Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-30
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
THE CITY TRUSTEES wREsTLE WITH
VARIOUS PROBLEMS.
Chris. Weisel and His Sidewalk Patebinp.
Demand for Damages from Sewage
Bills Allowed.

The Board of City Trustees held its
weekly session yesterday, with all the mem
bers present. Mayor Gregory in the chair.
The Water works report, as compiled by
f. ID. Williams, the Chief Engineer,
showed that during the seven days ending
on Sunday, 43 046, $50 gallons of water had
been pumped, the Stevens pump working
157 hours and the Holly being in operation
10l hours. II is noticeable that the amount
OF water pumped keeps increasing each
succeeding week.
Matt. F. Johnson appeared before the
Board in behalf of Chris. Weisel, and an
nounced that the Board were of course ia.
miliar with the fact that Mr. Weisel had
been arrested for violating the Sidewalk
Ordinance in not laying down stone walk
when making some repairs. Weisel, he
said, had received permission from the
street Commissioner to make the repairs.
Trustee Mclaughlin admitted that he
had given Mr.. Weisel leave to repair his
sidewalk, but not on such an extensive
plan as had been done. There was no per-
mission given to place new boards on the
surface, but simply to repair near the avn
ing posts.
Mr.. Wesel, who was present, explained
that be had been given no notice to cease
work until warrant was gotten out for
his arrest.
The Mayor insisted that the ordinance
should be respected. Mr. Weisel should
have waited until he had obtained official
permission from the Board before he
placed boards on the surface
Trustee Mclaughlin asked Mr.. Weisel if
he intended TO put down stone walk
when he needed to repair again, and Weisel
said he would do so.
Trustee Wolf said the ordinance was be-
ing violated on all sides, and it was not
being enforced at all. He thought they
had better let the Weisel matter pass this
time, and Mclaughlin held the same view.
The Mayor, however, was opposed to over
looking the violation of the ordinance.
Mr.. Mclaughlin moved that the City
Attorney be instructed to Withdraw the
suit against Mr.. Weisel. Mr.. Wolf sec
onded the motion, and on roll call, the Sec
ond and Third Trustees voted aye, and the
Mayor no.
]. E. Strain appeared before the Board,
be said, in behalf of sick woman named
Mrs. Logan. She had been instructed to
remove her porch, which inclines over the
sidewalk. The lady was now, perhaps, on
her death-bed and ought to have an extern
sion of time granted her in which to COM
ply with orders. Mr.. Strain said that the
fences of several parties in the same block
were out on the sidewalk and they had not
been instructed to put them on the proper
line
The Board assured Mr. Strain that if the
lady was SO i'll, as reported, they would of
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other parties violating the law, they would
be notified to put their fences back on the
line.
M. F. Holt addressed the Beard in re-
gard to damages he had sustained from the
sewage water at Eighth and Y streets. His
property had been damaged, and he
wanted the city to pay him S., 900, and he
would call the matter square.
The Board told him his demand was ex-
brilliant, and they would not pay it. They
would take steps, however, to cover up
tt { part of the canal on Mr.. Hoit's prop
erty which was undergoing damage, and
that was as for as they could go.
The Mayor then took up the ordinance
book, and thought that as one block of
Chinatown had been burned down the
Board had better see that the fire-limit
ordinance was enforced. He was not
familiar with the fact as to whether that
block was within the limits or not but an
examination of the ordinance proved that
it was.
L. c. Chandler was present, and, on be-
half OF the two parties who owned the
aforesaid block, asked that they be given
permission TO lay temporary walk. He
understood negotiations were already being
entered into about rebuilding the block,
the building on which, of course, would
have to be either brick, stone, or some such
material.
The Board refused to consent to the lay
ing of temporary walk.
petition was received from property
owners asking that Twenty eighth street,
from to X, be graded. Accordingly
resolution of intention to that effect was
adopted.
Mayor Gregory again brought up the
sprinkling matter. Complaints were still
coming IN, and he had got tired of them.
He had resolved upon plan to better
matters, and hereafter would refuse his
signature to warrants until he saw that
each contractor had done his work properly.
This might have some effect and was last
resource.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he did not be-
heve there was so much cause for COM
plant after all. From what he could see
land he had taken particular pains to watch
the sprinklers lately, good work was being
done, and under the present system it could
not be improved upon.
The Mayor thought il could, and was 60
ing to do all in his power TO make the con-
tractors do their duty.
Upon the suggestion of Trustee Nc
Laughlin, the sidewalk for the whole 800
feet on the north side of h street, from
Third to Fourth, was condemned, and notice
Will be served on the property-owners.
side of P street, between Fifteenth and Six
tenth, in front of the Miller property.
After allowing the following claims the
Board adjourned:
D. X. McManus, so cents; D Malatesta,
81; Timothy Lee, $50 80; Andrew Rhuder,
so cents; 7. Haley, so cents II. T. Holmes,
81 10; Sullivan, Kelly & Co.. 70 cents p.
w. Sheehan, IS; Andrew Rutter, 81; G. s.
Houghton, $24 25; B. Wertz, IS; X. d.
Stephens, 81; A. J. Johnson, Sc so; r. W.
Parker, SIG SO; a. Nathan, 81 so; lone
Coal and Iron Company, 81, OBS 26; J. w.
Watt, $40 so; J G. Cox, 81 IS Locke q
Lsvenson, S2l so; S. Nathan & Co. IS 40
A. S. Hopkins & Bro, Sl3 60; H. T.
Holmes & Co, 81; E. A. Bower, $63 60;
J. G. Davis, 1890; Capital Gas Company,
$219 90; Sam Nathan. 81 so; Z, X. Alsip,
$50; Day & Joy, Sos; Capital Gas Com
pany, $945; Ed. Murray, $3.50; Carlow
Brothers. 81: w. I. Wallace, S. 80 A.
King, $l56 IS; A. F. Silva, $2lS 81; ].
Berns, 1872 90; P. Spain, s12 P. McGuin-
ess, $14 p. Marley $12; NJ. German $24;
Thomas Burnes, $l2; James Kane, $12;
James Lynch, Sl2; James Wood, $l3 so;
II. Boyle, IS; - Enright, $500 P. Nc
Hale, 1924 rs; NJ. German. $50; Hughes
& Dehn, 1924 81 Thomas Cotter, s27 P.
O'Hara, 81,