The record-union., 1898-10-18
The PEOPLE WILL DECIDE.
QUESTION OF BONDS WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO THEM.
The City May Yet Have Good Sew
ers, Larger Water Mains and
a New High School.

All the members of the Board OF
Trustees We're present at the regular
meeting last night.
City Engineer Mullenney \sub,nitteu
an estimate for constructing sewer
on Thirteenth street, from l. to U
street. The cost of a brick or a pipe
sewer would, he said, be about the
same-$4,750.
+. r. Dray urged the board to take
immediate action on the matter, ana
to consider it favorably. He said the
citizens residing in the vicinity Oh
Thirteenth and G. streets demanded
protection, and had perfect right 10
90 so, as they paid taxes. The prop
erty in that vicinity is, he said, hoode1
every winter.
Judge S. S. Holl, who resides IN the
middle of the overflow district, also
addressed the board He said there
was no sewer to carry off flood or sur
plus water, and as a result the paSe-
mentS of the buildings were always
hooded in case of storms. the pack-
ing up of the water, he said, raises
the filth from closets, ETC., which noatS
about, breathing pestilence. TIE prop
erty owners, he said, needed relief, ana
could only hope to get it by favor
able action of the Board of Trustees.
He said that a sewer five blocks IN
length would connect them with the
L-street line and give the relief de-
manded.
Trustee Devine advocated granting
the petition and building the sewer, so
as to give the section relief from
floods and back water the coming
winter.
Trustee Tebbets moved the adoption
of the plans and specifications pre-
sented by the City Engineer, providing
for construction of an ironstone sewer
on the street in question, and that bids
for constructing the same be adver-
tised for.
The motion was carried by unani-
nous vote of the board.
Trustee Devine then called attentiCn
to the fact that some time ago reso-
luton was adopted by the board pro-
viding that bids for the construction
of sewers might be for either ironstone
or brickwork, or both. He thereupon
moved that the plans and specifications
for brickwork be also adopted, and the
motion was carried by vote of to- 1.
1t was explained that after the bids
shall have been opened the board may
adopt either plan desired.
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
p. S. Driver, President of the City
Board of Education, addressed the
board, stating that there seemed to be
some hesitancy in accepting or adopt
ing the plans and specifications pre-
Sented by the Board of Education for
the construction of a new High School
building. He said the Board of Ed
ucation, under the charter, had no
right to assume the initiative in the
matter, and had had the plans drawn
up only at the request of the Board
of Trustees by Architect James Sead-
Ter.
Thereupon Trustee Brown moved the
adoption of the plans drawn by Archi-
tect James Seadler, and presented by
the Board of Education, and also of The
estimated cost, $4,000
Corporation Counsel Devine was re-
quested to advise the board az to its
rights to proceed in the matter, and
stated that in his opinion the Act of
the Legislature of 1889 would super
sede any charter of any municipality
of a local character. He read the Act
in question which provides that by
a two-thirds vote of its Board OF
Trustees a city may present to the
voters at a special election called for
the purpose the proposition of issuing
bonds for any Improvement which may
have become a public necessity, pro
vided it did not exceed in cost i pei
cent of the tax levy.
Corporation Counsel Devine ex-
1 ~
plans and specifications drawn Dy Z
competent architect, whereupon hc
would draw an ordinance calling fol
an election on the question of issuing
bonds.
Trustee Bentley moved the adoption
of the plans and estimate prepared
by Architect Seadler and presented by
the Board of Education, and the mo-
tion was carried by a unanimous vote
SEWERS AND WATER MAINS
Then the proposition of adopting
plans for completing the constructor
of a general sewerage system through
out the city was taken up, and Truste,
Bentley moved that the plans pre-
sented by the City Engineer be adopt
ed, and after some discussion respect
ing the question of ironstone or bricl
sewers the IlOIlOi4 WAS carried
unanimous vote.
City Taper Watts estimated cos
for constructing proposed additiona
water mains-S95, ,000-was adopted, a.
was also Engineer VOLTS estimate fo
a vertical triplicate pumping engine
capacity 10.000000 gallons, incidenta
to the proposed new water mains, at
cost of $50 700. On motion, the Cor
poration Counsel was instructed Il
draw an ordinance to be presented t,
the board, embodying the propositio,
of calling an election to vnte on tn
issue of bonds for the constructor o
a sewerage system, High School an,
water system, and to present the sam
to the board at the next regular meet
ing.
COAL CLAIM REJECTED
Corporation Counsel Devine hande'
in an opinion to the effect that tn
claim of the lone Coal and Iron Com