Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-10-09
LOCAL INTELLIGENCg.
CITY TRUSTEES.

An Ordinance That win Close Some OF
the Dives.
The Board Of City Trustees met in regu.
lar session yesterday, all the members pres
ent and Mayor Gregory presiding.
E. H. Williams, Chief Engineer of the
Water Works, reported that 1885, 900 gal
Ions of water were pumped for the week
ending October It'll. The Holly pump
was run 1876 hours and the Stevens pump
101 hours.
The City Auditor was instructed to secure
$50 copies of the Great Register for the use
of the city.
Mayor Gregory introduced and read the
following ordinance:
Section !. It shall be unlawful for any person
OF persons TO hereafter open, establish or con
duct any bar-room public saloon, or other place
where wines, spirituous or malt liquors are sold
by the glass or bottle, to be drank upon the
place of amusement in or upon any public street
within the limits of the city of Sacramento
without permission of the Board of Trustees,
the application Tor said permission to be made
in writing TO the Board OF Trustees and same to
be accompanied by the signatures of q majority
OF reputable citizens residing in the block
wherein said place is desired to be opened pc
titioning the Board to grant said request
Section 2. written complaint filed in the
Office Of the Board of Trustees of Sacramento
and signed by respectable citizens setting forth
that any bar-room, public saloon dance-honse
theater, variety show, or other place of amuse-
ment, maintained within the CITY limits is CON
quoted IN other than a lawful, orderly. reputa-
bic and decent manner, shall be deemed suffi-
cient cause tor the immediate revocation of the
city license which may have been issued for the
place designated in the complaint, and it shall
be the duty OF the Chief of Police to close said
place at once provided the complaint shall be
signed by a majority of citizens residing in the
block wherein said unlawful place may be CON
Quoted.
The Mayor stated that he believed this
ordinance would do away with the general
complaint that was being made against GER
tain noisy dives. The ordinance was passed
by unanimous vote.
Mayor Gregory reported that the In
spector OF Trees was making fine progress
IN his fight against the cottony cushion
scale, and he thought all the infested places
had been located. He called attention to
the fact that some people had cut down
trees and shrubbery and thrown them out
IN the alleys. This should not be done.
Trees or shrubbery infected with the scale
should be burned.
The regular monthly bills were audited
and allowed.
Judge II. o. Beatty addressed the Board
at some length in favor of charging the
water mains west of Ninth street and
against purchasing new pump. He did
not believe that the figures shown every
week as the amount of water pumped were
accurate. II they were then there was
enough water pumped to supply city of
10000 or 10000 inhabitants. He estimated
the cost of charging the city mains to
Ninth street at from SIT 600 to $40, 900. He
thought the present pumps good for ten
years more service.
Mayor Gregory stated that competent en-
gineers had made thorough investigation,
and it was doubtful whether an increased
main system would guarantee us larger
volume of water for more than two or
three years, after which time, ne thought,
1t would be necessary to purchase new
pumps anyway.