Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-17
CITY TRUSTEES.
Report of the Committee on the Hiatt
Water Filter.

Water Filter.
The Board of City Trustees met in regu-
lar session yesterday, all the members pres
ent.
The Chief Engineer Of the Water Works
reported "a ASS, 900 gallons of water pumped
during the week. The Holly pump was
run 1876 hours and the Stevens AS
B. Labbs, who has the contract for filling
in the cemetery. filed his bond, in the sum
of $500, with F. Macfessell and Henry D.
Rode as sureties.
The following communication was re-
ceived from the Improvement Association /:
SACRAMENTO, April 18th.
To the Honorable Board OF Trustees OF the Cgtv OF
Sacramelito-GESTLEMEN At meeting of the
Executive Committee OF the Sacramento CITY
and County improvement Association, held on
the 18th instant, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolred, That the Trustees of the city be re-
quested to make such contracts for street
sprinkling as will enable the Street Commits
sioner to order out the streetsprinkling carts on
any day during the year when sprinkling may
be necessary for the preservation of property or
the comfort of the inhabitants.
Trusting that you may be pleased 10 comply
with the above resolution. Yours respectfully,
J. o. COLEMAN, Secretary.
The document was placed on file, and
will be considered when bids are let for
street-sprinkling.
THE GRADE OF STREET.
Henry Durham, Fred. Knox, L. C.
Chandler, and others who are doing bust
ness in the vicinity of Second and NJ streets,
appeared before the Board and opposed the
raising of the present grade of NJ street on
that block, or anyway disturbing the slope
on Second from L to NJ They are willing
to gravel the street, and their only obiec-
ton to raising to high grade is that the
property there could not be used, as it is
now, for lumber-yards.
Mr. Chandler, who was principal spokes-
man for the protesters, was very bitter in
his denunciation of so many-as he termed
it-new-fangled notions He said if the
Trustees desired to drive business out of
the city they would proceed in the line
lately mapped out. He was opposed to
this thing of grading and graveling streets
and bringing them up to high grade. 1t is
driving business men away from Sacra-
mento.
Mr.. Ryan interrupted Mr. Chandler by
saying, " A man ought to go out of town if
improving of the streets drives him out,
and the sooner he goes the better it will be
for Sacramento. There are 4 few moss
backs here yet. They are known to every
:
word or do aught for Sacramento and
they never fail to oppose everything that is
proposed in the way of improvements"
Mr.. Chandler-Well, along comes man
and says, Glorious climate, plant orange
and pomegranates; and Immediately
dozen men want to drive Chandler out of
town. 1t is glorious climate and a CAV town,
You men are actually driving business out
of town by this internal street work, con-
slant drain en- the taxpayers and property
holders.
Mr.. Wolf-We haven't got in good driv-
ing trim yet, Mr.. Chandler. We propose
to have good streets, and well sprinkled.
We will have good sidewalks-no silurian
holes in them, either. We are going to
have pretty town, and one you will be
proud OF when we get through with it.
Just give US a chance.
After considerable discussion the matter
was referred to the Street Commissioner,
with instructions to establish an official
grade for that portion of NJ street in ac-
cordance with the expressed wish of the
people doing business there.
THE HYATT WATER. FILTER.
The following report of the committee
which recently visited Los Angeles to ex-
anime the water-works system was read
and placed on file, and the Board resolved
to invite estimates from other companies
SACRAMENTO, April 16, 1885,
To the Honorable Board Of TrltStees-GENTLE-
MEN: In compliance with the request of the
Sacramento City and County improvement As
sociation to inspect and investigate the Hyatt
system of filtration, with view of its intro
pointed by your Honorable Board for that pur-
pose, beg leave to report that we have visited
Los Angeles, where one of these filters, with q
daily capacity of 800 600 gallons is in operation
and in
OF Los Angeles Dr. Orme, President of the State
Board of Health Mr.. Runnells, Superintendent
of the Los Angeles Water Works, and Others
made thorough examination of the system
and apparatus now being adopted for use in
that city.
In our judgment it does its work thoroughly
and evidently in manner highly satisfactory
to those gentlemen as well as TO u.s. and in ac-
cordance with our views as to what is required
to produce good, clear, sparkling water from
material of questionable purity.
The treatment of the water is by the double
process of chemical precipitation and meehani-
cal filtration, which is what we consider would
be the requisite filtration of Sacramento water
ana we feel fully satisfied OF the fact that the
adoption of that system in our city would be
complete success, and give us what we have
long felt the need of-as good, sparkling water
as the world can produce.
The filter is constructed on simple and correct
mechanical principles and is such that it is not
liable to get cut of order with reasonable atten-
ton. 1t is very completely and conveniently
arranged for thorough cleansing of the filtering
material sand and pulveriZed coke) as often as
necessary-a point of the greatest importance
In conclusion, we feel perfectly safe in recon-
mending to the people of Sacramento the adop-
ton of this system for use in our city, as being
in every particular well adapted for the pur-
poses intended. The matter of cost, terms, etc.
Is, in our judgment, of secondary consideration
compared to the many benefits to be derived
from its introduction and use in Sacramento
City, in giving TO our city an inexhaustible sup
ply of cleaT. sparkling and healthy water that
will be free from foul impurities, animacula
in flowing clear water through our mains instead
OF the usual heavy material.
To summarize, our personal judgment is that
the adoption of this system would be to the i'm
mediate and permanent interest of our CITY
Respectfully submitted,
6. A. SToDDARD,
H. C. Wolf,
Z. H. MCKEE,
EUGENE J. GREGORY