The record-union., 1892-05-10
CITY TRUSTEES AT WORK.
A Proposition to Grade and Gravel 0
Street at Once.
DiIatory street-Sprinklers Punished
The Pound Methods to be Inyes-
tigated-Rickety Chimneys.


and Conklin in their usual places.
General j. g. MARITIME and James E.
Mlils OF the Open-air Concert Committee
MADE formal request upon the board for
permission to give concerts in the Plaza
thls summer. The request was promptly
granted, as was also their petition that
the city illuminate the public square dur
ing concert nights.
Chief Engineer Renwick of the Water
works reported that y, $4,000 gallons
were pumped during last week.
City treasurer Gerber reported the con-
dition of the city's finances as follows:
Balance on hand April 4th, S39,043 20; re-
ceipts during the month, S75,540 81; total,
Sl14,683 II. Warrants paid, S28, ,l02 81;
coupons paid, sos; total disbursements,
S28,Sl0 61. Balance on hand May 1st,
SS5,873 10.
CITY COAL.
Bids for supplying the City Water
works with coal for the year commenc-
ing May 1st were opened as follows: Sac
ramento Coal Company, by w. ID. Hall,
81 70 per ton; Sacramento-Ione Coal
Company, 81 80 per ton: lone Coal and
Iron Company, 81 40 per ton. On motion
OF Mr.. Conklin, it was agreed to make
the award at special meeting to be held
tomorrow.
The new ordinance prohibiting the rid
ing OF bicycles and wagons on sidewalks
was laid over for one week.
The matter Of putting an electric light
at Tenth and streets was also laid over
week.
A petition was received from property
owners for permission to lay sewer in
the alley between J and K, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. Street
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the petition be granted, and an order to
that effect was made.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Clerk Young reported the resignation
Of several Judges and inspectors ap-
pointed to serve during the coming char
ter election. In the First Precinct of the
First Supervisor District the Withdrawals
were /. Boysen, w. Ii. Sherburn, =
Tryon, j. w. Hughes and George w.
Ficks. In their places the board ap-
pointed T. +. Tebbets, w. II. Hanlon,
George S. Taylor, ID. II. Quinn and j. c.
Medley. In the First Precinct of the
Third Ben Leonard and James II. Moore
were appointed to fill the places made
vacant by the designations of John Bell
mer and V. w. Hartley. In the First
Precinct of the Fourth j. j. Trarbach
was appointed to take the place of w. +.
Purnell.
Attorney G. y. Post appeared before
the board and asked permission for Con-
tractor Wall to sublet one of his street.
sprinkling contracts to NJ. Brady.
MIR, Conklin said this would occasion
considerable annoyance. Mr.. Wall had
given the board a bond, and the board
would hold him alone responsible for the
fulfllment of the contract. If Mr.. Wall
desired 10 sublet his contract he could go
ahead and do it, but he must still be re-
sponsible to the board.
Mr.. Post said this would be agreeable
to Mr.. Wall. He did not desire to do
anything in the matter without notifying
the board.
WILL INVESTIGATE.
John Stevens complained to the board
that some of his horses had been illegally
lmpounded. He believed that the horses
had been properly inclosed IN lot and
that somebody had Willfully taken them
ont.
The Mayor desired to refer the matter
to the Street Commissioner, but Mr..
Conkin objected, saying that these sort
OF complaints were coming in too fre-
quently, and it was time some of them
were investigated. He moved, therefore,
that the Stevens case be investigated at
tO-morrow's s special meeting and that the
Poundmaster be summoned to appear
before the board. The motion was car
ried.
Petitions were received from Cowles d
Buckman and j. w. Maxwell to open
saloons, the former on Il street, near
Seventh, and the latter at the Pacific
Hotel. The petitions were granted.
NO LIGHTS.
a communication was received from
Police Captain Bradley, notifying the
board that on Sunday night the
electric lights We're not lighted after
the moon disappeared, leaving the city
in total darkness. The matter was re-
ferred to the Street Commissioner.
a communication was received from
the Mutual Oil Company. informing the
board that their petition to store oils in a
store at Front and / streets had been re-
jected last week by the board under
a misapprehension. 1t was not their
intention to store gasoline or benZine: on
the contrary, they only desired to store
high-grade illuminating oils and lubri-
cants. They therefore asked that the
matter be reconsidered on motion of
Mr.. Conklin, the matter was referred to
Chief Engineer Guthrie of the Fire De-
partment.
Q-sTREET IMPROVEMENT.
Street Commissioner Green said the
property-oWners along q street were
quite anxious to have it improved. and
he was willing that it should be. He
thereforelpresenteda a resolution of inten-
ton to improve the street by grading and
graveling, from Second to Twenty second
streets. Folsom gravel will be used. The
Trustees passed the resolution.
II. G.. May addressed the board with re-
ference TO the Improvement of @ street.
He said he hoped the board would order
the street up Immediately, as the people
all wanted the work started. Itwould be
great benefit to the city, and would fur
nish another important outlet into the
country.
Mr.. Conklin thought that in order to
get TO work property the Auditor should
6e instructed to advertise the sale of SIS
600 worth of street bonds, and made a
motion TO that effect.
Mr. MAY said this delay would be un-
necessary, as two well-known street con-
tractors had agreed to do the work, and
accept the bonds direct in compensation.
Mr.. Conkiin's motion to advertise was,
however, carried by unanimous vote.
Trustee Conklin called the boards at
tention to the fact that X street, from Fif-
teenth to Twentieth, where the street
railroad company had taken up its rails,
was in a very bad condition. He moved
that the Street Commissioner be instruct
ed to see that the street was fixed by the
company, and the motion was carried.
\ petition for the extension of water
mains from Twenty-fourth street TO
fwenty-fitth in the alley between X and
i. streets was referred to the Superin-
tendent of the Water Works.
wABBLING CHIArNEYs.
The Sacramento Bank was given per-
mission To shove some rickety chimneys
OFF its building into the street, provided
care is taken TO keep the heads of pedes-
trians out OF the way. 1t is under
stood the work viii be done at night.
The chimneys were loosened by the re-
cent temblors.
Trustee Green said he had been spoken
~ with reference to the condition of sew
oral bridges crossing the drainage canal
O.;ln The city limits and Yvanfad To