Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-31
THE CITY TRUSTEES.
Portion of China Slough to be Filled-In-
teresting Facts About Sewage.


The City Trustees met at 10 A. N. yester-
day. to transact certain special business
The Soliciting Committee from the Ma
tive Sons appeared and pressed their claim
for donation from the city for the pur-
pose of assisting in defraying the expenses
of the Admission Day celebration, which
takes place on the 9th ofSeptember Trus-
tee Gutenberger said he had thoroughly
considered the matter in all its bearings.
While it was true that the city funds were
not large. vet he regarded money spent in
this manner TO be good investment He
moved that the city donate 81 1000. Trus-
tee Nielsen said he had about made up his
mind to propose $500, but as the money
| would rebound to the interest of the city
| taxpayers, and cause thousands to visit Sac
ramento at that time who would not other
wise do SO, he would second the motion.
1t was adopted unanimously.
| A communication was received from l..
?. Martin, Secretary of the Citizens Com
mittee, asking that the Board of Trustees
meet at Eldred Hall in the evening for the
purpose of discussing sanitary measures
with the Board of Trade and others inter-
| eSted. The invitation was accepted and
| ordered placed on file.
The following resolution, which, by the
way, is the first step toward the filling of
China slough, was read and adopted:
Resolved, That it Is the intention of the Board
| of Trustees to have the alley between II and
streets, from Second to Sixth streets, graded to
| the official grade Resolved further that the
exterior boundaries of the district OF land at
| fected thereby are hereby declared to be, the
south line of II street, extended on the north,
the north side of street on the south, the east
| line of Second street on the west, and the west
| line of Sixth street on the east.
1t was also ordered that the following be
established as the official grade of the
alley between II and l. from Second to
Sixth streets, at the points named: East
side of Second street. % feet; 100 feet east
of east line of Second street. 245 center
of Third street. 225; center of Fourth
street, 225; center of Fifth street, 225; CEN
ter Of railroad, to track to l street, %; CEN
ter of Sixth street. 90 feet.
The City Engineer filed lengthy COM
munication in reference to sewage. He
said several new sewers will have TO be con-
structed in the near future, in the alley be-
tween J and X streets, from Third to
Fourth, and and ] streets, from Fifth to
Eighth, in the laying of which what is
known as vitrified stone pipe will be used.
In the ALLEYS mentioned the grades are
high, and plenty Of fall is obtained. They
will be put down on such grade that they
can be easily flushed. At the head of each
sewer will be placed flush tank, of $50
gallons capacity, which will be regulated so
as to be filled once in "a hours by small
constantly running stream from the water
works. The tank will be so constructed
that it will automatically empty itself into
the sewer as soon as the water reaches a
certain height. The water, going into the
sewer with rush, will thoroughly cleanse
it. The engineer claims that those sewers
will contain no gas, except that which
escapes from older and larger ones, and
good plumbing and ventilation will in a
great measure prevent that He claims
also that along the line of the proposed new
sewers, Cesspools and closets can be dis
pensed with, if proper regulations are
made and enforced. He says this PROPOSE
ton is made possible by the pumping now
in operation, which creates more rapid
flow. If this plan works, and he has not
the slightest doubt of its practicability the
system can be adopted on all the high
grades of the city, and thus the use of
hundreds of ccsspOOls and closets, now
offensive and unhealthy, can be dispensed
with. The area that could be so arranged,
is bounded by Front and Eleventh, and
l. streets. He is of the opinion that the
work could be accomplished between now
and June next. For the lower portion of
the city, he recommends the adoption of
the Shone pneumatic system. An ejector
for experiment, he said, would cost about
$500, and would be shipped from England
as soon rs ordered. He filed several letters
from the manufacturers, showing that the
total cost of the experiment would not ex-
coed 81, 600. The matter was taken under
adviSement.
John McGillivray, w. P. Snarr and ].
H. Sullivan presented bids for the construc-
ton of the sewers referred to, but there
being some informality, the time for re-
ceiving bids was extended until Monday
next.
Robert Miller c. H Krebs, Fountain
Bros, and J. II. Sullivan submitted bids
for the contract to improve l street from
Seventh to Tenth. The bids were read, |
and as each one covers some fifteen differ
ent propositions, they were referred to the
City Engineer to ascertain which was the
cheapest on the whole.