Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-08
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
roceS diogs Of the Monthly Meetin;
Held Last Evening.

Procs> diogs Of the Monthly Meeting
Held Last Evening.
The Executive Committee of the I'm
proyemen. Assoclstio held meeting las
evening, C. Green Presiding, and large
number present.
C. A. Luhls reported that the matter
of cutting trees from the north levee, ane
thereby exposing it to danger rom actor
of high water, had been investigat. ID furthel
by him that the cutting had be. com
pleted, and nothing now could be d. we u
rectify the evil. After discussion the Sec
rotary was, on motion, instructed TO re
quest the Board of City Trustees to pass
ordinance prohibiting, in future, the cut
ting of brush or trees from the city levees,
at any place. without consent first obtained
of the said Trustees.
O.. S. Flint, Manager of the Permanent
Exhibition maintained under the Assoc;a-
tons charge, made his monthly report
and recommended that other counties be
urged to join in making more complete
display, and also to contribute to the sus-
tenance fund. The recommen dation was
discussed at some length, and in this con-
nection Mr.. Green stated that the EXPOSE
ton Committee had given notice that the
salary of the Manager would be reduced lin
consideration of the limited income of the
Association to $50 per month, commencing
on the LIST inst. He was in favor of inter-
esiing adjoining counties.
Mr.. Flint gave instances of the good re-
suits of the exhibition, wherein people ar
irving from the East had visited it, ana
subsequently purchased lands in this
county and have become residents. The
names of several of them were given.
j. o. Coleman thought the exhibition
had not been put upon the high plane of
usefulness that was originally intended and
hoped for, and the necessary steps should
be taken to reach the desired point of
effectiveness. To this end he moved that
instead of reducing the managers salary, it
be continued at 800 another month; that
the manager be granted the necessary leave
of absence to enable him to visit adjacent
counties and present the advantages to be
derived from the Exposition maintained at
this point, with view to procuring the de-
sired contributions in exhibits and funds
to aid in making and maintaining an
effective display, and that he be allowed
necessary expenses in carrying out this
plan. The motion, after remarks by sew
eral present. was adopted.
Mr.. Luhrs presented the subject of pro-
curing such amendment to our street laws
known as the Vrooman Act as would
enable the Trustees to carry out desired
city Improvements without being blocked
by those who were not DESTROYS of having
streets improved. The question of amend
ing the law and the necessity of pushing
forward the improvement of city streets
was discussed by J. NJ. Avery, c. II. Cum
mings, J. w. Wilson, j. O. Coleman, c.
Green, G. w. Hancock and others, and
finally, upon motion of Mr.. Coleman, q
special meeting of the Association was ap-
pointed for next Monday evening to con-
sider the subject of street improvement
and the street law.
Mr.. Avery thought now was an opportune
time for the Association to take steps for
the improvement the coming summer of
some of the streets that are so bad during
the rainy season, and believed that if a pc
tition was circulated in winter for grading
and graveling G street, il would meet with
practically little opposition.
Mr.. Cummings related an instance which
occurred a year or two ago concerning
Ninth street. AT that time the street be-
came almost impossible during wet
weather. One Gay he met resident of the
street, who expressed great anxiety to have
that thoroughfare graded and graveled.
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prove the street was soon after issued by
the Trustees, and this same man, who
had been so anxious to have the
grading and graveling done, signed
protest which was presented to
the Trustees against the proposed improve
ment. When Mr.. Cummings, in his sur
prise, asked the man why he signed the
protest after saying what he had in favor
of improving the street, he replied that if
he did not sign it +" several of the people
| owning property on the street would not
trade with him.
Mr.. Hancock thought that if an amend
ment was necessary to the present law,
authority ought to be procured for the i'm
provement of the principal roads extending
from the city into the country, by which
the city should pay one-third of the ex-
pense of grading and graveling, the county
! one third, and the adjacent property-owners
the remaining third.
Mr.. Cummings replied that he had Just
paid upwards of $3.50 as his part of the ex-
pense of improving Ninth street, and he
did not propose to aid in paying one-third
of the cost of grading and graveling the
roads against other peoples property out
in the country. Others spoke upon the
suggestion made by Mr.. Hancock but none
favored it.
a contlnued interesting discussion upon
the question of street Improvements, what
has been accomplished since the Improve
ment Association was organized, and what
needed still to be done, was engaged in by
large number present.
The Secretary, Justice c. w. Baker,
rendered the use of his Office, GA | street,
opposite the Hall of Records, for the use of
the Association in which to hold its meet
ings, and the offer was accepted. A vote of
thanks was extended to Clinton L. White
and G. G. Pickett for use of the Board of
Trade rooms, where the Association meet
ings have of late been held.