The record-union., 1894-01-30


ceiyed by the Board of City Trustees at
its meeting last night. which speaks for
itself:
SACRAMENTO, January 20. 1894.
To the Honorable, the IIuy0r and Board
of Trustees OF tO-G ENTLEMEN
Acting by direction OF and as managers
for the associate interests of Iessrs. a. l..
Fish. y. Abbott, l.. L. Lewis and }. ii.
Henry, which above-named gentlemen
have, with myself. acquired rights under
the contract for new water supply, exc
cuted September IL, 1893, between the
city of sacramento and a. l.. Fish, we
desire TO inform you that we have sue
ceeded in developing the supply OF water
required under the provisions of Section
9 OF said contract.
We submit herewith certificate of the
analysis recently made by Professor W.
b. Rising of the water taken from the
proposed source of supply, and respect
fully ask your honorable board TO take
action upon its adoption or rejection as a
standard. If acceptable, we request that
an ordinance be PASSED adopting the same
as standard under the provisions OF
Section | of said contract, and a resolu-
ton passed directing the Mayor TO return
the certified check OF $4,000 upon our de-
posting III lieu thereof bond, all as re-
quired and provided in Section II OF said
be passed appropriating a sufficient
amount monthly from the moneys re-
ceived from water collections 10 meet the
payments as they will become due under
the provisions OF said contract. Very re-
spectfully, j. b. EDISON.
Accompanying Mr.. Edsons communi-
cation were the following letter and GER
titicate Of analysis from State Analyst
Rising:
OFFICE OF STATE ANALYST,
BERKELEY, January 70, 1894.
j. b. EdS0R. Esq, Sacramento, Cut
DEAR SIR: Enclosed please find certit-
cate of analysis. AS / wrote you, the
water, judged by the analysis. is OF fair
quality and suitable for domestic use.
We have not been able to make the
meteorological examination, but from
what you wrote in regard to the location
Of the well, etc, | am quite confident II
would be favorable. | am very truly
yours, W. Is. Rising.
OFFICE OF STATE ANALYST,
BERKELEY, January 26, 1884,
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSES.
j. b. LdSoR: I have examined sample
marked Water (SJcrdlnentoi, received Jan
uary Is, 1894, and report Us follows:
Composition OF the Water. 100000
Residue orIea Ut 1902 20 or 212o o. $500
40, after lghItlon.-.-.-............-..-.. 2|O.OO
Albumino.d mmonia..............-...-.-.... O.OIi
Chlorine ............. 6O.1O
OXidizaDle matter consumed in one
grafnsj., gram j o.8G
Do in forty hours........ Old
The Interpretation which l would make Of
the above data is That the water is of fair
quality. NO meteorological examination
has been made.
w. B. RISING, Stale Analyst
Trustee Leonard thought TIE proper
plan would be for the whole board 20 go
out and investigate the wells and quality
OF the water.
Trustee Devine said that lie had made
inquiries and been informed that the con-
tract was illegal. J he proposition for
two-thirds majority. He moved that the
communication be laid on the table ami
be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Edison stated that he was not here
to try the merits OF the contract. Let the
courts Try that and decide il. He came TO
ask the board to test the quality OF the
water and either accept it or reject it, as it
felt disposed. That was all he asked.
The analysis OF Professor Rising accom-
panies the communication and the board
can judge of the quality OF the water
from it.
The motion to lay on the table was lost,
and the board decided 10 go out and in
Vestigate the wells on Sunday afternoon
next.
While Mr.. Devine was speaking against
the contract, Mr.. Edison said quietly,
well, gentlemen, the proposition is
yours to accept or reject; use your own
pleasure. This standard we now submit
TO you. If you approve it, well and good;
if you reject it, we will Immediately file
an abandonment, and that viii end the
NATTER"
In conversation with RECORD L MON
reporter afterward, he said, "We have
done all we proposed. We are not going
to crawl to the board and ask them to ac
cept our proposition or to take the water;
we do not care enough about it."