The record-union., 1897-11-09
BAILEY SIDEWALK DISCUSSED
IT WILL COME UP AGAIN NEXT
WEEK.
Trustees Officially Declare the Sue
cessful Candidates at the
Late Election.

The City Board of Trustees met in
adjourned meeting yesterday even
ing, Trustees Wachhorst, Davis, NC
kay, Devine, Bentley, Leonard Iozer
and Pennish present and Tozer presld-
ing.
j. II. Liggett appeared before the
board On behalf of Contractor Chapln
on Eighteenth street, to ask an exten-
sion of the time for the contract as It
had been impossible to get rock from
Folsom fast enough. He was granted
sixty days more.
John Mason addressed the board in
relation to a machine for killing go
Pliers and squirrels, to protect the lev
ees. He was referred to the gardener
at the Plaza.
The matter of municipal lighting was
not taken up, being postponed for one
week
In relation to the claim of the lone
Coal Company the report of the FL
nance Committee, offering the company
$500 in lieu of its claim of $1,000, was
adopted.
F. l.. Belote appeared on behalf of
Michael Murphy to ask for an extern
sion Of time for construction of his side
walk, until next April, as he has had
no employment for a year, his hand
having been cut off. He was referred
to the Mayor and Surveyor
T. E. Clark appeared in relation to a
private contract for macadamizing the
alley between Seventh and Eighth, Q
and r streets, and had to pay the ad-
vertising bill. He asked the board to
refund it, and was referred to the
Street Committee.
In relation to damages asked for
crops if the old sewer pipe beyond S
street is taken up, it was reported that
it would probably amount to $780,
MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the
Mayor was read:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
As Fireman William Connell of the
Water Works has not been able to per-
form the duties of his position for the
past six months, I recommend that your
honora bic board declare his position
vacant.
Should your honorab BILE board declare
said position vacant, l hereby, by and
with your consent, nominate and ap-
point Charles c.. Simmermacher as a
fireman at the Water Works to take the
place of said William Connell. Re
spectfully submitted,
C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine, for the Street Committee, re-
ported a dangerous hole in Thirtieth
street, between H and l. On his mo-
tion the Superintendent of Streets was
instructed to fill it in before the rainy
season sets in.
He also reported that the dirt blows
into the manholes and cannot be pre-
vented from doing so. He moved that
$500 be transferred from the general
fund to the street fund and that Con-
tractor MaZzini's bill for street sweep
ing be allowed. SO ordered.
Bids for moving the old sewer pipe
between Sixth and V and Eighth and
were opened. The bidders We're:
Moore 6 Rose. % cents a foot; T. NJ.
Burns, "a cents: T. E. Clark, % cents,
and the damages of S75 for damage to
the vegetable crop. The bids were re-
ferred to the City Surveyor.
Devine reported that there was no
money with which to fill in the Plaza
at Fifteenth and P streets, and the
matter was postponed indefinitely.
THE BAILEY SIDEWALK.
James Bailey, through his attorney,
Judge Catlin, stated in regard to the
requirement to construct a new side
walk in front of the old Postoffice build
ing, on Fourth and X streets, that there
was no necessity of forcing him to 20
to the great expense O. putting down
such an expensive walk 1t is much
superior, he said, to a great many side
walks in the city, although many new
ones, Of course, are better He had
witnesses to testify as to the safety Of
the walk.
Ernest Morell stated that he had ex-
amlned the foundations of the sidewalk
and found them sufficiently strong, IN
his opinion, to stand all the strain or
dinarily brought to bear on a sidewalk
1t had been repaired in substantial
manner, and he considered it good for
four or five years to come.
Judge Catlin said that Mr.. Bailey was
ready to repair the bad places in the
sidewalk whenever the board gives him
permission.
Contractor Pike had examined the
foundation of the sidewalk. and was
satisfied that 1t was strong enough 20
hold up any sidewalk of that kind. The
timbers are large enough and well
enough secured. He considered the