The record-union., 1894-07-31
PLUMBING ORDINANCE DEFEATED.
Wilson and Wasserman VIII Keep
Their Stairs.
Ordinance introduced Prohibiting New
saloons Within Block of
Public schools.

The following message was received
from the Mayor:
VALIDITY OF CLAIM DISPUTED.
SACRAMENTO, July 80, 1884.
10 the Board Of Trustees: herewith
transmit to your honorable body, WIN
my disapproVal indorsed thereon. the
contract between the city of Sacramento,
as the party Of the first part. ana Il. II.
Cook and W. T. Drew, as the parties OF
the second part, for the lighting OF the
City Jail and Water Works 1or tne SIX
months commencing July lst and ending
January l, 1895.
The contract, as presented to me. is
dated June 80 1894, and the work 10 De
done under it was to commence july l,
1894. The contract was not presented 10
me for my consideration until July 9th.
I do not understand why there should be
such delay in transmitting this contract
to me. 1t seems to me that the contracts
should come to this Office Immediately
after being signed by the parties. As
legal proposition, the contractors would
have difficult task TO collect their money
FOR the month Of July, as there IS no valid
contract as yet existing.
During the last month I have observed
the working of the gas machine put in
under this contract and l am OF the opin-
ion that it is failure, as the lights are
not of a sufficient intensity ana do not
come up to the standard required by the
contract.
My attention has been called to the bill
OF ID. talconer for S49 which was allowed
by your board on July %, 1894, for labor
and materials IN the construction OF a
building for this gas machine. AS I'M
derstand the contract, the contractors
should have paid for this building them
selves, the only cost TO the city being $40
per month.
I IL RI nh ba
necessary steps TO have this money re-
turned to the city and the same paid by
the right parties. Inasmuch as the con-
tract was not signed by me, the con-
tractors have no valid claim against the
city for the month of July. Respectfully
submitted, b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
A Mr.. Baker stated to the board that
Mrs. Clinch had been granted the
privilege of building little kitchen on
her house on Seventh street, between *
and L, but was instead building three
story house. AS it is within the fire linn
its, the matter was referred to the Mayor
and Chief Engineer.
WATER KICKERs.
Ed Weinrich protested against paying
SO per month for water in his store,
which, he said. was about cent gallon
for what was used. 1t would be $40 a
year, which is Drohibitory.
NJ OIOnau dlSO SJOh6 OI Lu6 SuDJ0Cb
and said the liquor dealers rates were too
high. The elevators in the wholesale
houses did not pay in proportion.
The matter was laid over one week and
referred TO the Water Committee.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine of the Street Committee stated
that when the resolution instructing the
Clerk to advertise tor bids for filling the
low lots at Eleventh and 5 streets was in
troduced last week, he asked to have it
laid over for a week, having been in
formed that the lots were being filled.
He was now informed that the parties
had simply started to ill the lots in order
to throw the city officials off their guard
He. therefore, said the Clerk should go
on and advertise for bids. 1t was so or
dered
Win J. Davis, President of the Board of
Education, addressed the board on the
necessity Of building new schoolhouse
in the southeastern portion of the city.
The board wished to consult with the
Trustees on the matter They thought it
would be well TO use the public square at
Twenty-seventh and Twenty eighth, Z
and q streets.
Superintendent Erlewine said the
Board of Education have schoolhouse
for which they have no use, and if the
Trustees gave permission it could be
moved out TO that square, and If at any
time in the future the city needed the
square it could be removed again.
The matter was referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Public Parks.
President Lawton suggested that it
would be wise TO purchase block in that
vicinity for school purposes.
DeYine, who was one OF the committee
appointed to confer with the railroad off,
clals with regard to the alleged obstruc-
tions on Sixth street, reported that from
4 Al.
ii the board ordered the street to be i'm
proved. aud the scales, ETC., removed, the
company would comply with the order
and the people on the street would be
benefited by having q gravel street made
for them. He did not see any use of COM
pelling the company by a law suit to do
what they were willing to do.
Kent offered a resolution ordering the
removal of the scales within thirty days.
He said that Mr.. Wright had stated 10 the
committee that the company were will
ing to comply with any reasonable order
of the board, and had no disposition TO
antagonize the city or citizens.
Davis stated that Mr.. Wright said that
if the company had any wish to incom-
mode citizens they could put fence
around their property and prevent pe0-
pie from going through it, as they had a
perfect right TO do. They had no wish,
however, to do so.
Theodore Labhard said he had a petit
ton for q sidewalk on Sixth street, but
was informed that there was one in al
ready.
Kents motion was then carried.
Leonard of the Committee on Fire De-
partment, stated that Engine House No
was badly in need of repairs to the WIN
dows, and moved that the Clerk be in
structed TO advertise for bids for such re-
pairs. 1t was SO ordered.
said that tho aop4roo*o- 60, -,
proving the alley between | and J, Sew
enth and Eighth, had been unable TO
complete his contract on account of the
strike. He therefore moved that the time
Tor the completion OF his contract be ex-
tended for fifteen days. 1t was so or
dered.
LEONARD OBJECTS.
When the bill OF L. B. Isham for serv-
ices as special policeman during the
strike came up for action Leonard OBJ
jected to its payment, stating that by a
rule of the board no one who had been
rejected as a policeman by the board
should be allowed to act as a special po-
liceman.
Iozer said that the board by resolution
had authorized the Mayor to appoint
twenty-five or more specials. 1t was
very difficult to find good men who were
wiling to act in that capacity, and the
Auditing Committee had therefore
thought 1t was best to audit his bill.