Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-10
CITY TRUSTEES.
81 Street to be Graded and Graveled-
Other improvements.

Other Improvements.
The Board OF City Trustees met in regu-
lar session at 10 A. M. yesterday. all the
members present. The Mayor, Trustee
Wolf and Auditor Mckee. who have just
returned from Los Angeles, were asked
many questions by those present regarding
the Hyatt filter which they went there TO
inspect. They report it as being asplendid
machine and as doing its work most thor
oughly. Trustee Wolf said the Los An
gelesites had money and boom, but they
had no such beautiful city as Sacramento
and were not backed by such resources.
They have the enterprisiDg citizens and
no city. We have the city and no enter
prising citizens That is all the difference"
remarked the Second Trustee. THE men
who are making that country will be here
in few weeks, and when they begin to
bill the town for boom look out for big
show. They don't sit down and wait for
business. they make it. They don't sit
down and wait for the customer to come
along and examine their goods, but they
advertise the latter TO the world so that be
that runs may read. Plenty of capital and
barrel of printers ink can make any COM
munity put on metropolitan airs; can place
her real estate where it properly belongs
and make the whole section prosperous
and happy"
Chief Engineer Williams of the water
works reported 1882 $50 gallons of water
pumped last week by the Holly pumps,
which were in operation 155 hours.
MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
L. l.. Lewis and a number of other gen.
tlemen appeared before the Board with
petition of a majority of the property hold
ers fronting on II street, from Tenth to
Twentieth. asking that it be improved
throughout that distance by grading gravel
ling, paved cutters, granite cross-walks,
redwood curbings, etc. The order for the
work was passed and will likely be let in
contracts, one from Tenth to Seventeenth,
the other from Seventeenth to Twentieth.
This street has been sadly in need of this
work for years, but every attempt hereto
fore locking toward its improvement has
been demonstrated against successfully. a
line OF street railway runs through its en-
tire distance and from Seventeenth to
Twentieth there is double track. The
street car company has 10 pay Tor certain
amount of the work. The CITY Attorney
was Instructed TO furnish a written opinion
as To the number of feet in width that the
street railway had to pay for.
IMPROVING FIFTH STREET.
Bids were opened for the improvement
Of TWO blocks on Fifth street, from L 10 N,
by grading and gravellng. The contesting
contractors were James Touhey, FL G Ewing
and z. a. Miller. The contract was awarded
to the latter. he being the lowest bidder.
A petition asking for an extension of the
water mains, Twenty eighth TO Thirlieth
street. NJ and N, was read and referred to
the Superintendent of the Water-works.
A communication was received from the
City Board of Health, stating that they had
selected for the ensuing year as Health
Officer DR.. H. L. Nichols, and asked that
their action be confirmed. 1t was so or
dered.
The bond of E H Williams, Chief Eu-
gneer of the Water-works, was fled. with
H. Gribbe and E. Gum as sureties in the
sum of ST. 900 each.
The Clerk of The Water-works, V. Greg
DRY, reported that for the quarter ending
March 31st there had been collected for
water rates, $l3 344 IS; for taps. SIPS
Total collections for the quarter, Sl3, Az rs.
CEMETERY WORK.
The improvement at the City Cemetery
requires large amount of filling. Bids for
this work we're opened as follows: E.
Castle, A cents per cubic yard B. Labs,
"a cents; Henry Ryan, 45 cents a. King,
so cents. The contract was awarded to Mr..
Labs.
The City Engineer was directed TO pre-
pare plans and specifications for work on
Eighth street, from the south line of M
street to the north line of N street; also,
TO prepare plans and specifications for
work on Eighth street from the south line
of III street also, TO prepare plans and
specifications for the construction of sewer
in the alley between M and n, from Eighth
TO Ninth streets
II was ordered that Monday, April 10th,
at 10 A. M, be fixed as the time for hearing
objections of property owners TO the i'm
provement of 81 street, between the east
line of Front and the west line of Second
street
The Superintendent of the Water-werks
was instructed TO order 1000 feet of 8inch
and 600 feet of 6-inch pipe for water
mains il the southeast part of tine city.
W. E Gerber, City Treasurer, submitted
the following report for the month of
March: Balance on hand March l, 1888,
S7S 2S6 so; received during the month,
Sc 1855 D. total, SS5 142 OF. Warrants paid
during the month, SD 604 25; balance on
hand April LIST, Sol 587 az.
The committee that went to Los Angeles
to inspect the Hyatt Water Filter will
submit its report in writing at the meeting
on Monday next