Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-10
J. ". " IINVN,
CHARLES SELLINGI
The report was upon motion accepted

The report was upon motion accepted
and adopted.
City Trustee Ryan said, referring to the
report, that the city had already enjoyed
experience in graveling the center of the
street as recommended, having 50 graveled
Tenth street near the city cemetery, and it
proved failure, as the gravel was so soon
covered with mud that the gravel did not
amount to much. The width of graveled
space should not be less than twenty-five
feet. Anything less than that would be
too narrow for teams to pass well. He
thought that even then, streets graveled in
the center only, as proposed, would within
| two years, amount to but very little.
In response TO an inquiry from the Chair
as to cost of graveling streets and paving
the cutters. Mr.. Ryan stated that upon H
and q streets, where there are street rail-
way tracks, this would be about 81 % per
front foot for such improvement, including
gutter and graveling TO the rail. On | and
streets, where there is no railway track,
the cost would be from 81 rs to So per front
| foot. If the paving of gutter were omitted,
| and the road-bed simply graveled from
curb to curb, the expense would be about
fifty cents less.
Joseph Steffens inquired Of Mr.. Ryan
whether, if a street were improved gener-
ally, but majority of the residents upon
| two blocks protested, the Trustees had the
| power 10 have the two blocks improved,
notwithstanding the protest.
Mr.. Ryan replied that if the improve
ment was made upon both sides of the two
| supposed blocks. then the Trustees had
power under the law to ignore the protests
| and order the work to be done.
Referring to the clause in the report of
| the committee which complains of the
garbage in the alleys etc, Mr. RYAN said
| that il was impossible to keep the alleys
clean when the residents were guilty of the
acts referred to. and took no pride in see
| ing their surroundings KEEP. clean. He
said that if they could catch the persons
| throwing the filth into the alleys, or prove
who was guilty of it, the law would be
strictly enfol ced.
A S. Hopkins, referring to the improve
ment of streets, said he was anxious to
have street graded its entire length, but
| especially, for the present, out as far as
| Sixteenth or Seventeenth street. He
| thought, if the effort was made now, it
could be accomplished. He was ready to
circulate petition among the residents of
| the street for that purpose, 10 see if a ma
| jority Of the frontage could not be OBJ
| tanned, and was satisfied it could. Last
year, ne continued certain men who could
best afford TO pay for Improvement of the
street, instead OF doing So paid man 10
obtain signatures TO q reinonstrance, and
thus defeated it. He was in favor of an
immediate movement for improving that
street.
P. c. Drescher was DESTROYS to have H
street also improved. He thought the peo-
pie of that street who are favorable 10 it
should go TO work and get the requisite
petition and present it to the Trustees and
have the work done early in the season.
Getting such petition should be the first
step, and leave the printed notices OF :" in
tention to improve until the people, by