The record-union., 1896-01-14
BISMPT FIREMEN'S APPROPRIATION.
The Matter Goes Over Till Next
Friday
Tenth-street Matter Postponed-LdvelS
Talk Between the Attorneys
for the Parties.

The CITY Trustees met in regular
weekly session last evening. Present
Messrs. Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent
paws. Mckay, Tozer, Devine, Bentley
and Pennish.
T, r Hatfield said he had filed a copy
of the proposed ordinance for the v
street franchise.
The CLERK read the bid of the Fair
oaks and Orangevale Railway Com
many for freight and pas
senger franchise on Twentieth street
from V south TO the city limits, crossing
Y street at a point between TWentletn
and Thirtieth streets, of So per annum
for each street car operated over the
road for the first five years and one ana
one-eighth per cent. of the gross earn
ings of the railroad earned on that por-
ton of Twentieth street for the re-
mafnder of the term of the franchise,
after the expiration of the five years.
The bid was accepted.
Communications were read from b.
K. Alsip, Frederick Cox, H. Grau and
F. r. Dray petitioning the board to
grant the railway company privilege OF
carrying freight.
The ordinance granting the railway
company a franchise was then read, ana
on motion Of Tozer it was adopted.
A communication was read from
property owners on T street, between
Ninth and Tenth, asking that they be
allowed to raise the grade of the street
in front of their property. Permission
was granted.
President Leonard announced that he
had appointed the following citizens to
represent the city at the River Con-
vention which will meet in San Fran
cisco on the 18th instant: General T.
w. Sheehan, Major H. Weinstock, w.
D. Lawton, Captain J. II. Roberts and
Major w. A. Gett, Jr. The sum of $50
was appropriated to defray the ex-
penses to be incurred by the delegates.
Pennish objected to the bill of Charles
Heisen for $3.50, the amount of the
judgment obtained by him against the
city, and S2S 70 costs of court. Pennish
said he understood that HeiSen had
promised to be satisfied with the judg-
ment alone. He said if the entire
amount is ordered allowed he would
prevent its payment.
The bill of ex-Mayor Steinman for
$3.50 for salary as Mayor during the
month of May last was then taken up.
The Mayor was absent a part of that
month and he presented his bill the fol-
lowing month without making a reduc-
tion Of the original amount and the
board refused to allow the bill and de-
Quoted SS8 from it. This the Mayor re-
fused to accept.
Devine moved that the bill of $3.50 be
allowed.
President Leonard, Davis and Kent
spoke in opposition to the motion.
Davis said he would never vote to pay
the bill until Steinman pays the amount
due several ex-employes of the city
whose payment Davis said the ex-
Mayor had prevented.
Wachhorst moved as a substitute that
the matter be continued two weeks SO
that inquiries could be made whether
or not the bill in its present form can
be allowed. The motion was carried.
A communication addressed to Trus-
tee Tozer by V. S. McClatchy was read,
explaining why a certain notice was
published twelve days instead of ten.
City Attorney Brown reported that as
w. H. Devlin was a city official when he
submitted his bill of $54 for Notary fees
it should be rejected. It was so ordered.
a weeks further time to have the Trus-
tees room properly ventilated.
Pennish OF the Levee Committee re-
ported that he thought the railroad
company Will board up the railings on
the sides of the wagonway on the new
bridge over the tracks on Front street
in order that horses will not in future
be frightened by smoke and steam from
locomotives. Pennish said he thought
the railroad company viii in the near
future place an electric light on the
bridge.
T HE NEW PUMP.
Davis of the Water Committee said
something should be done to commence
preparations for receiving the new
pump. He said two or three PROPOSE
tions have been advanced to purchase
land near the site of the present Water
Works on which to station the new
pump.
Kent said he was not in favor of the
city purchasing any additional prop
erty.
Tozer said the pump should not be
disturbed until the arrival of the new
one.
Davis said the city should not lose the
Stevens pump, as it has cost it large
sum of money.
Tozer said it has been said for the last
ten years that the Stevens pump was al
most useless.
The whole matter was then referred to
the Water Committee to report at a
future meeting.
EXEMPT FIREMEN'S FUND.
Tozer said he had been informed by
Corporation Counsel Devlin that, ac-
cording to law, the board was COM
PEELED to make an appropriation for
the benefit of the Exempt Firemen' s
Association. Devlin, said Tozer, was
of the opinion that the law was of no
effect as no penalty for non compliance
was provided. Tozer said that accord
ing to the law as it is the board need
only appropriate 81. However, he was
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