The record-union., 1895-07-16

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| and honest discharge of the functions of
| the Office TO which he was called by his
| fellow citizens; having a deep-seated love
| for the City of Sacramento he was. both
as a citizen and as pubic officer, always
! found exerting his ability and power to
| the end that her interests and welfare
might be promoted.
| ReS0iUed, That the heartfelt sympathy
! of the Board OF Trustees of the City OF
/ Sacramento be extended to the bereaved
family Of the deceased in this their hour
! of atfflctiou.
| Res0tUed, That these resolutions be
| spread upon the records of the Board of
| Trustees of this city, and copy be trans
mitted to the family OF the deceased.
THE NEW BONDS.
Bragg said that q communication had
| been received from Chicago bank in
| reference to the new bonds, and a tele-
| gram had also been received from Trustee
JoZer in relation 10 placing them in New
York. The matter should be considered
and action taken and he moved that
when the board adjourned it do so to
meet on Wednesday afternoon. So
ordered.
Leonard said that the board had let a
contract for plumbing at the City Prison,
| and as much of it will be covered up, he
thought some one should be appointed to
done.
On motion of Kent, the Plumbing In
spector was instructed to look after the
work.
Leonard said the new patrol wagon
was nearly done and be thought it was
going to be Il good one, but he favored
putting on a brass rail instead of an iron
| one. as it would look much better. He
moved that the brass rail be put on, not
! To exceed Si0 in cost, So ordered.
Kent said the wagon was too heavy and
he thought it had better be sold to the
| Bureau Of Highways for camping outfit.
INVITATION ACCEPTED.
| Mr.. Shock, superintendent of the Cen
! tral street hallway, stated that as the
| Folsom electric power had been brought
| TO the city, he would take pleasure in in
/ viting the board either individually or
! collectively, at any time they should
select, to visit the power house at Sixth
and 1t streets. where be would be pleased
| to show them the machinery and plain
everything to them.
The invitation was accepted, and
| Wednesday afternoon after the meeting
! selected as the time.
BOND ACCEPTED.
| The bond of L. T. Hatfield for the
! faithful perfor nance of the conditions of
his franchise for the V-street road, was
| accepted.
! HEIsEN'S CLAIM.
| c. L. Heisen presented to the board q
| contract tor its acceptance, agreeing, in
! the matter OF the suit won by him against
/ the city. in relation TO dog scalps, offering
/ to wait till January, 1885, FOR payment,
I provided the city takes no more steps to
| defend the suit.
| Wachhorst thought that the claim was
just one, and as Mr.. Heisen had won it,
I ft,a . E,Tr tEof 4 l. 4
pay it.
Pennlsh opposed the payment of it as
unbusinesslike, as the Corporation Coun-
| sci thought the decision could be re-
versed.
| Lawton thought the bill was Just one,
! as the city had made fair contract TO
| have the dogs killed, and the work had
| been performed faithfully. He thought
| the city should not shirk its debts on ac-
/ count of any technicaIity.
! Kent opposed the payment and moved
! that the matter be laid over for one week
| Mr.. Hoisen said that the work was
done according to contract and the claim
! was just one, and had been decided so
! in the courts. He did not ask for charity.
! but simply for Justice in the matter
| Judge Catlin was q careful, conscientious
Judge and had decided against the city,
and the speaker did not see why the city
| should not pay its just debts as any in
! dividual should.
Pennish still objected, and an animated
argument ensued between him and
! H6iseE.
Bragg thought there was great deal OF
equity in the claim, and he wished TO in
vestigate it. He was willing to have it go
| over for week. The motion to let it lie
over was carried.
HEAVY ROLLER WANTED.
4 Il
erty-owners on Tenth street, from G to @,
| TO the effect that they did not wish to Op-
| pose the i'm provements but thought the
work could not properly be done with
| the little six-ton roller now in use and
/ desired the board TO procure fifteen or
! twenty-ton roller, in order that the work
might be we'll done.
/ Bragg moved that the matter be re-
! ferred TO the Street Committee, with the
| instruction that it ascertain the cost of
such roller.
( Devine moved that the President and
Mayor be added to the committee, and
the motion, as amended was carried.
THE PUMPING PLANT.
a communication was received from
| the Edward Z. AlIis Company, stating
! that their contract with the city provided
for the attachment of swifting valves 10
! the cylinders of the pump. The COM
Z
/ they would TO a slight degree impair
/ the economy Of the pump, and they
+ would like to omit this feature on account
! Of the increased clearance of the cylinders,
/ but would provide lor the valves If the
! Trustees wished it done.
the matter was referred to the Water
! Committee.
SEVENTH STREET.
The Pacific Paving Company presented
Tl-x,,t s,xsl,,
| Mayor TO enter into Il contract with 1t, for
/ the city 10 improve Seventh street in
front OF the Postoffice property. The
/ resolution was adopted.
WATER RATE RENTED.
/ J. H. Harris asked that the back water
rent before he became the owner OF his
present property be remitted, and the
board consented, on condition that he
pay tor the last years water.
CONFIRMATION DEFERRED.
! Kent moved that the confirmation Of
+ DR.. Ross' appointment as a member Of
! the Board OF Health be laid over for a
week, in order that it might be ascer-
! tanned whether lie had been residing in
/ the city for two years. So ordered
MISCELLANEOUS.
5 G. B. Stack and a. NJ. Smith were the
/ only bidders for doing the plumbing at
! No. EnginehOuse, and Stack was
awarded the contract. being the lowest
! bidder.
Bids were opened for publishing the
water ordinances.
Lawton said that they were very i'm
portant ordinances, and he thought that
they should be published once in each of
the daily aud Sunday papera, as they
were OF interest TO every citizen. He
thought the tree ordinance should also be
published.
Devine moved that the ordinances be
published in each of the papers once. ana