The record-union., 1895-07-09
LAWFON ENTERS A FLAT DENIAL.
What He Did Instruct Treasurer
Porter to Do.
The Market Ordinance Approved
RESOLUTIONS Of Respect to the
Late Alonzo Conklin.

The City Board of Trustees held their
weekly meeting last night, Trustees
Lawton, Wachhorst, Kent. Davis, Bragg.
Devine, Leonard and Pennish being
present.
The following messages were received
from the Mayor:
HOW STADLER LOST A CONTRACT.
TO the Board of Trustees: l hereby
notify your honorable body that on July
.. 1895, l disapproved the contract be-
tween tho city and Kent IL Son for the
furnishing of bread for the City JAN, and
on the same day filed the same with
your Clerk, your board not being IN ses-
sion. My reasons for disapprovIng this
contract are as follows:
After the contract was received by me
from your board, one of the bidders for
that sapply. whose name is NJ. Stadler,
called at my Office and stated that he had
made lower bid than Kent 81 Son. and
was surprised at not receiving the con-
tract / therefore made an examination
of the original bids and found the follow
ing facts:
one bid was made by Kent & Son at 3
cents per pound; one by ID. Dlerssen u
Co. at the rate of 2.4S cents per pound,
and one by NJ. Stadler, in which it APP
per pound, but which by clumsy addi-
ton, apparently in some other persons
handwriting, was made to appear at 81
cents per pound. Apparently the bid OF
Dierssen Il Co. at 2. cents per pound
was overlooked.
am convinced that the bid of Stadler
was raised after it was offered. as the ad-
dition is not in the same ink as the orig
inal figures, and was not, evidently,
made by the same person. Mr.. Stapler
insists that his bid was p cents per
pound, and that it was raised by some
one else after he had filed 1t with your
clerk.
As this is serious matter L ask that
your board Investigate 1t fully, ana that
it be ascertained how the contract was
awarded to the highest bidder instead OF
the lowest. Respectfully submitted,
B. U. STEINMAN, Mayor.
V-sTREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
To the Board of Trustees: I herewith
transmit to your honorable body, with
my approval indorsed thereon, Ordi-
nance No. -, entitled Granting the
right of way to L. T. Hatfield, his heirs
or assigns, to construct and operate
street railway over and along certain
streets IN the City of sacramento" Re-
spectfully submitted,
b. L. SHERMAN, Mayor.
MARKET-PLACE ORDINANCE APPROVED.
TO the Board Of Trustees: 1 hereby
notify your honorable body that on July
3, 1898, | approved the following ordi-
nance and filed the same with your Clerk,
your board not being in session:
Ordinance No. entitled: AN ordi
nance 10 amend Sections l and of Ordi-
nance No. Sol, entitled Establishing
market-plaee for hay, straw, grain, wood,
coal. coke and charcoal on the public
square bounded by 3, G, Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets, and fixing penalty
for making sales of any such material at
any other place in the city except al es-
tablished places of business on private
lands owned, leased or controlled by the
person or employer of the person max
ing such sale" passed July 3, 1894; ap
proved July 9, 1894. Respectfully sub
mitted b. u. STEINNIAN, Mayor.
COAL CONTRACT APPROVED.
To the Board Of Trustees: / hereby
notify your honorable body that on the
I'd day Of July, 1895, l approved the con-
tract between the city and the lone Coal
and Iron COMPANY for the furnishing of
coal to the Water Works, and, on the
same day, | filed the same with your
Clerk, your board not being in session.
Respectfully submitted,
b. Y. STEINAIAN, Mayor.
BOARD OF HEALTH APPOINTMENT.
To the Board Of Trustees: l hereby
notify YOUR honorable body that Dr.. II.
l.. Nichols has filed in my office his writ
ten resignation as a member OF the Board
OF Health.
| hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent, | hereby appoint DIR. 1hoS.
Ross TO be a member of the Board of
Health, vice Or. II. L. Nichols, resigned.
Respectfully submitted,
Is. u. STEIN MAN, Mayor.
CoH TRACTS FOR SUPPLIES.
10 the Board Of Trustees: 1 hereby
notify your honorable body that on July
3, 1898, i approved the following con-
tracts and filed the same with your Clerk,
your board not being in session:
/. Contract between the city and Henry
Dehn for the construction of a sewer on j
street, from Fourteenth TO Seventeenth
streets.
,. Contract between the city and
George Stack for plumbing and drain
age for the city Jail.
.. Contract between the city and Jesse
l. Reith for the furnishing of 300 bales OF
wheat straw.
!. Contract between the city and Neu-
b0urg & Go. for the furnishing OF barley
and bran.
). Contract between the city and A.
Schaden Tor the furnishing of groceries
and provisions for the city jail.
s. Contract between the city and Baker
d Hamilton for oils, etc.
desire to call the attention of your
board TO the fact that although the bid of
A. Schaden for groceries and provisions
for the city jail was, in the aggregate, the
Lowest, nevertheless, there were others
who bid much cheaper for some OF the
supplies; as for instance, the contract
awarded to Schaden for 1900 pounds of
potatoes at 70 cents per hundred. while
there was another bid at the rate of 49
cents Der hundred. 1t seems to me that
the contract should not be let IN the
aggregate but the city should get the
benenG of each separate bid on each sep
arate article. 1t is true in the present
case the difference does not amount to
much, but when bids are asked the con-
tract should be awarded TO the lowest
bidder, and should not, as IN the present
case, be Jumped.
| understand that the bids were opened
by your Finance Committee. and the con-
tracts awarded by them, and then ap-
proved by your board.
/ advise that in the future the bids be
opened by your board, aud the whole
board act upon them. Respectfully SUBJ
mitted, b. u. STEINMAN, Mayor.
THE HEIsEN DOG CASE.
To the Board Of Trustees: In regard
to the case of Heisen VS.. City of Sacra-
mento. l desire to say that decision was
rendered by the Supreme Court on last
Tuesday 10 the effect that bills contracted
in one year could not be paid for IN
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