The record-union., 1894-04-17
MOUNTED POLICEMAN.
Petition of Residents Above Twelfth
Street Granted.

Street Granted.
sprinkling Bids Advertised For-Hiring
of a MachInist Authorized
Poundkeeper Confirmed.
The City Board of Trustees held their
regular weekly session last night, Law
ton, Wachhorst, Davis, Kent, Devine.
Leonard, Tozer and Pennish being pres
ent.
The following communications from the
Mayor were read:
SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
SACRAMENTO. April Is, 1894
To the Board Of Trustees: | hereby
nominate and by and with your consent
/ hereby appoint the following named
persons to the following named Offices
and positions:
w. r. Click to be special policeman for
the locality bounded by h, j. IWentleth
and Thirty-irst streets, pursuant TO an
order of your board creating the said po-
sition, passed April IL, 1894.
q. E. Harber to be special policeman
for the premises of the Buffalo Brewing
Company, Twenty-frst and + streets.
pursuant to an order of your board Great
ing the same, passed April IL, 1894. Re-
spectfully submitted,
b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
WATER FOR sPRINKLING WAGONS.
SACRAMENTO. April Is, 1894.
TO the Board Of Trustees Understand
ing that suggestion was made 70 your
board at your last meeting 10 the effect
that in the future the sprinkling carts
should carry hose SO that they could be
connected with the different fire-plugs
throughout the city, and thus do away
with the stand-pipes, l desire to call the
attention of your board to the fact that
such plan has been tried in this city IN
the past, and has proved failure. 1t Is
impossible to draw water from the plugs
without creating great deal of slush and
mud. 1t is much better, in my Judg-
ment, to have few stand-pipes and COM
pei the sprinklers to use them.
l therefore trust that your board will
compel the carts to get water from the
stand-pipes and prohibit them from using
or being connected with the tire-plugs.
Respectfully submitted,
b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
A sEcoND-sTREEr sNAG.
To the Board Of Trustees At your
last meeting a resolution was passed or
dering Second street. from | to X street,
to be improved by the laying of a bitulnen
pavement.
1 am informed by City Taper Watt
that Second street, from l TO r street, al
most in the center of the street, contains
large water main almost thirteen inches
in diameter, which supplies the build
ings along Second street and the alleys on
each side. This main has been in the
ground nearly forty years. having been
placed there when the Water Works was
first established in this city. Mr.. Watt
informs me that If a bitumen pavement Is
laid on Second street it will be extremely
difficult to locate a break in the main If
one should happen, ior the reason that
the water would be prevented from COM
ing to the surface of the street, and would
run beneath the ground some distance
before it would finally come to the sur
face. The Taper, therefore, would be
unable to locate the break with any cer-
tainty; the whole street might be torn up
before the break could be found.
l therefore deem it advisable to call the
attention of your board to the above state
of facts, with the request that you give
them your consideration before the work
is commenced. Respectfully submit
ted, Il. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
THE CEMETERY-MEMoRIA DAY.
SACRAMENTO, April 16, 1884.
TO the Board Of Trustees: The Superin-
tendent of the Cemeteries, q. w. ticks,
is in need of q safe for his Office for hold
ing the books and records pertaining to
his office. ! am informed that the city
owns a safe which at present is not used.
Ii is stored in the Water Works building.
The safe is in good order except the lock
tf,fs sa.a4i fuh
pairing. / therefore suggest that your
board authorize me TO have the lock and
com nbination repaired and then to place
the safe at the disposal of the Superin-
tendent of Cemeteries for use in his office.
1t has been customary in the past to
employ more men in the cemeteries as
Decoration Day approaches. so when that
day does come the cemeteries are in
tirst-class order and present beautiful
appearance TO the many thousands who
visit them on that day. therefore sug-
gest that your board authorize the em-
ployment of an additional force from now
on until Decoration Day. Respectfully
submitted, b. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Davis. of the Water Committee, stated
that he had received telegram from
Professor Rising saying that he would
make report on the water analysis Sat-
urday, which would be thorough and
exhaustive.
Devine, of the Street Committee, re-
ported that his inquiries with regard to
the sprinKling carts taking water from
the hydrants had resulted in his coming
to the conclusion, like the Mayor, that it
would be best to stick to the standpipes.
Kent said the members of the fire de-
partment favored doing away with the
stand-pipes.
Leonard, of the Police Com mittee, said
that he was satisfied that it would be the
best policy to put an extra mounted pe-
liceman on beat No. 8, as petitioned for
last week. He had consulted with the
Chief of Police, who told him that 1t was
necessary to keep an officer at the station
and he had been obliged to take one from
that beat and keep him at the station
house, so that he could be summoned by
telephone ii wanted, as the beat is so
large he could be very seldom found
when wanted. The committee had found
that the state of the police fund would
allow the employment of mounted po-
liceman, and would therefore recommend
that 1t be done.
A large number of bills were passed.
SHOW WINDOWS.
A communication from the City Attor-
ney was read, stating that he had exam
ined into the complaint OF the Joseph
Thieben Company with regard to the
c. p. Nathan Company's show windows.
1t quoted from the ordinances and stated
that the show windows were maintained
in violation of the law.
1t was placed on file.
A communication was received from
the Chief Engineer of the Water Works,
stating that repairs were needed lmmedi-
ately on the machinery at the Water
Works, and that the Mayor had in
structed him to ask the board how they
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