The record-union., 1893-07-08
THE SUPERVISORS.
Pumping Plants to be Erected on the
County Roads.
Forty Dollars Month License for the
Theater Comfque is Deemed
Too High.

The Board of Supervisors met yester-
day, going into session first as a Swamp
Land Board, considering such matters of
that class as came before it, and auditing
number of swamp land claims.
They then, as a Board of Supervisors,
considered petition for the opening of a
road between the lands of c. W. Clarke
and Dwight Hollister, near Richland, and
George i. Green. H. +. Isham and
County Surveyor VIM were appointed
viewers.
The board also allowed $I32 80 for the
Fourth of July celebration.
communication was received from
r. c. Irvine, Chairman of the Committee
of Promotion, with request that the
board would appoint three delegates to
the Good Roads Convention, to be held in
this city. The matter Of appointing dele
gates was laid over one week.
y communication from the committee
appointed by the citizens of Elk Grove
and vicinity for determining the best To-
cation of tanks for watering the upper
Stockton road, from ELK Grove to the
Florin road, was received. The report
recommends that five tanks be erected,
one at \. Stewards, one near the Brown
Church, one at Jackson's corner, one at
A. Stevenson's, and one at James Hawk
ms. The length of road to be sprinl1led
is six and a half miles.
The committee appointed to determine
the best locations of tanks for sprinkling
the road, from Sheldon to BLK Grove. re-
ported in favor OF four tanks and pumps
TO be located as follows: One at Sheldon,
one at NJ. Colton's, one at j. Henley S,
and one at old Elk Grove.
The petitions were received and placed
on file, the matter having already been
placed in the hands Of Road Commits
sioner jenkins.
THEATER CoMIQUE LICENSE.
j. A. Brown, of the Theater Comique,
addressed the board on the matter of the
delinquent licenses which have been
placed in the hands of Seymour and
Hartman for collection, and also the
license for the future. He never had
known, he said, of $40 per month being
paid by a theater in any city but this.
His house was a small one, and had
only small seating capacity. He could
not make enough from 1t to pay $40 Der
month and might as we'll open his doors
and make it free. He could not afford to
pay ii, and would have to close the the
alter. 1t did not pay him anything to
speak OF, and he only charged admission
i'll order to keep respectable place and
keep out the tough element. His books
WOulu SHOW now illtI6 ne LOOK IN at the
door.
He had only paid SO heretofore, under
other collectors, and they had considered
! that amount plenty for him.
! At $40 per month his expenses for
county and city licenses would come to
about S240, and he could not make it.
/ He thought the board should instruct the
| collector to be little easy on him.
Chairman Morrison told him that the
ordinance fixed the rate OF license and
that the collectors had nothing to say in
the matter. They were simply carrying
out the law and their instructions, and
were doing it faithfully and well.
Brown said he did not know of any
theater in this city that had ever paid $40
| per month, and he did not believe that
any had. The Metropolitan and Clunie
never had run Of months business,
except in the case of Days company and
one other time. They usually had per-
Torrance Of one or two nights. No
theater can stand such license. Even
the Baldwin, in san Francisco, does not
pay that much.
The board felt that perhaps the $40 per
month was too high and told Mr.. Brown
they would take the matter under advise
ment and instruct the collectors to be
easy on him for a day or two.
| They then took a recess till Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock.