Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-17
CITY TRUSTEES.
ANOTHER ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
WANTS e FRANCHISE.
Protest Against Leasing More of the City
Front-Citizens' Street I'm
provement Company.

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Mayor Gregory and Trustees Mclaughlin
and Wolf.
The City Water Works Engineer reported
that during the week Il, 2s0, 500 gallons OF
water were used, the Holly pump running
16S hours.
W. C. Clark presented a petition on be-
half of Z. L. Baker, Joseph D. Redding,
Robert NJ. Hamilton, c. F. Fargo and H.
G. Smith, asking to be granted franchise
for erecting masts and conduits for electric
light wires and for maintaining an electric
light system in this city.
Mr.. Clark replied, in answer to ques.
ton by Trustee Mclaughlin, that if his
company Ohe Westinghouse should re-
ceive the contract for providing the city
with electric lights, it would be able to go
into operation within sixty days.
Antoine King was awarded the contract
for improving Twelfth street, from B to G,
E to F, F to G and G to H streets, the grad
ing not to be commenced until March next.
The ordinance heretofore introduced
granting to the Sacramento Transportation
Company fifteen. years lease of wharf
room on Front street, running seventy feet
southwark from the north line of o street,
was read the first time and laid over, under
the rule. for one week.
The following remolstrance was pre-
sented:
To The Hon Mayor and Board Of Trustees Of Hie
City Of Sacramento In view of the
and 1lxf
of river frontage now left under direct control
of the city, suited to commercial purposes and
open to general public use, the undersigned.
citizens, merchants and taxpayers, respectfully
any further diversion thereof by lease, frau
chise or Otherwise, to private parties or to cor
porat1ons Tor any purpose, or upon any pretense
Signed): Bassett & Milford, A. Meudies, Cap
ital Soap Company, Friend & Terry Lumber
Company, W. F. Frazer, w. K. knights d. Co,
Company, Richards q Knox, Henry Burnham,
Whittier, Fuller d Co, Feiter, Son & Co, Jones
& Giyens, A. & A. Heilbron, Holbrook, Merrill
& Stetson, Sinclair Manufacturing Company,
Booth & Co, Baker & Hamilton.
John Stephens also verbally protested
against the granting of lease of the water
front to any parties. He said it would
amount to practical prohibition of others
engaged in river commerce, as but one
block of the city front remains open to the
public. The great lumber companies re.
CURED landing-room, and to grant away
the only remaining portion of the river
front would work great hardship to these
companies. These companies remove their
lumber as fast as it is received, and incum-
Der the river front as little as possible
Again, it is proposed to establish coal
screening depot at this wharf, which would
be very Objectionable.
Captains Dryer and Roberts appeared on
behalf of the Transportation Company and
urged that the wharf lease asked for would
be in the interest of the city.
The Board expressed a desire that all
persons interested in the matter, one way
or the other, should appear at the next
meeting and present their views on the
subject.
Elwood Bruner appeared before the
Board on behalf of D. NJ. Cox, who had
been given the contract two weeks ago, tC
grade K street, from Twenty-sixth to Thir.
ty-frst, but which contract was last week
rescinded, and asked that the former order
Z y the Board be reinstated. Mr.. Cox had
eut in a low bid for the work because be
could do portion of the work cheaper now
than after the street should get hard
The Board granted Mr.. Cox's request to
be allowed to proceed with his contract.
presented a demand for $40 against the city
for windows broken in the Seventh-street
NJ. E. Church by boys playing ball in the
alley. They said the police were unable to
protect the property, because the alleys
were not included in the anti-ball- playing
ordinance.
The Board took the matter under advise
ment for one week.
Mayor Gregory called attention to the
fact that W. S. Mesick had not yet con.
structed the sidewalk ordered on the north
side of street, between Third and Fourth
and the Board ordered that work on tenn
porary sidewalk be commenced within a
week, and that by April next stone side.
walk must be laid.
The matter of the delay of Mr.. Bailey il
building the sidewalk on the Postofice
property was referred to the Street Com
missioner, to report next week.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he understood
that Mr.. Bailey had let the contract some
weeks ago, but that the weather had pre-
vented the contractor from going ahead
with the work.
Mr. Carlaw appeared and entered com
plant that water was allowed to stand IL
low lots beyond r street.
Sanitary Inspector Starr was asked b.
the Mayor if he had not been charged will
the duty of seeing that all low lots wer
filed.
Mr.. Starr replied that the ordinance hat
no effect beyond r street.
Trustee Wolf then moved that the ordi
nance be amended so as to include the en-
tire city, and it was so ordered.
Mayor Gregory reported, in regard to thu
city advertising contract, that State Printe
Young could not serve with the committee
and o. B. Turrill, foreman of the Stat,
Office, was selected to aid the committee il
determining which was the lowest biz
offered.
The Mayor said that in regard to tn,
supplies for the city Jail he found that
schedule had been furnished which did no
include more than one-third the provision!
used in the Jail.
On his motion, the Jail authorities wer,
to be required to furnish a schedule t
cover all the supplies needed.
Messrs. +. E. Ray and G. A. Luhrs ap
peared before the Board and asked tina
street improvement be suspended until tn,
citizens company (the purpose of which
has been fully explained in the RECORD
UNION can get to work. Mr.. Ray saiC
they had now received sixty-6ve name
and more were promised. Mr.. Franl
Miller had given it as his opinion that fiv
hundred subscribers could be got, and tina
there WOuiu Dt no ulllCuitl III ScCuIlul
$4,000 capital to help the company in it
operations. Mr.. Ray said they had Learned
that earth could be had for ten cents Loaf
and granite for thirty cents, at least one
half of what it now costs. The compan,
proposed to go right ahead and grade ever.
street in the city, if possible. There wa
no reason why the city should not hsy
the best of streets, and at low cost. Th
remedy was now at hand, and the citizen
who had started this movement were de
termined to push it along until the city
streets were graded from one end to tn
other.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Ra,
also stated that the committee solicitin
signatures was frequently met with the as
sertion that the Trustees would not favo
the project, but rather be disposed to re
tard it.
This remark caused Mayor Gregory t
express his unqualified approval of tn
work of the citizens engaged in the move
ment, as also did Trustees Mclaughlin an
Wolf, and on motion of the Mayor tn
Board formally extended its encourage
ment in the matter.
A recess was then taken till 1:30 oclocl
Pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On re assembling. Mayor Gregory Gale
up the matter of the selection OF hiteel
freeholders to prepare new charter. HI
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