Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-24
CITY TRUSTEES.
THE LICENSE QUESTION AGAIN LAID
OVER WITHOUT ACTION.
Damages Demanded for an Injured Leg
Police Salaries Again Refused
Special Elections.


the Water-works, reported 1926, 900 gal
Ions of water as having been pumped dur
ing the week ending the 22d. The Holly
engine was worked Ill hours and the G.
P. 153 hours.
w. E. Gerber, City Treasurer made his
report as follows:
Balance on hand August 1st...........s2sl, ,sos g.
heceip's curing the month.............. 1o,l41 l6
$50 7S
warrants paid during month-............ 2Sl 1873 20
Balance September .s213. .s17 os
Upon the suggestion of Mayor Gregory.
the Superintendent of the City Cemetery
was authorized to have the low lots in the
cemetery Tor as many as he could, filled
the earth to be purchased at a price less
than 40 cents per load.
Ex-Chief of Police Dillman, T. Vert
helm and others were present and asked
the Board what il proposed to do in regard
10 the high license matter, which had been
brought before them some time ago. At
the last meeting an anti-high- license petit
non, signed by 600 persons, was presented
to the Board, and at that time the matter
was laid over until yesterday. Trustee
Mclaughlin moved to drop the question
until the adoption of the new charter. and
there being no objection it was so or.
dered.
E. G. Hart was present and addressed the
Board again in regard to the police officers
salaries. The Trustees were aware of the
fact that only the salary for the month of
April was involved in the suit. He there
fore asked that the Board allow the men
their money for May, June, July and Au-
gust, al least. Some of the officers had not vet
hypothecated their salaries and were con-
sequently not in the best of circumstances
financially. He believed that if the Board
would pay the twenty-five men for the
services they had already rendered, and
tnen ask the Police Commissioners to dis
charge the ten extra men, their request
would be complied with, and the officers
would resign willingly. He reviewed the
good work of the force since The new men
mad been appointed, and said that there
had been more convictions and more Grim
lnals apprehended than ever before in this
city.
Mayor Gregory said he didn't think that
could be done, and Trustee Wolf was in
clined to think the decision of the Supreme
Court would be influenced if the Board
would take such an action.
MIR. Hart assured the Board that the Su-
preme Court would consider no point other
than the validity of the amendment. as
made by the Legislature.
The Mayor did not want to take such
action, and the other Trustees were not in
cllned in that direction.
After this point was settled Mr.. Hart said
ne had another matter to bring before the
Board, in the shape of warning. On the
night OF August 14th last F. l.. Carpenter
an employe of the Sacramento Transfer
company, was delivering some express
matter IN the eastern part of the city at
about O'Clock, when his team and wagon
ran into sewer at Eighteenth and ]
streets, and Carpenter was thrown ont. He
received injuries that kept him from his
work from August 14th till September 10th,
and was, during the whole time, under the
care OF doctor. His leg is now stiff at
the knee, and it is thought will ALWAYS re-
main so.
MIR. Hart stated that he would present
claim to the Board in week or so. stating
the amount of damages.
Clty Engineer Pierson stated that he had
not yet determined as to what Wonld he
the best plan to conduct the sewage from
the Seventeenth-street sewer at r street
he had made some figures, and said it
could be plped with Is inch stone pipe for
$l1I2. For this amount pipe could be
teenth street.
The Mayor thought the better plan would
be to carry the sewage direct to the pump
al Nlnth and streets, and the CITY En-
glneeer was instructed to make an estimate
of the cost of such work.
1t was ordered that Fred. Werner be in
structed to file bond in the sum of $50 as
evidence of good faith that he would fill in
his low lot at Sixth and P streets. If he
does not do So the City ATTORNEY will be
instructed to draw up complaint against
him.
An order was made condemning the
sidewalk on the east side of Tenth street
north OF the alley between K and L streets.
The Sidewalk Inspector was instructed
10 inspect all the sidewalks from Front to
tenth and from / to L streets, and to re-
port the result of his investigations to the
Board.
The sidewalk on the southwest corner of
Second and NJ streets was ordered con-
demned.
A resolution was passed ordering Seven
teenth street, from the north line of 0 to
the center line of r, graded.
Clerk Mckee stated that he could find no
ordinance un3er which the Board was en-
powered to call an election, and he sug-
gested that, as such power would undoubt-
edly be necessary to the Board in short
time, when the new charter question would
be submitted, they take action and have an
ordinance passed.
An order was made instructing the CITY
Attorney TO draw up an ordinance to meet
the requirements IN the case.