Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-22
MUNICIPAL AATfRRS.
PROPERTY-owNERs WHO ARE OPPOSED
TO IMPROVEMENT.
The Midnight Saloon Closing Ordinance
Put to Sleep-Grace Cook and
Her Water Bills.

At the session of the Board of City Trus.
tees yesterday P. S. Lawson complained of
the quality of the gravel that was being
put on o street. between Fifteenth and Six
teenth. He said that the specifications
called for coarse gravel on the bottom and
fine gravel on top, but Contractor Ewing
was not paying any attention to that part
of the contract. He was hauling fine
gravel.
Mr.. Lawson further stated that he would
not pay his share of the cost of the work if
the contractor continued to use such gravel
as was at present being hauled on the
street.
Street Commissioner Mclaughlin prom
ised to give his attention to the matter.
Property-owners in the block bounded
by n and 0, Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth streets, sent in petition asking that
water mains be so extended that they could
get the city water. The request was re-
ferred to Trustee Wolf.
Apetition for an electric light at Sixth
and R streets was referred to the Street
Commissioner.
A remonstrance was received against
grading and graveling the alley between H
and l, Seventh and Eighth streets, and it
was also referred to Trustee Mclaughlin.
w. II. Deviin, the City Expert, sent in a
communication explaining that there was
no shortage in the Water Works tap &C.
count.
Chief Engineer Judd of the Water Works
reported that during the past week 40 52O,-
600 gallons of water were pumped. The
running time of the Holly engine was 81
hours, and the Stevens 1l9 hours.
Mrs. Grace Cook wanted to know why
the city water was shut off from her house,
on Sixth street. between P and @. She said
she called at the office of the Water Works
Clerk and wanted to pay the bill, but he
still refused to turn the water on.
Clerk Cotfey was called, and stated that
there were back water. bills due to the
amount of $40 or thereabouts, and Mrs.
Cook had refused to pay them.
Mrs. Cook said she wasn't going to pay
her husbands bills and didn't care whether
the water was turned on or not. She would
get it, ANYHOW.
e. M. Leitch wanted Trustee McLaugh-
lin to introduce the ordinance which COM
PEELED saloons to close at IL o'clock at
night, but the Street Commissioner said he
was not quite ready as yet
L. Hague suggested to the Board that
Third street, from to V, be graded and
graveled at the same time, instead of SIM
ply rounded up.
The Street Commissioner favored the
idea, and promised to look into the subject
and report next week.
But one bid was received for the grading
and graveling CT l. street, from Fifteenth
found to be from the Sacramento Improve
ment Company.
When the bills of the Central Electric
Company came up for payment, Trustee
Mclaughlin wanted to know of Mr.. Meyers,
the Superintendent, whether or not he
would allow rebate of 81 800 on account
OF the company's over-charge for ninety
DAYS.
Mr.. Meyers said he could not see that the
charges made were more than the contract
price.
The Mayor said he would stand in with
the city, but he thought the bills were all
right. If the old rates had been charged
by the company, he figured that the cost
would have been more than the amount of
the present bills.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he was not
going to say anything more on the subject.
He had protested so long that he was tired
OF 1t. He thought the company had i'm
posed on the residents and taxpay ers of the
city.
Mr.. Meyers asked that one of the COM
pany's men be appointed special officer
whose duty it would be to see that the boys
did not break the globes. There were on
an average of half dozen broken every
week by mischievous children.
The Board thought the request should be
granted, and referred Mr. Meyers to the
Chief OF Police
No action was taken on the bills.
w. R. Ellis wanted to know when the
Board were going to remove the electric
light from Tenth and r streets to Ninth
and R.
The Street Commissioner suggested that
the trees in that vicinity be trimmed up
and the light would serve people living on
Ninth street.
A recess was taken until 13O p NJ.
AT the afternoon session the Sacramento
Street improvement Company was awarded
the contract for improving L street. from
Fifteenth to Twenty eighth streets.
Fifteenth street. from n 10 o, was ordered
improved; also from J to l..
Also, Il street, from Tenth to Twenty
third.
Also, the alley between o, P, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets.
The contract for improving and gravel
ing the Y-street levee. from the river to
Ninth street, was awarded to Rosa & Silva.
A remons.rance was received from a
majority of the property y-owners on L
street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
against the improvement of that block the
present season.
The matter of preparing an order to get
the new street Improvement bonds on the
market was referred to the City Attorney
and Auditor.
A proposed ordinance, handed in by E
NJ. Letch, to prohibit the sale of liquors
between midnight and 5 o'clock A. M, was
read.
Trustees Mclaughlin and Wolf said they
would favor such an ordinance if the saloon
ordinance passed a week ago did not work
satisfactorily, but were not in favor ol
passing ordinances every week, at consid-
erable expense, to please everybody that
might bring them in.