The record-union., 1893-05-09
COUNTY ROADS.
About Fifty Miles to Be Sprinkled
This Summer
Refunding of County Bonds by the Su-
pervisors-Sheriff's Mileage
Other County Matters.

AAC COhAbt VI NlSOAS liCt III az
journed meeting yesterday for the con-
sideration of the question of sprinkling
county roads and other business.
a communication was received from
Street Commissioner Green regarding the
faulty condition of the sidewalk on the
east side of the Courthouse, and was re-
ferred to Chairman Todd of the Building
Committee.
The matter of the sprinkling of the
county roads was then taken up. A large
number of road overseers from different
parts of the county, and OF citizens who
are interested in the preservation and
sprinkling of the county roads which
were to receive aid from the county in
being sprinkled, were present and ad-
dressed the board.
Supervisor Curtis made long state
ment of the different roads which it was
proposed to sprinkle, as was necessary
from the large amount of travel passing
over them, and which aggregate about
fifty miles.
Mr.. O'Neill spoke of the necessity
which existed of sprinkling the River
side road.
Supervisor Jenkins spoke of the Elk
Grove and Florin roads and j. Ever
son, ID. w. Lewis and David Reese spoke
OF the same district, the latter claiming
to have been the pioneer and to have
originated the system of county road
sprinkling.
Charles Dixon stated that the road
leading through Elk Grove from Old
ELK Grove to the Grant line was getting
badly cut up by the heavy travel on it
from i've side roads, and was being blown
away.
He thought that it should by all means
be included in the list of roads which
was being made up.
supervisor Jenkins moved that Road
commissioner Curtis of the Fourth Dis
trlct be requested TO have all the tanks,
wlndmlllS and powers in his district put
IN order for sprinkling such roads as it is
deemed advisable To s prinkle within his
district.
The motion was carried unanimously.
supervisor Curtis, on motion of Road
Commissioner Jenkins of the Fifth Dis
trlct, was requested to procure the neces-
sary water tanks, horse powers, wind
mills, etc., that may be necessary to have
the sprinllling done on such roads as are
selected to be sprinkled.
THE sHERIFF's MILEAGE.
District Attorney Ryan appeared before
the board by request, in regard to the
legality OF demands by Sheriff O'Neil for
mileage charged by him for serving
subpenaes outside of the county.
The Sheriff also appeared and made a
statement concerning the demands, and
| the board deferred action TIL its next ses-
sion.
THE OAK PARK ROAD.
On motion of Supervisor Curtis, the ac-
ton of the board of May lst denying the
petition of A. Schaden and others Tor a
road from Oak Park to the upper Stock
ton road was rescinded, and NJ. j.
Dillman and others filed new petition to
obviate the objection TO the Schaden petit
ton, calling for a road forty feet wide, in
stead of twenty feet, as the former petit
ton did, and the matter was set for hear
ing on June 5th.
REFUNDING COUNTY BONDS.
Chairman Morrison offered a resolution
reciting the fact that the county has out
standing S77, 900 in bonds, known as the
Central Pacific Railroad bonds of 1868,
and which Will become due and payable
July l, 1893, and that as the Board of Su-
pervisors deem it for the public interest
that 900 of this Indebtedness be re-
funded, it Is ordered and resolved that
$4,000 of it be refunded and that bonds
of $1,000 each be issued, 10 run twenty
years from July l, 1893, and bear four and
one-half per cent. interest per annum,
payable semi-annually, on January 1st
and July lst of each year.
The resolution was adopted.
AN OBJECTIONABLE STEAM PIPE.
A discussion ensued with regard to the
steam exhaust at the pottery near Guth-
RES Station, the complaints regarding
its soaring horses and the danger attend
ing it to those riding along the road, and
on motion of Supervisor Todd the Clerk
was instructed TO notify the proprietors
that the nuisance must be abated.
WANT THE CODES.
Supervisor Jenkins called attention to
! the fact that several Justices of the Peace
had asked for copies of the codes and he
thought they ought to be supplied as
| soon as possible.
| 1t was stated that the new copies of the
codes, as amended by the last Legislature,
were not yet printed and until it was
done they could not get them.
sPRINKLING CONTRACTS.
Supervisor Curtis thought some action
should be taken toward the road sprink-
| ling before adjourning.
Supervisor Jenkins said that in Curtis
district everything was ready to 90 TO
work very soon, and he thought it would
be well that he should be given authority
to set the business going. He favored
letting the sprinkling to let reliable men
do the work as long as they did it well,
and if it was not done properly to make
a change and have someone else do it.
! Supervisor Curtis agreed with him, but
was willing to advertise for bids if the
board thought best.
ON motion of Supervisor Miller, each
Road Commissioner was authorized to let
out the sprinkling in each road district
| by private contract and instructed to re-
port to the board at the June meeting.
The board adjourned till the June
meeting.
NO BAIL FOR BAILEY.