The record-union., 1895-05-07
BUSY DAY With THE SUPERVISE
A New York Firm Takes the Refund
ing Bonds Of 1895.
The Board Has No Objection to the
Proposed Site of the Rail-
road Bridge.


lar monthly session yesterday, Superyis-
ors brennan, Curtis. Todd, Jenkins and
Chairman Morrison being present.
Superintendent L. A. w. Shock, of the
Sacramento Electric Power and Light
| Company. addressed the board in refer
ence to the county road from Alder Creek
TO Folsom, where the company desires to
erect poles on which will be suspended
the wires conducting electricity for light
ing and power in this city. Mr.. Shock
said the poles had been erected as far as
Natoma, and as there is question about
the proper width of the road from Alder
Creek to Folsom, he wished the board 10
establish the width of the road so that the
poles can be erected with the least possi-
bic delay.
Chairman Morrison said the question
to be determined is whether the road
should be forty feet or sixty feet wide.
MIR. Shock said il The poles were put in
position with the question OF the width of
the road undetermined, then III the event
OF the road being changed alter the poles
had been erected the line of poles would
have TO be changed Tor two and half
miles.
The matter was referred to District At
| torney Ryan, who, alter investigating
The matter, said the report OF the viewers
when the road was ordered constructed,
in 1872, and the width of the road es-
tablished, could not be found. Under
these circumstances the company should
set the poles on a siXtyfoot line.
On motion of Todd, twas declared the
sense of the board that the road shOuld be
sixty feet wide, and on that presumption
the company will erect the poles.
THE NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE.
The following communication was read
from Major w. ii. Heuer of the Engineer
Corps, U. 5. A.:
40 the Chairman Of the Board Of Su-
perU5SOrS OF Sacramento C0u3lty-SIR:
Application mas been made to the hon
orable Secretary OF War by the California
Pacific Railroad Company for permis-
sion to erect a draw bridge over the Sac
ramento River, at Sacramento, Cal,
about 400 feet below the present draw
bridge.
The new bridge will have draws of
the same width as the present one, and
the plans for it can be inspected at my
office.
should you know of any objection to
the erection OF this bridge you are re-
before May 4, 1896"
Chairman Morrison said the board had
no objection to offer to anything stated in
the communication.
Supervisor Todd said it appeared that
the City Trustees at first wanted the
bridge, and now they do not. The city,
he SAID, should be the last to object to
geod wagon-way across the river.
The communication was ordered placed
on file.
THE ESTIMATE WAS TOO Low.
nnrtu ~,
| the lower end of the Riverside road,
wanted to know what the board intended
to do about repairing the Pocket" road,
| which is an extension OF the River
side road. He said the board had ap-
propriated $500 toward repairing the
road, and the property y-oWners have sub
scribed about the same amount TO help
carry the work along. The property
| owners had estimated that $500 would be
all the county would be required TO pay.
| but since then the County Surveyor has
informed them that the expense OF fixing
the road would be greater than at first
| estimated.
Supervisor jenkins said the county
| had agreed to appropriating $500 toward
putting the road IN good condition, and
the property-owners along the road had
agreed to bear tholr share of the expense.
| The board has gone into the matter as far
as il had agreed to. and it mas fulfilled its
agreement.
Williams said the taxes should be
made equal on all property, so that the
roads could be put in proper condition.
He did not think it fair to repair other
roads and leave this one to take care of
itself.
Todd said that when man buys a
piece of land in swamp or hole in the
ground he is willing to pay 81 for his
roads, while the man on higher ground
is not. When he buys the land he
knows the circumstances and cannot ex-
pect that thousands of dollars will be ex-
pended to help him and few other FAM
| lilies in his neigh borhood.
Chairman Morrison said the county
| had purchased rock for the road and paid
for the hauling of it. In the last year, he
said, 81 800 worth of material had been
used Tor repairs to the road.
A POUNDMASTER REMOVED.
On motion OF Curtis, J. S. Bogges.