The record-union., 1897-11-23
The BOILERS NOT SINKING.
MR.. CROLY'S REPORT ON THE
SEWAGE PLANT.
Trustee Devine Makes Another Sad
Show of Himself-Factory
Smoke, Etc.

The regular weekly meeting or the
Board of Trustees was held last nlsht'
those present being Bentley, DAVIS
Devine, Kent, Mckay, Tozer, Pennish
and Wachhorst Trustee Bentley was
voted into the chair.
Judge A. p. Catlin addressed the
board in relation to the Bailey proper
ty-the old Postoffice building and
asked the board to rescind Its action
IN condemning Bailey's sidewalk ana
ordering him to build eighty feet OF
sidewalk on K street.
Judge Catlin stated that Bailey re-
ally OWNS only forty feet of sidewalk,
and that the other forty feet is owned
by Lloyd and others. He read the con-
demnation order issued, and contended
that the Board of Trustees has an en-
tire right, if the owner of property
fails to do so, to build any required
sidewalk and take a lien upon his prop
erty for the same, but that the refusal
or neglect of the party owning me
property to put down a sidewalk when
ordered to do so does not constitute a
criminal offense. He contended that
the board had failed to comply with
the law governing the case. He further
contended that the board has no rlgnt
to act under the section providing that
1t may impose fines and penalties upon
parties refusing to lay sidewalks until
all the other sections bearing on the
case have been complied with.
Judge Catlin further stated that Mr..
Bailey intends to make new side
walk as soon as he is able so to do,
and that he is at this time willing to
make all necessary repairs. He con-
tended that the Vroo1nan Act should
be complied with before any city or
dinance would apply.
Street Commissioner Croly and City
Surveyor Mullenney also addressed the
board, the latter maintaining that the
Vrooman Act does not apply to city
sidewalks.
Contractor Morreu stated that with
a few repairs on the sidewalk it could
be made perfectly safe. Thereupcn
Devine moved that Mr. Bailey be al
lowed to repair the sidewalk
Chairman Bentley called attention to
the fact that the sidewalk had been
condemned and that the motion could
not be considered.
Devine next moved to reconsider the
resolution condemning the sidewalk.
Tozer, as an amendment, moved that
no further action be taken by the
board until such time as the Corpora
ton Counsel shall advise the board as
to the legality of the proceeding along
the lines it has taken. The motion
was carried.
THE ORPHAN ASYLUM
Mrs. DR.. T. a. Snider, President of
the Protestant Orphan Asylum ap-
peared and presented a copy of the
statement laid before the Supervisors
yesterday, and which appears else
where.
Mrs. Snider addressed the board and
stated that the Directors of the asylum
had decided to wait on the Board of
Trustees and confer with them re-
specting what steps to take in at
tempting to pay the expenditures re-
quired.
On motion of Mckay, the matter was
referred to the Finance Committee
with instructions to report at next
Mondays meeting.
Devine, for the Cemetery Committee,
reported that the fence around Hell
vetia Cemetery can be easily repaired.
In view of the statement, action in the
matter was indefinitely postponed.
The appointment of D. S. Baker as
special policeman TO succeed himself,
was confirmed by unanimous vote.
THOSE SMOKESTACKS
The following report was handed in
by City Surveyor Mulleney:
Gentlemen: Relative to complaint
made to your board concerning smoke
and SCOT issuing from smokestacks and