Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-22
CITY FATHERS.
ACTION ON THE BOND ELECTION PUT
OFF A FEW DAYS.
The Trustees Let Contracts for Street.
sprinkling-Board of Health and
Poundmaster Elected.

Mclaughlin and Wolf.
The Chief Engineer of the Water Works
reported that "a 49S 900 gallons of water
had been pumped during the past week.
The Holly pump was in operation liz
hours and the Stevens SO hours.
City Attorney Hart recommended to the
Board that they adopt the dog ordinance as
written by ex-City Attorney Church, in.
stead of endeavoring to amend the old one
which was SO ungrammatically written
that it was worthless.
No action was taken in the matter.
SIDEWALK INSTRUCTIONS.
Add. @. Hinkson appeared before the
Board as attorney for a J.street business
firm, and read petition asking that the
suit instituted by the Street Commissioner
for constructing show window on the
sidewalk be withdrawn. If this was not
done, he said, all the merchants on ] and
X streets would have to remove their dis
play windows. provided the Court should
decide in favor of the Street Commissioner,
and great amount of expense would be
involved.
Trustee Mclaughlin said it was not the
intention OF the Board to compel everyone
to remove their show windows but thew
wanted to know whether or not they could
restrict property-owner from building his
window wherever he pleased on the side
walk.
Z. Z. Plat spoke on the matter also. He
said he was not an interested party, and
the matter did not concern him any more
than it should any other citizen who had
the interests of the city at heart He be-
neved, however, that this particular case
was An exception. The parties had gone
to considerable expense in improving their
building, and made it an ornament to the
street. The windows were quite at.
tractlve, and he hoped the suit would not
be prosecuted
The owner of the window said he be-
heved that rival of his in the same bust
ness had talked to the Street Commissioner
and spurred him on to start the suit
Mr.. Mclaughlin denied this, and after
further talk the matter was laid over for
one week.
GOOD GRAVEL, OR NONE.
E. c.. Atkinson, in behalf of the prop
erty-owners on l street, which is about to
be improved by graveling, asked informa-
ton of the Board as to what kind of gravel
was going to be used on the street. The
property-owners had to pay for it and
wanted the best gravel. He was satisfied
that screened gravel could be placed on
the street for the same cost as unscreened
gravel. The property owners would be
better satisfied, however, if the work was
deferred for time but if it was to be done
right away they wanted the best quality of
gravel.
City Engineer Pierson said streets on
which ives placed screened gravel had cost
from 81 so to 50 25 per foot, while with the
other kind of gravel it cost 81 81 per foot.
G. A. Luhrs volunteered the statement
that he believed the gravel from Smiths
pit was the best that had yet been placed
on the streets, and thought it would satisfy
the property-owners.
Mr.. Atkinson said everything would be
satisfactory, provided that good gravel was
mi ed - at he would do the best he could.
BIDS FOB COAL SUPPLY.
Bids for furnishing fuel for the water
works for the next year were opened. The
lone Coal Company agreed to furnish fuel
for 50 per million gallons of water pumped;
the Sacramento and lone Coal Company's
bid was So rs, and the Oregon Improve
ment Company bid 50 Is for every million
gallons of water pumped.
The awarding of the contract was laid
over for one week.
STREET IMPROVEMENT AND sPRrNKLING.
Bids were opened for the grading and i'm
provement of Ninth street, from G to II,
and Tenth street, from n to r, and action
thereon was laid over for one week.
Contracts for street shrinking were
awarded as follows:
District No. /, to John Wahl, 81 go.
District No. 2, to John Hughes. 81 400.
District No. g. 10 J. Burns, $1,704.
District No. 5, to A. Silva, 81 ,149.
District No. 6, to F. NJ. Burns, 1894.
District No. 7, TO J. Olsen, 81 800.
District No. s, to NJ. German. 81 ,0SS.
The three contractors who bid for District
No. had received contracts on other dis.
tricts, and, according to the Street Commits
sioner's rule-that no one should receive
more than one district-.he contract on Dis
trict No. was not awarded. New bids
will be received next Wednesday.
THE PROPOSED BOND ELECTION.
City Attorney Hart submitted the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution to the
Board:
WHEREAS. The streets and alleys of the city o
Sacramento are in a condition which necessi
tates Improvement; and whereas, the improve
ment of the said streets and alleys is necessary
for the interests of the city and the property o
the citizens thereof. and will advance the in
terests of the city at large and whereas there
are no funds in the Treasury of the city with
which to pay for the improvement of the street,
and alleys OF said city, and II will therefore bt
necessary, in order to make such improvement
to create debt and 10 levy and collect a specia
tax for the purpose hereinbeiore named there
fore. be It
Resolved, BY the Board of Trustees of the city
of Sacramento that a special election be held il
said city, at lime to be hereafter designated
al which shall be submitted to the qualified
electors OF the city of sacramento the PROPOSE
ton of issuing bonds in the sum of S100 CO., to b,
expended in the Improvement of the streets anC
Blleys of the said city OF Sacramento as afore
said.
Action was deferred until the afternoon
session.
FREEDoa OF THE PLAZA.
The Board granted permission to an out
door preacher TO hold services in the Plaz
on Sunday afternoons for a couple O
weeks.
A recess was then taken until 1:30 o'clocl
Pm.
MORE STREET IMPROVEMENT.
At the afternoon session Mr. McLaughlil
moved that no persons be permitted to de
post earth in the cutters of the pave
streets. Carried.
Henry Dehn was awarded the contrac
for improving Twenty-eighth street frou
X to NJ.
The contract for improving @ street from
Front TO Second was awarded to n.
Ewing.
A resolution of intention was adopte
providing that sewer be laid in the allie
between Ninth and Eleventh, II and
streets.
A resolution of intention was adopte
for the grading and improvement of
street from Fifteenth to Nineteenth streets
Also, for improving street from Nine
teenth TO Twenty-nintb, the cost not to e1
coed 81 80 per front foot.
Also. for improving G street, from Mint
to Twelfth.
Street Commissioner Mclaughlin n
ported adversely on the proposition
have the paved streets swept during th
summer The matter was laid over fc
one week.
GOOD AND BAD SIDEWALKS.
Mr.. Mclaughlin also reported that til
sidewalks on both sides of Fourth stree
from X to the alley on the south, are !
bad condition. and should be replaced wit
new stone ones. The walks were ordere
condemned.
Mr. Wolf said that the sidewalk ord
nance was not enforced. Old plank wall
on | street had been patched up near Thir'
and in other places new plank walks ha
been laid within the limits covered by ID
patent stone ordinance. Officers are pal
to enforce the ordinance, and should
l.