The herald., 1897-03-21
A Recommendation That II Be Taken
With School Census
The TamaIe and Lunch Men Appear Before
the Finance Committee
They Do Not Think That They Should
Be Interfered Wlth-Examination
of Applicants for the Position
of Boiler Inspector

Az meeting OIL the uHdHct coiiiImltco
of the city council yesterday morning
all of the members, Messrs. Mathuss.
Toll and Grider, were in attendance
Several restaurant keepers and tamale
men were also in attendance to look
after their interests. the latter to show
cause why their travelling street kitch-
ems should not be molested.
The first important business before the
committee was the recommendation Of
the city attorney that an election be
called on a refunding bond issue. For
several years past this matter has come
up at intervals, only. to be dropped when
it was ascertained that there were legal
obstacles In the way The legislature
some days ago passed the necessary bill,
and City Attorney Dunn promptly re-
rewed his recommendation that this
portion of the outstanding Indebtedness
be refunded. After some discussion as
to the rate of interest the new bonds
shouldc AIRY, and other details, the fol-
lowing recommendation was adopted for
submission to the council session on
Monday next:
In the matter of refunding the bonds
Of 1881, $50, 900 at per cent, and the
three serial issues of general improve
ment bonds. s120. 900 at per cent. total
$170, 900, we find from the city attorneys
report referred to this committee by
your honorable body, that official has Sc
cured the necessary legislative enact
ment to enable the issuance of valid
bonds with which to refund the above
| al ixrIa 1,-.as
| as the will of the people has been ex-
pressed as favorable to such action.
From a cursOry canvass of the subject,
your committee IL Inclined to regard
a rate of per cent per annum as a
proper rate of interest to be- named in
the new bonds. payable semi-aDnually.
| the issue to be forty-year serials In
character. with provision for the retire.
ment of one-fortieth of the principal
each year.
| The marked benefit to be derived by
| the substitution OF new bonds Is obvi-
| Gus when it appears that q saving of
about $500 per month will result in the
matter of interest, while there will also
be obviated an excessive tax Levy during
| the next ten years, required to meet
these bonds as they become due. AS
they now stand, payment should be
made within ten years. while under the
refunding scheme this outgo would be
distributed throughout the next forty
years.
The desirability of immediate action
| Is emphasized by the loss OF $16.70 for
| each days delay I'M the fruition of this
plan 1t therefore becomes the pleasure
of your committee to recommend. in
keeping with the tion of the
| city attorney, that an election be called
at the earliest possible date for the pur-
pose of submitting to the people of this
city the question of issuing refundipg
bonds to the amount of $270.000 at per
cent, as above outlined.
| In the event of the inability Of the city
attorney to present the necessary or
diinance herein at the regular meeting
of your honorable body when the report
| IS read, we recommend that an ad-
journed session be held for the purpose
OF taking action at the earliest possible
date.
The next matter in point Of import
ance was the census proposition as pre-
sented by Postmaster Mathews. After
some general discussion, during which
| 1t developed that the sentiment of the
committee was favorable, 1t was de-
cided to recommend to the council at the
meeting on Monday that a committee
Of three of that body be appointed to
confer with the board of education for
the purpose Of taking the school census
| ana pu6 clcy OcIuu5 QHoCi 0tO Ao W
Jointly as a matter of economy.
Then the care of the peripatetic kitch-
| ems or curbstone lunch wagons was
| taken up Some days ago quite num-
+, ber OF the keepers of the cheaper res
taurants sent in petition to the council.
asking for protection against the
wagons They set forth that they had to
pay rent, licenses. gas bills, etc. where
! as the wagons. had only to pay 81
month license and tiey had increased
to such an extent that their revenues
had been materially reduced, they be-
| ing unable to compete with the wagons,
because of the little expense of the lat
! ter.
Several of the itenerant venders.were
| on hand to argue their case. w. B. Hin
lle acted as spokesman and stated their
| case. being ably assisted by the others.
| On behalf of the tamale and lunch men
| 1t was represented that they were posi-
| tive benefit to the city, in that they fur
nished good, substantial food at very
low rate to the poor. They denied that
| they came in competition with the reg
ular restaurants for the reason that they
did not cater to that class of trade, and
further that the greater portion of their
business was done after the restaurants
closed. They claimed that even If they
did not pay rent, there was but mod
crate living in the business. They were
citizens and taxpayers, who bought for
cash what they sold, and were just as
much entitled to consideration as the
restaurant men.
Councilman Toll suggested as a COM
promise that the kitchens keep or the
streets until 8 o'clock. This. he thought,
would do away with the opposition of
the restaurant men.
Mr. Hinkle stated that while they real
" did very little business before that
IN order to get everything In order for
the xNgh After thet tine. AZ 9 matter of