The record-union., 1899-07-25
WATER COMMITTEES FUNDS
WILL BE SUPPLIED BY THE
5As TRUSTEES.
Bids for Hay for the Fire Depart
ment Referred for Fur
ther Inquiry.


company, on it's contract for street
hghting, in the sum of SlO,OOO, WITH
). +. Drexler and Frederick Cox as
sureties, was approved
Messages were received from the
Mayor as follows:
Transmitting charges against J. e.
Madigan, driver of Engine No. !, pre-
ferred by Chief Engineer Guthrie.
Also naming ]. N. Payne to be spe-
cial police officer for the district
bounded by 1, ], Eleventh and Six
teenth streets, vice self, term expired,
and d. B. Plummer to be a special
police officer for the art gallery, vice
self, term expired.
The charges against Madigan were
set for hearing for Thursday evening,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Trustee Devine called attention to
the fact that similar charges had once
before been preferred against Madigan.
He recollected that at that time most
of the members of the board had
agreed to deal summarily with him II
he again offended.
President Mckay said the board
could at any time by two-thirds vote
discharge any city employe, but that
he preferred that the charges be heard
in open session.
ALL ABOUT PUMPS.
Trustee Douglas reported that on the
9th. 10th and 11th of the month the
Holly pump at the water works would
not, owing to worn out valve, take
water. He had the pump repaired, but
said that had a fire broken, out when
it was out of order, there would have
been a sorry state of affairs.
He said new engine was needed
badly, and that in case of fire the
Stevens pump could not stand the
pressure and that the Alice pump only
could be depended on. He said no
body was responsible for the condition
of the pump-they were merely wear
ing out.
Devine said the city ought not be
left another year without another
pump, and he thought if the purchase
of one could be made a matter of emer-
gency it ought to be secured at the
earliest possible moment.
Douglas said the Alice pump could be
made high pressure machine at
small cost, but that the Holly pump
was simply yanking itself to pieces
The Alice pump, he said, was the only
one to be relied on when fire pressure
was needed, the Stevens being only
weak sister He said that according
to Engineer VOLTS statement. SIT, 600
had been spent on the Holly pump
since it's advent into this city.
Kent said that 1900 cents had not
been expended on repairs for the pump
in the last two years. He moved that
the Mayor be authorized to employ an
expert engineer to make examinations
and estimates of the cost of repairing
the Alice pump, if such We're found
necessary.
Douglas advocated purchasing a new
cylinder which he said, could be had
for $4,000, and which would insure eff
fective work and plenty of water at
a pinch.
Tebbets moved to amend by referr-
ing the matter to the Mayor and the
Water Committee to report regarding
the necessity of employing experts
He said demand was recently made
for fire alarm box in the Capitol
building, and that it had been repre-
sented that there was no adequate
supply of water at that point. He
said the Capitol building, if destroyed
by fire, would be loss of only S2,500,-
coo, but he doubted whether the peo-
pie could be induced to put up an
other. Tebbets' amendment was car
ried.
WATER COMMITTEE FUNDS.
Herman Grau, Vice President of the
Citizens Water Committee, appeared
and requested the board to place
81 900 at the committees disposal. He
assured the board that the funds,
which We're absolutely necessary, in
order that the investigation should go
on would be carefully expended, but
that it was absolutely necessary that
some money be on hand to meet emer-
gencies which might arise.
Tebbets advised having all bills con-
,tracted by the Water Committee sent
to the board which body, he said,
would approve them.
Devine said the credit of the city
was ample, and that if bills run up by
the Water Committee were sent in the
board would pay them, but he did not
approve of turning $1,000 over to the
lcommittee.
Tebbets wanted to find out whether
the board had a right to appropriate
a lump sum for the committee.
LEVINE SdlQ ue Iidu every
in the committee, and felt that no man
on the board would decline to pay
any reasonable bill presented.
Paine said that when the bills came
in from the committee, differences of
opinion might arise as to whether or
not they We're for reasonable expenses.
He moved that the Corporation Coun-
sci be instructed to draw an ordinance
setting aside 81 900 as fund on which
the Water Committee could draw at
will.
Messrs. Grau, Arnold and DR.. Power,
of the Water Committee, each assured
the board that the committee did not
care whether or not they We're allowed
to handle the money, so long as a fund
was set aside from which to pay the
bills.
Brown advised turning over the
money to the committee.
Devine moved as an amendment that
the matter be referred to the Corpora
tion Counsel to report upon the legality
of creating a Water Committee fund,
and that in the meantime the Water
Committee go on with the understand
ing that all it's bills would be honored