Show 1 Ill QUITS BUN ITS IS ITSON OWN DIRT DIRTOn I On Account of Exposure Council Coun Coun- cil dl ci R Rescinds Agreement With Wih Contractor IS CLEARLY AGAINST LAW Street ct Department I tet Tickets at 5 3 Cents a Which Cant Can't CUlt 0 4 h t Be lie Redeemed r On account of oC the iho exposure of selling selling sell sell- sel- sel ing city's property to the tho cl city tho the council counci last night rescinded the agree agree- meat ment made with Pat Pal Morans Moran's Morns Morn's subcontractor subcontractor sub sub- contractor an and put an end to lo the Hie Im pay rr I meat ment of 25 cents a load for dirt n from the tho city's streets streets It was charged last week weel that the tho city ety was vas wast wasI t I p buying Its Is own dirt from Crom the city cily streets that thai arc being graded gr e for a asphalt paving Tho The price agreed upon upon up up- I on was waN 25 26 cents a load This agreeS agreement agree agree- S ment meat was ma made e between city officials nn and tho the sub contractor sub without the I gl slightest authority and In tho the face Cace of oC tho the following prohibitive clause cause In tho the f Moran lolan paving contract shall shul Include the work worl of oC re removing ye- ye moving all nI earth stone loo loose e rock clay cia shale cement boulders solid sold roc rock It and nHI nfl nI other material that may bo be o encountered or required In preparing pre IC- paring the street for Cor curbing and guttering gut gut- Sut- Sut nn and ond paving an mid and In preparing the sidewalk for paving In I an and shall shah hal Include also nil ni trimming shaping picking picking pick pick- lug ing ing down refill refilling In jr J. J rolling surfacing and DIc all al other work that ra nay may bo bu re required re- re in bringing the surface of or the i street and sidewalk to the sub grade sub and shape shalo required and of oC maintaining it I in perfect condition until the curbs shall shul have been set and ami the pavement curbs anti and gutter suter and sidewalk pave pinc- pinc in laid haiti It I being understood and nd agreed that the tue cost thereof shall be beUal and LUd Ual Is Included In Iii Il the tho contract price ice per cubic yard yuil for the tile excavation an and no compensation shall Khal be allowed the contractor for hauling awa away the tho surplus material that ma may result from rota the tile work of oC grading rn in Old stone block crosswalks crosswalks crosswalks cross cross- walks shall be carefully removed and alt piled plEd plies piles ples on Oft 01 the side aide of or the street In neat Clearly Again t ail t v. La IJa It 11 I would be cearl clearly against the law I for Cor the city cly to PI pay money to the conr contractor con con- tractor r ctol for Cor dirt hauled to other othel streets from rom those that arc are being graded The city cl officials who made the a agreement t with tho iho contractor arc nrc morally bound hound I to tu pay ia lay but legally barred haled from Crol paying for COl tho the dirt dirt Brothers and Belcher Beicher have been iCelL doing the grading for Pat Moran who has his the four big paving pa contracts Tho They put iut an offer up to the tho council counci to haul the dirt from rom the graded streets to other streets for 20 o cents cent a n lo load d. d provided the haul was not nol greater than four Cour blocks after which they wanted wante 25 2 cents a loa load On July 23 3 the committee on i. i streets recommended that the el city pay payI I 9 t I. I 2 cents a load for all aJ el city dirt re rec removed re- re c moved from one street to another The r report was laid over a week and then o er laid hid l ld over Al Ahi this time the tho con- con i tt fo keeping t tab b on each load SJ of oc dirt and the tho street department was 2 Ig Issuing tickets ets for Cor each cach load The he tickets tick tick- ets ts were to be redeemed i at 25 cents apiece Last night the same committee commit commit- tee tC reported that the whole matter mater be beItle Itle killed and the tho council counci having ha been given the tile tip lip lp did not offer a word of oC protest t W. W J. J Tuddenham was 11 president lent pro i tern tm of oC the tho council counci A. A J. J Davis being i out of oC the tue city cily on business Want i t I The council counci Instructed the street streel su supervisor su- su 1 pcr to a advise with the city attorney alor- alor ney hey and ascertain It If 1 the D D. R. R G G. G Railway company compan ha had a a r right ht to lo allow I Its is tracks track to remain In the thc thoroughfare thoroughfare thorough thorough- fare at EI Eighth South between Third West Vest and Fourth West Vest streets streets If I the tho attorney finds that the railroad company com coin r any pany has haa no rights In the Iho street the thet t t will wi be bo authorized to go go ahead and tear teal out the tile tracks track Property Prop Prop- crt erty orty owners owner living along that street had flied filed a petition asking that the fed t-f. t rails ris bo ho removed as a they were injuring In ing the property properly t The Tho same saino petitioners also asked that the condition of oC the ditch dich along that i street be he attended to Tho The ditch Is a ar t 1 r menace menaco to the tile health of oC the neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood but hut the tho council counci took look no notice of or that part parl of oC the tile petition petton for fm the thc realon reason rea rca c son lon that the hoard board of oC health has hns more mor 4 j than It I can attend to right now tiow In lii defending defending de de- fe- fe fending Itself against Th The council counci confirmed the tho appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of George e Lorenzo O. O 1 A L. L 1 Hancock an anti and Jo Joseph eph Watkins to positions In the fire re department department The I promotion to a a lieutenancy o of E. E II 11 I Kempton was also confirmed I 1 Martineau and Clark Clarl who asked the thc council counci for 01 permission to erect a railway at Liberty park w wore wet re f- f denied d the tile request on the grounds 9 that thai the Iho rk l ark has been dedicated U to tott tt public use and cannot ho bo sold soli ol or leased for or private purposes rhe The Special committee appointed to toi i investigate th the gravel ol Ia pit pl leases mal made madea j. j a report last ft night which was adopted I i Tho committee recommended that nl all al v Cd leases of ol gravel pits pis belonging to tho the 1 1 city be terminated on October 1 1 1906 Of I from which time all al l lessees g ees are aro to pa pay a n year In advance All AJ grave gravel c. c t wagons are arc tl to have tight boxes and the wheels are Ire to b hI wide tIred y The whole r thing will wi bo ho un under uner er the supervision o of J the Iho street tret supervisor or and the cl city cily att at- at t will wi make mako a form Corm of lease I. 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