The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-22
DECISION NEXT FRIDAY
By Claims Commit on District Coal
 Contract investigation.


 The committee on claims held meet ing last night and again considered the petition of Anthony Carroll concerning the district coal contract. Weigher Moriarty, who has charge of the Broad way scales, was present as witness and testified that he weighed all the coal that was weighed for the district on the Broadway scales and that Mir Maloney, who is employed by the board the weighing there of coal for the dis trict. Anthony Carroll summed up for the board the evidence which he has presented and statements corroborative and explanatory of evidence already presented to the committee were made by W. F. Gilbert, Clerk Hewlett of the board of education, and MT. Maloney. In executive session the committee de- cided to table the matter until next Friday night, when a recommendation to the court of common council con- cerning the matter will probably be agreed upon. Before that time, Clerk Hewlett, at the request of the com- mittee, will present statement show ing how much coal has been delivered on the contract by Mr. Gilbert, and how much money has been paid to him on the contract. MT. Carroll last night asked the committee to recommend to the court of common council the follow ing order:
 That the Board of Finance shall frame such rules and regulations for the expendl- lures of the Board of Education, under the authority of Section Ill of the Charter, as will prevent in the future the possibility of any school money being fraudulently taken from the city.
 The committee also considered sev- eral other matters last night. The petition of Thomas Mems for abate- ment of street sprinkling assessment was continued. It seems that MT. Mems was assessed s5.55 for street sprinkling in Hamilton street at a time when the street was torn up and no teams could get through and when on this account no sprinkling was done on the street Mr. Mems claims that simply because the sprinkling was to be on paved streets bills for sprinkling of such streets were sent to owners of property thereon regardless of whether or not the street was sprinkled. It is said that large number of similar pe- titions are to be sent to the common council.
 Action taken by the committee last night in regard to other petitions was as follows:
 Of Mrs. Edward J. Ryder for dam ages, $50 recommended; David D. Childs and John s. Griffin for damages, continued.
 Of Mary F. Ryan for abatements of street sprinkling assessments, peti- tioner given leave to withdraw.
 Of the Standard Electric Time com pany for abatement of taxes, leave to withdraw!
 Of Mrs. Gabrielle Turner for abate- ment of assessment for cleaning snow from walk, referred to board of public work to rectify mistake in assessment.
 The petition of the board of education for abatement of street sprinkling as- easements was also considered. Before the consolidation act, the district was obliged to pay for sprinkling in front of school buildings and other district buildings. but now these buildings are owned by the city and that the city should pay itself for sprinkling in front of them seems ridiculous. The com- rnittee recommended the abatement asked for and also recommended the passage of an ordinance to provide against such assessments being laid against the city's property in the fu- ture.