Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-04
CITY TRUSTEES.
Proposed Street Railway Down Second
to o, to Tenth, to CITY Cemetery,


to o, to Tenth, to City Cemetery.
The Board of City Trustees met in regu-
lar session at 10 A. NJ. yesterday. All the
members present
n. A. Kidder Harbormaster, reported as
follows for the month of November :
Twelve steamers, &c trips, S11O; fish mar
ket, $10 barges, $45 Total, S165.
Poundmaster Rumble reported for the
month of November impounded animals
as follows: Horses, IL cows, 8; dogs, 15.
Total, 80. Dogs killed, 10 dogs redeemed,
3 cattle redeemed, II. Fees collected, 500.
Chief of Police Lee reported for the
month of November Arrests, 279 lodgers
accommodated, AZ meals furnished, 1918.
Cash on hand November 1st, IS so; re.
ceived during the month, So 80. Total
Sl5. Disbursed during the month, $l4 TO-
Cash on hand, 90 cents.
A. j. Wilson, Superintendent of CITY
Cemeteries reported for November Al
deaths; brought here for interment,
81. Total number inferred, 81 The in
terments were made as follows City Gem
etery, 35; New Helvetia, II ; st. Joseph,
IL sent abroad, 5. Total, 50. Collected
for lots. S147 so; permits, $40; exhuma-
tions, $50. Total, S237 50.
ANOTHER STREET RAILWAY.
r. S. Carey asked for a charter to build
street railway on, over or along the follow
ing streets: Beginning at the intersection
of Second and K streets, thence down Sec
ond to o, thence east along o to Tenth,
thence south down Tenth to the City Gem
etery. If the motive power is electricity it
shall not be bv poles erected on the streets.
The rate OF fare is to be the same as on the
other roads-tive cents a single fare. He
presented an ordinance for the same, which
was laid over for one week
Section of the ordinance reads THE
reasons for granting the right to use other
Lower than horse power in this franchise,
are that the p4blic convenience demands
it that it will be beneficial to the city;
will tend TO increase its population, and
will enable the citizens to have easier COM
munlcatlon from one part of the city to an
other"
Mr.. Carey said he intended to put in a
double curve at Tenth and K, and double
the track on Tenth street to 0, and on 0 to
Eleventh, SO as to make it conform in that
respect to the H-street line. He wanted
this order passed, so that he could, when
ordering the iron for the Tenth street line
order also for the proposed 0 and Cemetery
line. He said he would make the change
on Tenth street Immediately, and would
soon have the line in operation to the
Crocker Art Gallery. By ordering his iron
in carload lots from the East he could get
it cheaper.
The Clerk of the Water-works reported
for the week ending December I'd, 23,2l2,-
900 gallons of water pumped. The Holly
pump was in use 154 hours and the Stevens
pump 16.
The Clerk was directed to advertise for
bids for city printing and supplies for the
city Jail for the ensuing year.
Complaints were made of the condition
of the sidewalk ou the south side of NJ
street. between Fourth and Fifth, and tie
sidewalk leading from the Yolo bridge to
Second street. The matter was referred to
the Street Commissioner
The attention of the Sidewalk Inspector
was directed to the condition of the side
walk on the west side of Fourth street, be-
tween n and o.
After auditing a number of bill and
ordering the same paid the Board ad-
iourned