| Show on a question of economy fourth street extension mayor presided at the city bouncil meeting monday evening april roll called absent councilor pro brt of previous meeting read and approved AND A petition arm robert skelton fora quai claim deed for pare ot lisl ana 8 felack 29 plat B for which a dadd had been made by mayor A 0 snoot which had conae clerical cei arrad to the mayor with authority to act A petition from mrs M A snow asking for abatement of was laid upon the table to bs considered at tin bitne when the question ef equalization ef taxes bufore the council J E chief of the fir department sent in big resignation giving as bia reason the action taken t the baat council by ordering tha fire team to ba put to work sn tha sprinkling cart the members ot the fire department part ment bud also tendered their to the chief which state they believed it would ba impossible to do as efficient work as they desired t do if the team was employed upon the streets and notified the council that they had turned ever the effects of the department to mr ferre charles dauris foreman jerry claff farat assistant foremal fo remaH geo A giaver H cheaver Chec ver jr geo RS Od borne A Q beebe ed byrua flatten ern buckler H elliot J II 11 brewa leo halliday H johnsob JohB SOB farrer moved the refer ancs of the resignations to the committe on fire department councilor irvins bordered cor dered tho mat tar as well be settled at enca by the council there was but two to ce cenar ncr the question whether the council should accept the resignation er tak 0 the leiai on the streets councilor barney wab ready ta bettle the question now he appreciated the labors at the fireman fire maa butth city can not afford to iscer any undue expenses ha wes willing to jain f volunteer teer firo department depart mant himself the step which had given to the firemen was aa an experiment and if nat prove team coald be hakea off the councilor amana moved to accept the resignation of the firemen he agreed with clr barney waa willies to give the fire department all the aid ha could but tha condition of the cites finances were euch that we could not abend money to support a dress parade tny was which shall rule the city counsel or the fire department mayor dosenberry asked far the reso antian which had caused so much dia satisfaction Batis faction and councilor irvino r 1 heated it councilor farrer wanted tion to the chague on fire I 1 d bec exola inea ra S tha action of tha firemen jrsn haaby and that they had act ed without dee consideration councilor arvine aard that the com on fire department had assed chef cheerer to meet with the and explained to hidu that by the of mhd city 3 a day for sp the city would have more funds ti expand for th of tha deportment and would be able to purchase pur chasa rubber ceala and roots for the fireman and the re fiul j were their gaea tha caty bauts abo team n the streets and the fira wants the team streets it courtil w ints the committee to say to the ire department can have tha team we can go ana say that Counci hr barney had not the alie question was one of expenses and thought the put the thine ton flit footed when the council had only to test th practicability of putting the team on the breet councilor mccullough believed iu fault had been found with the fire de oart ment but a fair proposition had been made them the action had beai for ahe benefit of tiie whole city and nut tac ingara anyone if ano fire department ia not to net they gucht to ue felt to accept alie ifie ca aeu and tender abam a vote af thalba for the eod they had on there are other in in who are willing to for ill interest ol 01 the city besides hoie wh hive aesa of tiby fire departments depart councilor Coun cilar maiben had under stord from the of the ceisl alt if the mt report phoi alv the firemen had already made up their naiades naiads to resign it was councilor maidens Mai bens opi n that if provo wanted a fire kp itam nt they must have a chief who is creppon sible to ahe city he believed ihu many of tha firemen had ben under a an 1 they dibi nit know that the intent iu of the council was to the interest of the he did not want to compromise tha council and did nt want to turn alln fire department jooa b baue here were good men who desired t continue to act he was in favor of accepting the chiefs resignation councilor amended his roo tion to accept the raa ignAtion of the chief councilor lAday was in favor of releasing tho chief the committee had made putting the team to vi rk on the aa a trial he aia in favor of leaving a chief who with llie city and bioc it 11 ohp bore could be bror efrom the ap ink er and hitched 01 t th anu can boford tit 1 of abs tbs firemen could be got there councilor holdaway did not belive from the action of the chief that hs had the welfare of the city at heart the action of the suggested that they thought the council could pick up oa the streets instead e having to collect it arora leopla who are about high tabea he was in far accepting the chiefs resignation the motica was put aad carried i Communication a wera presented arta 1 james meldrum R R irvine gee gee and joseph altobano Alt bano asking that the of water works ba instructed to receipt them for money expended hy the petitioners petition ers for connecting with the water mains under tha idec distance resolution of the council the amounts to apply on their acter rates the request of the peti the committee on printing was in to supply the re dorder etith a record for cita warrants A petition from S S jobea president of ane honse company asking for a reduction in their yearly license on account of th financial agatus of the company waa referred to the committee on license A communication tram rhodes bros stating that they would commance com nance work on the asylum exien of the water mains in a hoit tima was receded nd placed on file OF the committee on license recommend ed tha petition of P stubbs tor the refunding license of co 22 SO was adopted tha special committee on the east drain ra ported that the drain was filled with sediment aiom the waste water ef tee east field having been allowed to run into the drain they res the cleaning of the drain under tha supervision of the master and eeme committee of the council and that aaa great deal of the trouble had occurred through waste irrigation water that a proportionate amount of tha water tax bo expended on the drain that be taken to prevent the v aate water from running in 0 draia in and a portion of the ardin be covered the report was adopted and councillors councilors Counci lors haibin Farr erand mccal lough were appointed a committee ta ataee charge of tha work the committee on streets and alleys reported favorably boon the petition of 3 VV et al to establish the grade on tha north side of the street from N street to the asylum and for putting boes across the sidewalk after same the gradean grade cn the south side of aard was also recommended to be established report adopted the on claim reported adversely the petition ofa J fuller for 20 for making out quarterly report ef the treasurer for the quarter from november 1891 to february the report stated that it wag tha duty of the recorder to make the re port and the bill was net a proper bill tor the council to allow report adopted the same sported favorably upon the claim of W H gray co for 43 30 report adopted adopt ad A joint committee consisting of the committee on waterworks water works and the ceci cittee on irrigation wag appointed 10 confer with a committee of the east union canal in regard to division divi aion of water with power to act the following claims were disposed of A clam from the P L M B co for from may to march was referred to the committee on claims A claim from the for aso lor firo department work wf referred refe ired to the same CLAIM J WIS ean h W v ilgah co edse L clayton laying perfice pipe 1 1525 the mayor was authorized to maka the first payment of interest on water works bonds due may I 1 1892 he was as authorized to confer with the judge of the county court in regard t baying chairs for aba council chamber and the cites proposition of the expenses councilor farrer brought up the kioa of straightening of fourth street east of the city he stated that mr ailes would exchange jand for the wanted 50 and tha street in exchange for the same amount ol 01 land as was included in the portion of the street he would the acason for this was that the street ia covered with brickbat brick bat aad other na erial that will have to be removed batore mr galss can use the clay in the street lor making brick it weald ba necessary to take bame action upon tins question at once as mr giles plated cutting up the land at sn early day for making brick and awer moved the reference of the question to the committee on streets and alley with ane power to act this is the question upon which councilor glazier ethod solitary and alane in the last council aad over which many a hard contested battle was fought and Goun clor staled he had heard the matter before and was opposed to giving mr giles 50 when iu his opinion the street was just as good as mr giles land and further he aag opposed to ae in to straighten the hi for the mason that east of bin land there were many places that would have to ba filled up and that would cause additional expense tle motion of councilor barrer was carried councilor danaberg hanaberg Han aberg called attention to the condition of the ilg ditch on the street where the lun daiy diy i located from the practice of that concern of using it aa a sewer the city was instructed to abate the nuisance nuis anee jupka of councilor Si ramons jaw vote taken some ago the ee trie licht contract wag reconsidered i and ahe orinal motion wa tabled councilor barney introduced a rebal lucion authorizing the recorder to ha ye copies of the city ordinance ordin anca in printed in pamphlet form councilor himmons moved to amend by referring the motion to the commit afa on priming with instructions to have the work done by the lowest responsible bidder this brought councilor maiben to hia feet lie waa of the opinion that the n cordar had sufficient judgment to ascertain what such work could be done for and ha thought it unnecessary to r it t a committee Clu niilo ho laway seconded th proposed by councilor rii nimons lie was in favor oi economizing in this respect as well aa others councilor simmons could not see what objection councilor maiben had n the printing aone as cheaply nal nfl o aible there was a great deal wi at 0 t economy and and be considered this aa good a ahny lo 10 practice tica principles councilor maiben said that the retrenchment trench ment advocated by the council was the paying of legitimate legit imata priam for work dona for the city the re cordar bad access to bills previously paid for printing and there waa no occasion to advertis adver tiM far bids would coit as much as ahe prin aig if the or dinne councilor Council cr staled that he had said nothing ababa advertising for bd it would not take long to larn which oi the printing would do th work the cheapest he wanted it distinctly understood that he was nut legislating for aay paper no fair person could object to having the city printing cioaca at the lowet possible price bat the senile man from ane wa rather ticklish en that feint he was not working far any paper and asa not stockholder of any all he wanted was a fair chance given each of the and tha city awauld thug be benefited by getting the work done at the lowest councilor barney 10 nays ib that ny of the were ng for a paper because they were stockholders and tha gentleman from the fourth ward shoud haye more respect for abe GOUT oil than to intimate any such thing the amenda eat alyks voted upon and lost alth ugh all tie demo cratic members did rot vole against it ins erig iHal motion carried councilor holdaway introduced a re solution instructing the city marshal to aa ordinance orui nance against dumping garbage cobble rock tc on tha st raeta councilor hannberg Hann bere moved an adjournment journ ment till next monday evening at 8 which mot with general ai broyal and was curried |
