Sacramento daily record-union., 1884-06-17
BOARD OF CITY TRUSTEES.
City Experts Report-Fourth OF July Con
trihntinn-New OrdInance-Etc.

| Hebron StettenS and Stelnman, appolHt-
ed by the Fourth of July meeting to Sc
cure. if possible, a subscription to the cele-
bration fund from the Board of Trustees,
were present. and each made an argument
The Trustees said the city finances were
short and they were of the opinion that
such an appropriation at this time could
not be made. The committee were not to
be put off, and argued persistently that the
Trustees should appropriate, and literally.
too The Trustees retired to an adjoining
room, and after few minutes private
consultation, returned. The Mayor in
formed the committee that the Trustees
would help the Finance Committee out
He advised them to instruct the Canvassing
! Committees to proceed with their work and
raise what they could from the citizens.
| Mark Foster, Chief Engineer of the Water
! Works, reported that during the past week
the machinery had been in operation IA
hours and 12012,000 gallons of water
pumped.
w. R. Ormsby, from-the committee who
have III charge the Open-air concerts, ap-
peared before the Board and asked that the
city pay for an electric light in the Plaza
during the season of concerts, which COM
mence tonight He said the Brush Com
pany offered to maintain light in the
! Plaza all night, for thirteen weeks, for 500.
| The Pacific Thomson-Houston Company
would maintain light until - o'clock
each night for the same period for $50.
After considerable discussion between
the Trustees, Mr.. Ormsby and J. R. Wat
son, the Board by a unanimous vote denied
the request.
A petition was filed, asking the Trustees
to allow George Cooper to erect and main
tain a fish market on the river front at the
foot of l. street. 1t was signed by all the
| leading hotel and restaurant-keepersi in the
city. a large number of mercantile houses
fishermen generally, and majority of the
| property holders in the immediate neigh
| borhood of where the market is to be main
tanned. The petition set forth that there
was but one market on the river front and
that the establishment of another would
create an honorable and beneficial competi-
ton in the trade. The petition was laid
over until Monday next, when it will be
acted upon.
The CITY Attorney filed a written opinion.
stating that the contracts OF Wolf q Minis
ford, and also that of J. G. Plummer to
erect Il sewage tank and lay sewer pipe
were not properly drawn. He said there
was no provision in the contract to hold
the city harmless in certain contingencies
bonds be made and filed
G. J. Cross appeared before the Board
and filed remonstranGe against the pro-
posed construction of new sidewalks on
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and on 7
street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Mr.. Cross made len thy argument against
the proposed imprC Tement. The matter
was finally disposed of by referring it to
the Street Commissioner.
petition of property-owners was pre-
sented by C. H. KrebS, asking that they be
awarded the contract for improving Twelfth
street, from II to J. In connection with
this matter a communication was received
from Peter Trope withdrawing his name
from the remonsTance. An animated dis
cusSion arose between Robert Miller, the
contractor, and Mr. krebs, which was
stopped by the Mayor, who called them
both to order. 1t seems that some error in !
the matter Of filing papers had been COM |
mitted, and the Trustees took the matter |
under advisement for one week.
Richard NJ. Clarken, city expert, filed his |
report, having completed the examination |
of the books of all the city officials. The |
report consists Of upwards of $50 pages of
legal cap, is nicely bound, elegantly writ |
ten, and upon the whole is a model |
of neameSs. From this report it
seems that the expert found all the
books, with but one exception, straight
to cent, and complimented the officials |
for the neat and correct manner in which |
they were kept. The one set which were
found wrong were those of eX-Superintend- |
ent of the City Cemetery, Wm. Laufkotter |
That official was still indebted TO the city |
in the sum of 5l6S 30.
Chris. Weisel. one of Laufkotter's bonds /
men, appeared on behalf of the bondsmen, |
and asked the Board to give Lauf kOtter |
little time in which to settle. He said the |
bondsmen would make the amount good |
whenever called upon, but if Laufkotter |
was allowed few days he would be able |
to settle and it would be better for all con- |
cerned
One of the Trustees remarked that Lauf- |
kotter had Il good business, and he could !
pay up the amount inside of two months if
he chose TO do 50.
Mayor Brown said so far as the Board |
was concerned they had no power to make
an order extending the time but he as
sured Mr.. Weisel that they should be in no
hurry to force a settlement, and he had no
doubt that the time would be long enough |
to allow the eX-SuperintCndent to make a
settlement.
Wcisel said he had been informed that
the principal cause that led to the de- |
falcation was that Immediately after the !
election of Laufkotter his fees were reduced |
to such an extent that no man could make
a living out Of the office.
Nielsen replied that the fees had been re-
dUced because the opinion was prevalent |
at that time that the office of the Superin- |
tendcnt of Cemeteries was a Yeritabe |
bonanza. He was Of the opinion himself
that the fees We're inadequate, yet he did |
not regard that as any excuse for the Su- |
perintcndent 10 file false reports. When |
he discovered that there was nothing in |
the office, he should have come forward |
and resigned, or have asked for new ordi- |
nance restoring the former fees.
An ordinance regulating and licensing |
dSrcputable denS was read first time and |
laid over, under the rule for one week.
Several printing bills, incurred by attor
ncys in the bond cases, were taken under
advisement The Trustees said they were
unauthorized, unnecessary, andnot a proper
charge against the city. If attorneys wished |
all their papers printed they should pay for
them ont of their own pockets. One Trus-
tee remarked if this thing is allowed to go
on, the attorney fees and cost bills in the
cases will amount to more than the face of
the bonds.
The Superintendent Of the city cemeteries
was instructed TO move some buildings in
HclNcUa cemetery.
An ordinance was passed amending an
other SO rs to make the price of digging a
grave for an adult s. instead of So and 81
for children under y years of age instead
of 81 This was passed unanimously.
Trustee Nielsen said the Superintendent of
the City Cemetery states that at present he
receives according to his own statement,
less than he would get for a days wages.
After auditing large number of bills
and ordering them paid, the Board adj
journcd.
BIGANY.-Officers Coffey and Ash ar
rested II. f. Marsh yesterday afternoon on
a charge of bigamy. 1t seems that he came
to Sacramento about two months ago, made
the acquaintance of Miss Maggie l.. Girls
void. a young lady of about l6 years, who
appears to have been seized with love at
| first sight, and after brief acquaintance
they were married May 3lst. For some
reason the lady recently suspected him,
and. examining his trunk, found papers
| showing that he was married at San Fran
| cisco about q year ago, and It Is also init
mated that he had been married before
that.
! GOING TO NAPA-George Peters, residing
a few miles below the city brought to the
County Jail Saturday night man named
John Malahey, by occupation hostler,
who recently was an inmate of the County
Hospital, but Strayed from that institution,
and made his appearance in demented