Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-04
The CITY Board of Trustees.

| II. c. Wolf, Chief Engineer of the water
works, made his weekly report, which was
read and placed on file
4 lengthy petition was received. signed
1 by residents III the vicinity of Z and +,
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, petitionine
J against the closing of the alley in said
| blocks. A counter petition was also received
and filed
| Trustee Nielsen moved that the Street
/ Commissioners be directed TO open said
alley. The motion was carried unani-
mously.
The Street Commissioner notified Josiah
johnson, agent for the alley. Z and +. Eff
teenth and Sixteenth streets to open the
alley on or before August 18th.
The bond of II. c. Wolf, Chief Engineer,
was approved and ordered on file.
Trustee Nielsen reported that he went TO
san Francisco and saw Ex-Governor STAN
ford, who sal he would take immediate
steps to fill China slough
y. 4. kidder, Harbormaster. reported
the following for the month of July Col
lected from steamers, Sll5; barges, $50
fish markets. S10-total, Sl45.
Charles L. Baker POundmaster, reported
for the month Of July the following :
Horses impounded, 6; mules, . dogs, IS
total, 46. Dogs killed, 81 dogs redeemed,
Z. The horses and mules were all re-
deemed.
Joseph n Herudon, Superintendent of
the City Cemetery, made the following re-
port for the same time Deaths in the city
10; stillborn, 1; brought here for inter
ment Is; total number inferred, 81. The
lnterments were made rs follows: CITY
Cemetery, Is; New Helvetia, 9: st. Joseph.
,; New Masonic, abroad, g. Collected
for sale of lots, SIP so: collected for per-
mits, 5l27-total, S239 80.
Mayor Brown introduced an ordinance
reducing the fare for hack hire. 1t pro-
yides that for one person riding to any
point in the city limits, 81; for two persons,
81 80; for each additional passenger, 90
cents; for four persons or less, when en-
gagged by the hour, 3, The order was laid
over for one week.
Trustee Jones was directed to have COM
plete map of the city made, showing the
position and SIZE Of all the mains, the loca-
ton of gates plugs, etc.
Trustee Nielsen moved that J T. Brissell
be elected City Taper pro tenn. or until
the return of Mr.. Watt
Trustees Jones said he was satisfied the
man left by Mr.. Watt to fill his place dur
ing his absence was the worst man that
could be selected. He therefore placed in
nomination Frank La Marsh
After some little discussion a vote was
| taken, with the following result:
For J. p. Brissell-Brown and Nielsen.
For Frank La Marsh-Jones-l.
This action of the Democratic members
OF the Board did not appear to please Mr..
Jones very well, and he accused them of
ignoring him and charged that he had been
! treated with discourtesy.
The Mayor and Second Trustee dis
| claimed any intentional discourtesy. The
complexion of the Board was two Demo-
Gratis to one Republican, and Mr.. Jones
should expect that the majority would con-
| troll the appointments. Mr. Brown said
that the Office of City Taper was an cleo
tive and important one and that Mr. Jones
had treated the other members of the
Board with contempt when he filled it
without their knowledge. a man was in
the place several weeks before he or Mr..
Nielsen was aware of it. He might be
competent, but as he was already drawing
salary as fireman they were disposed to
let him go.
Mr. Jones-What has this man Pait.
whom you elected as Third Engineer the
| other day, been doing for living during
the past two years?
Mayor Brown don't know. sir. |
only know that he comes to us highly re-
! commended by competent men as being a
I good engineer
| Mr.. Jones-Well, l will tell YOU what he
| has been doing for The last two years he
! has been running a faro game at Second
and X streets. He was one of those Won
! licensed to gamble, and l guess YOU will
! find his name written upon the license
! book as licensed faro dealer There are
scores Of good, honest. Woodworking tax
payers, who have families to support, who
are competent to FIJI that place, and should
! have had it.
Mayor Brown said he did not know or
care whether Pait was a gambler or not. If
he was, and took ont license, it showed
| that he was acting hCnorably. He was a
man of family, and looked like an hon
est and competent man. Mr.. Brown said
he had not heard before that Pait was a
gambler. If all the gamblers in the citv
and those who had interest in games
| were to be distranchised from vot-
| ing, he thought that the Republi-
! can party would suffer very much ;
| in fact the Acknowledgement would be so
extensive that there would be an utter de-
moralization in the Republican camp, and
| their success again at the polls an utter i'm
possibility
Mr.. Jones still insisted that, although he
was member of the Board Of Trustees. his
authority was completely taken from him
| by his associates.
| The Chief of Police reported 252 arrests
! for July, and 1,343 meals furnished
prisoners.
J. V. Sims, who asked that the drainage
canal be improved at its lower end, was in
| formed that there was no money in the
| Treasury that could be used for that pur-
pose. The Board then adjourned.
The HowARDs.-The report Of the How
! arJ IL
of July shows relief extended to % men
43 women and 8S children, a total of 15G
persons, by the granting of 76S dispersal
| tons. These consisted of So articles of
clothing, l. articles of household furni-
| ture, - wood orders. % miscellaneous
orders Tor meals, shoes, etc. The dona-
| tons received were secondhand clothing
| to the estimated value of $61 so, and a
cash donation of 800 from Company E.
| First Artillery Regiment, n. G. c. The
| applications for relief are equal if not
| greater than for years past during this sea
son of the year, and beyond the ability OF
| the association to fully meet. At the meet
| ing OF the Board the following resolution
| was unanimously adopted and ordered
| spread upon the minutes of the associa-
ton " Rcs0trei, That the Directors of the
| Howard Benevolent Association hereby
| tender to Company y, Of the Fourth Brig
ade, of the National Guard of California,
| their sincere thanks for the company's do
nation o. 500. given without previously
J asking the Endorsement of this association
! for the entertainment which was given,
but donated freely and without solicitation,
which is the true basis of all charity
MORE WEATHER.-The following addi-
tional data concerning the extremes oil
temperature is furnished by S H. Gerrish,
from observations made by him. He says
Sunday the thermometer was as low as $50,
at 5 A. NJ, but it heated up rapidly when
the sun got fairly to work, and it reached
1919, at P. NJ, and stood there hours.
Monday at > \. VI. 1t was Go, and went to
1909 in the afternoon. Many people think
this is very hot, but we have had it very
much more like shoel" of the new YER
sion. June 8, 1877, it was go at 3 A. NJ. and
1929 in the afternoon; on the 10th, 10
lowest and 1859 highest; 11th, 73o lowest,
1889 highest on the 18th 75o was the low
est and los the highest. The wind being
from the northwest, it was like a furnace
everywhere, and inside Of building was
rs hot as anywhere else, as all who were
here will remember. My thermometers
have remained in the same situation the
whole time, and are a reliable comparison
of temperatures. We can now brag oil