The record-union., 1897-12-14
MAYOR MAKES NOMINATIONS
APPOINTS TWO NEW PATROL
WAGON DRIVERS.
Trustee Bentley Insists That All
be Treated Alike in Side
walk Construction.

The City Board of Trustees held 1ts
regular weekly meeting last nlsnt'
Trustees Wachhorst, Kent, DAVIS, MI
Kay, Leonard, Devine, Bentley, 1oZei
and Pennish being present.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're read:
To the Honorable Board OIL trustees
In accordance with ordinance NO. tlo
/ hereby nominate and, by ana Win
your consent, appoint w. L. Harnel'
as driver of the patrol wagon III place
of John Fitzgerald, whose term expires
on the 10Th inst. Respectfully submit
ted, c. ID. HobbAI.D'
Mayor
To line Honorable Board of Trustees:
/ herewith return to you, with my ap-
proval indorsed thereon, ordinance NO.
-. entitled AN ordinance amendlng
section two of ordinance No. ia, re-
lating to the condemnation, conStruc-
tion. alteration and repair of sidewalks,
bulkheads and curbing, passed October
3. 1898" Respectfully submitted,
c.. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
In accordance with ordinance No. 4l0,
/ hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent, appoint H. NJ. Butler as
driver of the patrol wagon in place
of Henry BALI, whose term expires on
the 10Th inst. Respectfully submitted,
C. H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
It wss evident that one of the ap-
pointments did not meet the approval
of member of the board, and Pennish
said that if the Mayor could not find
better timber for appointment than
Ha.nett, he had better give it up.
The messages took the usual course.
A large number of bills were allowed.
Devine objected to a bill of So 20 for
storage of the old patrol wagon, say
ing ii had better be given away or
broken up than to pay storage ON it.
Kent explained that the old wagon
had stood out in the sun through the
summer and when it was needed for
use while the new one was being paint
ed it had to be sent to the shop for re-
pairs first. He considered it cheaper
TO store it than to have it fall to pieces.
The bill was allowed, and the Street
Superintendent instructed to put the
wagon in the city's tool house.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
n regard +. NJ. ElSdll Jlll 4oi
the breakage of his buggy, the horse
being frightened by the steam roller.
Tozer. for the Finance Committee,
thought it would be a bad precedent to
allow the claim, as the roller must go
along the streets and folks must take
care of their teams.
Leonard said that, as he understood
the matter the horse was frightened
unnec cessarily, the driver blowing off
steam opposite the horse. More care
should be taken about frightening
teams.
The matter was postponed for a week
and the Superintendent of Streets was
instructed to put up trestles on such
blocks as the roller is in use on.
Superintendent of Streets Croly said
that drivers had got out of their wag-
gons ard removed such trestles and
driven on the obstructed streets.
Davis. for the Water Committee, re-
ported adversely on the repairs pro-
posed by the Mayor on the Holly
pump. as they would cost from $1,000
to $1,000. and he preferred letting the
new board take up the matter, the
cost being so great that the repairs
would have to be advertised for. any
how.
He reported in favor of steel foot
valve for the suction pipe of the water
works
j. A. Cunningham said that steel was
much more flexible and durable than
cast iron, and was also nearly one-third
lighter and would not break so easily.
The steel foot-valve was adopted, the
contract going to- Mr.. Cunningham.
Bentley was not in favor of putting
off repairs to the Holly pump for the
new board to wrestle with. He thought
it should be repaired at once, as he be-
lieved it was the only feasible plan by
which sufficient water can be secured
for next summer. He did not think the
board would have to advertise. He
moved that the Mayor be authorized to
employ two competent men, at a cost
of not over $500, to repair the pump.
One cylinder could be repaired at a
time, and it could be finished before
next spring, when it is needed.
Davis still opposed starting the work
until the new board comes in
Devine thought the pump should be
repaired Immediately, and hoped the
motion would be carried. A ten-million
gallon pump will be needed two years
from now.
Leonard called Devine's attention to