Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-30
THE CITY TRUSTEES.
Another Electric Light Proposition Before
the Board.

Another Electric Light Proposition Before
the Board.
! The Board of City Trustees met IN regu'
| lar session at 10 A. u, yesterday, all the
members present.
The engineer of the Water Works re-
ported that during the past week the ma
chinery had been in operation 139 hours
during the past week, and that 10,o10,75C
gallons of water had been pumped.
The Sacramento Electric Light Company
for the proper fulfilment of the contract
made with city, filed their bond IN the sum
| of $4,000, with ]. NJ. Avery and Chris,
Green as sureties, and the same was APP
proved.
A petition was received from number
of property-holders who reside south of o
street and east of Twenty-Iourth, setting
forth the fact that the sewer pipe from z
to NJ streets is only six inches in diameter,
and is entirely too small to carry off the
water. They ask that it be replaced with a
15-inch pipe. The matter was taken under
advisement
STREET LIGHTING.
A large number of business men We're
present, and the following petition, signed
by 135 taxpayers, men who are in business
on ] and X streets. was handed in by G.
w. Chesley;
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees Of Sacramento
City-GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned, tax
PAYERS of Sacramento city after several months
value of the same for street-hShting, and do
hereby respectfully petition your Honorable
Board to continue in operation Tor the term of
one year from January l, 1885, the lamps of the
Pacific Thomson Houston and the Sacramento
Electric Light Companies, which are ROW in
operation at the intersections of l, J, K and L
streets, and that the city pay for the same.
The petition was read by the Mayor,
after which he said the Trustees had
already contracted for the lighting of the
city for one year, and they were hardly in
position to act III the matter. The funds,
he did not think, would warrant the addi-
tional outlay asked for by the petitioners
Mr. Avery, of the Sacramento company,
exhibited much surprise at the petition and
said it was gotten up without the knowl-
edge of the company he represented. He
was not in favor of intersection lighting
and did not think it would prove success.
He was in favor of the mast system. In
tersection lighting by electricity was i'm
practicable on account of its great cost
The debate that followed was warm and
at times exceedingly interesting Trustee
Nielsen took occasion to score the fellow
members of the Board. He said he thought
the public had right to kick when they
were not given the cheapest and best light
He had said, and reiterated it, that cleo
tricity was cheaper than gas, 20 times
stronger, and would illuminate portions of
the city now in darkness. He also was
positive that the Houston & Thomson COM
pany's bid was cheaper than the Sacra-
mento company. He figured it up that
way and so did the Auditor, Mr. Mckee
He thought the whole matter wrong He
was in the minority, was powerless, but
would speak his mind on the subject, and
go on record as being in favor of the cleo
trio light
The Mayor, J. 0. Coleman, George w.
Chesley, John Mcneil, A. S. Hopkins and
P L. Plat all took hand in the debate,
They were all against the Mayor and Trus-
tee Gutenberger. Mr.. Brown used much
the same argument against the electric
light that he had on former occasions, and
took occasion to remark that he was not an
owner in the gas company but was simply
an employe.
Nothing was done with the matter, and
it will likely come up again at the next
meeting.
After auditing large number of bills
and ordering the same paid, the Board adj
journed.