The record-union., 1897-06-02
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL.
Auditor Young YetOeS II and Gives His
Reasons.
Trustees Pass 1t Over His Veto, But
it is lntimated That the Mayor
May Enioin 1t.


The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Davis, Kent,
Mckay, Devine, Tozer and Pennish
present.
w. r. Campbell explained his bill of
500 80, saying that it had been agreed
when he relinquished his contract for
running the sewerage pumping plant,
that he should be reimbursed of all ex-
pense he had been to up to the time he
relinquished the contract at the desire
of the Trustees He explained the va
rious items he had paid and said that
the board had held his certified check
for 5000 for thirteen days and had
thought it fair to charge 81 interest on
1T, as the bank did He had spent
about three weeks in making arrange
ments and getting bondsmen and in
moving the motor down He thought
that he had made his charges and had
as yet received no compensation for his
outlay.
Devine thought the bill a very rea-
sonable one and moved that it be al
lowed, which was done unanimously.
MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the May
or was received:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees
I herewith return to you, with my ap-
proval indorsed thereon, Ordinance No.
-. entitled AN Ordinance amending
Ordinance No. 430 entitled "An Ordi-
nance relating to and regulating busi-
ness, trades and professions in the city
of Sacramento, prescribing a license for
the management, operation and con-
ducting the same, and providing pen
atty for the violations of the provis-
ions thereof passed June %, 1896, ap-
proved June 80, 1896, by re-enacting
Section II of said ordinance as origi-
nally passed and by fixing the license
for the transaction of the business OF
merchant, grocer, druggist, butcher and
any other secular business not other
wise specified in said ordinance. Re
spectfully submitted.
C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
Leonard said NJ. r. Beard had agreed
to give UP his contract with the city
for collecting delinquent taxes and the
Corporation Counsel wished the board
to take some action in the matter. On
motion of Devine. the board instructed
the Corporation Counsel to take meas
ures for canceling the contract.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Tozer, for the Finance Committee,
favored making the appropriation
asked by the Bicycle Club of $3.50 for
improving Thirtieth street with a side
walk and bicycle path combined. So
ordered.
Property owners were granted per-
mission to grade S street from Seventh
to Eighth at their own expense.
Mckay, for the Sewer Committee,
recommended in regard to the claims
of Mr. Dolan and Mrs. Pennish, that
the latter be paid $75 for the use of her
land by the city in 1896 and that Mr..
Dolan be considered as already paid.
The report was approved.
The matter of summer uniform for
the police was reported on and Devine
moved that a uniform be adopted.
Tozer said a delegation of policemen
would be present later and the matter
was deferred until they could appear.
AUDITORS VETO.
Tozer reported that the Auditor had
vetoed the bill of the Sacramento Elec-
tric, Gas and Railway Company for
$2,460
The message from the Auditor was
read as follows:
Sacramento, June 1, 1897.
Hon. Board of Trustees, City of Sac
ramento, Cal.-Gentlemen: 1 herewith
return without my approval the claim
of the Sacramento Electric, Gas and
Railway Company, in the sum of s., 46C
GAO arc lamps at so % each) fol
street lighting during the month OF
May, said claim having been allowed
by your honorable body May 24, 1897
Section - of the city charter pro-
vides that no contract for electric lights
shall be made by the city at higher
rate than is charged to any other con-
sumner. l have made considerable in
quiry and am satisfied that at the time
the present contract for street lighting
was entered into a number of private
citizens were only paying 50, or less
for all-night arc lamps, burning every
night of the month. AT the present
time some property owners are paying
less than IS for like service-about the
same rate that the experts reported tC
your honora BILE board recently that the
city could do its own lighting for.
1t has been contended that street
lighting circuits are more expensive
than commercial circuits, but 1 have
been informed by people competent Il
speak on the subject that facts do no
bear out the assertion, and that con
tractor would if anything, prefer {
street-nghting contract rather than {
commercial at the same price.
OF course my information may b'
faulty and my conclusions incorrect
but this is a matter involving mucl
money, and, it seems to me, it should
be determined whether the contract il
a legal one before any bills are paid
Respectfully, J. d. YOUNG,
City Auditor.
L. T. Hatfield said that he took issu
with the Mayor and Auditor, who wer
acting in concert in this matter, on tn