The record-union., 1899-11-21
THOSE NASTY DUMPS AGAIN
TRUSTEES AGREE TO COVER
THEM WITH EARTH.
q Downtown Alley to be Relight-
ed With Electricity-Mis-
cellaneous Matters.

At the regular meeting of the City
Board of Trustees last night NJ Cronan
appeared and called attention to the
condition of Sixteenth street, between
and @. He said that IN llme Oh
Mains the thoroughfare is flooded with
water SO that conveyances cannot get
before the doors of residents. The
matter was referred to the Superlntend-
ent of Streets
Thomas Harper requested that an arc
light be placed in the alley between
second and Third, ] and X streets. A
light formerly situated in the alley had
been removed at the suggestion OF
Mayor Land, who thought it was un-
necessary. Mr. Harper said the resi-
dents of the neighborhood desire the
light replaced
Trustee Tebbets moved that the light
be ordered replaced.
Trustee Kent moved as an amend
ment that the matter be postponed one
week Lost
Tebbets' motion was carried, and the
light will burn at the old stand. the
cost to be the same as other lights of
like character
w r. Campbell complained of the
condition Of Sixth street, between Q and
r, which he said was full of water holes
which ought to be filled in.
Street Superintendent Touhey SAID
that if the water holes were filled in
with earth during the rainy season the
street would become impossible. No
action was taken.
BRIGHTON LEVEE GRADE.
A committee from the Board of Su-
pervisors, consisting of Supervisors Gill
lis and Jenkins and County Surveyor
Boyd, appeared and requested that ac-
easing the grade leading to the Brigh-
ton levee, east of this city.
Surveyor Boyd explained that the
Brighton levee was built by the city
solely for its protection. The county
did not care for it, had no need for 1t,
and as the grade is too stiff and the
county is grading the road to the east
of the levee it was thought only just
that the city should pay for grading
and matchmaking the grade on the
western Tor city, side. His estimate
showed that the entire cost would be
So607 40, and he thought the city ought
to and would stand half the expense.
Trustee Devine said the city ought
not to be double shotted. The city
paid it's pro rata of county taxes, and
he thought if asked to assist in build
ing the grade to the leyee it would be
paying twice to the county. He thought
the city and county governments ought
to be merged into one.
Supervisor ellis said the city had
built the levee and ought to be COM
PEELED to build grades which would per-
nit teams to pass without going
straight up. Instead of making a de-
mand that the city stand the entire eX-
pense, the county was willing to stand
half of the expense. He said, in reply
to Devine, that the city did not eXpend
one cent for road purposes in the county
outside the city, and did not contribute
one cent of taxes for that purpose.
Supervisor Jenkins said he was proud
of both city and county, but that he
would like to see them go hand-in- hand
in the matter of improvements. He
said the city thirty years ago reared a
mountain at Brighton which the farm
ers ever since had patiently climbed
over in coming to and going from the
city. The farmers were tired of climb
ing that mountain, and merely asked
that the city assist them in easing the
grade up the hill it had reared for it's
own protection
Tebbets said if the city could expend
its funds for such purposes he thought
it would be only justice that the ap-
a a etl<n no,
On motion of Trustee Dolan. the mat
ter was referred to the Levee Commit
tee. with instructions to report at the
next meeting
ABOUT THE DUMPS
The following message was received
from Mayor Land:
To the Board of Trustees: I hereby
notify your honorable board that. in
company with Drs. Wizard and Nichols
of the City Board of Health, 1 visited
the city dumps north of the city, and
would recommend to your board that
no garbage or other matter be dumped
there in the future, and that all gar
bage or other matter now on top of
the ground at the water edge be COW
cred with dirt, in order to prevent the
same becoming a nuisance to residents
in that neighborhood, or getting into
the river. Il would also further recon-
mend that a three-strand barb-wire
fence, with top rail, be built from the
roadway to the trestle, for the purpose
of preventing any one from using said
dumps.
The recommendations of the Mayor
Were adopted.
CHARGES SUSTAINED.
The Fire Committee reported that the
charges preferred by Chief of the Fire
Department H. A Guthrie against
Fireman c. ]. Rankin had been exam
ined and sustained. and recommends
that he be suspended for twenty-five
days.
On motion of Tebbets the report was
adopted, except that the time of sus-
pension was reduced to fifteen days.
GOAT SENSE.
Trustee Devine, one of the commit