Evening journal., 1899-08-15
WILL REMOVE ASHES.
A. B. Anderson's Outfit Ap-
proved BY Street Directors.
BE HAS TWELVE GOOD TEAlds

SO4N 4 b4N AAON DEL w hhN ELlEC-
TRIO LIGHT COMPANY AND Po-
LICE DEPARTMENT DISCUSS ED.
AT the meeting OF the Street and
Sewer Department this morning A. G.
B. Anderson was awarded the contract
for removing city ashes, his bid OF ST.
500 being the lowest bidder.
Mr. Anderson had his twelve teams
lined up before the directore' Office.
Sixth and King streets, this morning
for inspection by the board which. af-
ter carefully examining them,
pronounced them satisfactory in every
respect The wagons are OF the ordi-
nary dump cart style. and are a de-
cided improvement over the ones now
in use by Contractor Sudham, mas
much as they can be driven upon the
dump and the contents unloaded with
out the work Of shoveling. as is now
the case.
Six OF the wagons are new, and the
remainder have been thoroughly over
hauled and repainted. the body being
blue and the running gears OF a red
color. All the carts are provided with
a canvas cover to prevent the ashes
from blowing about the streets while
being hauled to the place OF deposit.
Mr.. Anderson's contract will be drawn
up during the coming week and ap-
proved by the Street and Sewer direc
tors at their next meeting. providing
the contractor has furnished the re-
Quired securities of $4,000. The new
contractor will assume his duties Sep
tember 1.
MATTER OF LIGHTS.
When the directors met to-day Presl
dent Pyle, OF the Police Commission.
and Treasurer Fichthorn. OF the cleo
trio light company. were present to
discuss with the board the complaints
regarding the attention given to cleo
tric lights that are nightly reported
out in various parts OF the city. 'rhe
police and the electric light people
have been at variance for some time
on the subject. the former claiming
that half the time at night whep the
department attempted to report lights
being ont to the company over their
Iprivate phone that no one anfwered
the call Especially was this true be-
tween the hours of . o'clock in the
evening and o'clock in the morning
On the other hand the eject .ric light
company claimed that every eport sent
by the Police Department WIS properly
looked after, and to settle the discus
sion the matter was laid before the
Street and Sewer Depart nent
SUGGESTIONS MADE.
Mr.. Pyle stated this Hlorning to the
board that it was impossible to get
Ianyone to the electric company's
phone after certain hours. and Mr.
lSimmons said that the board had re-
ceivod many conflicting reports on the
matter
Il do not think said Mr.. Simmons
that the lights are out in all cases re-
ported. but II the people would look
more closely they would be able to
see the lights at night as in some cases
the lights are obscured by the collec-
tion Of dirt in the globes"
Mr.. Van Trump stated that the trou-
bic was due to the fact that nearly half
the incandescent lamps put in daily by
the company were broken out by ma
llicious people. and that during the past
month it had cost the company $3.50 to
replace them. There seemed to be no
law to protect them, as the ordinance
B lonly covered the throwing OF stones.
The Police Department had done
good work. however. said Mr.. Van
= Trump, and had materially assisted in
keeping the lights in trim by reporting
when they were out, but it was impos-
sible to have men all over the city at
r one time without extra expense to the
4 taxpayers.
? Mr.. Fichthorn suggested that pri-
e vate telephone connected with the
I company's wires be placed on the out
r side of every police booth in order that
the electric light roundsman, when
! they found lights out in a certain dis
trict. might inquire If there were any
more out in the immediate vicinity Sc
they could attend to them all at once
: and thereby save time. He also sug-
: gested that the roundsmen be supplied
e with duplicate keys to booths so that
e they might report at intervals that
they were attending to their work
e Neither idea seemed to impress Mr.
Pyle favorably.
= After further discussion Mr.. Var
y Trump stated that their private tele
phone did not work as satisfactorily al
it might, and before departing assured
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