The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-02

posed site, who would be seriously in eonyenienced by the plans being ear- ried out. The mayor thought that it was a duty of the board of finance to look out for the interest of just such people, as much as possible. and give the subject careful consideration before they voted to give the department mak- ing the request the m0ney to purchase. He further said that he drought that the fire commissioners had done wise thing for the city when they purchased the loi on which the new Fourth ward engine house was being built. Said the mayor: 'It is so situated that it does not inconvenience anybody and is lo- cated in most effective place to give splendid fire protection" Continuing, he said: There are number of spa- cial appropriations which, it is likely, the departments will ask for and think it wise plan that the members of the board thoroughly investigate them before they vote on them" .A
 A petition was presented to the board last evening by the park commissioners in reference to the sea wall at Fort Hale q the recent. heavy storm two breaches had been made in the wall The breaches were about 25 feet wide and the protecting rip-rap, for a length of 763 feet and 20 feet wide was under mined and broken up and many stones composing it carried some little dis tance out to sea. The report stated that the work on the repairs should commence immediately and if it was delayed until next spring it would cost the city just twice as much as it would to do it now. The communication fur ther stated that by making some trans fers, and by using some money which was being saved for another purpose they could raise $5900. They estimate the cost of the repairs at $t,050, and they asked the board of finance to make up the deficiency After dis cussing the matter at length, action on 1t was postponed one week and, in the meantime, the members will visit the intendent of Parks Amrhyn appeared before the board and urged the neces- sity of speed, saying that the work must be completed this month.
 Dr. Spang and Clerk Hewitt of the board of education appeared at the
 meeting and Dr. Spang addressed the board in reference to the new school which is to be built in the Webster dis trict. He stated that of the s5,O0O ap- propriated by the board last year, for the purpose of purchasing a site, $2,O0O of it had been used to complete the new high school building. The comnit- tee have a site which they consider it desirable that the city purchase. It is in the middle of a block on Howe street and the lot is 105 feet In front, and has a depth of 250 feet Sixty-four dollars a front foot is asked for it and this will make the total cost about s6720. Dr. Spang stated that it would be necessary for the board to appropriate about s3,720 additional if the lot were purchased. As the matter was not be- fore the board officially no action was taken. s
 1t was voted to authorize the control- Ter to pay to the county from the spe- cial sundry account s23. .797.S6, being the balance due on account of the county tax. Until this appropriation was made but s15,000 had been appropriated. The total tax is $ss. .7s7 .s4.
 Controller Rowe asked for the trans fer of s1s0 from the interest account to the printing account. This was grant ed. The meeting then adjourned.
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