The record-union., 1898-09-20

board was the guardian of the city s
interests. The officers are experts, not
witnesses. If the Chief and officers
make their statements they should be
upheld. The board is not filming or i'm
prisoning this woman 1t is simply
compelling her to stop nuisance. The
board should consider the character OF
the Front-street saloon, which was
VIGOROUSLY bad. There was objection
when she got this license. If every
thing was all right before that, why
was there objection? No reputable
citizen would go into the place, CT II
he did, he would be ashamed to testify
Mrs. Cody said it was all spite work.
All that was the matter was that she
did not take Ruhstaller's beer. There
would be no trouble if she did. She
wanted chance to support herself and
her children She had never been ar
rested
Trustee Tebbets was affected by heI
plea, and moved reconsideration CT
the boards action. Devine was also
much affected, and seconded the mo-
ton.
The motion was lost, Tebbets, Doug
las and Devine voting for it, and Nc
Kay not voting, while Dolan, Paine,
Brown and Bentley voted no.
KEENAN, WANTED WATER.
Trustee Tebbets moved that John
Heenan, who lives outside the city, be
allowed to use water from the city
| mains, at SIS month.
Trustee Bentley said other persons
no
lived outside the city limits. He be-
lieved that residents Of the city should
be served first.
Trustee Douglas and Devine agreed
with him. Trustee Tebbets said the
water was being used and the city
was getting no pay for it. He thought
it should be paid for or the pipes taken
up.
City Taper Watt said he had cut
off the water from Heenan, but was
told that he had been taking it through
a hose.
Trustee Bentley asked why no ar
rests had been made in the matter. He
moved that the Taper be instructed
to cut off the pipe outside the city linn
it's. Carried.
On motion of Trustee Brown the ST
Joseph's and Helvetia Cemetery were
allowed to have water.
MISCELLANEOUS
L. r. McCrea's nomination for extra
man on Engine No. 4, was confirmed.
Mullen & Rose were granted a sa-
loon license at 1101 Front street.
G.. Rafetto was granted a license at
Twelfth and streets.
John Bowman was granted a license
at POI I street.
THOSE FIRE PLUGS.
The investigation Of J. L. Jack, IN
relation to disabling a fire plug on
Sixth street came next, and Chief En-
gineer Guthrie stated that on the night
of the fire at Frazer's lumber yard nc
water could be obtained from one of
the hydrants He investigated after
the fire and found that the stem had
been turned the wrong way. He asked
Engineer Jack about it and he &C
knowledged that he had turned it the
wrong way He also found another
hydrant that had been turned the
wrong way by a hoseman. Engineer
Jack stated that the foreman and one
of the firemen had tried the plug before
he did and that he could not turn it
"
way.
Foreman Mcdonald said that when
ne went to the plug it had been turned
on so tight he could not move it. That
was all he knew about it. He turned
it the right way. He had hold of the
wrench when the stem was snapped off
in trying to turn it the right way. He
thought it was broken before the en-
gineer tried 1t.
Engineer Jack testified that the boys
got the spanner from the engine ard
tried to turn the plug, but told him it
was stuck and they could not turn it.
He tried it and could not move 1t and
then he turned it the other way to
try to loosen it. He then went for
the monkey wrech and when he came
back it was broken by the others.
Thomas Dixon testified that he con-
nected with the plug on Sixth, between
and K and could get no water. He
then connected with another plug and
they turned it both ways when it would
not move, and twisted it off.
Fireman Dunphy testified to twisting
on the second plug, the one that was
broken
The twisted spanner that was found
came from No. 3's hose wagon, he was
told
Fireman Myers said that when he got
to the plug that was broken, twenty
men We're around it, trying to open it.
1t often happens that outsiders open
the plugs before the engines get to the
fire.
Foreman Grady said that some out
siders took the spanner from the hose
cart and tried to open the Sixth-street
plug. They were turning it the wrong
way and when he saw 1t he told them
to stop. Extraman Dormer was con-
Meeting the hose and laid the spanner
on the plug.
Extraman Dormer said that he got
the spanner from the wagon to open the
plug. While he was busy otherwise,
some outsiders took the spanner and
tried to open the plug. He supposed
at the time that they were some of the
fremen. He did not know who they
were.
r. Hunt testified that when Engineer
Jack came with his engine he told him
to hurry up and connect with the hy-
drant and get water on. Jack told
him that they could not open the plug
and he sent him to another plug, which
was found to be in the same condition.
He thought this matter was nobody S
fault. but he thought that hereafter no
outsider should be allowed to touch a
spanner, as they might disable the
plugs.
LOSE A MONTHS PAY.
The board went into a long executive
session, during which there was an
excited discussion. When the doors
were opened again, the following reso-
lutiOo was paSSed.