The record-union., 1895-05-21

trestle between B and North streets in
the city of Sacramento, and filed the same
with the City Clerk, your board not be-
ing In session.
The contract provides that the work
must be completed within thirty days.
The present planking is in very unsafe
condition, and accidents are very likely
to occur. 1t would be well, therefore, to
request the contractors to commence the
work at once and complete it as soon as
possible. Respectfully submitted.
II. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
CONCERNING SIDEWALKS,
To the Board Of Trustees: The prem
lses described as lots Nos and g. in the
block bounded by 2 aud Q, and Fourth
ana Fifth streets, which are owned by
the city OF SACRAMENTO. are in need OF a
sidewalk. As this portion of the city is
being rapidly improved, the munici pal
lty should do its part and cause new
cement sidewalk to be constructed
around these premises.
AS our citizens are required TO comply
with The ordinance, the city authorities
should set the example for all others 10
follow. L recommend that bids be asked
| Tor and the work done at once.
Referring TO the sidewalk in front of
No. 500 IA street, l will state that / have
given the matter my attention, and that
a contract has been let for the construc-
ton OF new sidewalk. Respectfully
submitted, B. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
Kent said the bridge at Twenty eighth
and \ streets is in a dangerous condition.
| The superintendent of Streets was In-
| structed 10 repair il.
On motion OF Davis the contract with
Schaw, Ingram and hatcher for 1000 feet
OF pipe was rescinded.
Devine said he could find no complaint
with the Seventeenth-street sewer, as was
reported.
Kent said the bell which had been used
at the City Cemetery to call the cemetery
employees together had been broken, and
another one is urgently needed. The
Streets and Parks Committee was in
structed TO purchase new bell.
Kent said Mrs. Ray says she is both
cred every day by George W. Herr,
formerly Building and Sanitary Inspector,
and who was iegislated out of Off ce. Herr
was reappointed by the City Board of
Health. He Kent advised Mrs. Ray to
| have Herr arrested for tresspass.
Leonard, of the Police Committee. said
that when the committee met last week
10 try Officer Rutherford for striking a
Jap, rutherford appeared with about half
the police force and a lawyer, who de-
cla-ed that the committee had no right to
try the case.
ON his motion the matter was set for
|
will be set for hearing The same action
was tpken IN the matter of the charges
preferred against Officer Talbot by James
McCaw, who claimed that the officer used
insulting language toward him.
Devine said he had been informed that
McCaw had also used bad language, and
! he considered all matters equal and hoped
that the charges would be dismissed.
The hearing OF the charges against City
| Physician Fowler were also set for Fri
day evening.
Lawton said he had called on the mem
| bers OF the Bureau OF Public Highways
and was informed by them that rock
would likely be furnished the city in the
early part of next September.
K. ID. Hawley said E. Il. Alsip was
desirous OF dedlcating TO the city the
| alley between Nineteenth and Twentieth
| K and S streets. The Corporation Couu-
sci was instructed 10 draw up the neces-
| sary papers.
Daniel Miller. who conducts the Berk-
shire Lodging-house at Sixth and L
streets, protested against the beating of
drum at Sixth and l. streets by re-
lIglous organization known as Gods
| Regular Army. He said his roomsrs
| have threatened to leave him if the noise
| Is not abated.
The matter was referred to the Police
| Committee.
The matter of improving street, be-
tween Second ana Third, was laid over
for further discussion.
IL. hellman complained of the stagnant
water I'D ihe drainage canal on Thirty
flrst street, from ii TO Y. Referred to the
| Superintendent of Streets,
| A communication was read from CITY
| Collector Mckee. stating that he had filed
Dill with the Board OF Supervisors for
| S1,oZU W Tor the construction of culyerts
| He said tie board would not allow that
| amount and he refused to accept less,
referred to the Finance Committee,
City Auditor Young submitted the fol-
lowing on the subject of the city funds:
The general fund has nearly Sl3.
more n it than it had last year at this
time. The general expenses will prob
| ably be about the same for the remainder
OF this year as they were last year. There
were some items of xpenditure last year
| that Will not be incurred this year but
there will be some this year-notably. an
election-that did moi take place last year.
and they may probably be considered as
| ohsettlng each other.
/ "Ihe ire department fund should have
| %, ,U00 lett In 1t at the end OF the fiscal
year, aud the police fund about 81 O0O-
| virtually what remained in them at the
end OF last year.
by close economy the street and
sewer and levee funds will probably hold
out, but they will have To be watch ed
closely.
The sprinkling fund contains but
| about SooU ID excess of the sum nsces-
| gary To pay the contracts for districts ! to
I, inclusive, and consequently it will
nave TO be assisted from the general fund
10 the extent Of about 81 800 to pay for
sprlnkiing districts s and and the out
side district, etc.
The cemetery fund contains but S298
| W " !, -
the extent Of 500, more or less. before
the end OF the year. In 1894 the
general fund helped other funds to the
extent oil $500, and if it has to advance
bat 5000 this year there will be saving
OF 500.
with $4,000 ahead in the general
| iunu, S5000 In the fire department fund
and SZU00 IN the police fund, the board
/ wiA nave. unless something unusual &C.
| ours, 900 with which To pay for the
| new pump ana the cost of setting it up.
and 10 pay such unexpected demands as
from time To time present them
selves. AS the pumps will perform very
little service in 1888, it is q little unfor-
| tun2te that il must be entirely paid for
out OF the money of that year, but so the
contract reads, and the money must be
received Tor the purpose"
| The com munication was ordered filed
Corporation Counsel Devlin informed
the board that IN conformity with resc-
luton adopted by it requesting him to
ascertain why the Bond Commissioners
| do not advertise for bonds according IN
law, he had consulted with them and
they informed him that they advertised
once year for the purchase OF bonds.
but have been unable TO receive any
bids. and that repeated ADVERTISING
would De source OF expense to the civ
and uuproducIlve OF any results. They
n1x-l i =
| aud coupons OF the city are held by a
| li.nitei number of nersons who orn