Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-29
REGULAR FIELD DAY.
A LIVELY SESSION OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE CITY.
The Bond Election Hanging Ffre-Much
Cry and Little Wool-Playing
With a Coal Contract.

Cry and Little Wool-Playing
With Coal Contract.
The Board of City Trustees met yester-
day morning. all the members being pres
ent. Chief Engineer Judd of the Water
Works reported that during the past week
24,467 900 gallons of water were pumped,
the Holly engine working 120 hours and
the Stevens As hours.
John hatcher appeared before the Board
and asked if the statement made was cor.
rect that the cost of grading N street from
Fifteenth to Nineteenth would be 81 so per
front foot. or the same as would be the
cost of improving the same street from
Nineteenth to Twenty-ninth streets.
Trustee Mclaughlin informed Mr..
hatcher that no estimate had been made of
the cost of improving the street from Fiji
teenth to Nineteenth, as the property.
owners wished to do some special kind of
work on the street.
Mr. hatcher replied that remonstrance
would be presented to the Board. The
people, he said, wanted to know what the
cost would be before they allowed the work
to go on.
P. Haley wanted to know why the Board
had ordered sidewalk to be laid on the
east side of Twenty-third street from ] to
X. He said there was little or no travel on
that side of the street, and consequently no
need for walk. The order of the Board
was not changed.
City Attorney Hart appeared before the
Board and stated that he believedNand
that his belief was concurred in by several
prominent lawyers-that the Trustees
could legally call an election under the
present charter without passing any special
ordinance. The publishing of the procla.
nation would be sufficient.
Mr.. Hart also stated that he had exam
ined the law in regard to the pollution of
rivers. and found that there was no section
making 1t crime to pollute the Sacra-
mento river.
Clerk Mckee stated that the parties up
the river who were in the habit of throw
ing Objectionable matter into it had prom.
ised not to do so any more
The City Attorney also said that numer-
Gus complaints had been made to him
against the Poundmaster. charging him
with insobriety and using bad language.
1t was decided to have Mr.. O'Neill appear
before the Board and answer the charges.
A property-cwner on Twenty fifth street.
between Q and r. asked the Board if the
city water could not be had in that part of
the city. Mr.. Wolf informed HIM that
there was at present very little money in
the water works fund, but that it would be
attended to as speedily as possible.
a MIR. Pierce asked the Board that thew
put the Y.street levee in better condition
than it is at present. 1t needed leyel:ng
and sprinkling. No action was taken.
DIR. F. NJ. Shields wanted to know if N
street, from Nineteenth to Twenty ninth,
was to be graded right away. He was in
formed that it would be month before
work would be commenced, if it was done
at all.
E. K. Alsip presented a petition signed
by property-owners on street from Fiji
teenth to Nineteenth, asking that a layer
OF cobbles be placed on the street and the
proper depth of unscreened gravel put
on top. Mr.. Alsip said he had rea-
son to believe that gravel could be had for
30 cents per cubic yard, but the property
owners wanted the best quality.
John hatcher, a propertv-owner on that
street, said he didn't want any new expert
ments to be tried. He did not know what
the cost would be, according to Mr.. Alsip's
plan, and he was going to get up q remon-
STRANGE against improving the street in that
way.
There has been considerable irreguIarity
about the bids for the contract for furnish
ing coal for the Water Works, and when
the contract was about to be awarded yes
terday Mayor Comstock wanted the matter
laid over until next week. Trustee Wolf
said that to his knowledge the awarding of
had Cd II
times, and he was opposed TO laying it over
another day.
Trustee Mclaughlin moved to lay the
matter over until next Wednesday.
Trustee Wolf moved to amend by award.
ing the contract to the lone Coal Com
pany.
Upon roll-call Mayor Comstock and the
Street Commissioner voted no on VOLTS
amendment, and aye on the original mo.
ton.
Frank Frates, the agent of the lone Coal
Company, said he did not think he was be-
ing treated fairly at all. He had handed in
bids every time the Board called for them,
and his last bid was Is cents lower per
million gallons of water pumped than the
figures of the other bidders. He believed
the Board did not want to give him the
contract, and said that Mayor Comstock
had told him that if he would agree to pay
$500 to the city for any extra labor which
might have to be employed in the handling
of the coal here he would be given the con.
tract. II even promised to do this, !" said Mr.
Frates. and vet they again reject my bid.
Mr.. Frates then withdrew his bid and said
he would inform the other bidders that he
would not compete for the contract any
more, and allow them to make theil
bids as high as they pleased.
Rids were Openad for grading and gravel
ing \ street, from Front to Fifth, and the
award of the contract was laid over for ont
week
The bill of A. J. Johnston & Co, amount
ing to s163 10, for printing the supple
mental register, was laid over until thu
afternoon session. Trustee Mclaughlin
said he thought that there were sons
points for the Court to decide in the matter
and although Mr.. Johnston handed him
certified copy of the decision of the Cour
he said he wanted time to examine it anC
see that everything was right.
The bonds of the contractor for street
sprinkling were received and accepted.
J. D. Jost, of the Council of Federated
Trades, presented bills from the two dali,
papers here for advertising the Labo
Bureau of the Union. Although SOM
time ago the Trustees assured Mr.. Jost tina
the bills would be paid when presented
Trustee Mclaughlin said he did not under
stand il so. and asked that the claims b
not allowed at present.
Mayor Comstock thought 80, too, an.
although Mr. Wolf assured the Board tina
he knew the bills were correct and ough
to be paid, he was in the minority, and tn
claims were not allowed.
The Board took recess until afternoon
..HAULING DRUNKS"
The New Mayor Encounters Some Nov
elites In the Way of Claims.