Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES.

at III a. u, IOr It's usual sesslOn, all bne
members present The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
H.DL Bernard appeared before the Board
in relation to opening of Eighteenth street,
from to T streets, and the following order
was passed Ordered that Eighteenth street,
from S TO T, be and is hereby declared open
for public use, and the Street Commissioner
is requested to open the same.
The matter of the sale OF the lot between I
and J, Fourth and Fifth streets, heretofore
held for school purposes, came before the
Board, and the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolped, That the bid Of s., 600 made by william
Melvin for the purchase Of the west 80 feet Of lot g.
between and j, Fourth and Fifth streets, in the
city Of Sacramento and State OF California, be ac
cepted and the property be sold for said price and
We hereby authorize the President OF the Board to
execute deed TO said Melvin for said property
Upon application of II. B. Burlingame for
permission 60 use the public square below re-
ferred to- the following order was passed
Ordered, that the President of the Board
be and be is hereby authorized TO make
lease to ii. B Burlingame of the public
square located between P and @ Twenty
seventh and Twenty-eighth streets. at q
rental of Sl5 per annunl."
The annual report of the Board of Fire
Commissioners was received and placed ON
file.
Chief Engineer J. A Cunningham, OF the
Water Works, presented his report for the
week ending March 6, 1881. which shows the
works to have been run full time that Z,
17,00O gallons Of water were pumped, and
1,137 cubic feet OF coke consumed.
Official reports for the month of February
were received, read and placed on file, as
follows:
From W. c. Farnsworth, Superintendent
of the City Cemetery, showing that during
the month there were 81 interments in the
city. OF these, q died in the city, l was
still-born. and brought here from other
places. There was during the came time
sag so collected from the sale of lots S45
for burial permits S25 for vault dues. and
Sl2 for wood, making a total of 1929.
Amount received from New Helvetia over
ordinary cemetery dues, S45.
Pound-master Brannigan reported that
there had been impounded during the month
2 horses, cows and dogs. OF these the
dogs were slaughtered, and the others re-
deemed. Receipts, 81.
Chief of Police Karcher reported 1876
arrests during February Al lodgings fur
nished, and also /, 39S meals 20 prisoners and
impecunious applicants.
City Treasurer w. e. Cbamberlain's re-
port shows that there was on hand in the
City Treasury February l, 1881, S3S. 125 "a !;
received during the month, S47, l55 80 total,
SS5, ,2S1 AZ. Paid out on Auditors warrants,
S14. 7S2 SO; upon Fund Commissioners war
rants, Sl4, 746 rs; upon coupons, So, 424;
total, S34 953. Balance remaining on hand
March Isl, $50, 1927 73.
HsTbormaster N 4. Kidder's report shows
steamers to have reported during February,
which made 46 trips and for which dues to
the amount of SLY so were paid. Also, two
sail vessels paid S2l dues. There was col
lected from the fish market SO, and IS upon
barge Centennial, making total dues, S161 so.
Bills were presented, examined and allowed
as follows NJ Karcher, 81 L f. Bassett,
$50 r. Server, SO 80; John Toomey, S3
John Dreman, 81; S. f. Smith. 81; Sacra-
mento Lumber Company, S1S % Charles
Harper, to pay laborers, SSS 25; T. Foster,
So; a. Walther, 81 James Coffee, S26 66
Geo. Karcher, S26 Sc; Lee Young Sc; w.
G. Farnsworth, S3l; S, II. Gerrish, $40; 2.
S. Byrne. $50; t. S. Jones, $40 10; Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Co, S53 20; Bee,
IS; RECoRD-U UNION, 81 Capitei Gas Co,
SIS 80; Huntington, Hopkins & Co., So 81;
Carrie g. Hancock, S75 steamer Apache.
Go cents Capital Gas Co. s1,50o; Jacob
StortZ 81 Root, Nelson & Co., SI4 16.
The Board then adjourned
BOARD OF SUPERyIsoRs.-The Board of ST.
pervisors met at 10 A II. yesterday. Present
Messrs. Backley, Blair, Butler. Christy,
Dreman and Wilson. The reading of the
minutes OF the last meeting was dispensed
with. Supervisor Becllley offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which was unanimously
adopted Resolved, That the Committee
on Roads, Bridges and Ferries be authorized
20 confer with the Debris Commissioners and
ascertain if they will render any assistance
toward repairing the breaks in the river
banks and washopts along the river south of
Sacramento City" Upon motion Of Mr..
Blair, the Chairman was added to the COM
mittee Seymour Carr presented his bond as
Road Ogerseer, and the same was accepted
and filed. Mr.. Miller appeared before the
Board and asked damages in consequence of
the plugging of the Sanborn artesian wells.
The matter was referred to the committee
that visited the wells prior to the work being
done. The rules were, upon motion, sus-
pended, aud demand in favor of G.. Brain
ard for S4l % against Road District No. 80,
and one In favor of A. A. Clough, for SS4,
against Road District No. 3S, was allowed.
The Board then adjourned until 10 a. NJ. to-
day.
BOARD OF EDUCATION. City Board of
Education met last evening in special ses-
sion. Present all but Mr.. Mesick. Miss
Buckley resigned as substitute teacher. The
Board ordered the lot L aud j, Fourth and
Fifth streets, sold to VIM. Melvin for 81, 600.
The Committee on Rules and Regulations
was directed to report plan for districting
the classes. The Superintendent reported
that he had closed the night school, and the
Board ratified the act. The Committee on
Salaries was directed TO report its plans ard
ideas relative TO salaries. The Board of Ex-
amination reported ten applicants, and that
three had passed and Were entitled to first
grade certihcates-John W. Hall, Helen
Eagle and Lizzie E. McGann. The Board
ordered, on request of the Superintendent,
that the Building Committee report the prob
able cost of a lot for new school building in
the vicinity of Twentieth and o streets. The
Board then adjourned.
MERCHANDISE REPORT = The following
freight passed Ogden for Sacramento on the
4th and 5th: For Holman, Stanton & Co., Z
crates, 3 barrels and drums towel-rollers. l
car agricultural implements G. P. r. R Co.
20 coils packing, 10 coils bell.cord; Hall,
Lubrs & Co, % barrels hams r. Stone &
20, 8 boxes leather; Baker & Hamilton,
boxes hardware; Lindley & Co, 20 butts
and 1O0 pals tobacco; II. 9. Kirk s. Co.,
box acids Blake, Robbins & Co, 149 bundles
paper; Booth & Co., 5 boxes tobacco !;
Mebius & Co., 10 barrels hams; w. d. Com
stock & CO.. 16 boxes chairs; Huntington,
Hopkins L Co., boxes hardware 800 kegs
of nails, 45 bars iron; w. A. Il c. S. Hough-
ton, box paper.
CRIMINAL CAsEs.-Four criminal cases are
set for trial in the Superior Court to-day.
Those of the People vs.. All Chew, for en-
bezzlement of goods from L. Elkus & Co. !;
Q. H. Spear, for libel in relation TO publica-
tion of the local commercial report known as
the BLACK Book" in which he is charged
with maliciously and libelously including the
name Of John Wsggoner: and the cases of
John r. Childs and Matte Bryant, charged
with the larceny Of $50 from Mrs. Ludwig.
PERMISSION GRANTED. The petition of
the Directors of the Woman's Home for the
Sick, asking authority to deed to Mrs. L. b.
Crocler the lots on the square between Ninth
and Tenth, V and w streets, now held by the
Association, was heard in the Superior Court,
and an order granting them power to make
such transfer was entered.
! REwARD.-The Governor has offered re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer of George Kinds, who was
killed by some unknown person in Calaveras