Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-21
BOARD of Trustees.

Mark Foster, Chief Engineer OF the wafer
works, reported that during the week the
machinery had been in operation 40 nours
and that IA S91 600 gallons OF water had
| been pumped. al, .4.o..
It was ordered that Twenty-fourth street
be improved from NJ to r, as per resoiutioh
passed by the Board on the 10th OF MaTch.
resolution of intention was passed 10 ]
have an Oregon pine plank sidewalk con-
| structed on the south side OF L street from
| Fifth to Sixth, with redwood curDlng ana
round corners; also filling BEHIND me curD-
| ing and underneath the sidewalk all 10 oe
done to the official grade:
The following petition hu 1i
stoned was read and referred TO the Street
| Commissioner: We, the undersigned CIT
liens and taxpayers, petition your honorr
| able Board to continue the laying OF
sewage pipes from Y street to the street
! leyee, and the filling up of the canal down
Sixth street, as it would greatly tend to
| improve the city property and the general
health of the community.
The bond of l.. f. Bassett, City surveyor,
in the sum of $1,000, signed by George .;
Bates and George Murray, was hied ana
approved. ~ po,,n7 mo.
ter, was filed in the sum OF SlOoU, WIN J.
B. Kreny and G. J. Cross as sureties.
Those who were awarded street sprnk-
ling contracts filed their bonds, which were
approved. ouaor &c
Odd Fellows to increase the water supply
in the Odd Fellows plot in the City Gene
terry, was referred to the superintendent OF
the Water Works.
A communication was received from
Thomas Hague, complaining OF weeds Ill
Of : h. Off also that the |
pound ordinance had not been enforced III
that locality.
The Street Commissioner gave notice |
that the work of improving the north and |
east levee had been completed, and re- !
nuested the Board to go and inspect the |
work.
A petition was presented by J. B. Devine !
from nearly all the attorneys III the city, |
protesting against the placing of Justice !
Henley's office in the old City Hall. The |
Trustees were opposed to making any fur |
Their change. They had fitted up an office |
for Judge Henley in the old City Hall; it |
was comfortable and suitable They looked |
upon city Justices as rather an expensive |
luxury Mr.. Henley had been in office for |
some time and all the fees he had collected |
so far averaged $21 per month. His salary |
was S166 66, and, they said, to pay S25 for |
office rent, when the city had room suit
ably located and furnished, would be an |
act of folly that the overtaXed people of this |
city would not overlook. Mr.. Devine ar |
gued long and earnestly, but the Trustees
could not ''see it in the same light"
j. w. Armstrong appeared before the !
Board in the interest of L. 7. Smith, John
F. Cooper, j. Duffy, Lydia Israel Parrot,
Smith, asking the opening of the alley
bounded by E and +, Fifteenth and Seven
teenth streets. The object apparently is to
frighten of Mr.. Percy, who is making q
recreation ground on that block. Taken
under advisement
After allowing a large number of bills
and ordering them paid, the Board adj
journed.
EXECUTIVE PARDoN.-The Governor yes
terday issued a pardon to John Q. A.
Hildebrandt, who was convicted Of the
crime of murder in Shasta county in June,
1873, and sentenced to life Imprisonment in
San Quentin. The crime was a midnight
assassination, committed by arousing an
old German from his bed by making a
noise at his barn door and shooting him as
he emerged from his house and was enter
ing the barn. The evidence at the trial
showed that the deed was committed by 4.
p. GipSon who had a grudge against the
victim. Hildebrandt accompanied him be-
cause OF threats to take his life if he did
not do so. Thomas Gipson was also pres
ent. Hildebrandt at that time was but %
years old, and without his testimony no
conviction could have been secured. a. p.
Gipson was sentenced to life imprisonment
and Thomas Gipson to twenty years. The
pardon reads The pardon of said Hill
debrandt is asked by the Judge who SEN
fenced him, the District Attorney who
prosecuted the case and the Sheriff who
ferretted out the facts, AID other good citi-
Zens of the county conversant Herewith; |
that in the trial of 4. p. and Thomas Clip
son, who were jointly indicted with Hide
brandt, said Hildebrandt gave valuable tes-
timony on behalf of the people, for which
a nOlle prosequi might have been entered
by the District Attorney. The pardon OF
said prisoner has been recommended upon |
condition that he leave the State in a rea-
sonable time never to return"
FORTUNATE EscAPE-Y esterday afternoon
Il lady of Roseville who was about TO re-
turn home on the California and Oregon
train from this city, got by mistake upon the
platform OF one of the empty cars of the
train that few minutes previously arrived
from Stockton. Just at this time the yard
engine commenced moving these cars out
of the depot, and somebody called to her
that she vas upon the wrong train She !
Immediately jumped off with her valise,
and, as many people do, jumped the wrong
way-that is, contrary to the motion of the
train-and fell, striking her head upon the
ground with considerable force There
were many people standing near by, but
the accident occurred so quickly that none
could render assistance, but ali seemed to
stand as if spell-bound, fearing that if she
moved her limbs would get beneath the
wheels Fortunately she had fallen clear
of the car ii passed by without harming
her, and she was assisted to her feet and
then To her train where she returned her
thanks smilingly. The yardmaster saw
her when she was about to jump from the
car but was not near enough to stop her,
and his signal to the engineer, who of
course was looking ahead, not thinking of
season to prevent the accident, though the
cars stopped Immediately afterwards.
STATE PRISON DIREcroRs.-At the meet
ing of the State Prison Directors, at Fol
som prison Saturday evening the monthly
bills for salaries and supplies were ap- |
proved, and the Board then went into ex-
ecutive session TO consider the pardon
cases. 1t was announced that many of the
applications were continued till the next
quarterly meeting. On the application of
Clay w. Taylor, who appeared as attorney
for J. Q. A. Hildebrandt, a prisoner CON
fined in San Quentin, the Board finally |
concluded to recommend Executive elem
encv, as the prisoner had rendered import
ant service 10 the State on the trial of his |
co-defendants, and for other reasons recitcd |
in The petition of the attorney. THE Gov
ernor has since pardoned Hildebrandt.l |
Charles Coler, Juan Flores and William |
Yohnka were recommended for communal |
ton of sentence. VIM. Price was recon- |
mended for conditional pardon. The |
Board adjourned, to meet at San Quentin |
on the 1lth of May.
ONE MORE GoNE.-The roll of members
of the Sacramento Association of California !
Pioneers had another name removed from |
it by the hand of death yesterday, |
the victim being 6. X. Van Heusen, |
a resident and merchant of Sacra- |
mento for so many years that he |
was known by ALL He was native of
Albany, n. Y, and II years of age. For |
nearly two years he had been in ill-health
and for several weeks has been confined to
his house He was an ex-President of the |
Pioneer Association, and served several
terms as Marshal of the organization. The
deceased was also an old member of Sacra- |