Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-14
CITY MATTERS.
HAMILTON'S MONUMENT TO HAVE
SUITABLE GROUND.
Fifteen OF the Twenty Policemen AL.
lowed Their Pay-Reports of
City Officers-Etc.

+. ID. Williams, Chief Engineer of the
Water Works, reported that during the
past week 27,5s9,000 gallons of water had
been pumped. Running time of the Holly
pump 149 hours, and of the Stevens pump
334 hours.
THE HAMILTON MONUMENT.
E. De Forest addressed the Board relative
to the removal of the remains of Colonel
w. S. Hamilton from the small plat now
occupied 70 more slightly location in the
City Cemetery. Colonel Hamilton, he said.
was the son of Alexander Hamilton, of
the revolutionary era. He died in Sacra-
mento in 1885, and was buried in the CITY
Cemetery. Some friends erected stone TO
his memory, on which it is recited that be
bore striking resemblance to his illustri-
Gus father. Colonel Hamilton was distln-
guished soldier of the nation, and an intel
lectually brilliant man. His grave is liable.
if not cared for, to be lost ty decay of the
stone at its head, by the leveling process of
time and the crowded condition of the plat
where his remains are deposited. Observ-
ing this, Mr.. DeForest wrote to his nephew,
General Schuyler Hamilton of New York.
distinguished soldier of the Rebellion
and literary man of prominence saving
he would bind himself to secure plat for
the body and have it inclosed and covered
with masonry if the the family, such few as
remain, would mark the spot appropriately.
He read letter from General Hamilton,
saying that he and his brother would. to
the ability of their means, provide a mon
ument; and with it a bronze medallion of
Alexander Hamilton, and asking an i'm
mediate reply with suggestions as to cost
OF monument. Mr.. DeForest asked the
Board to exchange the plat where the
Colonels remains are inferred for one about
ten by ten feet in the center of the new plat
OF the cemetery and remove the ashes of
the dead soldier thereto, and he would see
to It that the monument to be provided
by General Hamilton would be erected.
lie thought 1t would be an honor to the
city to have a monument related to the
1lustrlous Hamilton so erected and be-
come central object in the new plat OF the
pubic ground, and respectfully asked that
his petition De granted. Mayor Gregory
Endorsed his remarks and putting the
question TO the Board the order was unan-
1mously made.
STREET MATTERS.
4. j. Croly appeared before the Board
and asked that they decide on a grade for
Seventh street, from K to L, as he desired
to build barn on the corner of the alley,
and did not want to have the floor below
the grade of the street. Trustee McLaugh-
lin Will attend to the request.
The Mayor read an opinion of CITY At
torney Church in regard to the protest
made by the Pacific Pavement Company
against the improvement of the alley be- |
tween Sixth and Seventh, ] and K streets.
with granite blocks. The above company
held, at the last meeting, that the proceed |
1ngs OF the Board were irregular in regard
to the matter, and that they had agreed to
pave the alley with bituminous rock, and
not granite blocks. In his opinion the
City Attorney held that the proceedings of
the Board were regular. The last order
made IN regard to the matter was to adver-
tise for bids Tor paving the alley with either
bituminous rock or granite blocks, and to
award the contract to the lowest bidder
Acting under this opinion, the contract
was awarded to James Toohy.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WIRES.
The ordinance in regard to the attaching
of telephone and telegraph wires to the
tops of houses was taken up. read a second
time and submitted to the Board for pas
sage. Representatives of the companies
here, as well as a number of parties who
wanted the ordinance passed. were present.
Several OF the property-owners who had
wires attached to their houses said thev
would not care if they were first notified
by the companies that the lines were to be
attached, but they did not want to make a
visit to their roofs and find network of
wires running across so thick that it
caused one a good deal of trouble to get
around the roof If they wished to make re-
pairs.
The representatives of the telephone and
telegraph lines said that they had never
refused TO remove wires from houses when
they were told or ordered to do so, and they
had always complied with all such requests
within ten days. As the proposed ordinance
read, property-owners might take a notion
to cut the wires and produce somewhat of
a @ smashup with the lines. They thought
the ordinance unnecessary.
Trustee Mclaughlin wished time to con-
slider the matter, and the passage of the
ordinance was laid over for one week
THE S-sTREET IMPROVEMENT.
a dozen or more property owners on n +
street, from Second to Fifth, came in to
protest against the grading of the street.
Most of them claimed that they did not
have cent with which to pay for the pro-
posed work
]. H. Van Saun, in glowing words, told
the Board of his poverty and how taxes
upon taxes had been heaped upon him
since 40, until he had almost gone crazy.
I16 III pcu, IL INC Hdlle Vi justice, llat tDe
work would not go on. He did not want
the work done, and if it was he would have
to give up.
D. Il Quinn said that he owned property
on the block, and WAS not just ready for
the Improvements. He might favor grad
ing later on. Other residents spoke in the
same strain, sad the matter was laid over
for one week.
A properiy-owner in the vicinity of Fiji
teenth and D streets asked the Board that
they put an electric light mast in that part
of town.
The request was referred to the Street
Commissioner.
SCARCITY OF WATER.
r. W. Parker, Superintendent of the City
Cemetery, complained to the Board that
when water was being used at East Park
and the New Helvetia Cemetery there
was hardly any force at all at the City
Cemetery. The Board asked him 10 con-
fer with Trustee Wolf.
AN OFFENSIVE CIRCUS.
Police officer Rider notified the Board
that the ciIcas which has been running in
the vacant piece of ground at Seventh and
X streets had been removed to Third street,
near China slough. Complaint had been
made by the congregation of the Seventh
street NJ. E. Church.
DANGER FROM AN OIL TANK.
The Mayor notified the Board that the
oil tank belonging to the Standard Oil
Company near the foot of K street was
dangerous thing TO property in the vicinity
Tramps were in the habit of smoking and
cooking in close proximity to it, and a
fearful conflsgration would be the result
II ever the oil would become ignited
Steamers. wharves and everything in the
vicinity would be consumed.
The Board will consult with the Stand
ard Oil Company and see if more suitable
place can not be found for the tank.
CANCELLED BONDS FOUND.
The Mayor notified the Board that S34,-
200 worth of cancelled bonds of 1860 and
1861 had been found by the County Treas
urer, and It was ordered that they be
turned into the City Treasury.
CITY scAvENGER.
Bids for the Office OF city scavenger were
received from A. w, GrIbbs, j esse Slaughter
and ". Brady. and Trustee Mclaughlin
will look into the matter.
BOILERS or THE WATER WORKS.
The following report of the Boiler To-
spector OF the Hartford Steam Boiler In
spection and Insurance Company, testified