The record-union., 1893-12-27
K STREET ACCEPTED.
Sacramento Day viii Soon be Under
Way.
Macadamizing the Twelfth Street
Grade-Cost of the River Bank
Reyetment.

The Board of City Trustees had a quiet
meeting yesterday and transacted quite a
large amount of important business.
L. C. Hatfield addressed the board on
the subject of the acceptance of the K
street pavement. The board had, he was
informed, taken action in accepting it.
He now appeared on behalf of property
owners on that street. He had examined
the law on the subject and found that the
proper way of accepting a street was by
passing an ordinance accepting it. and
binding the city to keep it in repair here
after. His clients were ready and will
ing to pay their assessments, but wished
to have the acceptance properly done in
order to protect themselves.
He did not appear in any way as the at
torney of the street railway company, or
asking any protection or privilege for
them, but purely for the property-own-
erS.
He presented an ordinance which he had
prepared for their consideration, and
asked them to take proper action on it.
The members of the board expressed
themselves as anxious to settle the mat
ter Of the improvement of that street be-
fore the new board came in, and on mo-
ton of Trustee Conklin the proposed or
dinance was read twice and adopted and
ordered advertised in the RECORD UNION.
SACRAMENTO DAY.
The matter Of appointing Sacramento
Day at the Midwinter Fair came up, and
Trustee Conklin said he had seen Cap
tain L. B. Hall, who said that there was
no money until the Supervisors met next
week. He thought that 1t would be a
good thing to appoint committee of fif-
teen from the city and county to take
charge of the exhibits and arrangements
for the celebration of the day. The mat
ter was then deferred till the Supervisors
meet, and the committee viii meantime
be selected from such persons as will at
tend to it.
WILL BE MACADAMIZED.
City Surveyor Boyd presented to the
board an estimate for facing the grade be-
yond the Twelfth-street bridge with
gravel. He estimates that it will take 4l4
yards of gravel at cost of $62l.
If foundation of cObbleS be used and
covered with macadam, the cost would
be 500.
The board agreed that to draw gravel
there at present would only make more
mud and would take long time to set
tie. The Street Commissioner was there
fore given power to 90 ahead as soon as
pOSSIDlS anu 40 lQ6 WOIh upon Lu6 ldLL0T
plan as being far better.
TO THE TRANsMIsSIssIPPI CONGRESS.
The Mayor appointed as delegates to
the Transmississippi Congress which
meets in San Francisco in February, A.
j. Johnston, j. c. -McNassar. c. A.
Luhrs, II. Weinstock, Y. s. McClatchy
and f. r. Dray.
THE BRUSH MATTRESS.
P. A. Miller, who had charge of making
the brush reYetment on the river bank
above the Pioneer Mill, reported that the
money expended in constructing it had
amounted to $40 50.
He also stated that at the lowest bid of
% cents per yard it would have cost the
city 81, 1892, and the saving was $616 80.
He had reformed the bank for dis
tance of $50 feet, weighted the brush with
sand bags and driven stakes through the
mattress and wired it all together. He
also filed in ditch at the upper end so
that the water would not be able to cut
under the brush and undermine the
bank.
The work had been done so cheaply on
account of the fact that the brush had
cost the city nothing and the stakes had
only cost 81 80.
He recommended that the face of the
bank and levee be seeded downto Ber-
muda grass, in order to prevent cutting
by the water and wind.
LEFT FOR THE NEW BOARD.
Mayor Steinrhan said that as a contract
for lighting the streets would have to be
made with a company in which he was
interested, if made now, he felt that it
would not be in good taste for him to take
part in making a contract for future
lighting. The company will furnish
lights until a new contract is made, and
he preferred that both the contract for
Il
ing provisions should go over so that the
new board can deal with them.
The other Trustees consented, and they
were postponed.
THE MERRY-GO-RoUND.
A remonstrance against the closing of
the merry-go-round at Fourth and y
streets on Sundays was read, the citizens
denying that it had run after midnight on
Saturday and Sunday on December 10th,
as had been charged, and characteriZing
1t as decided benefit to the city, keeping
their children off the streets and out of
mischief, in fact moral institution Of the
highest order.
Trustee Conklin said that he had
brought the matter before the board at
the request Of several citizens and had ac-
eomplished all he expected. If the
neighbors were satisfied and the place
was properly conducted hereafter that
was all he cared for and would be satis-
fed.
The Mayor said he had no objection to
the place except the hole in the sidewalk
but the owner of the property must fix
that. The Street Commissioner said he
would see that it was done.
WILL DONATE PART.
City Surveyor Boyd said that he had
conferred with Mr.. Palmer of the rail-
road company with regard to the COM
pany's paying part of the cost of grad
ing Seventh street up to the track. Mr.
Palmer had said that the company did
not consider itself bound to pay anything
toward the grading under the terms Of its
franchise. but it was willing to donate
Sl50 toward the grading. Mr. Boyd
thought the remainder of the cost should
be properly divided between the city and
the property-owners.
MISCELLANEOUS.
]. n. Burns, who has the contract for
grading Twenty-sixth street from to V,
asks for an extension of thirty days on
the time for finishing it. On the recon-
mendation of the Street Commissioner
the request was granted.
A remonstrance was received against
improving the alley between \ and O,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and
placed on file. No action was taken.
The usual bills were allowed. When
that of A. l.. Hart. amounting to 800, for
an opinion as to the validity of the city
charter came up, Steinman and Green
voted for it. Conklin voting no.
\ claim OF All Wong. who has vege-
table garden at Sixth and Seventh, Y and
streets, for damage done to it by sew
age, was referred to the Street Commits
sioner.
Tne board then adjourned.