Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-13

LIGHT CoNPASY.-B Believing that the cleo
tric light is the light Of the future for street
and store purposes. and desiring to keep
Sacramento abreast of the times in that re-
spect, the gentlemen composing the Pacific
Thomson Houston Electric Light and
Power Company, after making thorough
investigation of the different systems Of
electric lighting now in use in Eastern
cities, decided upon adopting the Thomson
Houston system, ii being, in their opinion,
superior for ClcarneSS, brillanCv and stead
mess, and, us will be seen by their adver-
tisement have their electric light station at
Sl4 Sixth street now in operation The
building is of brick, 80 by 50 feet. one story
and basement. and has been constructed
especially for the business, the rear end or
huiler-roOm opening upon the railroad
track thereby enabling the company To
handle their freight. coal. etc. at the small
est expense. The brick work was done by
f. +. Woodward, and is a model of Solidity;
the carpenter work. by X. :. Jones. i plain
and substantial, The metal roofing. by
Earl a Co. and the castings and steam
fittings. low GUtcubcTgCr IL Co. and Root,
Nelson n Co.. all Sacramento mechanics.
The station Is fitted NO with the latest i'm
proved apparatus for the business. consist
ing of two steam boilers OF Seyenty-iiye-
horse powc- each, made by John \. Gun
bingham. OF Sacramento; also two of the
celebrated Arlington Il Shines engines. Of
fifty-hor>e power each, and five OF the
Thomson d Houston twenty-five lights
cachS lynamuS with all the ne .cSsary rcgu-
larorS SwiJch-board> and lamps for running
10 lights. ThcC0mpny viii soon have IN
operation street lighting in addition to the
store lighting now i'm use, and they promise
10 make Sacramento one of the best-lightcd
cities in the United States.
PLENTY og BRIcK-Somc days since it
was reported, and truihfully, too. that the
brick Yards in this city were unable To
furnish the brick required by the builders.
reporter called Al the different brick
yards yesterday and found that they had
plenty of brick ou hand, and several kilns
burning. One OF the oldest brick men in
the city and one who has burned brick
here for a quarter of century, says the
call for brick is fully up to the supply.
They burn kilns varying from 10000 To
100000 and they are sold Is rapidly Is they
can be taken down and hauled away. at -
per thousand. He said it l. true that no
very large buildings are being erected, but
at the same time nearly all the residences
that are being built have brick foundations
and easements and they all have CHM
news Again he said that tins Is becoming
manufacturing town. We have sold with
III one year bElSk 10 tlltt4St itllE steam
boilers, all the bulkheads on J and X
streets must bc made of brick. and the
amount of brick used in inclosing lots in
the different cemeteries is larger than
might be believed The Sacramento brick
la, reputation as being fire and water
proof. and the trade outside the city is
quite large.
Police CoURT-In the Police Court yes
terdav Ed Rand for having been drunk,
was fined so or twenty dayS......The case
of Mrs. w. W Jones. for disturbing the
peace, went over until the 10Th Instant.
The case of James Mclaughlin, for the lar
ceny of piece of bacon, and that OF All
Hung, for stealing buggy robe, were set
for hearing this morning. Clark,
Eugene Sweeney, John Murphy and Frank
johnson, charged with vagrancy, were con-
yicted and sentenced to thirty days in the
County Jail, but the commitments were
withheld on their promising to leave town
and look for work in the country ......Ah
Chew pleaded guilty on a charge of bat
terry. committed in hitting All Hong over
the head with an opium pipe because Hong
owed him 81, and in addition had called
his Chew s. father and grandfather bad
names. He Will be sentenced to-day.
The case of Elmer Myer, for cruelty to ami
mails, was continued until this morning,
and bench warrant ordered to issue to
insure the presence in Court of George Nc
Daniels zee. Pat Lynch. arrested for dis
turbing the peace, was discharged.