stated also to have
been instituted at the instigation of the
contractors, and no action was taken.