The herald., 1896-02-21
No Decision Reached Yesterday
on the Contract
CASE OF THE LOWEST BIDDER
]. B. Franklin Before the Sewer Com.
mittee
More School Room VIII Be Needed Before the
Year Il Ended-The Enrolment of Pu-
plls-Trouble About Sswer

CounciImen Munson and Ashman sat as
the sewer committee yesterday, Chairman
Kingery of the committee being absent
vege tating at Phoenix.
The bids for the caring for garbage were
up for discussion and Health Officer Sted-
dom was called in to assist in making the
proper award.
DR.. Steddom rather opposed the grant
ing of the contract to j. B. Franklin, which
10 the lowest bid filed, seeming to doubt the
ability of the former to properly do the
work at the figures which he has named.
Franklin was on hand and pointed to his
certified check for $500 on deposit with
the city clerk to prove that he had made
his bid in good faith.
Charles Alexander will be associated
with him in the contract, and Alexander
has the reputation of having swept the
streets of the city better than that work
has ever since his time been done.
Franklin's bid is S37 800 year
with the Dixon crematory to dis
pose of the refuse; 1000
to do the work with the Rider crematory,
and $50 900 to burn up the stuff in cre-
matory to be constructed by the Llewellyn
Iron works of this city. DIR. Steddon favors
the Dixon, while the sewer committee
would like to award the contract to the
Llewellyn crematory, the proposed build
ers Of the latter being home concern and
their crematory being guaranteed to do the
work properly. The proposed sewer filth
destroyer is to be, if Franklin & Alexander
secure the contract, built outside OF the
city limits.
Councilman Munson says that decision
will be arrived at in the matter as soon as
Il sttD
gets home, and that report upon the sub
ject will be forthcoming when the council
meets oil Monday. The sewer committee
yesterday acted as follows:
In the matter of the proposals to sewer
Fourth street and Omar avenue. we recon-
mend that the bid of George Banaz at 70
cents per foot for the sewer complete be
accepted, and the accompanying resolI-
ton of award adopted.
Recommend that the bid of j. Il. White
to sewer Olive street from point sixteen
feet south of the north line of First street
to a point forty feet south of the south line
of Court House street at 81 cents per lin
ear foot for the sewer complete be accepted
and the accompanying resolution of award
adopted.
MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE NEEDED
Superintendent Foshay has secured from
the principals in the public schools the to-
tai enrolment of pupils who have begun
with the new term. The figures are as fol-
lows:
Sentous, 29S; Boyd. 125; Norwood, 50 :;
Sixth. 442; night school, So; Highland
nut. ia; Hellman, 357; Gates, 29s;
Griffin, 152; Hayes. 236; CASTELAR,, 437
sand, 379: Alpine, 416; Temple, 295
Grafton, 36; Casco. 120; Union avenue,
3O7; Fremont avenue, 1876; Normal, pri-
mary. 336; Spring, $50: Eighth, 4O5
Al.
315; Thirtieth, 500; San Pedro, 4s6
Staunton avenue. 1872: Santa Fe avenue,
20; Seventh, III; Ninth. 537; Hewitt,
4OS; Amelia, 406; Ann. 39S; New Macy,
175; Macy, 255; Cornwell. 139; Breed,
469 First, 15S: High school, $50.
The total number of pupils enrolled is
11.242, which does not include the 900
odd boys and girls of the high school and
1000 or more who are out of school be-
cause of the epidemic of measles. The
new Sixth street school is already crammed
to overfowing, and one class from that
building had to be sent a few days ago to
the Boyd street building. The Ninth and
Eighth street schools are also filed to over
flowing, and all the rooms in the new Thir-
tieth street school will be crammed as soon
as that building is ready for occupancy. 1t
is estimated that several entirely new build
Jugs will be needed before the present year
10 at an end.
THERE MAY BE AN INJUNCTION
concentrated effort is to be made by
the largest of the property owners inter-
ested before the council next Monday,
against the confirmation of the assess
ment map III the Maple avenue sewer dis
trict. The assessment for the improve
nent became delinquent yesterday, and
an Injunction to prevent the forcible col
lection of the money is not an improba-
bility.
James f. Mooney, citing the location of
his property on Maple avenue, appeals
from the assessment on the ground that
the same is unequal and excessive, and
asks that the assessment be set aside.
Cyrus c. Cases petition to the council is
worded as follows: "Appeal is hereby
made to your honorable body to set aside
the assessment in the Maple avenue sewer
district because it is unjust and excessive.
1t levies upon property in the district as
sessed to pay for large sewer into which
is turned sewage from other districts which
are not assessed to pay for the same. The
assessments IS made more onerous by ex-
cessive pay allowed inspectors, some of
whom were ignorant of the requirements
OF the work which they noninally in
spected. AS consequence much of the
work is inferior to specifications. I am
credibly informed and aver on information
and belief that the quantity of sewage pro-
posed to be turned into this new sewer.
from old sewers and from other sources en-
ceeds the capacity of the sewer, and that
If should connect I could not certainly
have the use of it, but would soon be COM
PEELED to qisconnect to prevent sewage
from backing up into my premises. ! am
also credibly informed and believe that in
vestigation by you will disclose irregulari-
ties. You are therefore petitioned to set
aside this present unjust assessment ana to
order a new and more equitable assess
ment.''
CITY HALL FLOTSAM
Chief of Police Glass is anxious to have
an ordinance adopted to regulate pawn
shops, the idea being to compel all pawn
brokers to list daily their transactions of
the twenty-four hours previous. City Attor-
ney Dunn has taken the matter under ad-
visement.
President iced of the council and Chair
man Munson of the board of public works
will today consider the contract for the
paving OF Main street. Tney will agree
upon a recommendation of some sort
to the council, probably favorable
to the bid of John T. Long.
Should their action not be satisfac-
tory to their colleagues, the matter will be
fought out on the floor on Monday.
Permits for new buildings aggregating
In value $3.50 were issued yesterday. the
most important being one to z. G. FISHER
for $1,000 dwelling on Twenty-fifth street
near Central avenue. and one to Magdalen
Dnbert for an $3.50 dwelling on Third
street near Crocker.