The herald., 1897-09-14

The following proposals per lineal foot
for sewer complete were received: A. P.
Pusich, 6SR cents; c. L. Powell, So $40
cents; w. &. Frick, 6SA cents; B. Loren
ri, TN cents.
Referred to the sewer committee.
To sewer Eighteenth street, Central
avenue and other streets.
The following proposals per lineal foot
for sewer complete were received: Geo.
Banaz 81 cents: B. Lorenzi. 721a cents;
c. L. Powell, 4s $40 cents; A. P. Pusieh,
52% cents; w. A. Frick, 59ls cents;
NJ. Zuretti. "a cents.
Referred to the sewer committee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
The finance committee reported that
an examination had been made of the
last monthly and weekly reports of the
city auditor and that they had been
found to be correct. Concurred in.
| In the matter Of the petition of j. G..
Whitaker, asking that the tax sale Of
certain property owned by him which,
| owing to it's having been enormously as
sessed against ]. w. Vinegar, who had
| no interest or title in it, was sold be-
cause the latter assessment had not been
| paid, the finance committee reported
| that there had undoubtedly been a
double assessment of the property and
that the sale should be Cancelled. Upon
recommendation of the committee the
cancellation was ordered.
| Similar action was taken in regard to
the petitions of Mrs. Gotty and H. w.
Bush, the circumstances being exactly
like those of the Whitaker case.
The bonds of c. j. Doll as boiler in
| spector and ]. G. Patterson as deputy
boiler inspector were, upon recommen-
dation of the committee, approved.
SIX NEW FIREMEN
| The finance committee, to whom had
been referred the communication of the
board of fire commissioners recommend
ing that the salary of the city electrician
be increased to $125 per month and that
three additional laddermen and three
hosemen be employed vice one foreman
and six callmen, reported in favor of the
adoption of the recommendation and the
employment of the additional men. The
| report was adopted. The new men are
to be appointed at once.
Mr.. Baker moved that the city engin-
eer be instructed to present to the coun-
Gil an ordinance of intention to lay an
eight foot cement sidewalk on the west
side of Olive street between Temple and
Court streets. Adopted.
c. L. McComb was granted an extern
sion Of fifteen days in which, to COM
plete the work now in progress on Park
View street.
The West Side Lighting company and
the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph
company were granted permission to
extend their wires along a number of
streets.
PETITIONS
Interested property owners petitioned
that Yale street from College street to
Pine be graded and graveled. Referred
to the city engineer.
S. M. Corum and others asked that i'm
provements be made in Fifth street in
the vicinity of the intersection with Lu-
cas- street. Referred to the board of
public works.
The petitions Of F. W. Brown and 9TH
ers and George Belts and others in re-
gard to the opening of boulevard from
the plaza to the adobe road, which have
been published in full, were referred to
the board of public works.
The requests of William Tillman and
others for an electric light at Ninth and
San Pedro streets, and from persons re-
siding near the end of the car line on
Central avenue for light there were
referred to the gas and light committee.
S. A. Habel and others asked that
Twenty third street from Main to Maple
avenue be improved. Referred to the
city engineer.
S. B. Clayton, who at the last meeting
of the council was declared an irrespon-
sible bidder sent in a communication
requesting that that action be reconsid
cred. He hinted at a lawsuit and en-
tered positive denial to the charges
preferred against him, which resulted
in the action of the council. On motion
Of Mr. Nickel the communication was
received and filed.
HAD FUN WITH MATHUSS
Up to this time the proceedings had
been very commonplace, but the morning
session was concluded in what some Of
the members styled "rip-roaring wind
up" introducing all the specialists and
specialties in the cast. For a time it was
indeed "rip-roaring," and Chairman
Mathuss was left somewhat in the atti-
tude of the congressman who didn't
know where he was at" in parliamenta-
ry sense.
The fun began in the consideration of
a petition of F. A. Kerkow for permis-
sion to place a watering trough, at Ninth
and San Pedro streets-a most simple
matter and one which would have been
quickly disposed of had it not been for
a conspiracy among the councilmen to
rattle" that chairman. Their antics
would have "rattled" a "Czar" Reed.
and the conspiracy was decided sue
cess in that its object was wholly at
tanned.
Mr. Grider moved that the petition be
granted. This motion was easy, but it
was simply bait. When Chairman Ma
thuss put the motion not man voted
either in the affirmative or negative.
Acting perhaps on the old saw that "si-
lence gives consent" Mr.. Mathuss de-
clared the motion carried Then there
was a storm. Several members arose
at once on points of order, questions of
privilege, appeals from the decision of
the chair, etc, etc, were hurled at the
now unhappy chairman so fast that a
phonograph could not have recorded all
of them. Before any discussion was pos
sible amendments began to pour in, but
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