Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-13
HOW NOT TO DO THINGS.
EXPLAINED BY AN ALL-DAY SESSION
OF THE TRUSTEES.
The Mayor Ignores Contract He Helped
to Make-Creditors Go without
Their Money.

City trustees yesterday, at which all the
members were present, the Chief Engineer
OF the Water Works reported that the
Holly pump, working 100 hours, and the
Stevens pump, Al hours. had pumped 25,.
461, 600 gallons of water.
After the reading of the minutes, Trustee
Wolf stated that certain portion was moi
correct, in reference to the granting of the
contract for furnishing coal to the Water
Works by the lone Coal Company. The
minutes read that ION Trustee VOLTS mo-
ton to have the agent of the company ap.
pear before the Board and sign contrac
to furnish coal for $14,5OO, Mclaughlin
voted no, Wolf voted aye, and Mayor Com
stock said he would vote aye to have tn,
agent appear, but he did not want him te
sign contract for Sl4, 500, when he haG
agreed to do it for $13 ,6OO."
Trustee Wolf claimed that although th,
Mayor did make the above statement in
reference to his vote, he afterwards voted
aye on his (Wolfs) motion.
Mayor Comstock said he did not under
stand it that way, but Trustee Mclaughlin
said that ne did. He understood that the
matter had been settled at the last meeting
by ordering the agent to sign contract fol
$4,000. He did not want the minutes an.
proved in the manner in which they had
been read.
Trustee Wolf moved that the minutes
be corrected as he had explained, but there
was no second 10 the motion. The roll
was called on the motion. and Mclaughlin
and Wolf voted aye and Comstock no on
the amendment to the minutes.
The Clerk made the correction as or.
dered, and the Mayor attested his signature
stating at the same time that he was placed
in a false light.
THE POLICE BILLS.
Charles T. Jones appeared before the
Board and asked that it either allow or re.
]ect the bills presented by the old police
men for their salaries for the month OF
April. He simply wanted to know
whether or not the Board were going to
act on them, in order that he might COM
mence suit if they did not see fit to paw
them. He proposed to make them act.
No action was taken at the time.
BOND ELECTION CALLED.
City Attorney Hart handed to the Board
a proposed ordinance calling for a special
election for the purpose of submitting to a
vote of the people the question of the city's
issuing 100000 in bonds for improve.
ments.
The ordinance was passed and ordered
advertised for two weeks.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND SEWERS.
Trustee Mclaughlin suggested that the
bids for improving and grading Y street be
not opened until next Monday, and it was
so ordered
Bids were opened for the Improvement
of L street from Fifteenth to Twenty.
eighth. One of the bids was from the new
Street improvement Company, but theil
prices were considerably higher than thai
OF several of the other contractors, with
the exception of the cost of gravel. They
agreed to furnish it for 81 10 per cubic
yard, while the bids of the others ranged
from 81 25 to 81 80.
Bids for constructing vitrifed stone
pipe sewer from Seventeenth to Sixth on s
street, and also brick sewer on Seven
teenth, from r to S, were opened and read
a petition was received asking that Y
street from Eighth to Ninth be graded. Tn.
Street Commissioner will give his attention
to the request
Trustee Mclaughlin moved that the bill!
of the several policemen who failed to b,
reelected for this year be laid aside, ant
no action. taken on them.
Mayo Comstock moved that they be re
jected, and Trustee Wolf concurrirg with
Mr.. Comstock's motion, it was SO ordered
THE BUG INSPECTOR AGAIN.
An old bill of SIP 80 was presented by
Tree Inspector NJ. S. Flynn for services a
the rate of S75 per month.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he thought the
State was TO pay Mr.. Flynn, and Mr.. Vol
thought so, too. They both believed, how
ever, that Mr.. Flynn was entitled to his
money from some source.
The Mayor said he believed that it was 8
just demand, but Trustee Mclaughlin
wanted another week to consider the mat
ter, and it went over.
AFTER THE BoNDHoLDERs.
Trustee Wolf moved that hereafter, in
stead OF paying 80 per cent. of the Water
Works receipts into the sinking and in
terest fund, that 90 per cent. of the net pro
ceeds be turned in, or to first let the run
ming expenses of the Water Works be taker
out Of the whole receipts.
The matter was laid over for consider
alton for one week.
Trustee Mclaughlin remarked that h.
considered it a good point, and Mr.. VOL
said he had the opinion of several lawyer
IL sNpPOiboi piOpoSltlOu.
NO WORK FOR THE CHAIN GANG.
Mr.. Wolf stated that he had talked will
members of the Board of Supervisors in re
gard 10 the finding of some kind of employ
ment for the chain-gang The county ha,
no use for them, and the Street Commits
sioner said they were no help to him. Th
Supervisors had agreed to discuss the mat
ter with the Trustees, and he suggested tha
the RNa rI m aat tho fx- Eot IL.
o'clock in the afternoon. 1t was so ordered
THREE DAYS LOSS TO POLICEMEN.
The bills of the present police force 70
the month of April, less three days, wer
allowed in the sum of 500 each. Oh
account of the failure of the Police Com
missioners to elect the force until thre
the entire old force claimed payment 70
these three days.
DEMONS PEACE DIsTURBERs.
n. n. Denton appeared before the Boar
to again complain of the disorderly man
ner in which saloon at Twenty sixth an
P streets was carrying on business. H
there last Sunday, which shocked tn
neighborhood.
No action was then taken by the Board
but at the afternoon session the matter wa
referred to the Chief of Police
MUSIC IN THE PLAZA.
J. G. MARITIME and j. E. Mills. of tn
Open air Concert Music Committee, ar
peared before the Board and asked per
mission to hold concerts in the Plaza
Their request was readily granted
The bills of A. ]. Johnston, for furnish
ing the supplemental register, and w. A
Anderson for services as attorney for III
city, were allowed.
WOOD YARD FLOODED.
D. Gardner claimed that his wood yard
at Fourth and / streets, was being fioode
by China slough, on account of severa
drainage sewers that were being emptie
into it.
1t was ordered that the Street Commits
sioner look into the matter.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS CLERK.
jim. Larkin put in bill for $50 fe
services as Clerk of the Board of Polio
Commissioners during last year, and
went through.
A recess was then taken until 100 P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
wrangIe After wrangle Consume tn
Rest of the Day.
The first business done at the afternoo
session was to adopt resolution presente