The record-union., 1897-04-27
THAT AWFUL, AWFUL ODOR.
The Dumping Ground is Terrible in Its
0fenSiYeneSS.
But the Long Suffering Citizens
May Yet be Afforded
Relief.

FeInl1Sn DelnS present.
c. C. Brown addressed the board, say
ing that the sprinkling wagon goes once
a day, in the morning, in the vicinity
of Sixth and streets, and puts about
a coffee potful of water on the street.
He paid his taxes promptly and
wished his share of water. The matter
was referred to the Superintendent of
Streets
Robert Williamson entered forc1ble
protest against the condition of the
dumping ground, and said it was I'M
bearable to the residents for blocks
around
Leonard said that the garbage con-
tract should be rescinded if the con-
tractor does not carry out his agree
ment
The Superintendent of Streets said
there was not enough earth put on the
garbage He believed the dumping
ground was in the wrong part of the
city, where the southwest wind carried
the stencil into the city.
The matter was referred to the Street
Committee.
Frank J. Heintz asked for a water
main in the alley between E and F,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and
he also asked how he was going to get
a sewer connection with his cesspool.
The matter of a water main was re
ferred to the Water Committee.
w. F. Lautenschlager complained
that the water ordinance called for a
fifty-cent rate on three rooms, but he
had been paying ST. and he wanted a
rebate. The matter was referred to the
City Collector.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're read:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
I respectfully call the attention of
your board to the danger of permitting
persons to suspend banners across j
or X streets. No person has right to
do so unless he first obtains your per-
mission, and recommend that you give
no one permission hereafter to suspend
banners across either of the above
named streets, as these banners are
heavy and are liable to cause injury to
the electric wires, and may be danger
Gus to persons. When a strong wind is
blowing such banners are liable to
cause wires to cross each other, and in
such events they might cause serious
personal injuries and possibly loss Of
life. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
In regard to the public dumping ground
situated on Fourteenth and Fifteenth
y and V Streets of this city, find that
the contractor has not, at any time,
complied fully with the terms of his
contract with the city. The garbage
has not been covered with fresh earth
SO as to prevent it becoming a nuisance
and a menace to health. The contract
was SO drawn that the Mayor has no
power to enforce the stipulations in
said contract, but your honora BILE board
can, before the Doth of May of the pres
ent year, by serving a written notice on
the contractor, abrogate the contract.
therefore recommend that you serve
such notice on the contractor, and that
You enter into a new contract with a
stipulation to the effect that the garb-
age shall be covered to the satisfac-
ton of the Board of Health, and that, if
not SO covered by the contractor, the
Board of Health may direct the Super
intendent of Streets TO procure the
necessary earth with which to cover
the same, and that the contractor be
required to pay the expense of such
work. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor
The recommendation of the Mayor
with regard to the dumping contract
was adopted.
The message in reference to banners
was referred to the Street Committee.
Salaries and various bills were al
lowed.
The bill of Contractor Clark for put
ting down the sidewalk in front of the
Water Works contained an addition
for extra work in putting in drain pipes
from the roof.
Pennish asked Superintendent Croly
if the charge was a just one, and the
latter replied that Mr. Clark had not
complied with the specifications, which
called for an inch of top dressing but
he was willing to let the bill go at the
amount of the contract, as it was a
fair job. He and the Deputy Surveyor
had examined the walk in a number
of places and found the top dressing
less than an inch.
Mr.. Clark said that Mr.. CroIy had
not stated that matter quite correctly
While the top dressing was not an inch
thick in some places, it was more in
others, and averaged a full inch and
more. He had done more than his con-
tract in a number OF instances, and did
not think any reduction should be
made His bill was allowed in full
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine, for the Finance Committee,
reported on the Fifteenth Plaza
that the committee had concluded it
could not be sOwn to grass this spring.
1t would be prepared for planting next
fall, however.
He also produced a lot of broken in
sulators picked up on the bituminized
streets and moved that the various
companies be requested to instruct
their employees to pick up all such
broken insulators.
Superintendent Croly said that he
had asked some of the employees to
pick up their carbons and one of them
told him to pick them up himself In
another instance, where he had asked
an employee to request the foreman to
lamp the gravel around a pole little
tighter, the foreman told the man to
tell old Croly To go to h"
Leonard said the poles We're to be
put in TO the satisfaction of the SUI
perintendent of Streets and if it was
not done so the company offending
would lose its franchise
The superintendent of Streets was in
structed to communicate with the Su-
perintendent of the various companies
A contract for the construction of a
sewer gate was ordered entered into
with ]. A. Cunningham
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The nomination of Antoine Dipoli as