The record-union., 1898-09-07
MRS. COADY'S LICENSE.
TRUSTEES REVOKED IT YES
TERDAY EVENING.
Trustee Douglas Calls Attention to
the Condition of the
Water Mains.

The Board of City Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Bentley, Tebbets, Paine, Douglas
Brown and Mckay being present, and
Trustee Bentley being called to the
chair, and Trustee Mckay arriving
later.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
message was received from the
Mayor stating that the last count OF
money in the City Treasury shows:
Gold, $99,0S0; silver, $3.32; total,
500, ,0S3.52. The above amount agrees
with the books of the City Auditor and
City Treasurer.
The Mayor also returned with his
approval the ordinance fixing the
rates of taxes to be levied for the next
fiscal year.
He also nominated H. F, Miller a
special policeman for the district
bounded by r and and Eighteenth
and Thirty-frst streets, for the ensu-
ing legal term.
The Mayor returned with his ap-
proval the ordinance establishing sep
arate and special funds representing
the several funded obligations of the
city, and the several departments re-
quiring municipal expenditures for the
fiscal year 1899.
A number of claims were allowed.
E. r. Lee was unanimously confirmed
as driver of Engine No. ?.
The Clerk was authorized to adver-
tise for bids for coal for the ensuing
year.
Chief of Police Dwyer having re-
ported list of robberies committed
and attempted at the saloon of Mrs.
Coady, known as ''the Kerry woman
at 916 Second street, Trustee Dolan
moved that her license be revoked,
and the motion was carried unani-
mously.
Complaint having been made that
Mrs. Treichler had paid no attention to
orders to put down her sidewalk on l
street, between Front and Second, the
City Surveyor was instructed to look
after the matter.
Citizens in the vicinity demanding
that sidewalks be constructed at
Thirteenth and streets, there being
none there, the City Surveyor was in
structed to order a sidewalk con-
structed.
Trustee Mckay stated that the
icordiae Hospital complained of the
noise of the locomotive whistles pass
ing the hospital, and asked if it could
not be mitigated by the board.
Trustee Douglas did not think the
board could we'll act in the matter, and
said that the whistles were just as an
noying at the Railroad Hospital. The
city ordinances provide that whistling
must be done at crossings.
No action was taken.
Trustee Brown asked that a culvert
be placed at Eighteenth and L streets,
but was told that there was no money
in the street fund at present.
Trustee DOlan said that Mr.. JEFF
ford was burned out short time ago,
and complained that he lost all he had
because no water could be got by the
engines to put out the fire. He moved
that the board allow him S75.
The matter was referred to the FL
nance Committee.
Trustee Paine stated that the City
Taper had been instructed to put
down some four-inch water pipe in the
alley between r and S and Fourth and
Fifth streets, but he had not enough
by 200 feet. The people should have
water
Trustee Douglas said the city should
buy no more four-inch pipe. Nothing
less than six-inch pipe should be
bought. He wanted to know when the
placing before the people the laying
OF water mains was going to be done.
He had found that one Of the mains is
badly rusted and will have to be band
ed, and if it should burst would make
serious work.
Trustee Tebbets said the committee
would soon report on the matter
The board then adjourned.