Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
PROPERTY-OWNERS WHO OPPOSE
IMPROVEMENTS.
Cemetery Records Reported Missing
Reports of City Oficials-De-
fective Sewer-Pipe-Etc.

The City Trustees held their weekly ses-
sion yesterday morning, all the members
present The report of the Chief Engineer
OF the Water Works showed that during
the week ending May 5th 31,37O, $50 gal
Ions of water had been pumped, the Holly
pump working AL hours and the Stevens
pump 81 hours.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Bids for improving the alley between ]
and K, Sixth and Seventh streets, by put
ting down granite or bituminous rock
pavement, granite curbings, etc., were
opened The agent of the Pacific Improve
ment Company entered protest to the
awarding of the contract, and the matter
was laid over for one week.
Bids for improving. grading, etc., Twen-
ty-sixth street from ] to n, were opened.
One of the bidders stated in his bid that if
the propertv-owners were allowed to take
the surplus earth from the streets, as was
provided for in the specifications, he did
not want the contract, and would ask to
withdraw his bid. A lively discussion en-
sued, and various contractors gave their
opinions.
Antoine King said that he put in his bid
IN accordance with the specifications, and
did not care whether or not the property
owners took the earth. He thought it in
fiicted no hardship on the contractors.
Other contractors held that the property
owners would take the top earth, which
was easy TO shovel, and leave the bedrock.
if there happened to be any. for the con,
tractors to work. They thought the speci-
fcations ought to state definitely whether
or not the property owners would or would
not have the right to confiscate the surplus
earth.
E. A. Crouch stated that his company
were agents ior one of the parties owning
property on the street, and they proposed
to take their share of the superfuous earth
and fill in their lots.
The Mayor then requested that all the
parties who wished to do so would with
draw their bids, and several complied with
the invitation. The rest of the bids were
then opened, and A. Boralho, being the
lowest bidder, was awarded the contract.
His bid amounted to $526 90.
THE STEVENS MONUMENT.
The opening of bids for the construction
of the foundation for the Stevens monu-
ment was then taken up and John McGil-
very. being the lowest bidder, was awarded
the contract. His bid was $342, against
$467 and 1913, the amounts bid by other
contractors.
PROTESTING PRoPERTY-owNERs.
A communication was received from
property-owners on the alley between
Seventh and Eighth, K and L streets, stat
ing that the Surveyor had set stakes for the
grading and improving of the alley, and
that if the work was done according to his
surveys injury would be inflicted on a
great deal of the property adjoining. The
City Engineer was ordered to look into the
trouble.
George Brannigan asked the Board that
they notify the railroad company to make
the slopes on each side of their R-street
track on Thirteenth ard Fourteenth
streets SO as to conform to the grading of
the streets, which has just been finished.
Trustee Mclaughlin will attend to the
matter.
Two LEGAL OPINIONS.
communication was received from the
City Attorney, who gave as his opinion
that Thirteenth street from K to L could
be ordered graded by the Board, notwith-
standing the circumstances of the property
owners. Both K and L streets were graded,
and under the Vrooman Act the work
could be ordered done.
In regard to the sanitary questions as to
~" !ols, oeasuant poois, etC., ne mas re-
ferred the matters to Sanitary Inspector
Starr, who would report to the Board.
Inspector Starr was present, and notified
the Board of the different places that
need'A .ention. 1t was ordered that ac-
ton in'r.4e' matter be taken up al an early
date.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WIRES.
An ordinance was presented to the Board
laying down rules for the telegraph and
telephone companies IN regard to affixing
their wires to the tops of houses. twas read
for the first time. and it will be taken up
for final passage next Monday.
THE HEALTH OFFICER.
The appointment of H. L. Nichols as
Health Officer was confirmed by the Board.
MORE LIGHT WANTED.
A request was made for street lamp on
L. Trustee Mclaughlin will first see if it
is necessity.
THE CEMETERY RECORDS.
A communication was received from R.
w. Parker, Superinten dent of the City
Cemeteries, stating that he could not find
the records containing the deaths occurring
from the years 1871 to 1884, and that the
late records of the New Helvetia Cemetery
were also missing. The communication
was placed on file, and an effort will be
made TO find the records.
DEFECTIVE SEWERS AND BULKHEAps.
L. B. Burke notified the Board that the
sewer pipe at Thirteenth and K streets was
in bad condition, and that the sidewalk
was overlooked at times. The attention of
the Street Commissioner was called to the
matter.
Mohr q york, through a communica-
ton, notified the Board that there was a
bad break in the bulkhead on Thirteenth
street, between ] and X, and that their
property was being injured on account of
the same. This matter was also heaped
on the Second Trustees shoulders.
CASE OF sILuRIASIsM.
1t was ordered that the property owners
on Y street from Third to Fifth, appear
before the Board next Monday and show
cause why the grading of the said street
should not be proceeded with. o. n.
Cronkite appeared and notified the Trus-
tees that the work was great necessity,
and that in the winter time the street
especially between Second and Third was
transformed into small lake.
SIDEWALKS CONDEMNED.
The sidewalks in front of the Treadwell
building on ] street. between Second and
Third. and also the one adjoining il on the
west, were condemned by order of the
Board.
Bids for the privilege of city scavenger
will be opened next Monday morning.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
Resolutions of intention were passed to
grade, improve, etc Q street from Front
to Second, and also to construct sewer in
the alley, from Eleventh to Thirteenth
streets, between and K.
TOWNSHIP JUSTICE AND LICENSES.
The Mayor suggested that the Super.
visors be requested not to appoint Town.
ship Justice to fill the place of the late
s. Brown. He thought that what little
business was done in that Court could be
handled by the City Justices, and thu:
money could be saved.
The Clerk was ordered to write to the
CITY authorities at Santa Rosa and get q
copy of their ordinance relating to the city
licenses.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The Poundkeeper made the following re-
port for the past month: Number of head
of horses impounded, IL; cows, DC; dogs
"a. Total, 107 Out of this number A dogs
were killed and 20 redeemed. The horses
and ca tile were all redeemed. The sum oil
g.