The record-union., 1899-08-11


Jury had stricken out the items, pre-
Stunning that their insertion had been
by mistake. He said that last year IN
Jenkins district-the Fifth-sprinkling
carts were kept running every day
even when the roads were muddy, and
| that the claims were all allowed.
ellis suggested that at that time
Jenkins was running for Office.
Mclaughlin said in the city streets
were sprinkled daily, Sundays in
cluded.
Curtis said he did not object to
sprinkling on Sunday, but he did object
to sprinkling being done when the
roads were wet.
Il think that reflects on the Fifth
District" said Jenkins.
That's what it does" replied Curtis.
when you come at me I'll send you
| as good as you give"
IF the Clerk will resurrect the bills"
| returned Jenkins, you will find that
| those claims were signed by all the
| members of the board"
| Gillis moved that no sprinkling be
| allowed on Sundays, but the motion re-
ceived no second
Curtis suggested that motion pro-
hibiting sprinkling on Sundays, except
| when recommended by the Supervisor
of the district, would meet with his ap-
prevail
Jenkins said he favored sprinkling
every day in the season, but that he
had called up the matter because of
| the action of the Grand Jury. He called
for the reading of the resolution adopt
ed by the board on July 18th, providing
for road sprinkling.s
The Clerk read the resolution. 1t pro-
v1des for sprinkling certain roads. every
day in the week, Sundays excepted.
Curtis,i at this point. flashed sprink-
ling claim from Jenkins district-No-
(Which included items for sprinkling
on Sunday .
Jenkins promised the board that, in
accordance with the resolution of July
18th, the item would be stricken out,
but that he would expect all Others of
a similar character to be treated in the
same way.
| Mclaughlin favored sprinkling roads
every day, particularly on Sunday,
where there was more travel than any
| other.
ellis thought six days in the week
| was enough. ,
And so passed the morning session.
NEW OPERATING-ROOM
At the afternoon session Miller &
| Matthews were awarded the contract
| for building an operating-room at the
County Hospital, their bid, 1897, be-
| ing the lowest received. The room will
| be built according to the plans pre-
scented by Architect Seadler and adopt
| ed at a former session. The only other
| bid received was from Siller Bros, they
offering to erect the improvement for
$685.. Miller & Matthews were re-
quired to furnish bonds in the sum Of
$1,000, and were given ninety days
from the signing of the contract in
| which to complete the work.
HOUSTON'S CLAIMS APPROVED.
J. w. Houston was again on hand.
looking out for the three claims for
road work supervised by him, and
which had caused the commotion at
Wednesday afternoons session.
Jenkins requested Gillis to sign the
claims and let Mr. Houston go home.
ellis smiled a moment, then taking
the three claims over to his desk he
affixed his signature to them and hand
ed them over to Mclaughlin, who also
signed them, and Jenkins said from
that minute on he would ''be good"
Mr.. Houston got his money. =
OTHER CLAIMS.
But though Mr.. Houston's claims
We're signed, there are still about $2,4Ou
of similar claims outstanding against
Road District No. 5-claims contracted
during the last fiscal year, and pre-
scented for payment since July list, the
beginning of the present fiscal year.
and which, it is claimed, cannot be le-
gally paid from the road funds for the
present fiscal year.
1t is understood that District AttOr-
ney Baker, being consulted concerning
the matter, said the claims ought TO
be paid, but when asked to give a writ
ten opinion to that effect declined to do
SO. The amount of funds set aside for
| work in District for the month cf
August is understood to be 81 400, and
it is said that the only way to pay the
| claims is to borrow money from the
general or other funds for the purpose.
ellis stated that it was in consider
alton of the aggregated claims, and not
| because of the three smaller ones pre-
scented by Mr.. Houston, that he OBJ
| jected.
| 1t is also known that Curtis district
| No. 4-is, with respect to claims for
road work done during the last fiscal
year, in the same boat as the Fifth
| District, though the aggregated
amounts of the claims are not known.
| AS soon as the County Expert notifies
| the board as to the demands made on
| each of the several funds the amount
of the outstanding claims against the
| district will be known, and steps will
be taken to straighten out the tangle.
| Supervisors Gillis and Mclaughlin
stated that they have no desire to keep
| the people who did the work in good
faith from receiving payment, and it is
probable that a way out of the diff
Guilty will be found.
BILLS APPROVED.
| The remainder of the session was oc-
cupied in the examination and allow
ance of claims.