The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-13
BRADY AND BURNS.
They VIII be Given Another Chance
at Dust-Laying.
Various Matters Considered and Some
That Were Disposed of by
the City Trustees.

Trustees yesterday for grading the alley
between Seventh and Eighth, ii and l
streets, and a discussion ensued as to the
course to be pursued, the custom of the
board having heretofore been not to open
a single bid, but to readvertise for bids.
Messrs. Green and Conklin adhered to
the old custom, while the Mayor thought
the bid should be opened, and if low
enough, accepted; if too high, rejected.
1t was finally decided to open the bid,
and it was found to be that of B. Labs.
AS the price was found to be a low one, it
was accepted, and the contract was
awarded to him.
WANTS THE sPRINKLING DONE.
John Stevens asked to have Twenty
first street, from r to Y, properly
sprinkled 1t had been torn up, he said,
in order to lay water and gas pipes, and
has never been properly sprinkled since
that time.
l.. Spurgeon, who has the contract for
sprinkling that street, stated that he had
heretofore been unable to get the neces-
sary water, but that he was able TO do so
now. Street Commissioner Green mott
fed him to see that the sprinkling was
properly done hereafter.
WANTS To PAY HER SHARE.
Mrs. NJ. Bennett, who owns half of lot
in the block between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, L and G streets, asked the
board to allow her to pay the tax on her
half of the lot. 1t seems that when the
property was sold by Frank p. Lowell 1t
was supposed to be clear of all incum-
brance, but it is discovered that delin-
quent tax of $40 is assessed against the
whole lot. She consulted the District At
torney and he advised her TO see the
Trustees and get their consent to her
payment of half the amount, so as to
clear the title to her property.
The board had some doubt as to the
propriety or ACCESSIBILITY of such action.
from a legal point of view, and the mat
ter was referred to the City Attorney for
his opinion on it..
WANT THEIR JOBS AGAIN.
Milton Brady, whose contract for
sprinkling was declared forfeited at the
last session of the board, asked for an
other chance. One of his new wagons,
he said, had broken down and left him
short. He had plenty of horses and
wagons now, and would perform his
work faithfully if he could have show
given him.
Trustee Green had not much faith in
Brady's promises, he said, as last season
he had the same trouble. If they gave
Brady back his contract, Burns would be
equally entitled to his, and he (Green)
had to stand all the kicking. He
was tired of it, and did not propose to
stand it any longer
Mayor Steinman proposed to stand by
the Street Commissioner if he insisted,
but thought that possibly Brady and
Burns might do better if they were given
a chance to try until the lst Of the month,
and Trustee Conklin also advocated
clemency.
The Street Commissioner finally said
that he wanted to be reasonable, and
would give way this time if they would
do their work properly and we'll. He
gave them warning, however, and the
Mayor concurred with him, that if they
did not keep their promises this time
they would not get another chance to
break them.
WILL SPRINKLE EARLIER.
Burns stated to the board that as they
were not allowed to sprinkle before A.
NJ, when they got upon the cobbled
streets they found them INSTRUCTED by
drays and wagons, and could not sprinkle
them to the cutters. He thought if the
wagons were allowed to sprinkle at
O'Clock, part of their work could be done
before the streets were INSTRUCTED, and
would give better satisfaction.
The board decided that J and X streets.
as far east as Fourteenth. could be sprin-
Killed. at O'Clock in the morning, and the
rest of the city as heretofore.
THE Y-sTREET PUMP.
The bids for furnishing coal to the Y
street pump were opened and found to be
as follows: Sacramento lone Coal Com
pany, $4,000; Sacramento Coal Company,
81, 495 20; NJ. X. Bell of Stockton s.. S25
All the bids included the pay of an
engineer and everything necessary but
repairs, the hours to agree with those of
last year.
The bid of the Sacramento Coal Com
pany was accepted, and MIR. Hall, the
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morning on his work.
SIDEWALKS CONDEMNED
The following sidewalks were con-
demned on the recommendation of CITY
Surveyor Boyd: south half of lot and
all of lot 6, Nj and \, Third and Fourth
streets; south 40 feet of north 50 feet of
lot ), \ and Q, Third and Fourth streets;
south 40 feet of lot +, \ and O, Third and
Fourth streets; lot 5, and O, Fifth and
Sixth streets; east 10 feet of lot :. n and
o, Sixth and Seventh streets: lot s. y and
o, Seventh and Eighth streets; lot ). |
and J, Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets:
west half of lot l, II and I, sixteenth and
Seventeenth Streets lot 8, = and q, Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets; west half
Of lot 6, + and q, Ninth and Tenth streets;
lot Z, + and q, Ninth and Teuth streets.
WATER INSPECTORS REPORT
f. J. Clark, Water Inspector, reported
that the use of water at Thirty first and J
streets to sprinkle outside of the city and
at East Park was the cause of a shortage
there, and also that sprinklers let their
carts overflow.
Some Chinese wash-houses waste the
water, but these are no worse than many
private persons. who irrigate before and
after the prescribed hours.
BAD STREET CURBsToNEs.
City Surveyor Boyd spoke of a granite
curb which had been put in on X street
near Second, which was so rotten that il
broke by its own weight. He thought it
would be well if property-owners on X
street were informed that the street was
now under control of the contractor who
is To lay the bitumen pavement, and that
he has power, if he sees fit, to make them
pay the second time for putting in curb
ing. notwithstanding the fact that tnev
might have put it in and paid for it
themselves. Moreover, property
AZ Tenth and X streets have a right to
kick against those in the lower part of
the city putting in curbings themselves.
At all events, they cannot do so except
by agreement with the contractor who is
20 grade the street.
STREET PAVING MATERIAL.
Silas Chance asked the board ii it would
anprove of street composed of bed of
cement gravel with Il facing of macadam;
the gravel to be free from dirt eight
inches deep in the middle of the street
and four inches deep at the cutters, TO be
covered with nacadam three inches deep
on an average.
He referred to L street, between
Twentieth and Twenty-tirst streets,
which had been improved in that way
last wear. and to various roads where
cement gravel had been put on years ago
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