The record-union., 1897-07-20

SAFE, ana there is no need OF a new One
If it were unsafe the board should GER
tainly condemn it in the interest Of the
public safety, but it is not unsafe, and
has only one depressed square in it. 1t
would be a great injustice to force a
new one. The building is not paying a
large rent, only 1878 a month.
Leonard asserted that the tenants
paid S419 He did not know who gets
it. He did not care how much timber
is used to prop the sidewalk up he was
satisfied it is unsafe and it shakes when
people go over it fast
Devine moved that action be deferred
for thirty days and the members of the
board all examine it personally so as to
vote intelligently.
WachhOrst said the ordinance pro-
Vldes that sidewalks may be repaired
If the City Surveyor finds the founda-
ton sound, and that disposes of the
question, as he says it is not
Devine's motion was carried.
WATER VS.. BEER.
In relation to the water tax on the
Buffalo Brewery, Leonard said he
thought a water meter should be placed
in front of their plant
Devine thought that, until the meters
are bought for that and other places.
their water tax should be raised to SIS
month and he moved that it be fixed
at that sum from August 1st
Pennish said the brewery EMPLOYS
many men and should be treatetd
leniently. It does not get all the water
from the city that it wants
Leonard said he did not want to dis
crlmlnate against anyone, but the
brewery does not pay anything like the
rates charged families. If the meter is
put in, he thought that the company
would be surprised and sorry that it
kicked against the $40 recommended
by the Water Assessor some months
ago
Pennish said it took the company all
summer to pay up the losses it meets
with in the winter
Leonard said he had heard such stor-
les before, but he noticed that no stock
can be bought
Devine said that he thought the me-
ter would show that the brewery
should pay $3.50 a month. He was
friendly to the members of the com
pany but thought all citizens should
be treated alike, and the hospital is not
able to get anything like the water it
needs.
Water Inspector Hamilton said he
found that $4,000 gallons of water is
pumped and settled every three days
for beer That is not much. but there
is pump going every hour of the
tWenty-four to supply the boilers. He
could not make an estimate of the wa
ter used for the boilers. The ice is
made from the condensed steam from
the boilers, from water already used for
the boilers.
Devine withdrew his motion, and the
matter was postponed for a week.
PRIVATE CONTRACT APPROVED.
Mr. Mcdonald of the Street Improve
ment Company stated that he had a
contract with all the property owners
on M street, between Twenty ninth and
Thirty-frst, to macadamize the street,
and asked the board to sanction it,
The board approved the contract.
COMBINATIONS.
Combinations We're then taken up
and w. T. Hamilton was refused con-
firmation as a special officer
+. H. AlmaS was confirmed as a spe-
ciad policeman, as Were j. NJ. Wallace
w. e. Click and j. NJ. Payne
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Specifications for constructing a sew
er in the alley between L and M. Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth, We're adopted and
the work ordered done
T. E. Clark was granted permission to
improve the alley between O and r,
Seventh and Eighth, by private con-
tract with the property owners.
The construction of the Thirty first
street fence was awarded to T. H. Da-
Wis, the lowest bidder
Superintendent Of Streets Croly rec
commended that the plaza at Fifteenth
and P streets be plowed, narrowed and
leveled, at an estimated cost of $15
So ordered.
The Harkness Grammar School and
the Twenty-fourth and n street school
were granted permission for direct con-
nection with the sewer.
w F. Chapman & Co. were granted
a license to keep saloon at Third and
streets.
John Dasher was granted permission
to keep saloon at 101 K street, and S.
H. Misplay to keep saloon at 72S X
street.
Water inspector Hamilton'S weekly
report to the Mayor was read. A
number of H-Street residences were
reported as using water for irrigation
after hours at night. A long list of
closets running full head or with de-
fective valves, causing nearly 80 per
cent Of the total waste, which he
estimates at 1,6T5,350 gallons a day.
He had made a reinspection of places
before reported and found that his no
tice had been needed and the waste
stopped He had detected twelve per-
sons watering after hours.
The water takers in the southeastern
portion of the city report an increased
pressure during the past week, but
there is still an insufficiencys for them.
He thinks the short supply is caused by
the small mains The Chief Engineer
reports a pressure of forty pounds since
July 4th, or ten pounds more than has
ever before been obtained prior to July
4th every twenty-four hours.
The report was received and the In
spector complimented on it, and the
board adjourned.
Strange But True
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