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Show LEAVES MUST IT BE BURNED ON THE , STREETS To provent an increase of. fire hazards haz-ards and to keep the volume of smoke expelled Into the atmosphere at a minimum, the city commission, through the regular channels, this morning began the enforcement of the order requiring property holders to avoid disposing of fallen leaves by burning them. It Is a requirements, Commissioner Flygare stated, that the loaves bo raked into piles and hauled at the expense of the property holders to some place that is considered suitable suit-able as a dumping ground. Mr. Flygare said the economy necessary nec-essary in the expenditure of public funds compelled the commission to make the requirement of the property holders. For the city to haul them away, It would necessitate an expenditure expendi-ture of about $700, It Is figured. This would occasion an additional draw on public funds. Tho commission held a brief session last night. The complaint of W. H. DeCarlow of Sacramento, Cal., for $15 for the alleged loss of a suit case in the Newdale rooming house at 132 1-2 Twenty-fifth street on the night of October Oc-tober 20 was referred to tho commissioner commis-sioner of public safety. The complaint was signed by E. T. HulaniskI, city attorney. This morning tho commission ordered or-dered filed the claim of Ada E. Laven-dar Laven-dar for $25 alleged to be the value of the dress, which she claims was ruined on the night of September 27 last when she, mistaking a bunch of leaves for a grating, stopped into a sewer or gutter at the Twenty-seventh street Intersection of Grant avenue. In the petition, the claimant relates that she was dronched up to the waist. Claims of the city auditor, A. F. Larson, for amounts totalling $17S.85 advanced the city engineer, Joseph M. Tracy, from the city engineering and waterworks departments, were allowed. al-lowed. Bond Interest claims amounting to $3,782.59 also were allowed. nn |
