The record-union., 1897-06-08
AN OFFERED COMPROMISE.
Mrs. HaW0rth and Others Willing to
Settle.
The Board of Trustees Will Meet to
Consider the Matter This
Afternoon.

The Board of City Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tes Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
Mckay, Devine, Tozer and Pennish be-
ing present.
f. F. Dofan addressed the board,
stating that the sewer pipes at the
Y-street pumping plant cross his
ground, and that the pumping plant
stands on his ground. Mrs. PEN
nish's claim had been pa1o
and the board had declined to
pay his claim His property rights, he
claimed, extend to the middle OF the
street by the statute law of the State
Superintendent Croly denied that his
property rights extended beyond the
property line.
Devine said the streets and alleys had
been decided by Suffer TO the city as
whole. The building might depreciate
the value of Mr.. Dolan's property, how
ever. He moved that the matter be
referred to the Corporation Counsel and
the City Surveyor. So ordered.
A. ]. Bruner spoke of the suits com
menced last year by Ellen Haworth and
others on account of having lands sub
merged in the neighborhood of the s.
street sewer and the canal The stencil,
he claimed, had been the cause of a
number of deaths Mrs. Haworth's suit
had been set for trial and he and the
Corporation Counsel had come to an
agreement to submit to the board a
proposition that on payment of 5000
in each suit they would all be discon-
tinued and a guarantee given that no
other suits win be brought by other
parties interested. If the city will take
care of its water, in addition to this,
it will save the city much money
The Corporation Counsel said he had
talked with Mr.. Bruner and agreed that
the proposition was a good one. If the
three suits are tried and damages OF
even 81 are given against the city the
costs will come to nearly what is asked
He had examined the ground with the
City Engineer and superintendent OF
Streets and thought that when sewer
pipe is put in there the water can be
easily taken care of.
Devine said he would rather expend
$500 in each of these cases than COM
promise and have endless suits
brought against the city in the future
Some Of the parties have put in larger
claims than their property is worth
He was opposed to any compromise.
Mr.. Bruner said that the suit was
brought ON account of the stencil OF
garbage in the stopped-up sewer that
menaced health.
Devine moved the board refuse to
make any compromise.
Pennish moved as an amendment
that 5000 be allowed in the three cases
mentioned.
Devine said the compromise would
open the door to two or three hundred
such suits, and he was surprised that
his colleagues favored it.
The amendment was lost and De-
vines motion was also lost.
Mr.. Bruner asked the board to go
out and view the ground.
Corporation Counsel Johnson asked
that Devine be appointed to assist him
in conducting the suits and getting
witnesses.
Kent moved that when the board adj
iourned it do so till this afternoon at
4 O'Clock, and in the meantime go out
and view the ground.
DeVine gave notice that If the COM
promise We're made, he would see that
his relatives and others who had suf-
fered in the past should also bring
suits against the city.
Elwood Bruner said it was simple
business proposition. He thought that
if the board would investigate the
matter it would feel that the claim
was just and that it was economy TO
make the compromise suggested. The
damage has been going on for nearly
ten years and the ground has been
submerged year after year The gar
bage was carried into Mr.. Nuttals cell
lar and carried away his cellar steps.
The persons who have been injured
will, if the compromise is made and
the cause of damages removed, sign a
stipulation that they viii bring no suits
The motion to meet this afternoon
was carried.
SHORT ON WATER.
H. A. Johnson complained that for
several hours a day he and his neigh
bors are unable to get any water for
use in their houses. His neighbors had
asked him to speak of it.
Tozer and Leonard said that they
had heard similar complaints.
Devine said that the residents of the
that the pressure on the water mains
is less than it has been for years. The
breweries are using a great deal OF
water and he believed that meters
Should be placed in front of them to
find what they use
Tozer said the lack of pressure was
because the pipes were too small.
The matter was referred to the
Mayor.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're read:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
In accordance with the request OF
Messrs. Bassett and Milford, which ]
herewith transmit to you, I hereby
nominate and, by and with your con-
sent, appoint ]. H. Vandyke a special
police officer for the locality known
as Bassett & Minford's Planning Mill al
Front and O streets in this city. Re-
specially submitted,
c. II. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
/ respectfully report that, on the Sc