The record-union., 1899-09-12
THAT TEMPORARY SUMP.
CONTRACTOR WANTS TO BE
SURE OF HIS PAY.
Matter Of Transferring Funds Re-
ferred to the Mayor and
Corporation Counsel.

At the regular meeting of the City
Board Of Trustees last night, the lol-
lowing substitutions of primary eiec-
tion officers were made: Eighth Ward,
first precinct j. P. Counts Judge, IN
stead of u. c. Billingsly; Seventh
Ward, first precinct, w. H. Devlln, IN
spector instead of M. j. Scanlon;
Fourth Ward, first precinct, VIM. Nj.
Petrie. Judge. instead Of George Phil
lips; Fifth Ward, first precinct, II. A.
Priest clerk. instead of NJ. Egan.
A. E. Robinson, who lives at Sixth
and r streets. reported that his side
walks were being badly damaged by
cattle which were driven over it by
slaughter-house proprietors. He was
referred to the Chief of Police.
VIM. Boden, who lives on Eighteenth
street. between F and G, complained
that street sprinkIers in loading their
wagons had allowed mud holes to form.
The matter was referred to the Super
intendent of Streets.
J. D. Bennett complained that in
front of his residence on Sixteenth
street, beween F and G, bands of hogs
driven along had rooted out the cobbles
in the gutter backing up the waterway
resulting in the creation of quaG-
mire. The Superintendent of Streets
was instructed to abate the nuisance.
THAT SUMP CONTRACT.
L. T. Hatfield, representing Contrac-
tor Cunningham, to whom it was voted
to award the contract for putting In d
temporary sump at Front and S street
appeared and said that under the char
ter the SUPERINTENDENT of Streets was
Obliged to enter into the contract, ana
that the money to pay the contractor
would have to be paid from the sewer
fund. He understood there was no
money in the fund and he advised that
the necessary amount of money to pay
for the contract be transferred from
the general to the sewer fund.
Trustee Bentley said that if the
members of the board would warrant
the payment of the contract price after
the first of the year, he thought the
matter might go on. He said that as
a matter of fact there was not enough
money on hand to carry the city
through the year, and that there would
be a deficiency of So, 900 or $4,000
Mr. Hatfield said that a contract in
volving $4,000 could not be entered
into lightly by any private individual,
and unless the transfer of funds We're
made on which the contractor could
draw he would not consider himself
bound to do work for which he could
get no pay.
Trustee Dolan moved that $4,000 be
transferred from the general to the
sewer fund.
Bentley objected to leaving only
about $4,000 in the treasury for the
remainder Of the fiscal year. and he
moved as an amendment that the mat
ter be referred to the Mayor and the
Corporation Counsel to report at the
next meeting, as TO whether or not the
board had right to make the trans
fer Of funds.
Devine seconded the motion and said
that he did not favor spending $4,000
for a temporary sump when perma-
nent one could be put in for S14 900.
Tebbets said that Devine had recent
'ly published in the Bee" a string of
figures relating to his proposed perma-
nent sump plan, which Engineer Null
lenney had proved to be false. He de-
manded that Mullenney be heard. De-