The record-union., 1898-11-08
MORE VENTILATION NEEDED.
BOARD OF HEALTH CALLS AT
TENTION TO CITY PRISON.
Trustees Debate Shortage Of Water
at Yesterday Mornings
Fire.

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Fire.
The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Tebbets, Douglas, Paine, Mckay,
Brown, Kent, Bentley and Devine be-
ing present and Trustee Dolan presld-
ing.
The house moving ordinance being
the first order of business, the ordi-
nance was. read by Clerk Desmond.
M. j. Dillman addressed the board
saying that he wished to explain how
the telephone companies felt about the
ordinance. A short time ago house
mover gave him notice to come and
cut certain wires to let a high house
pass. He went and investigated the
matter and found that to cut the wires
would work irreparable injury to his
company. The electric light companies
felt the same way The house was
nnally moved on other streets, without
disturbing the wires and the compa-
MES were satisfied.
They did not feel that they cared for
an ordinance, but the newspapers and
people took up the matter and every
one seemed to want the ordinance
passed. He had confidence in the board
that it would do justice to the compa-
MES, and he would request leave to
withdraw the ordinance.
His request was granted.
MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the
Mayor was read:
To the Board of Trustees: I respect
fully report to your honorable body,
that in company with d. Mckay, Pres
ident Of your board, and A. A. De
Ligne, City Attorney, on the 4th) day of
November, 1898, 1 counted the money
placed before me by the City Treas
urer and found in his possession money
as follows: Gold $136, ,740, silver $3.50.
Total $136, 6,742.69.
The above amount agrees with the
books of the City Auditor and City
Treasurer. WIN. LAND, Mayor.
We hereby certify that we were pres
ent and assisted in counting the money
presented to us by the City Treasurer,
and that the amount above reported is
correct. D. MCKAY,
President of the Board of Trustees.
A. A. DE LIGNE,
City Attorney.
NEW TEAM WANTED
Chief Engineer Guthrie of the Fire
Department reported that one of the
horses of the department had been
killed. Investigation showed that it
was an accident and that no one was
to blame. He was now using the relief
horse and had nothing to fall back on
in case of need. He thought it would
be necessary for the board to purchase
a team and he would give it an extend
ed trial before reporting on it,
On motion of Trustee Paine, who
said the matter should be attended to
immediately, it was referred to the Fire
Committee, with power to act.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
DR.. Curtis, the genial janitor and Ser
geant-at-Arrns of the board stated that
his health had been falling for some
time and he requested leave of absence
to go to San Francisco to recuperate.
The board unanimously granted him
leave of absence for two weeks.
A large number Of bills were allowed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Trustee Paine, for the Street Com
mittee, asked further time to- report
on the Twelfth-street bridge which was
granted.
F. NJ. Ray was confirmed as special
policeman.
VENTILATION NEEDED.
A communication was received from
the City Board of Health, calling at
tention to the bad condition of the
plumbing at the City Prison. and ask
ing that the board take action to i'm
prove it,
Trustee Tebbets said that he had
been trying to better the matter The
place has been got along with for the
last twelve or fifteen years and he did
not see why it could not be got along
with for a While longer, until the
board can renovate the building and
put it in sanitary condition
Mayor Land said that the trouble
arose from the fact that there is no
provision for flushing the closets It
would cost about $50 to $40 to put in
an automatic flushing apparatus and
he thought it should be done An
other thing. the old straw bedding that
has been there so long should be
thrown away and the bottoms Of the
hunks boarded up and blankets pro-
vided instead for the prisoners If a
16-inch air shaft were run clear to the
top of the building, it would ventiate
the jail and remove all odors He did
not think it would cost more than $40
or $50.
Health Officer Nichols said that the
reason the communication had been
sent was on account Of the many com
plants of officers and others. Some
work had been done to remedy the
conditions, and three automatic
fiushers had been put in. but there is
no ventilation for the plumbing ar
rangements, and what has been done
has made the stencil worse It should
be vented. and he thought the air
shaft recommended by the Mayor
would do good.
Trustee Douglas said there was
much talk about the hobo cell" He
advocated advertising. warning the
hobos to keep out of it. The Jail is in
better condition than it was twenty
five years ago.
Trustee Devine agreed with Trustee
Douglas
Trustee Douglas called attention to
the fact that under the charter the
City Justice has a right at any time,
if the City Trustees do not provide
him with a suitable place to hold
court, to rent quarters outside He
thought it would be better to put in