Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-29
CITY AFFAIRS.
WHAT THE TRUSTEES DID At YEsTER-
DAYS SESSION.
Remonstrance Against Improving Thir-
teenth street-Sidewalks Con-
acknowledgement Blast.

The City Trustees met yesterday in reg
ular weekly session. Present, Mayor
Gregory and Trustees Mclaughlin and
Wolf.
The waterworks report showed that dur
ing last week 25,276,Ooo gallons of water
were supplied, the Holly pumps running
1913 hours and the Stevens pump six hours.
Bids for supplying sewer-pipe were re-
ceived from George Muddox & Son, w.
O'Brien and the San Francisco Sewer-pipe
Association, but no action was taken there
on.
The work of improving Thirteenth street,
between K and L, was ordered discontin-
ued owing to "a remonstrance from prop
erty-owners on that block.
DR.. Clayton asked permission to repair
his wooden sidewalk on Seventh street,
which was granted, for temporary purposes.
Mr.. Shaw appeared before the Board in
response to an order to show cause why he
had violated the sidewalk ordinance on K
street, between Seventh and Eighth, by re-
pairing with plank.
After an explanation by the gentleman,
the Board agreed to overlook the offense,
provided he would have a cement walk
constructed within month.
T. G. Churchman complained of an al
legged nuisance in the vicinity of Twenty
ninth and F streets, arising from the main
tenance of dairy there.
Mr.. Hoyt appeared and agreed to accept
$75 in full payment for the injury alleged
to have been done his property by city
sewage, and the proposition was accepted.
Conrad Clinch. who resides on the corner
of the alley on the south side of Seventh
street, between K and L, asked leave to re-
pair his plank sidewalk to serve until the
street shall be graded. Referred to the
Street Commissioner.
A Temonstrance was received from q ma
jority of property-owners in the block be-
tween Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth, o
and streets, against the grading of the
alley in that block.
DR.. Shields, one of the property owners
on an adjoining block, from which the
water comes that causes the trouble, ap-
peared and said that a small expenditure
by the residents there would be sufficient to
remove the nuisance complained of.
The bids for the work, as previously or
dered. were opened. There were three
one for 40 cents, one for A cents and one
for 59l cents a cubic yard
On motion of Trustee Mclaughlin. the
matter was laid over for one week
A resident in the vicinity of Fourth and
L streets reported that fine tish-pond had
been created ON Fourth street, between r
and s, aud desired ii looked after Referred
to the Street Commissioner.
Mayor Gregory referred to the fact that
persons in erecting awnings got them on
varying angles, and suggested that the City
Engineer be instructed to adopt, as nearly
as possible, uniform system. So ordered.
Mrs. Knauer appeared and said she
wanted to know why the Board had not
kept its promise made three months ago,
to improve the condition of the canal at
Thirty-first and Y streets. She claimed
that her property was injured in value from
the effects of the canals condition, and yet
she had to pay full taxes. The canal runs
right alongside the curbing on her prop
ertv. and she insisted that there was not a
property in the city who would SUBJ
NIT to it.
Mayor Gregory and the other Trustees
remarked that something should be done
to remedy the evil, not only so far as Mrs.
Knauer's property is concerned, but all
others in the vicinity, and it was decided
TO have the City Engineer make an estimate
of the cost of what should be done there
and report at the next meeting.
Mayor Gregory said he had received a
communication complaining of the condi-
ton of the street crossings at Seventeenth
and l streets.
A complaint was also received that
the electric light at Fifteenth and l streets
was too low, and the Clerk was instructed
to notify the company to raise it.
a complaint was received as to the con-
dition of the sidewalk on the west side of
Eleventh street, between Q and R.
On motion of Trustee Mclaughlin, the
sidewalk on the north side of NJ street, from
Fourth 10 Fifth, was ordered condemned.
Mayor Gregory called attention to the
cutoff in the sidewalk on the north side of
K street, just above Fourth.
Trustee Mclaughlin reported that the
owner of the property had recently re-
turned, and he would see that the difficulty
was remedied.
The assessment of J. G. Camp on the
west half of lot I, 2 and Q, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, was ordered Cancelled,
the same having been previously assessed
to the former owner and paid.
The Mr.. Bergman who has been camp
ing on the trail of the gardener at the Plaza
for some weeks presented written charges
against the latter, whom he claimed had
an unwarranted prejudice against him.
Yet in his communication he admitted that
the gardener had reproved him simply for
self-admitted violations of the public
square.
The hearing of the charges were tenn
porarily laid over, and the Board adjourned.