The record-union., 1896-11-17

The catch basin was ordered put in
according to the Mayors suggestion,
Kent saying it was needed badly.
Devine moved that instead of trying
Fireman Gibbs he be suspended for
thirty days.
Leonard asked if he was familiar
with the circumstances.
He HAS been suspended before for
the same reason" said Kent.
He has been found asleep several
times before said Mckay. Il think it
very serious matter and should like
to have it investigated. I am told that
he was found asleep on the occasion OF
fire and had he not been awakened
in time to get up steam there might
have been a very serious conf1agration.
think it is a matter that is of great
Importance
The matter was set for trial next
Monday night at s o'clock
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Davis, for the Water Committee, re-
ported that the committee thought
charge of $50 a month for water would
be proper for Ruhstaller's brewery and
it was SO ordered.
The bill of p. A. Miller as Inspector
of the S-street sewer was allowed, it
being stated that the Corporation
Counsel said the city would have to
pay it.
Kent said that it was necessary to
have an Inspector and the board re-
scinded its resolution forbidding the
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Inspector.
X. II. Jones was granted a license
to keep saloon at Front and K streets.
Bentley, for the committee appointed
to investigate the matter of making a
contribution toward the proposed poul-
try show, asked further time.
Kent said he was informed that the
movement to secure subscriptions for
prizes for the show was being very
successful.
POOLROOM ORDINANCE.
The peddlers' ordinance was post
poned for week, as we'll as the notice
given by Devine that he would move to
reconsider the poolroom ordinance
Bentley said that Devine had simply
moved to reconsider it and had set no
time, as the minutes showed. He
afterward moved to reconsider, but met
with no second.
Leonard said that he understood that
the motion was to reconsider it in a
week.
Devlne then moved that the action of
the board be reconsidered and the mo-
ton was lost, only Devine and Kent
voting for it,
BAKER CONFIRMED.
The confirmation of the nomination
OF r. e. Baker as special policeman
came next and he was confirmed
Z. Latson, who was behind S23 on
his water rate, asked further time to
pay in, as he had been out of work
since the strike
Davis opposed it on the ground that
he was always behindhand, and the
matter was referred to the Water Com
mittee.
A similar plea of Mrs. Callendine was
similarly refused
The application Of James Chiarini for
saloon license at 1401 Front street
was granted, it being an old saloon.
The superintendent of Streets report
ed that he had stored the sprinkling
wagons at Twenty-eighth and K streets
and recommended that they be in
Sured. SO ordered.
The flags at the Plaza We're ordered
taken charge of by the gardener with
instructions to comply with the wishes
of the Grand Army.
A SANITARY ORDINANCE.
DIR. Pinkham, for the Board of
Health, presented an ordinance pro-
hibiting all persons from expectorating
on the floor of any public conveyance
or public building or sidewalk in the
city.
l.. 7. Hatfield asked that the ordi-
nance be made to apply to the street.
cars clearly, as it was the occasion of
much trouble.
nances We're in effect in many cities,
and is intended to prevent the spread
of consumption, as the sputum dries
and is changed to dust and inhaled by
passers- He had submitted it to
many business men and all indorsed it.
He only found one man who opposed it,
and he said: 'Expectoration! l don't
like that; / am against it,
Why, it only means spit said 1 to
him. said DR.. Pinkham, "and he said
ordinance"
The ordinance was laid over for a
week
Leonard said that a number of
property owners think that after they
construct good sidewalks the city
should accept them and keep them in
repair. He wished the members of the
board to think on the subject for
week.
A discussion arose, the members
holding different views.
The superintendent of Streets was
instructed to allow no piles of rubbish
to be placed on the streets without
a permit granted by him and the pro-
vision that a lantern must be placed
at such piles.
The specifications for the new pipe
and cross s-connections at the Water
Works were read and adopted.
THOSE SIDEWALK APPROACHES.
Bentley asked what had been done
with reference to the approaches to