The record-union., 1896-04-14
WATER WORKS BUILDING.
Contract for RemOdelin8 II Let TO
Henry Elliott.
Corporation Counsel Johnson's Opinion
is That the Sewerage Question
Must Go to the People.

The City Board Of Trustees held lts
weekly meeting last night, trustees
Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, JAWS
Kay, Tozer, Devine and PenIish oe
ing present, and Leonard presioins.
The following messages Iro" 'iie
Mayor were read:
To the honorable Board of Trustees:
i hereby nominate and, by anu WIN
your consent, appoint DR.. Z. f. PINK
ham as q member of the Board of
the Board of Health, in place OF LIT.
F. r. Waggoner, whose term mas eA-
pired. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the honorable Board Of Trustees:
/ hereby nominate and, by ana win
your consent, appoint E. r. Wooo TO
be q coal-passer in the Water WORKS
department, in place of ]. w. GreenlaW'
not confirmed. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the honorable Board of trustees:
I hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent appoint Henry Dormer
hoseman in the fire department for en-
CINE company No /, in place of II.
Hunt, not confirmed. Respectfully SUD-
mitted, c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the honorable Board of Trustees:
The Board of Joint Control and Man.
agement of the E. B. Crocker Art Gal
lery, consisting of the directors OF the
California Museum Association and
myself, on behalf of the city, have de-
cided to make some needed improve
ments on the Art Gallery building. The
building has been considerably dam
aged during the past two years on ac-
count of defective roof, and num-
ber of valuable paintings in the Gal
lery have been injured by dampness.
The board desire to have the repairing
of the building well done, and at the
same time as economically as possi-
BILE. From the estimates now furnished,
] think it will cost nearly 81 800.
The board also deem it necessary to
purchase a new heater for the Gallery
and to have it placed SO as to use the
old system of pipes to some extent. The
cost of this heater is estimated at about
$500
The walls of the Gallery will have to
be repaired, the window frames var
nished and some of the frames of the
paintings repaired. The exact cost of
these repairs cannot be ascertained un-
til the work has been completed. The
board estimate that the cost of these
repairs that are absolutely necessary
to preserve the property will approxi-
mate So 800.
AS you all probably know, in the deed
from Mrs. Margaret E. Crocker to the
city, there are several clauses to the
effect that, should the city fail to care
for and maintain said Art Gallery in
good repair, order and condition, then
said property shall revert to the donor
The necessity of making said repairs
being obvious, I therefore recommend
that your honorable body make pro-
vision for the payment of bills neces-
sarily incurred in the making of such
repairs above mentioned, when the
same have been completed to the salts
faction of said Board of Joint Control.
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
Leonard said the message of the
Mayor in regard to the Art Gallery
should have some consideration, and
he thought the Finance Committee
should consult with the Mayor. He
did not think. however, that the amount
of money named could be spared for it.
The matter was referred to the FL
nance Committee. to confer with the
Mayor.
TO SET POLES.
L. T. Hatfield addressed the board
in relation to the setting of poles for
wires on streets and alleys. The ordi-
nance provides that no poles shall be
set where they will interfere with
travel. There are many streets, he
said, on which the setting of poles
would do no harm and would result in
convenience to the people. He offered
a resolution. which he asked the board
phone poles to be set on the streets
except on K and streets west of
Fifteenth street, under the permission
of the Superintendent of Streets He
said this would obviate the necessity
of having request referred to some
committee of the board, making a de-
lay of week or ten days.
Kent moved to amend the resolution
so as to require the Superintendent of
Streets to procure the consent of the
Street Committee before giving per-
mission for setting the poles.
George w. Jackson, for the Capital
Gas Company, said he thought the res
olution should embody a provision al
lowing the streets to be torn up, in or
der TO permit the putting down of gas
pipes.
Devine was utterly opposed to the
resolution, or to putting the control of
the streets out of the hands of the
Trustees. These companies have always
obtained permission for these things
when they asked for them.
Tozer said the object of the resolution
was TO expedite matters.
NJ. ]. Dillman said that was the rea-
son for the request, as the companies
would sometimes have to wait several
days to get permission for setting poles.
ToZer moved that the motion as
amended be adopted.
Leonard said he would not vote for
the resolution unless it was laid over
for a week, as he understood that an
ordinance was to be introduced com
relling all the companies to place their
wires underground. 1t looked as if this
request was made in order to forestall
such action.
Mr.. Hatfield disclaimed any such in
tention or knowledge of any such con-
templated action.
The resolution was adopted, with