The record-union., 1897-07-07

Eleventh from H to I; thence on l
to Thirteenth street sewer.
Sixth-That a sewer be constructed
on Fifteenth street from street to l.
street; thence on l. street to Seven
teenth street; on Fifteenth street from
n to street
Seventh-That a sewer be construct
ed on Twentieth street from B to S
street. On Twenty fifth street from B
to N street. Also sewer be constructed
on Twenty-seventh and Twenty mint tn
streets from to N street. Also sew
ers correspcndingly from n to R street.
Eighth-That sewers be provided for
from S to Y as follows:
Alley, Front and Second; Third,
Sixth, Ninth Eleventh, Thirteenth and
Fifteenth streets.
The contemplated plan shows a sewer
on Seventeenth street from S to v;
thence on V to Nineteenth; thence on
Nineteenth to X; thence on x to
Twenty fifth; thence on what may be
the lowest street to obtain the best
drainage to Thirtieth street as may be
determined by the Engineers levels
and survey.
Your committee finds that the con-
templated plan provides for the recon-
struction of Ninth and Thirteenth
street sewers, in the northern section
Of city
Your committee earnestly recommend
that the board give this matter of sew
ering the city its most careful and at
tentive consideration
Also, to make some arrangements
whereby the Thirteenth street sewer
be completed to l. street, at least this
year either with fronstone pipe or steel
pipe, properly dipped with the best
asphalt Respectfully, D. M'KAY,
Chairman Sewer Committee
The report was received and filed,
and the Surveyor instructed to draw
his plans in accordance with the rec
concentrations.
Devine said the Engineer department
had already formulated a plan for sew
age for the city, and he thought the
Surveyor should be allowed to explain
1t to the board before this report was
adopted.
Kent moved that a special meeting
10 consider the extension of the sewer
system to the northern and eastern por-
tions Of the city be held on Friday
night.
All motions were Withdrawn, and the
report was received and filed.
The Surveyor was instructed to
draw up plans and specifications for the
construction of the Thirteenth-street
sewer from N street to r.
The contract for the improvement OF
Eighteenth street from the alley be-
tween and c streets to r was award
ed to w w. Chaplin, the lowest bidder
a resolution of intention to macadam-
ize the alley betwetn N and o, Third
and Fourth streets, was adopted, as
was one establishing grades in the
alley between I and J, Sixth and Sew
enth streets, and improving it with ba-
salt blocks. A resolution for improving
f street from Eighth to Twelfth was
laid over for a week
A request from J. w. Todd that his
theater license tax be RENTED from
April lst to September LIST was granted
The sidewalk around the old Post
office building was condemned and the
owner notified to construct a new one
| Immediately
tons report to the Mayor was read and
showed long list of places in the city
where valves were either out of order
or propped up and the water running
full head continually. There were also
a large number of other places where
the faucets leaked badly. From the
| list presented millions of gallons OF
water must have been running to waste
each month. In fact, he estimated. g
waste Of 2,26S, ,269 gallons each twenty
four hours. He had notified the own.
| ers or 1essees and repairs in most in
| stances had been made
| Tozer said he was reminded by the
Auditor that the sprinkling fund was
| $500 short, and he moved that 500
| be transferred from the general fund
to the sprinkling fund, to cover that
! and the Riverside road appropriation
/ Carried.
A number of applications for direct
| connection with sewers. recommended
by the Superintendent Of Streets, were
granted.
Officer Wilson applied for two
months leave of absence on account OF
his health, and it was granted.
Corpora ton Counsel Johnson pre-.
| sented an opinion that the power re-
Eating to awnings given to the CHIEF
Engineer in ordinance 324 was legal
and the ordinance was passed, making
him Awning Inspector.
Water Assessor Nash recommended
the use of meters for the breweries. He
stated that the result of his inyestiga
! ton convinced him that the Buffalo
Brewery used nearly all the water ir
| the eight-inch main, and he thought his
| assessment of $40 a month was about
| right as it left very little water fol
| citizens above there
| W. T. Hamilton said that he had in.
vestigated at the Buffalo Brewery and
found that it was using a very large
/ proportion of its water from its owr
we'll for washing bottles and other pur-
/ poses.
| The board then adjourned.
YATES, NEMESvS