The record-union., 1895-05-14

| signed by two sureties who reside in the
City and County of San Francisco. The
charter provides that after contract is
| executed and approved, a bond must be
| furnlshed by the contractor with suffi-
| clent sureties, which bond must be ap.
proved by your board. Great care should
be taken in the approval OF all bonds
and especially those which are signed by
| suretles who reside out of the county.
| The mere fact that the bond is sworn to
! by the sureties does not entitle it to ap-
proval unless the sureties are actually
1 worth the amount for which they are lia-
! BILE in the bond
WhlIe the bond in the present case is a
small one, still great care should be ex-
erclsed In the approval of all bonds. ]
think 1t would be well for your board to
ADOPT rule that the sureties on bonds
furnished by contractors should be
residents of this county, because by so
! doing you will be better able 10 Judge OF
| the sufnclency of the sureties when ap-
proving the bond. Respectfully SUBJ
J mitted. b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE SIGNED.
To the Board Of Trustees On May Z,
1898. | approved ordinance No. =, en-
titled Granting to the Capital Telephone
and Telegraph Company the right and
privilege of placing, erecting and main-
tanning poles, masts, wires and other con-
ductors Tor the transmission of electricity
for telephone and telegraph purposes in,
upon and under the streets, alleys, ave-
nues and public grounds and ways of the
city OF Sacramento, with the right OF
charging and receiving, compensation
therefor from persons desiring To use the
same" and filed the same with your
Clerk, your board not being in session.
Respectfully submitted
b. y. STEINMAN, Mayor.
GARBAGE DEPOSITORY.
| To the BOurd Of Trustees: | herewith
| transmit to your honorable body, with
| my approval indorSed thereon, Ordinance
| No. -, entitled IAN ordinance estab-
| fishing dumping place for garbage in
the city OF sacramento. providing that
garbage shall be deposited thereon, pro-
| viding penalty for a breach OF the ordi-
| nance, and repeating all ordinances and
| parts of ordinances in conflict there
with" Respectfully submitted,
Il. y. STEINMAN, Mayor.
THE PUMP CONTRACT.
To the Board OF Trustees: On May
9, 1895, L approved the contract between
the City OF sacramento, the party OF the
first part, and Edward Z. Allis Com
pany, corporation, OF the second part,
for the furnishing of a 5000, gallon
vertical compound pumping engine, ac-
cordlng TO the specifications thereto at
tached, and on the same day filed the
same with your Clerk, your board not
being in session. Respectfully submit
ted, b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
In relation to the lamp in front Of the
City Hotel, Devine said that the ordi-
nance allowed the Trustees to grant per-
mission TO citlzens for such purposes, and
Leonard said if such posts were illegal,
and special privilege TO parties, The
electric light posts were special privi-
lege TO the company owning them.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Devine, for the Street Committee. re-
commended that the south twenty five
feet of lot ., z and @, Fifth and Sixth
streets, be declared a nuisance, and the
clerk be instructed to advertise for bids
action be taken.
Kent suggested that the City Surveyor
be instructed to prepare an estimate of
the filling to be done. Iawton said that
there was regular form of resolution for
such action, and it would be best to pre-
sent it in that form. After some discus
sion Devine withdrew his motion, and
moved that the matter be referred to the
Corporation Counsel, in order that he
might prepare resolution in proper
form.
Devine also stated that gentleman liv-
ing on the corner of Twenty fifth and 2
streets had requested that the electric
light be removed from there, on account
of the beetles being so thick. No action
was taken in the matter.
on motion of Devine. the property
owners on street, between Ninth and
Tenth, were allowed to improve the street
by private contract.
Leonard for the Fire Committee, stated
that the wheels for No. engine had ar
rived, but needed painting. He moved
that the department be authorized to
have them painted. So ordered.
Davis, for the Water Committee, re-
ported in relation to the contract let to
Schaw, Ingram d hatcher, for 1000 feet of
water pipe AS the committee feared
the city would not have enough money to
pay for the pump, he had spoken to the
firm. and they were willing to let the
contract lapse in order to accommodate
the city. He moved their offer be ac-
cepted.
Devine and Kent were opposed to doing
so, as many citizens in the outskirts have
been promised water facilities. The mo-
ton was laid over for a week.
Leonard said that the people were not
paying attention to the rules regarding
irrigation and the Water Works were
pumping up to their capacity. He moved
that 800 copies of the section of the ordi-
nance be posted around the city, snd an
advertisement be inserted for three days
in the daily papers. So ordered.
ELECTRIC POWER POLES.
Mr.. Shock, Superintendent of the Sac
ramento Electric Power and Light Com
pany, addressed the board in relation to
the placing of poles for electric power. as
heretofore asked by the company, and
asked that the board take action. Where
il was necessary at present to place them
in the streets, the board could, if found
necessary in the future, order them re-
moved to the alleys. He presented an
ordinance granting the privilege for the
consideration of the board. The ordi-
nance was passed unanimously.
BROKEN SIDEWALK.
Davis said that he noticed that a
Fifth and Sixth, was broken. and
there were other sidewalks in the
vicinity where planks had been repaired
in violation of the law. He wanted to
know whose business it was to look after
such things. On his motion the matter
was referred to the Mayor, with a quest
that he take action in the matter.
TwELFTH-sTREET BRIDGE.
Devine asked to have the bids for re-
planking the Twelfth-street bridge read.
which was done. The bidders were:
Morley Il Males, S420; p. A. Miller,
S54o 90; Lightfoot * Ormsby. S36S: w. 0.
smith, S439: J. b. McCoy, S436: Siller
Bros. s466; l.. Barry, S545; Antonio King.
SIPS; T. II. Davis, S457; q. B. Dean. s46i:
Johnson u Peterson. S49S 50; c. W, DAILY.
S435; +. I. Cooper. 1898; A. Anderson.
S493; Silas Carle, $3.50; James Phinney,
s3g5 80: Darby Laydon Il Co., S4s7; A. f.
Silva. S4o7.
The contract was awarded to Lightfoot
Il Ornsby.
y large number of bills were allowed.
The bill of j. H. Mckune for $500. for
services and costs in the suit of Henry
against the city. was laid over for two