The record-union., 1899-06-20

said it was absolutely necessary that
something be done with the stump, as by
September the waters would begin to
RISE
The Clerk read the plans and speeifi-
cations prepared by the City Taper
for q new stump. and. on motion, they
were adopted.
This settled the matter for the time.
and disposed Of hustee Kent's motion.
Douglas withdrew his motion to lay
a 12-inch main to the railroad shops.
DCNALDSON'S SECOND C.a-
PLANT.
Mr.. Donaldson complained that the
sanitary condition of the American
Fish Market ON J street. was bad. Re-
ferred to the City Board of Health
RETAINED ATTORNEYS.
Attorney Rix of the San Francisco
law firm Of Bishop & Wheeler, ad-
dressed the board, and said that his
firm, which had been retained on the
suits brought against the Funded Debt
Commissioners, had made no effort or
offer to compromise with the city and
withdraw from the cases. He said the
statements reported to have been made
by Trustee Kent that his firm had ex
pended $500 was untrue. AS a mat
ter of fact, he said, only about $50 had
been expended
Kent replied that the statement made
by him had been made by Trustee
Bentley (who was absenD before the
board, while his statement that the firm
of Bishop & Wheeler had offered TO
compromise with the city for $500 was
repetition of a statement made by
Judge Holl, who was associate counsel
in the suits.
Mr.. Rix said that while his firm had
made no offer to compromise, it would
do whatever the board thought was
right
On motion of Paine action was post
poned one week.
VOTE RECONSTRUCTED.
On motion Of Dolan the board sus-
mary bond issue ordinance by vote
of 5 to 3. Kent voted no on the first
rollcall, but finding that the veto was
not sustained, changed his vote to aye.
Tebbets and Douglas voted no to the
end.
OVER THE VETO.
On motion of Dolan, the board passed,
over the Mayors veto, the ordinance
providing for the erection of a. f. alal m
box at the Newton Booth school,
Twenty-fifth and v streets. The vote
stood: Aye Ito sustain the veto)-Kent
and Devine. No Ito pass the ordinance
over the yeto)-Tebbets, Paine. Douglas,
Brown, Dolan and Mckay.
FIREWORKS LICENSES.
On motion of Dolan the ordinance
providing that each small vendor of
fireworks shall pay a license of 81 per
quarter, was amended. and that Sec
ton, which seemed to impose an un-
just burden upon proprietors of corner
groceries, ETC., was eliminated.
WHEELMEN'S PROTEST.
TIL following protest against the scat
tering of broken stone upon K street,
above Fifteenth, was received from the
Capital City Wheelmen's Club, being
signed by it's officers, several Of its
members and a number of other citi-
zenS:
ITO the honorable Board of Trustees
Gentlemen: In behalf of the Capt.
tai City Wheelmen and of other cdti-
zens who in common use the streets of
and earnestly to improve road condi-
tions, we beg leave to protest against
the scattering of large, loose, jagged
broken stone upon K street above Fiji
teenth.
Presumably the placing of the stone
was for good purpose, to break the
shock of crossing step stones. But we
submit to you that large. Jagged stones
will not serve the purpose. We are
told that these large stones will be re-
moved. We submit that it is poor pol
icy to hire stone hauled on and then
hire men to rake out THAI which should
not have been placed there at all, not
even if all the screens in the world
were destroyed.
THE treatment Of K street is a
dangerous one, not one permitted where
good road engineering prevails. The
re-surfacing of macadam street
either in large Or small patches is to
be done always with the finest top
dressing, that not larger than originally
placed there, and preferably stonedust.
whenever macadam street is to
be repaired, street that costs so much
money to property owners, it should
be done by slightly breaking up the
surface then placing on the new ma
terTial we'll puddled with water and
rolled hard. Always large, jagged
stones should be excluded They will
not pack, they knock about and by
that process wear holes and injure the
surface even down to the substructure.
If it is impracticable to break up the
surface and puddle, then only fine stone
should be dumped and then only with
copious wettings and with rolling or
packing. To scatter tens Of thousands
of jagged broken stone ON a macadam
street is outrageous. 1t is dangerous
to horses, destructive Of rubber-tired
vehicles, and even to steel and IRON
clad wheels.
1--WE therefore, rejecting the views
of all who have correct knowledge of
how to repair street, of those who use
the streets and of common economy, re-
spectfully ask for an order that the
large loose stones be raked off, which
If not done will scatter, as they have
done already, roll to the cutters under
wheel blows, and obstruct and annoy.
And your petitioners will ever pray"
The matter was referred to the Su-
perintendent of Streets
TEBBETS WATER PROPOSITION.
Trustee Tebbets, who had early in the
evening promised to propose PROPOSE
ton which might lead to securing an
adequate supply of good water for the
city, got the floor. He said he intend
ed to be brief, but to the point The
citizens we're united in their demand
for water system which would meet
the requirements of the city and the
only way to get information was to