Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

WITHOUT PROCESS OF LAVA mar
giving his name as John Hopkins recently
came to this office and left written state
ment to the effect that he had been arrested
by a police officer in this city without war
rant. and incaicarated in the city jail fol
twenty days without being taken before q
magistrate, and at the end Of that time was
released by the officer who arrested him and
informed that nothing could be found
against him. He further stated that he
several times asked to be taken before a
magistrate, but the door was slammed in his
face. This statement was published in the
RECORD UNION. In answer to this il is ad-
mitted that the statement as published Is
true except the immateriai item of slarnmipg
the door in his face. The apology for
this treatment was that thirteen Years
ago this man committed burglary
in this city that another Que was recently
committed here, aud Hopkins was suspected
as the guilty party and arrested, iucarceratsd
aad finally, after twenty days, turned out
again as stated. He was arrested and thus
held and disposed of without observing any
form or process of law. The Police Magis-
trate, before waoin he should have been i'm
rleiiately brought, says he dill not know of
the arrest, incarceration and discharge of this
man until he saw the statement IN this paper.
81 II appears that the statement OF Hopkins
taat he was he'd and deprived of his liberty
Tor twenty days without process of law was
true, and the question is wAether these are
frequent occurrences 10 the So called adniin-
istraticn cf justice in this city In this con-
nec5ion the law governing cases of this kind
may bs of interest, and viii be found in Sec.
tion So of the Penal Code, which, speaking
OF arrests being made, reads as follows !:
The defendant mus in al cases be taken
before tAe magistrate without unnecessary
delay"
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES regular
weekly meeting Of the Board OF City Trustees
was held yesterday, all the members present
The report of j. Bellmer, as City Expert,
was fled in regard to the accounts of George
A. Putnam, City Assessor, and N A. Kid
der, Harbormaster, to the effect that the
same were found correct. The report of j.
A. Cunningham, Chief Engineer of the
Water Works, reported that during last
week the works were run full time that
S.66S, 500 gallons of water were pumped, and
l, l55 cubic feet of coke consumed. An order
was passed authorizing the City Assessor to
change the assessment as to the valuation
upon improvements of 2. Reilly, on the west
half of lot 8, between Z and +, Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, from 81, 600 to $500,
said improvements having been made since
March l, 1881. An ordinance in relation to
an extension of the City Railway from Tween
tieth to Thirty-first street, on II street.
was in reduced by Mr.. Davis and passed
under suspension of the rules. The bids for
sprinkli0g the streets of the city were
opsGed and contracts awarded. Bills
were presented and allowed as follows
X. - gk.-,, Ii, p
ST; Huntington, Hopkins & Co, IS Locke
u L4venson, Sl3 "a; II. P. Osborn, "a 70 /;
NJ. Castro, SO; Schadea & Rodegerts,
sl14 60; 2. Hsrzog, S102 %; Comet, Ccul-
ter & Co, 81; Empire Bakery, S45 90 :;
john Gordon, $40; a. c.. Wiley, S23 10 |;
d. Il. GallioE, SO; Joseph Burns, $40
WA. Hillebraud $54 Charles d. Harper.
for laborers, 1872 w. G. Farnsworth, S3f
RYAN & Miller, sos 60 E. Yandestine ST 70;
RECORD UNION, 81 %; J. r. Barron, 81;
Lee Young IS; Day Il joy, SIS; T. H. BeI-
key, SIS 40; f. Foster, $50; Friend & Terry
Lumber Co, So 40; Sacramento Lumber
Co. S1ZS 80.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT the meeting
Of the Board Of Supervisors yesterday, all
the members were present except MIR. Butler.
Minutes approved. The only business trans
acted was allowing these claims: For jury
fees, P. J. Spracher, SD; Isaiah Dunlap,
5. II. Marwin, S27 %; 7. S Wilkinson.
$50 I. Maxwell IS: q. d. Conner, SI5 Is;
J K. Brown, So; Joel Gardner, 81 70;
w. r. Gallup, SIG; 4. Meister, J. j.
Deseve, $50; John Fox $50; b ". Griffith,
$50; Caleb Arnold, S3S 30; Charles Bell,
$40; Peter Bryding, $3S i. NJ. AldIicb,
$50; John Cha5tertou, S23 %; w. Hearth,
SD; George Sermoaet,, $50; a johnson,
SIS; J. Nj. Henderson. S24: J P. Harkins,
Mitchell, SIS y; ". X. Lindsay, SIC so;
Amos Norris. $50; +. Z. Happen. $50 30
T. Kaenig, H Marks, S32; Thomas Sayles,
SAL; C. A. Ruman. ST. %; John SHELTON,
A NJ Plummer, SIT 70; Spencer Douglas
$40 80 Other claims were allowed to 3. c.
Brier as Court reporter, SO; George Dins-
more, relief, Sc, and 10 Benson d. BecllleY,
for labor in Road District No -, S274 80.
The Board then adjourned ill 10 a. N.
today.
EAST PARK RAILwAY.-At the meeting Of
the Board of City Trustees yesterday gu or
dinarce was passed granting to r. S, j. I.
and C. W. Carey, and thci. heirs and as
signs, the right of way and authority to con-
struct, maintain and operate street railway
on H street, from Twentieth 70 Thiety-frst
street, said road to be either single or double
track. The grant is made upon the condition
that the charges shall not exceed tan cents
for one fare, nor twenty FIVE cents for four
fares that the work OF construction be COM
menced at oGce, and completed within sixty
days. that the grantees pay to the city an
annual license Of 50 upon each car run upon
said railway, and that the road shall not be
Put into operation until accepted by the
Street Commissioner. To this connection it
u.ay be said that the new road "a already
nearly half completed, and the iron leid.
The remainder, it is expected, will be finished
ard ready fer the cars as soon as the FIRST ct
May. The road will not run TO East Park
entrance as heretofore, but will have lis east
ern terminus at ii aud Thirty first streets.
STREET SrAiNRLIxG.-Th Board Of City
Trustees yesterday opened the bids and
awarded the contracts for street sprinkling
for the coming year. Bids were received from
A. Neiss, Jas. Burns, Anton King, VIM
Hillebraad, W. X. Brown, john Wall aud
u. Deirsop. The contracts we're awarded as
follows, the first amount being for the SIX
months frop May 1t to November lst, aid
the other for the wiuter period. November
1st 70 May lst First District, James Buns.
81 $50 aud $500 Second District, 81 2iS aud
SUI ihird District, 81, 4JJ ami 500
Foucth District 81, 290 and $780, Fifth Dis
trict, SgSi and 500 Sixth District, 1884 and
SO Seventh District, $40 and SO Eighth
District, SSi6 and $50.
IYcoRPoRArIoNs.- The MERGED Gas Com
pany has fled its certificate of Incorporation
with the Secretary of State. Trustees.
c. B-ascA, J. r.. Smedbsrg, J. X. Duncan,
$. c Bates, c. H Huffman. Capital stock,
$50. 900. IL 5000 shares The American
Far and Sealskin Colony Company Of San
Francisco has also filed is articles Of incor-
z ration. Directors-Adolph Miller. G. F
Walter, T. C. Hahn. Panl Miller. Il. c. Van
Dycs. Capital stuck, $1,000, in LOCO
sqares Also the Young Mems Christian
Assoc stioa Of San Francs co, Trustees-R.
i Fosman, !. j. Valentine, 7. Selby, y. {.
Ii:oomb, A. b. F.rbes, George w. Gibbs, l.
B. BsDchley j. L. SINS, ". b. Parsons, II.
V. Severance, \ Grag.
Nzw ENrenrmsE,-Th Capital Distillery
Company .. works, formerly known as tie
Sacramento Beet Sugar Factory, have been
purchased by j. II. Carroll & Co., who con
template removing them to Florin, and there
enlarge and extend them for use a o winery
and brandy distillery. l. is intended TO
make their capacity sufficient for the manu-
a.