Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-10
depot, made the following report

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To the Erec'tire Committee Sacramento city and
, County improvement association - GENTLEMEN:
Your subcommittee on Construction of Build
ing for the exhibition of the products of Cen
tral California, beg leave to submit the follow
n. b. Goodell, the pioneer architect, has
! kindly volunteered, and has drawn plans and
specifications and will superintend the con-
struction OF the building, donating his services
for same.
Bids for the construction of same were adver-
tised for in the Bee and RECORD UNION Said bids
TO to be opened Thursday, February 9th at
o'clock P N.
Eight bids were received, in which the bidders
agree to construct the building according
J. f. Bohn d Bro, s., 5s5; W. W. Ryder, s. 45l:
7. J. Heninger, S2,397; Thomas McCatfrey. 81 SOY,
E. A. Bovyer, S2,2O5; Siller Bros, S2,l95: Sprague
d Elliott $3.50; John E. Harris, S2,175.
The committee reserved the right to reject
any and all bids, and We now ask your approval
or rejection OF our labor so tar
We nave not had an opportunity to confer
with the lowest bidder to ascertain what time
he will require 10 finish the building, or how
he will need his payments made, and we ask
for further time IN order to present this in
formation.
Respectfully yours W r. Jones, J. W. vii
son. Ed r. hamilton, Committee.
AT the inclusion of reading of the report
it was, upon motion, accepted, and the
committee given further time, with power
TO close the contract for erection Of the
building IN accordance with report and
plans.
The Committee on Entertainment of the
National Horticultural Association made
its report, mentioning the complete success
with which the occasion was attended.
The report OF expenditures and receipts
showed deficiency of $127 10, which was,
on motion, ordered to be paid.
A supplemental report upon the exhibit
ton OF Sacramento's products at the San
Jose Fair and Convention was also made
by f. K. Alsip. a bill for the expenses at
tending the making of said exhibit was
rendered, amounting to $50 20, which was
also ordered TO be paid.
The President then introduced the
subject OF street Improvements, and
stated that it was one Of the most
important objects of the Association, and
one which should enlist most hearty and
persistent attention. The Association had
succeeded in some of its efforts in this di-
rection, and failed in Others 1t is now
said that the reason for such failure was on
account of the season of the year. when
efforts to effect Improvements were made.
and that if petitions were circulated now
they would be Iavorably responded to by
many who before opposed. 1t did not
seem TO him that there can be many who
have not sufficient public spirit to desire to
see these Improvements made TO help the
best interests OF the city at large and the
individual property holders who reside
along the streets to be more directly
effected. The speaker then called upon
Colonel f. r. Hamilton, Chairman of the
Street Improvement Committee, and the
following report was submitted and read ::
SACRAMENTO, February 9. 1883.
To the Executive Committee Sacramento Cfty and
County improvement association - GENTLEMEN :.
You sub-Committee on Opening, Crawling and
MacadamlZlng, or otherwise Improving Streets
and Alleys, beg leave to report that which every
obSeryant citizen, or stranger who visits our
city, IS aware of, and that is: The streets, with
the exceptions of portions of l. j. X L. NJ and
n streets, are in very muddy and rough con
dltlon, making 1t unpleasant to get in or out of
the city or to the cemeteries and which could
De remedled by the application of gravel or
macadamized rock, of which NJ street, from
Fourth TO Fifth, is good sample OF such pave
ment
II and o streets, being principal streets ON
which strangers who visit our city are liable to
travel, are not in q condition TO impress a
stranger fayorably with the public spirit and
enterprise OF the property owners, at least so
FAR as street improvement goes.
Your committee finds considerable complaint
about the expense of street Improvements and
as q compromise between muddy and nearly
impossible streets and full graveled streets and
cObbled cutters, We recommend the experiment
be tried of graveling the center OF graded
streets (tor width of eighteen feet, and while
this may not be perfection, it will be great i'm
proyement on the present condition of the
streets. We also believe that the proper au-
thOrities should organize chain-gang, and put
the rounders thieves and pimpS in a yard prop
erly constructed, and make them break rock Tor
our Streets or make them leave our city. As it
is, the taxpayers are supporting them in one
way or another, and deriving no benefit from
them.
An ordinance should be passed immediately.
prohibiting the distribution of printed dodgers
upon the streets and sidewalks, which litter
and add to the untidy appearance of our none
too neat business streets.
The Trustees should provide a fund for the
collection and disposition of the garbage of the
entire city, and then strictly enforce the orni-
nance thereto; as it now is, a few public
spirited citizens are called on to keep our
streets and alleys in a presents BILE appearance
and the many do nothing toward disposing of
the garbage which they put upon the streets
and alleys.
our business streets with their uneven fnd
DIR awnings, and IL maiy places poor side
walks, present shlftless and unt;dy appear
bsge III many of our streets and alleys, notably
the alley between J ard X, Second street to
Fifteenth, right in the midst of the business
portion of the city, is enough to convince any
newcomer, that we, located as we are upon a
level plain, are not doing all we could and
should to preserve the health and good appear
aDce of our city.
Much more might be said, but we deem this
sufficient at this time. Respectfully yours,
ED. r. HAMILTON, Chairman,
J. W. WILSON