The herald., 1897-09-28


W. c. Furrey company: Dragon brand,
so cents per foot; Keystone brand. IS
cents per foot; Glenwood brand, 80 ocents
per foot.
California Hardware company: Mas
tiff brand, 80 cents per foot.
The council then adjourned until 2
p. m.
STREET SWEEPING AGAIN
During the room recess a joint meet
ing of the finance committee and the
beard of public works was held in the
committee room for the purpose Of dis
cussing the matter Of sweeping the
streets by hand as proposed by the Mer-
chants and Manufacture association.
The secretary Of that organization pre-
sented the following:
have the honor to submit for your
consideration the following data in re-
gard to the proposed street sweeping
by hand: .
According to the maps on file In the
city engineers office the length of streets
mentioned in the communication. of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton is as follows:
Spring street, 2056 feet; Main street,
204O feet; Broadway, 1143 feet; First Sec
ond and Third streets, ,2229 feet; total, ,746S
feet, or about IL miles.
Under the present contract the city
now pays $5.9S per mile per day, or for
the proposed territory $S.97 per day,
making a total amount Of s21SSS per
month for the area covered by the prop
osition.
It is estimated that under the sweep
hor n n
to carry out the project will be as fol-
lows: Spring street, three men; Main
street, two men; Broadway, one man;
First, Second and Third streets, three
men,; total, nine men, with three carts.
Under section eight Of the specifications
Of the present contract the contractor is
obliged to furnish the city with SIX men
daily with hand brooms and two carts
with horses and drivers TO sweep sucn
streets by hand as may be designated
by the health officer. You have the
power to direct where these men shall
work and if these six men and two carts
are ordered to operate on. the streets
suggested by the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association you will only have
to increase the force by three men and
one cart.
The additional expense will be three
men at 81 per day, or $144 per month; one
cart at $3.50 per day, $50 per month, and
brooms and shovels estimated at $50
will make a total additional expense to
the city, 1884.
WAYS AND MEANS
The representatives of the association
seemed to be under the impression that
the council could take the men now en-
ployed by the contractor to do sweeping
by hand during the day time, as his con-
tract provides, and. concentrate them
upon the streets upon which it was de-
sired to make an experiment Of the mat
Ter. President Silver held that this
would be impossible, for the reason that
as soon as the council ordered that the
contractor cease work upon that portion
of the city where it Is intended to do the
sweeping by hand, then his men would be
as much subject to his orders as before
and If hand sweeping was attempted
other men would have to be employed.
In this view Mr.. Silver was supported by
Mr.. Burnham, who stated that the abro-
cation Of that portion Of the
contract which refers to the streets
mentioned In the associations COM
munication earlier in the day would
not carry with 1t the services Of any OF
the contractors men since he would get
no pay for that portion Of the city.
The subject was discussed in one
phase or another by nearly all the men,
bers of the council whowere present, az
we'll as by the representatives of the as
sociation. It was finally admitted thai
while the council was heartily in favor Of
cleaning the streets in the manner pro-
posed, the inability to provide for the cost
Of the work. now that the appropriations
had been made for the year, might pre-.
vent their taking any action In the mat.
ter. The proposition was then made
that II the council would vote $500 to be
used in the experiment. the Merchants
and Manunactu association would
undertake to raise whatever additional
amount would be necessary. Mr.. Nick.
ell stated that the members Of the council
knew that 1t would not be an expert.
ment, but that it's success as means oi
securing clean streets was certainty
and pointed to the experience Of othe'
cities in the matter.
TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION
It was stated that the estimated cost ol
the work that the association intendet
was $1,000. In the absence of any abilit,
to see their way clear to make a specia
appropriation the board and financ,
committee took no final action on thu
matter, but announced that they woult
take It under advisement. They assured
the committee that this does not NEAR
that the matter has been killed nor aban
doned, but they earnestly desire Il
have all the streets swept by hand, ant
in taking the present proposition under
advisement 1t is their inten tion to secur,
legal advice as to what they can do IL
the premises.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Protests Against the Resewering o,