The record-union., 1898-12-06
new HIGH SCHOOL PLANS.
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES Ex-
AMINEs THEM.
A Lively Discussion on Various
Saloon Matters by the
Members.

The Board of City Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night,
Trustees Mckay, Tebbets, Paine, Do
Ian, Kent, Brown, Douglas, Bentley
and Devine being present.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
A message was received from Mayor
Land transmitting the resignation or
J. h. Atkinson as hoseman of Engine
Company No. 3, which had been ac-
cepted
Also, appointing as Atkinson's sue
cessor- James Knapp.
Also, stating that in company with
ID. Mckay, President of the Board ot
Trustees, and A A de Ligne, City At
torney, he had counted the money in
the City Treasury, and found it as fol-
lows: Gold, $1S2, 800; silver, $5.S3; total,
SIS2,5oo.S3, which amount agrees with
the books of the City Auditor and City
Treasurer.
Trustee Paine, for the Street Com
m1ttee, reported recommending the list
OF sidewalks condemned by the Sur
Veyor in the east part of the city some
time ago, be condemned by the board
He said the walks could be condemned,
although the work of constructing new
or two.
On motion of Trustee Devine, action
was deferred for one week.
The Clerk read the proposed ordi-
nance regulating construction of side
walks.
1t allows walks in the eastern part
of the. city to be constructed only six
feet wide instead of eight feet, as
many of them have heretofore been
constructed, under the present ordi-
nance.
Trustee Paine said that the ordinance
was introduced some weeks ago and
referred to the Street Committee. The
Nrooman Act, he thought vested the
control Of the streets in the hands of
the superintendent of Streets, while
the present one puts it under control of
the City Engineer.
Trustee Devine voted to defer action
for week in order that the Trustees
might examine the ordinance.
George H. Coons was confirmed as
a special policeman at the cemetery
by a unanimous vote.
The ordinance regulating the. license
of hotel and other runners was taken
up, and a motion to lay it on the table
was lost.
Trustee Kent advocated the ordi-
nance, saying that the hotel men had
to pay a license for runners, while
restaurant men send down runners to
get customers for their places and
have to pay no license for them. 1t
is unfair to the hotel men. One such
runner, he said, stated that one day
he sent forty persons to a restaurant.
Trustee Paine said the ordinance
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whole city, and not the depot alone.
Under it the restaurant-keepe can
himself solicit for it, but cannot send
any one else to do so without paying
a license.
The matter went over for a week.
QUESTION OF LEGALITY.
Chief of Police Dwyer reported in
relation to the saloon at Fourth and
. streets that the license is in the
name of. .rMr. Noonan, and that the
person running it, Walter Lusk, is an
employe of Mr.. Noonan.
Trustee Bentley said. that the license
was originally issued to Gallagher &
Noonan, but the latter sold out. The
business has changed hands two or
three times since, and now Mr. Noonan
has bought in again The board can
not be too jealous, he said, in pro-
tecting the vicinity of the schools, and
this transfer of license is in clear vio-
lations of the ordinance. Messrs. Noonan
and Gallagher have both sold out
leaving the saloon in the hands of
Mr.. Murphy.
Trustee Dolan said that he had un-
derstood that Mr.. Noonan had the
place leased till next March. If both
the partners had sold out, and the
rights of the original licensees have
lapsed, he should vote to revoke the
license, otherwise he would vote
against it.
Trustee Kent advocated letting the
license remain as present, as he did
not think it hurt the school children
Trustee Devine said the ordinance
had been in force for four years and
he ecould not see how Mr. Murphy
could get a license
Trustee Tebbets said he was informed
that there was saloon on the. oppo-
site corner. If one is t.. be closed. the
other should be revoked. All should
be treated alike. Why not revoke the
licenses of all saloons within block
OF a schoolhouse.
Trustee Bentley said he would will
ingly adopt Trustee Tebbets' sugges-
tion and would move that the licenses
of all saloons existing within a block
of a schoolhouse be revoked. Tt is a
matter of principle and the matter
might as well be settled now as at any
time.
Trustee Paine wanted to wait a week
and thought it would take a new or
dinance to revoke the licenses.
Trustee Tebbets did not wish to be
misunderstood. He was not opposed to
mon selling liquor, but did not want
discrimination exercised between two
saloons.
Trustee Bentley said that he Thought
it would be well to have Mr. Noonan
appear before the board and show how
he was entitled to the license. He had
no preference for any one in the mat
ter.
On motion of Trustee Paine the mat
ter was deferred for one week, Bentley,
Brown, Dolan and Mckay voting no.
TO SIFT THEM OUT.
Trustee Brown moved that the Chief
of Police be requested to report to the
board next Monday night a list of sa-