The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-27
BIDS FOR LEVEE WORK.
The trustees Considering the Prop
ositions of the Contractors.
a Gem Of a observation-disclosures for
the Bond EIection-More
Street Work.

At yesterday afternoons session of the
City Trustees bids for raising and
Strengthening the Front-street levee from
Q to street, riprapping. raising the Y
street levee, ETC., were opened.
James Touhey offered to do the earth
work on the Front-street Ievee, accord
ing to specifications, for 373 cents per
square yard; the Y-street raising for 265
cents per square yard, and $50 feet of
granite facing on Front street for $1,000.
Rose & Silva's bid was 243 cents per yard
for the Y-street work from the river to
Front street, and 81 cents for the earth
work on Front street from @ to Y.
Darby, Laden & Co. offered to do the
earthwork on Front street for 471 cents a
cubic yard; bulkhead. $3.50; riprapping,
"a cents per foot: Y-street leyee, 30 cents
per yard. Carlaw Bros. bid on $50 feet of
stonework, and offered to do it for 50, 200,
or is cents per square foot. Copp IL
Waters offered to do all the riprapping
for " cents per superficial foot without
any filling of earth, and would take out
the old leyee near the Clunie ware
house and relay it for . cents per super
fetal foot.
The board viii meet again this morn
ing to consider the bids.
The matter OF selecting polling places
for the coming bond election was referred
10 Street Commissioners Green, and he
announced that he would make a report
this morning.
A communication was received from q.
+. Tyndal asking the board to embrace
the FIRST opportunity that presented itself
to compel the electric railway to give
transfers to passengers crossing the city
from north to south, or vice versa. AS
The railway does this very thing now, and
has been doing it for some time, the COM
munlcatlon was relegated to q pigeon
hole.
A communication was received from
Everett Pierce and others who own prop
erty close to the Y-street leveG. They
protest against the raising OF that levee,
as they claim it would injure their prop
erty.
resolution of intention to grade and
gravel Ninth street. from d to q, was
passed and ordered advertised.
The Mayor produced slip of paper on
which was a type-written resolution.
Somebody had given 1t to him, he
thought. AT any rate it was prepared
specially for the consideration of the
Trustees. 1t was as follows:
RcS0IUed That it is the sense of the Trus-
tees OF the city of Sacramento that al fran
chises TO be granted TO street railroads here
afterShouid contain q clause compelling such
per cent. of the gross receipts for fares. SAID
payment to begin at such stated time as may
be estimated viii allow the road to become
good paying property, but not later than
eight years nor earlier than three years after
the granting ofthe franchise. That it will be
our pleasure to grant to such road as will
accept this and other usual binding clauses
such franchise as viii enable it to have the
most favorable route within our power to
give.
Trustee Conklin remarked, laughingly,
hot ioy 4 J, Il I'll
yet for any such legislation as proposed
in the resolution, and on his motion it
was forgotten.
During the examination of bills one
was found for SlSl II, being for salaries
OF citizens who, during the State Fair,
hunted up rooms for visitors.
Auditor Young remarked hat the local
hotel men were opposed to such action by
citizens. The landlords said they should
not be intertered with in fair time.