Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-11
CITY TRUSTEES.
THEY DISPOSE OF THE USUAL WEEKLY
ROUTINE OF BUSINESS.
A Contract Finally Let to Pave the Alley
Between Third and Fourth,
j and X Streets.

The City Trustees met yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. All the members were
present. The Chief Engineer of the Water
Works reported that during the week end
ing March 9th, 20,425,o00 gallons of water
were pumped, the Holly engine being in
operation 159 hours and the Stevens five
hours.
Chief Of Police Lee made the following
report for the month of February; Arrests
made, 3S2; lodgers accommodated, $50;
meals furnished. 1850; cash received dur
ing the month, So; balance on hand March
1, 1890, 81 40.
R.W. Parker, Superintendent of the City
Cemetery, reported as follows for the
month of February: Number of deaths
in the city, So; till-bo-n, i; brought here
for interment, II; total number inferred,
"a; collected for sale of lots. $44S 75; for
permits, $92; vault dues, So 70; total,
$544 so.
The bill of A. J. Johnston & Co., amount
ing to $163 Is, for printing the supple
mental register, containing 1,02l names,
was ordered placed on file.
John Olsen asked permission of the
Board to grade the street in front of lots 6,
and in the block bounded by II and l,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, owned
by him. Action in the matter was de-
ferred until the next meeting of the Board.
City Treasurer W. E. Gerber made the
following report:
Balance February l. 493 Is
Receipts during month. 1856 65
009 so
GO O6O DO
Coupons 775S 20
Total disbursements. $50, ,S3S Sc
Balance March h1st...................s1 s1I7, III "a
Clerk Mckee stated to the Board that be-
fore getting the registers from the County
Clerk he had to become responsible for the
return of fifty of them, and suggested that
the Board pass an order for the Inspectors
in each precinct to return four of the regis
ters. An order was accordingly passed to
that effect.
H. C. Ewing was awarded the contract
for paving the alley between and K, Third
and Fourth streets, with granite blocks,
and constructing granite curbings, granite
crosswalks and a catch-basin.
The following resolutions ordering work
were passed:
That o street, from Tenth to Twenty
nrSt, ana the alley between II ana VI, from
Second to Third be graded and graveled to
the official grade. A portion of 0 street
will have to be graded at the expense of
the street car company, whose track runs
along the middle of the street.
The matter of appointing extra police
men for election day was brought up, and
the Police Commissioners were authorized
to appoint the number necessary to pre-
serve the peace
1t was suggested by the Mayor that the
three Trustees act as guardians of the peace
during the day, but the third member of
the Board made demand for boxing
gloves and baseball mask, and rather
than go to the expense of purchasing such
defensive armor the Board thought the
most economical plan would be to hire
several extra policemen.
Trustee Mclaughlin suggested that the
Clerk of the Water Works be instructed to
make report to the Board of all the de-
linquent water-takers on the second Mon
day in April, and an order was passed to
that effect.
The Board then adjourned.