The record-union., 1897-12-28
MAYOR HUBBARD'S new MOVE
HE APPOINTS BALSZ PATROL
WAGON DRIVER.
The Board of Trustees Must Choose
Between Him and Driver
Fitzgerald.

| The City BOARD OF trustees Hltt III
regular weekly session last night, it
/ being the final meeting of the present
board for the transaction OF business
! Trustees Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent,
! Davis, Mckay, Bentley, Deyine, Tozer
and Pennish We're present.
! w. c. Hendricks for the Sunset Tele-
| phone Company, addressed the board
! in relation to the present inconvena-
ences of the present telephone service
of the city offices. He offered to put
/ in desk stands in the offices at 81 each.
| Mckay wished to postpone action un-
| til the new board takes it's seat, and
it was SO ordered, Clerk Desmond
! stating that the other company had
made the same. offer
| MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the May
| or was received:
| To the Honorable Board of Trustees;
! | hereby withdraw the nomination OF
| w. P. Harnett as a driver of the patrol
wagon. and | hereby nominate and, by
and with your consent, appoint Henry
! BALI as a driver of the patrol wagon
! in place of John Fitzgerald, whose
term has expired. Respectfully sub
mitted, c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
Bentley said that he thought the pres
ent board should take action on the
matter, as the nomination is made
during its term, and as the five days
specified by the charter viii expire on
/ Saturday, which is a legal holiday, he
moved that when the board adjourn
! it do so until 6:45 p. IN. on next Mon
/ day. The motion was carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
| A large number of bills were al
! lowed, $1,000 being transferred from
the levee fund to the general fund, and
thence to the sewer fund.
! Devine. for the Street Committee,
said he had inspected the trestlework
on the TWelfth-street road, beyond the
north levee, as it is in a dangerous
condition, and it ought to be covered
with new plank before some horses are
injured.
TOzer asked why it could not be COW
cred with bitumen, and Devine said If
that were done a new foundation would
have to be made throughout. The mat
ter went over for week.
Devine moved that the City Garden
er be instructed to purchase ninety
five loads Of manure for the Plaza, at
a price not to exceed 81 a load The
motion was lost, and Pennish moved
that the Clerk be instructed to adver-
tise for bids
Devine said that if the motion pre-
vailed it would prevent distributing
the city's patronage, and perhaps
leave some outsider to come in from
the country and capture the contract.
The motion was lost, and Devine
moved that the Chairman of the Street
Committee be instructed to purchase
ninetyfive loads This motion was
also lost
Devine said that at the Sisters Hos
pital the assessment for water is $40
a month, and the Buffalo Brewery,
which uses as much water in one day
| as the hospital does in ninety, pays
only 500 a month. He thought it was
too much, and Davis agreed with him,
and moved that it be reduced to 50
a month. The motion was carried
A resolution was adopted instructing
the Superintendent of Streets to ex-
tend the time on the contract for i'm
proving X street from Fifteenth to
Ihlrty-f1rst street for thirty days on
account of the contractors inability
to procure rock.
+. Goldsmith, in a communication to
the board, stated that he had repaired
valuable Ruchmkoff coil belonging to
the city, which was brought to him
by DR.. Fay, at an expense of $40. He
had been told it belonged to the High
School, but the Board of Education
declined to pay the bill on the ground
that the coil belonged to DR. Fay
The matter was referred to the Chair
man of the Street Committee
The Superintendent of Streets was
instructed to take up the oO-inch
sewer pipe between Sixth. V and
Eighth and Y streets, and thus save
paying rent for the ground
Pennish moved that hereafter the
brooms purchased for the city's use
be only those manufactured by white
labor
Devine wanted to know If Pennish
intended to shut out a colored man.
who was a broom maker. He moved
to amend by making the motion to use
only brooms Of home manufacture. ex-
cluding Chinese, and the motion as
amended was carried
1t was decided to invite the new
members and the Mayor to meet with
the old board on Monday at 10 a m.
and the board adjourned till Gas on
Monday evening.