Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-05
CLOSED STREETS.
THEY MUST ALL BE OPENED WITHIN
FEW WEEKS.
An Order that Promises to Settle the SUIT
ter Fort Business-City Trustees
Meeting Yesterday.

The Board of City Trustees met yester-
day for its regular weekly session, Mayor
Gregory presiding and Trustees Mclaughlin
and Wolf and Clerk Mckee present.
The report of the Engineer of the Water
Works showed that there was pumped last
week 24737 900 gallons of water, the Holly
pump working 165 hours, and the Stevens
pump hours.
The Board took up the matter of improv-
ing the alley between o and P, Twenty
fifth and Twenty sixth streets, SO as to
prevent the accumulation of water on
property in an adjoining block.
One of the property owners on the alley
was present and stated that the alley would
be filed so as to prevent further trouble.
Further consideration of the subject was
then dropped.
The report of n. A Kidder, Harbor-
master, for the month of October showed
that there had been received as harbor dues
the sum of $135.
Chief of Police Lee reported that during
October there were 33i arrests made; lodg-
ers accommodated, IL; meals furnished,
Sc so; paid out, S. 80; on hand, $40 70.
George Lichardt appeared before the
Board and complained that he had paid his
pro rata assessment for street grading,
crosswalks and culverts, while on the block
above him Twenty sixth and M the prop
erty. owners had done the grading and the
citv paid for the crosswalks and culverts
from the general fund.
Sidewalks were ordered constructed on L.,
from Nineteenth to Twenty fourth, and on
M, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth and
from Twenty-second TO Twenty-tifth, both
sides.
Poundmaster O'Neil reported that during
the month of October he bad impounded
IL horses, IA cows and l goat, and taken up
81 dogs, making total of 81 He had
killed AZ dogs, Is had been redeemed, and
&c head of cattle had also been redeemed.
He had received as fees $40.
The bids for improving Fifteenth street,
from II to L, were not opened, but deferred
until next week, in order to give property
owners an opportunity to be heard on the
matter.
On motion of Mr.. Wolf, property-ow
ers on the blocks between F and ], from
Twenty sixth to Thirty-tirst, were ordered
to open the streets, in accordance with a
previous order of the Board.
1t was stated as the determination of the
Board to declare Twenty-seventh street
opened through the Suffer Fort property as
soon as the time should expire in accord
| ance with the order made upward of two
months ago. Mayor Gregory stated that
unless something was done toward improv-
ing the property the order would be en-
| forced at the proper time, about three
weeks hence.
~ rary,Iat,rcv 4hn live NJ
| blocks on the west side of Thirteenth
street, from N to P, was submitted 10 the
Street Commissioner and City Engineer.
| This revives the old question as to whom
| belongs the odd two feet in the row OF
blocks between Twelfth and Thirteenth
| streets
The Board passed resolutions of inten-
ton to grade and gravel Twelfth street,
! from E to F, and from G to H also to
grade and gravel II street. from Sixth to
| Seventh also, to grade Fourteenth street,
! from c to E, and to grade and gravel Twelfth
street, from B to c.
An application was received for the cree.
ton of an electric light at Twenty fourth
and @ streets. Laid over.
The Clerk was directed to have printed q
supplement to the Great Register for the
coming school election.
| OD mOllOu Oh 1IuSlee mCDduSuliu. al
order was passed condemning the sidewalk
on the east side of Seventh street. from the
alley to l street, and forty feet on 1.
1t was ordered that bids be advertised for
| lighting the streets, the contracts to COM
mence January l, 1890.
1t was ordered that the owner of the
Postoffice property at Fourth and K streets
be required to commence work within five
| DAYS on the new sidewalk recently ordered
The City Engineer submitted an estimate
of the cost of improving the intersection
of Thirty-frst and Y streets, amounting to
| $1118 20, including sewer-pipe, etc.
On application of s. G. Mott permission
was granted the Gilmore Concert Company
to discharge small cannon during the con-
cert next Sunday.
An informal discussion was had concern
ing the matter of nuissnces caused by
diaries, and Trustee Wolf told of several
cases in which children had been chased by
COWS. Next week the Board will consider
the propriety OF ordering all diaries re-
moved from the city.
After allowing number of demands the
Board adjourned.