The record-union., 1893-02-16
He is for Progress and improvement
in Sacramento.
Business Methods Should Be Applied
in Every Department of City
Government.

! 1ASeNh NRaibiAe1lS All lAllS OllICG dl blG
| ing election.
My dear boy" said the genial Stein
! man, amy business man who has inVesti-
gated city affairs knows just exactly
what this city needs. In a nutshell, it is
to have her affairs run as any competent
| business man would run his own bust
ness. That is not what has been DONE
and until the proper remedy is applied
we cannot hope to progress.
can indicate to you a few things
Whlch occur to me on the spur of the mo-
ment, which ought to be done and will
| have TO be done to make Sacramento take
rank among the progressive cities of the
State; but don't understand me 10 prom
/ Use to do these things in nine months
term OF office, should ] be elected. The
proper policy can be inaugurated, how
ever, and the new charter, with its first
board, can carry on the good work.
ABOUT OUR STREETS
In the first place, our streets are.bad
! Gravel is better than the former mud,
but small addition in first cost would
have macadamized the streets and saved
money in the end. We haul on gravel at
| 81 90 per load and haul it off as mud at
| 10 cents per load, and then repair the
| streets at additional cost. There should
! be no more gravel streets permitted, and
no more cobbles. / saw a letter from a
| young Sacramento lady now at Munich,
| III nIiCu Sl6 say ) Iudt Sll6 saw more NTH
IN the few blocks between the Courthouse
and the depot in Sacramento than she
saw in the whole city of Munich. 1t isn't
because we haven't spent money enough
on the streets; it is because it has not
been judiciously expended. The low
priced article is seldom paying invest
ment.
| MUST HAVE GOOD SEWERS.
"Then our sewers-that is our next
necessary improvement of magnitude.
! 10 preserve good streets, good drainage
must be had, and as a sanitary measure
we should have a good sewer system.
| Sacramento has difficulties to overcome
In TINS matter because of her lack of
/ grade, and | am not prepared to say what
is the best system for her. A commits
sion of public spirited citizens, with
competent engineer, should be appointed
to inquire carefully into the matter and
report as to the best plan.
THE WATER QUESTION.
sacramento has dallied for number
of years with the water supply question.
1t is time for her to do something. The
sacramento River water Is generally ex-
| cellent-treer from animal and vegetable
matter. understand, than the water used
by any large city in the State But Fol
som prison and the towns above us are
turning filth into the river, and it thus
carries germs of disease which no filter
alton can remove-nothing but boiling
and community won't boil the water If
uses every day. The evil from this
source is growing greater We have a
supply that seems to be adequate east of
the city in artesian wells. If not, we
must look elsewhere; but let us do it.
THE CITY SHOULD OWN THEM.
1.-THE city ought to own its own lighting
| plant, just as 1t owns its own water
works; That may sound curious, coming
! from the President of the Gas Company.
/ When l am President of the Gas Com
pany I do my best for its interests. If
should be Mayor, the interests of the city
should be paramount to all other CON
! siderations, and I Will endeavor to man
age its affairs as well as [ would my own.
| Business should be business, whether it
is the city or the gas company that is con-
cerned.
CUBIC AIR-CITY HALL.
1.-THE cubic air ordinance should be
rigidly enforced as a sanitary measure
If an epidemic strikes this town it is
going to start in localities that defy that
ordinance.
The present City Hall is disgrace to
a city like Sacramento. 1t ought to be re-
placed, and will have to be, [ imagine.
| before the Board of Trustees under the
new charter goes in, for there is no place
for them to meet. The Perry Seminary
lot on l street, owned by the city, with
an adjoining lot so as to give frontage
on Tenth street, would make a good site.
POLICE AND RECEIVING HOSPITAL.
1.-THE Chief of Police should be held re-
sponsible for the conduct of his office.
and you cannot do so unless you give him
proper control OF the force. The present
condition of things on the police force,
with Captain who is equal to or above
the Chief in authority, is disgrace to the
city and it has demoralized the force.
There ought to be a proper city Re-
ceiving Hospital. 1t is a shame for Sac
ramento to allow wounded or dying
man to lie in prison cell waiting for
treatment.
POOR. FINANCIAL METHODS.
"City finances have been conducted in
a very loose way for years. Each board,
anxious to make low rate, has left its
debts to be paid out of the following
| years revenues, in defiance of the law.
| Last year, as the Bee indicated at the
time, the city was nearly $4,000 behind.
To avoid unpleasant comment the Trus-
tees kept the rate down to 81 %, and now
the floating debt is, I am told, nearly
$4,000. OF course one administration
don't feel like paying the debts of the one
before it, but things can't go along in this
way. 1t amt business. The floating
debt should be wiped out this year so that
we can start clean under the new charter
WON'T PROMISE IMPossIBILITIEs.
''These matters occur to me as YOU ask
the question. There are numberless
others that demand equal attention.
/ Come to me tomorrow and l could give
you another long list. But what's the
use? Everyone ought to know how far
! this city is behind and what she has to do
to redeem herself But don't you give
/ the public the idea that l pretend 10 be
able to cure all those things in few
months. No man or set of men can do it
! in that time. Even with the power. a
unanimous board in the coming wear
1 could but inaugurate few of the matters
l have mentioned.
HIS PLATFORM.
$50 far as am concerned, can only say
| that, If elected Mayor, VIII regard the
affairs of the city as 1 would regard those
of my own business, and act accordingly.
/ Beyond that make no promises. Peo-
must take me as l am. My platform is a
simple one-it is simply Improvement
and progress for Sacramento. it has
numberless planks. but no man can
enumerate them. have lived thirty-six
years in Sacramento; I hope to live here
thirty-siX years longer; and il l am de-
feated in the coming election, none will
be disappointed except myself, for l am
under promise to no one. One who is
ambitious of being a Mayor of progress
would be hopelessly handicapped by
political promises"
7uE AMIGOS DAMNED