The record-union., 1896-08-11
FOR RANEW DUMPING GROUND,
Mayor Hubbard Wants the Present One
Abolished.
He Prefers the Block Between T and
U. Seventh and Eighth
Streets.

The Board of Health at a recent meet
ing, heard petition from the residents
Of the present dumping ground for gar
bage against it's further maintenance as
8 menace to the health of that locality.
Now comes Mayor Hubbard to their
rescue with the following message to
the City Trustees on that subject, sub
mitted at last nights meeting:
SAYS THE MAYOR.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees:
On May 13, 1895, the Board of Trustees
Of the city of Sacramento passed an
ordinance, No. 3S5, designating and de-
claring that the block bounded by
Fourteenth and Fifteenth, U and V
streets of said Sacramento City, be the
public dumping ground for all garbage,
rubbish, filth, ETC., collected in the city,
anc requiring all persons to deposit the
same at that place.
On the Sd of May, 1895, ten days be-
fore the ordinance was passed, a con-
tract was entered into by the Board of
Trustees, on behalf of the city, with
one ]. K. Gilman, by the terms of which
it was agreed that upon the payment to
the city of the sum of $50 by said J.
K. Gilman he would, at all times, keep
all garbage deposited on the block des-
cinders in such manner as to prevent
it from becoming a menace to public
health and a nuisance, and the Board
of Trustees of the city of Sacramento
would establish the block bounded by
Fourteenth and Fifteenth, U and V
streets as the public dumping ground.
In pursuance of said contract the
Board of Trustees did establish and ac-
cept- the above-named block as said
dumping ground, and said J. K. Gilman
filed a bond in the sum of $500 to the
effect that he would well and faithfully
perform each and all of the conditions
and stipulations of the contract.
This contract was disapproved by
ex-Mayor B. u. Steinman on May Is,
1895, and passed over his veto by the
Board of Trustees on May 20, 1895.
Since this contract went into effect
its provisions have not been fully COM
piled with, and at no time has this gar
bage been covered with enough fresh
earth to prevent it from being a men
ace to health, and is now, and at all
times has been, a nuisance.
If your honorable board shall decide
tn continue the contract with said J. K.
Gilman I shall be obliged to direct the
Corporation Counsel to commence suit
dSdluSI MIN ana MS DODOSHen r6cOV-
er the amount of his bond for not COM
plying with said contract You have
now before you a petition, signed by all
the property owners in that part of the
city, asking you to abate this nuisance,
and 1 believe you will see the necessity
of making some other arrangements
l would respectfully suggest that an
ordinance be passed repeating Ordi-
nance No. $50, which will cancel the
contract with said ]. K. Gilman.
[ also recommend that you pass an Or
dinance, a copy of which I herewith
transmit to you, establishing as public
dumping place the block bounded by
7 and Z, Seventh and Eighth streets
Of the said city Of Sacramento; and,
further, that a contract be drawn up
and entered into with Barclay Muir,
the owner of said property, requiring
him to keep the garbage and all de-
posits covered, so that it will not be a
menace to health or become a nuisance,
and that he take care of the same
to the satisfaction of the Board of
Health. Also, that he be required to
give to the city a good and sufficient
bond that he will faithfully perform all
the conditions named in the contract.
The advantage to the city would be
considerable, as the city would save
in the cost of hauling from $500 to
81 900 annually, and TO others who
would use the dumping place it would
also save great expense. Another
advantage that would accrue to the city
from using this place would be that it
can be drained. At the present dump
ing place all the liquid matter that finds
it's way to it has to evaporate or be alb
sorbed by the soil
] therefore very strongly urge that
you act in this matter at once, so that
the nuisance at the present dump may
be abated. Respectfully submitted,
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
Kent moved that the message be
placed on file.
Pennish thought the board should
take some action, as the ground had
been condemned by the Board Of
Health.
Leonard said If Gilman had not COM
piled with his contract the Mayor could
sue him on his bond.
Devine said the Mayors message had
great merit and If his suggestions were
complied with a great deal could be
saved to the citizens on account of the
short distance to haul the garbage.
Mckay asked If the suggestion in the
message could not be complied with, and
Leonard said ii could be by passing a
new ordinance.
The matter was laid over for week.
Georpe McMauus' Death