Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-30
Board of Trustees.

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the Board and asked assistance. lhey are
very poor people, out OF employlleIllt., anu f'
desired the Board to purchase lckels lor
them to Denver, Col. The matter was re-
ferred to the Board of Supervisors.
The Board accepted an invitation 10 take
part in the 4th of July procession.
A resolution of intention was passea 70
/ have an iron-stone pipe sewer constructed
| in the allev between J and X streets from
Sixth to Seventh, with connections as re-
quired, and flush and streets at SIXTH
The following communication was read
and placed on file
.GEoRGETowN, Cal, June % 1888.
Hon. JOhIt9 ID. BrOlrR President B0drdQt trustees.
II was nv Intention TO have presented to your
honorable Board last week proposltion, !Uoh-
ing to the furnishing OF sacramento eIe3 WI a
supply of pure mountain water, pu' ioCt - ~
necessary to make more thorough lnNestlga-
| ton hence the delay. We are now prepared 70
make a contract to furnish your city win
eleven hundred million gallons OF pure, Cie oad
mountain water per year 1or the sum VI
per annum, for period of fifty years AS your
city increases in population, ana demand
arises for a greater quantity OF water IMAM that
mentioned, you are to pay for sucn increase at
the same rate as charged for the original
amount We will connect our Iepes 10 your
mains at the corner of Tenth and streets with
| gravity pressure of about 20 pounds; or lou
| feet Payments to be made quarterly a1tef ine
| water has been furnished. All details can be
arranged if our proposition is accepted. Very
| respectfully,
| CALIFoRNIA WATER AND MINING COMPANY.
By THoMAs..FINDLEY, Managing Director.
The following communications were also
read, and placed on file:
SACRAMENTO June 30 1885.
To the Honorable Board OF IfltSeeS-GENTLEMEN:
hereby offer to rent to the city of Sacramento
! the premises known as No 60i street, between
Sixth and Seventh, of this city, at monthly
rental of $40. The premises are suitable for use
| us Justices Office. Respectfully yours,
B. W. CAVANAUGH, Agent.
SACRAMENTO, June %, 1885.
| T0the Honorable Board Of Trustees: have read
| the communication made TO your body III regard
to the rental of Justices office. ] have visited
| the premises and can say they are in every way
suitable for such an office. The rooms that
| now occupy are pleasant, but so very remote
| from the business community that feel sale IN
saying to you that the only business that viii be
| done by me will be to finish such matters only
| that are already in my Court. Attorneys will
not come down to my office to commence suits,
owing to the distance they have to travel.
Some time since petition was filed with your
| honorable body, signed by almost all the attor-
neys in this city, protesting against the removal
| of my office to its present location; but your
| body seemed to think that quite as much, if not
more, business would be transacted by me at
my present location than where formerly was
l think you must certainly have become con-
| WINGED that that was a mistake. l believe | can
safely state that my receipts from this time on
| will not average s. a month. If am correct in
| this as | firmly believe | am, | think it would
| be wise and economical move on your part TO
rent the premises for me- Respectfully sub
| mitted, WIN. HENLEY
| City Justice of the Peace
J n. Young said he appeared before the
Board on behalf OF himself and two
others, who were interested in the Sanborn
artesian wells, which were located about
one mile east of the city. He had learned
incidentally that the Board was trying to
ascertain where they could get the purest
and best clear water supply upon the most
favorable terms, and he had come to make
| them an offer. The wells he referred to
were on five-acre tract, which was former
" owned by Mrs Sanborn. They were
now the property of Messrs. Olsen, Young
and Miller who were willing to dispose of
them to the city for So, 900. He regarded
the price reasonable, and said he was sure
| that it would please every taxpayer. He
said 1--WE think we are offering the natural
supply that has been provided by nature
| for this place. We believe, in fact we know,
it to be pure spring water. We desire the
Board to take samples of the water and
have it analysed. You will find it pure and
far superior to the muddy water now fur
nished through the city for domestic use.
! If tits not purer than the present water
| you get from JDe CdCIdlleulO DIT any llIlt
of the year, then we say do not take it.
The headwaters of the Sacramento are very
pure, but it becomes corrupted and polluted
! as it flows through the Sacramento valley.
| We all know that at certain seasons
it drains swamps, marshes, over
flowed pasture lands, ahd comes
to us laden with impurities. There is
much that is Objectionable to our present
water supply; it is filled with sand and
detritus which get into our system, and is
not conducive to health. Pure spring wa
ter, if ii can be got near the city is pre-
ferable to the corrupted water now in use.
The action of the Sanborn wells is that of
living springs. There is a renewed action
or increased flow from them during the
month of September. This alone convinces
us that they are springs" He urged upon
the city the NECESSITY of buying these wells,
and owning them absolutely. 1t would, in
the course of a very few years, save the city
| an immense amount of money, and at the
same time furnish them with purer and
better supply than it would be possible to
get from any of the mountain supplies
spoken of. He said in ten years from now
Sacramento would be twice its present size
and there would BE a demand for twice as
much water, and what she would have to
pay those water companies would be fab
| ulOlS dilbuHl. All vi lliIS, IONtNtIr COUICl
be avoided by the purchase Of the Sanborn
wells
w. S. jeans well-borer, also gave
it as his opinion that there was
plenty of water to supply the city
obtainable by boring for it in the eastern
and southeastern portion OF the city. He
then described the Sanborn wells. which
were bored by him. He found artesian
water at a depth oftwelve feet. He gave ii
as his opinion that good water in quantity
could be obtained by boring a half mile
this side of the Sanborn wells Nearer the
city than that, and he said the water would
be tinctured with alka!i. He said the arte-
sian wells are good in quality and guam
tity If | wanted water for the city would
try to secure those wells.
Mark Foster, Chief Engineer of the Water
Works, reported for last week that the ma
chinery had been in operation for 155
hours and ., 90S, 500 gallons pumped Two
fire alarms, one on Monday, another on
Saturday.
After some further debate the matter was
taken under advisement. After auditing a
large number of bills and ordering them
paid the Board adjourned.
School SToRIEs-Miss Lille Row, a prac-
teal teacher, who comes TO the coast highly
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