The record-union., 1891-11-10
IT COSTS TOO MUCH.
That is Why the Mayor is Opposed to
Levee Work.
Two Odd Bids for Riprapping-Con-
tracing for Election Booths
Other City Business.

Inc City trustees met yesterday morn
ing, ana mad quite lengthy session.
Ihe report of Chief Engineer Judd of
the Water Works was received. 1t
showed that during last week 80, ,I42 900
gallons of water were used. The Holly
pump raised 14,16S,oO0 gallons and the
stevens pump IL, ,974, ,0OO
w. E. Gerber, the City Treasurer, made
the following report for the month of Oc-
tober:
Balance on hand October 1st..-S115 ,837 70
receipts during month............ 25267 36
Warrants paid......... s45, sos OF
COUPONS pald~........ $3.50 90
Total disbursements. Y5l.o8s O2
balance November 1st... S9O,OO7 o6
TO FIX THE LEvEE.
Bids were received from J, C.. Pierson
ana Carlaw Brothers for riprapping the
front-street levee. The first was for ], 600
feet, and the latter for 800. The board de-
cided not to take action until later on.
A petition from property owners south
OF street, asking that w street be
opened from Front to Third, was referred
10 Inc Street Commissioner
from
+. P. Burke, offering his property at 9O5
Second street for sale to the city for city
jail.
MIGHT MAKE TROUBLE.
The ordinance to prevent the hitching
OF horses in front of place of business if
the proprietor objects, was read the Sec
ond time.
It's objects is to stop the hitching OF
horses and express wagons in front of
business houses as Stands" but the
Trustees concluded that as at present
written, the ordinance might prevent
country people hitching their horses in
front of stores, and this would not be
good policy. 1t was decided 10 lay the
ordinance aside until some future time.
The Liquor Dealers anti-corner gro
Gerry ordinance was taken up, but laid
over indefinitely.
ONE FOR THE DOCTORS.
: Mayor Comstock beamed vengefully
when the proposed ordinance, recon-
mended by the Board of Health TO pre-
vent the burning Of leaves and rubbish
IN the streets, was taken up. 1t will be
remembered that the doctors scored the
Mayor severely for his antagonism to
their body, and passed a resolution of in
tentlon to mandamus the Trustees if they
refused to pass the ordinance.
The Mayor said that this ordinance had
better "lay over indefinitely"
Trustee Mclaughlin is friendly to the
Health Board, and wanted to act on the
ordinance.
But Trustee Conklin stood in with the
Mayor, and the ordinance was relegated
to the pigeon-hole-andt the doctors may
now mandamus.
WEEKLY EXPENSES.
The following bills We're allowed: M.
Campbell, So; James McClatchy d Co,
9l1 40; PhilIO'Neil, SO; r. II. Singleton,
S4S; Western Union Telegraph Company,
25c; Pacific Stables, So; the same, $40; A.
Sunset Telephone Company, 81; the
same, 81 60; w. R. Strong Company,
81 Y; Union Ice Company, So 10; w. I.
Wallace, So so; Ing 81 Alice, SS 60; Union
Ice Company, S. 30; NJ. Hanrahan,
SLY 20; Jerry Lenhart, S41 O5; Holbrook,
Ne Merrill 4 .Stetson, SlI 02; John German,
3d. William Devine, S24; J. Pierson,
81 90; John Hughes, S73 so; E. Gum,
- IS; Jerry Lenhart, S65; E. Gum. 25c:
Tom Cotter, S25 70; Baker d Hamilton,
Sl5 80; Sullivan-Kelly Company, S63 IS;
Capital Gas Company, $50 40; Weizel x
Co., s.; w. F. Frazier, $75 Is; Baker 6c
Hamilton, SIS 80; r. a. Renwick, SI56;
Sacramento District Telegraph Company,
60c; Holbrook, Merrill Il Stetson, 81 56:
Schaw, Ingram, hatcher IL Co., S31 40:
Root, Nelson & Co, S5S7; James Touhey.
$3.50 73; Sacramento Street Improve
meuG company, S4O9 Il.
STREET MATTERS.
Edward Barth complained to the board
that he had as yet received no pay for
laying sidewalks by the city's order in
front OF the property of Eli Mayo and
others who had refused to ''pungle." He
said he was tired Of waiting He was as
sured that his money would be forth
coming shortly, and he left feeling much
better.
Mr.. Welch, who lives on P street, COM
planned that his neighbor, Mrs. Magee,
declines to put a sidewalk in front of her
place. He has good sidewalk, but she
is satisfied with cinders, and the city. he
thought, should compel her to fix up.
Mrs. Magee will be ordered to improve
her sidewalk.
Resolutions of intention for the follow
ing work were passed: For the laying of
an eight-inch sewer in the alley between
= and q, Third and Fourth; for the Law
ing of an eight-inch sewer in the alley
between L and NJ, Twenty-tirst and
Twenty second; for the laying of an
elght-lnch sewer IN the alley between NJ
and n, Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
Guthrie Bros. were awarded the con-
tract for the construction of q sewer in
the alley between n and o, Ninth and
Tenth.
Trustee Mclaughlin called attention to
the diiapidated condition of the sidewalk
Oh inc SOutllWeSI corner OF seventh and
q streets. lie moved that the owners of
the property be given fifteen davs to
commence work, and if at the expiration
OF that time 1t was not repaired the city
advertise for bids for the doing of the
work.
On motion of Trustee Mclaughlin it
was decided to take the same course with
the sidewalk on the west side of Eighth
street, between X and L.
ppSTpEErCF pDrfr-S
Trustee Mclaughlin moved that the
contractors ofthe new Postoffice building.
Seventh and X, be required to remove
the bricks on Seventh street from K to
the alley. The motion was carried.
Trustee Conklin asked Major Nc
Laughlin if he had ever requested the
railroad to raise their levee three feet, as
suggested by the Trustees.
Trustee Mclaughlin replied that he
had talked TO the railroad officials and il
was generally understood that thew
would raise their track.
Afternoon Session.
The Board reconveued shortly before 2
O'Clock.
Henry Roth was granted license to
conduct n saloon on X street in the Clunie
Building.
The Mayor suggested that the Board
should do something regarding the bids
for rip rapping the Front-street levee
from 7 TO \ streets. Bids, he said, had
been received from J. G. Pierson and
Carlaw Brothers. There had been some
misunderstanding regarding the specifi-
cations, and as a result the bids were not
alike.
Auditor Young read the bids. That of
Cariaw Bros. was for 800 feet from Y