Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-15
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CITY TRUSTEES.
Coal Contract-A Communication from
the Inprovamaut Association

Coal Contract-A Communication from
the Improvement Association.
The first business transacted by the City
Trustees at the meeting yesterday was the
reading of communication from property
owners on Front street asking that side
walk eight feet wide be placed on the east
side of that street from R to T. The Board
informed Thomas Hayne, the man who
brought in the communication, that an or
der had already been made to that effect
and the work would be done as soon as
possible.
The Chief Engineer of the Water Works
reported that for the week ending Sunday,
February 18th, 10,32S 900 gallons of water
had been pumped. The Holly pump COM
pleted the work alone in 16S hours.
The report of the Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection Company, who were engaged to
examine the machinery of the Water
Works, was in substance as follows: THAT
all the fire sheets were uniform and in
good condition, the seams and tubes were
tight and the boiler settings and connec-
tons in good order"
The Improvement Association sent in a
communication asking that the Board, in
levying the taxes for the coming year pro-
vide sufficient fund for the disposition of
the garbage and offal that is deposited upon
the streets and alleys of the city, as they
believed such action would greatly add to
the appearance and health of the city also,
that Ordinance No. 60 be amended as fol-
lows
Section / 1t shall be unlawful for any person
residing or doing business on any street or alley
in this city to throw or distribute any paper
upon the sidewalks or streets, or sweep or de-
post or place any ashes, offal or rubbish of any
kind in any water-closet or cesspool, or on any
sidewalk, gutter, street or alley within the city
limits; but shall deposit the ashes, offal or
sweepings in boxes or barrels and place them
on the outer edge of the sidewalk before 7
O'Clock A. NJ, and it shall be the duty OF the par
ties having the contract for cleaning said streets
and alleys 20 remove the contents of boxes or
barrels so placed as soon thereafter as possible.
The communication is signed by G. L.
Simmons, J. o. Coleman, G. G. Tyrrell,
Joseph Hahn and Z. R. Hamilton.
The lone Coal and Iron Company was
awarded the contract for furnishing coal
for the Water Works for the next six
months, commencing at midnight last
night. The contract price was 50 IS,
which is segregated as follows 81 10 per
ton at the mine, 81 per ton freight and
twenty cents per ton drayage from the cars
to the Water Works.
The Mayor was selected to purchase
some orange and lemon trees to plant in
side the curbing of the plaza on the side
fronting on street.
An order was made that resolutions be
passed in which the Board express their
respect to the memory of the late Master
Mechanic, a. ]. Stevens.
1t was ordered that the Street Commits
sioner be directed to post notices calling
for sealed proposals for improving Twenty.
second street from to L and Nineteenth
from P to Y.
a resolution of intention was passed to
grade and improve Twenty-second street
from the center line of P to the center line
of y.
1t was also ordered that the City En-.
gineer prepare plans and specifications for
the improvement of Nineteenth street from
P to and also Twenty-second street from
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