The record-union., 1893-10-04
OUR CITY FATHERS.
New Sidewalk and Awning Ordinances
Passed by Them.
Sidewalk Notices Must be Attended to
The Levee Question Discussed
-Twelfth-street Trestle.


The Board of City Trustees held meet
Ing yesterday morning and transacted a
large amount of business, having ad-
Iourned to the afternoon in order to fin
lsh it up. There were very few outsid-
ers in waiting in comparison to the usual
crowd.
A communication was received from
the Funded Debt Commissioners stating
that they had found it impossible to OBJ
tain any bonds of 1888, 1898, 1898 or 1908 at
fair price, and they had unanimously
resolved, the Trustees concurring, that
the Commissioners should invest $4,000
in the city of Sacramento bonds known
as levee bonds.
A petition was received from blind
man named Wells to have free license
given him to sell sticking salve of his
own making, in order to make his liy-
ing, and was granted.
The request of the Trustees of Suffers
Fort for permission to build the fort on
the original lines, which extend into l.
street, was granted, Suffers deed to the
reservation of the property from his
grant.
CITY OFFICIALS REPORTS.
William Fawcett, Superintendent of
Cemeteries, made his report, showing 81
interments for the month and 1929 81 in
collections.
Engineer of the Water Works Wolf re-
ported IS, SIS, 900 gallons of water pumped.
City Collector George Putnam reported
collections for city licenses, Sl2, ,96S 90;
dog licenses, S69l 30.
John II. Wiseman, Harbormaster, re-
ported the levee collections for Septem-
ber to be: Steamers, S1l0; barges. $40;
fish market, $40. Total, Sl30.
STREET AND SIDEWALK MATTERS.
A petition for the improvement of the
alley, between p and @, Fifth and Sixth
streets, was received and granted.
John Wall was granted one weeks fur
ther time to complete his work ON 5
street, between Second and Third.
Silas Chance asked the board to pay
half the expense of graveliDg the cross
ing over the north levee, near the beet
sugar factory, the Supervisors paying the
other half, but was refused.
Water Inspector Clark reported that in
the grading OF Twenty-tirst street the
workmen had uncovered and crushed a
piece Of water pipe. leading to private
house, and taken up entirely piece of
pipe leading to another house. On mo-
ton of Trustee COnklin, the contractor
was ordered to Immediately repair and
replace the pipes as they were heretofore.
A communication from propertV-OWn-
ers was received regarding lot s, in the
block between and K, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, saying that for three
years past the sidewalk had consisted of
dirt. although the other residents had
been ordered to put down new sidewalks
and complied. They asked the board to
take some action in the matter.
Street Commissioner Green said the
property belonged to Mrs. McCreary,
who was abundantly able to put down
the walk. He hated to arrest woman.
but believed these cases should be settled.
The matter was referred to him, with
power TO act. and a strong intimation that
all such cases should be brought up with
round turn.
John SHELTON appeared before the board
and asked that an extension Of time be
given him to build his sidewalk. He
was not able to do so at present. but if he
was he would be willing to do it.
The Mayor said Mr.. Shelton had waited
until he was arrested and the case in the
Police Court. His notice had been given
three months ago, but Mr.. SHELTON had
never come before the board till now.
His case was in the Police Court and be-
yond the power of the board.
Trustee Conklln moved that Mr.. Skel-
ton be granted further time, as he re-
quested, but Trustee Green said that if the
privilege were accorded to one everyone
else would ask it, and the work of i'm
proyement would stop.
The board declined to take action.
The private contract for the improve
ment of the alley between + and T,
Eighth and Ninth streets, was approved
by the board.
SALOON LICENSES.
Petitions from James Begar for license
to keep a saloon at 3I5 K street, one from
Marsh IL Hornlein to keep one at 3I6 X
street, one from a. I. Renwick, southeast
corner Second and 1 streets, Walsh (S
Dunphy, 800 K street, were granted
Chief OF Police Rodgers recommended
that the Chinese saloon of the Yong How
Company on Third street, between l and
J, be closed. They sell beer, China gin,
etc, there for five cents a glass, and on
motion o1 the Mayor the license was re-
Voked.
William Toland, who kept the Queen
Anne Cottage, and whose license was re-
yoked some time ago, petitioDed the
board for reissue OF his license. The
ordinance prohibits the granting of a
license to the same individual from whom
1t has been taken, and the residents Of the
vicinity object to the saloon, so the peti-
ton was denied.
The petition of Bates q Grice for a
license for the City Hotel saloon was
granted.
NEW ORDINANCES.
L. I. Hatfield presented a petition ask
ing that the time of making the connec-
ton at Third and j streets between
the Third street and street lines be
extended from October 10th to April
1st, as if the connection were made
now, while the J-street tracks were
close together, when they came to
be widened the work would all have
to be done over again at considera-
BILE expense. The company would paw
all expense of advertising the ordinance
and any other expenses incurred in the
matter.
He presented an ordinance covering the
matter, which was read three times un-
der suspension of the rules and passed.
An ordinance for closing the streets
bounded by Seventeenth and Eighteenth
from to Y, w and Y streets from Six
teenth to Nineteenth, all the alleys in the
blocks bounded by Y street on the north,