The daily news., 1900-04-05
CITY LEGISLATION
An Interesting Meeting of the
Board of Aldermen.


at $S,139,O0O. An Increase OF
$Is7,3OO Over 1SOS-AIderman
Green Again Calls Attention to the
IuefIiciency Of the Tax Laws.
A regular meeting of the city cOun-
Gil was held last night. Present,
Mayor Hilliard, Aldermen Green,
Hays, Keyser, Christie, Calm, Hall,
Baars, Pfeiffer and Avery.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
Chairman Green OF the finance
committee reported adversely upon
the request of the board of public
safety for an appropriation Of $50 to
provide a conveyance for the chief
of the fire department, bu: recOm-
mended the appropriation Of $50 re-
quested by the board for the pur-
chase of horse collars for the fire
department. He stated that this
would leave only $500 unapprOpri-
ated, which must cover all expcndi-
lures for the remainder of the fiscal
year not already provided for.
Alderman Avery spoke forcefully
in favor of providing some means
for the chief to reach fires promptly.
He asked what salary the chief re-
ceived, and when told that it was
$50 month he suggested that per-
haps the most feasible plan would be
to increase the salary of the chief
and require him to provide his own
conveyance.
Alderman Green stated that here
:ofOre the chief went to fires in
public hack; that the hackmen
seemed to take pride in getting him
there promptly, and as soon as an
alarm was sounded two or three OF
1t might be a good idea to make an
appropriation from which the board
of public safety could pay these
slow on appropriations, fer the
trucks were wearing ont and must
soon be repaired and replaced by
others. 1t had also been suggested
that the city should buy combina-
ton hose truck and chemical engine.
which would cost $1,000. If the citv
bought a horse for the chief there
would be the monthly expense of
feeding it. 1t must also be remem-
bered that the PalafOx street sewer
would need attention and there
might also be other necessary rX-
penditures for the protection uf pub
lie health during tire summer.
The report of the finance commit
tee was then adopted without fur
ther Discussion.
Tax Values
Chairman Green of the faanCe
committee reported thlt the tax
books for 1899, is copied from the
county tax books, h'.d been Exam
ined by his committee; tina: they
to be correct ahd iAatt!eV
showed total tax valuations a. fol-
lows:
Real Estate ........... . ... Sa.-..e~1
Railrood and telegraph ..... l3r j,1
Total ............ ..... ..-.......... .sl5,.o.G
Total for IN.s......... ...... -.s,l.7s,.
Increase over 1895 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ....$ i77,$o
The report OF the ha.bnr aui san
itsry committee on tie pr;itinn Oi
stephen Lee FOR pcrmI- to erect
fertilizer factory on jtYt island, ac-
cOmranicG hy an opiu;cn FROM the
city attorney, was read and dis
cus~ed. 1t was decided that the city
had II" authority to erIat him thu
permi--iOu asked, but Nr. Lee could
kc .ha nix himself, and II Ia De
odOr!zed the fish it was lot likely
anyone would protect.
Alderman Avery Of tie water end
pa committee, to whom had been
referred ths question Of hUvinS q 2t-
testing m!chIue. TrCor;rd ii letter
tCsm .jIpt. {. f. X-ok IF the ga5
company as their Tc9O ?. This it,
ter gives the addresses 81 q number .
o' GIm~ who make su"n mIchII,. , Z
They est 500 each, DUC rCq3lEp &u .
-Epert II operate them. Mr.. Xack /
3ifsrCd that II the city saw fit 30 en- (
1ioy IN expert 10 inspect ;he city gas /.
b" might u ave free use Of their ma .
'hine. The report was received and .
iled.
Caaj;mlH DlnicU Of the board O.; /
public safety reported cnntrdc: /
SitL -. Anthony hospital, for ;hrec (
beds fcr u-e Jointly bv the city and T.
county, fuc approval of the bnprd O. /
lldcTm- Il. The matter was referred (
20 Mayo Hiiliard with power 70 /
ign the contract.
Mar ia! "ii@c reported in writing .
'o5taIn tra~p1s>lnc on water front /
property trat Lad been reported To- ,
lila. T.e matter was referred to /
ne hlrcor and sanitary committee. /
Comptroller Morgan reported that |
he Po.tai Telegraph Co. had paid 1
rs pole tax; that the Western Union /
would be ready in a few days To pay /
and that the Southern Bel Tele- |
phone and the Terminal companies |!
asked an extension of time to the |
next meeting of :he board, when !!
hey would have a proposition to |!
make. The report was received and I
fled.
The ordinance relating to the erec-
lion in the city of poles by te ephone |
and other companies, rep Jrted by |
he ordinance and eng-O,oing com /
nittee, was read the third time and |
passed by a unanimous vote.
The ordinance relative to employ
nent and discharge of sanitary in