The record-union., 1897-11-30

not contravene general laws, but Section
Is OF the Vrooman Act provides as fol-
lows:
In addition and as cumulative to the
remedies above given, the City Councll
shall have power, by resolution or ordi,
nance, to prescribe the penalties that Shail
be be incurred by any owner or person iIa- Ia
pairs when required as provided IN Sec
tion 13, etc"
Your ordinance, No 321, does not pre-
tend to follow the Vrooman Act in that
particular, as / read it, and it is question:
able whether it seeks to provide penalueS
in accordance with the Vrooman Act.
understand, however, that this ordinance
has been acted upon for many years past
and cannot absolutely say that believe
II to be invalid. | understand the valldity
of the ordinance is now questioned in the
matter before you, and it seems to me the
better course would be to pro
ceed under that ordinance and let the
not it can be upheld. Respectfully SUD
mitted, HIRAM W. JOHNSON.
Dated Sacramento, November 49, 1897
The bidders for the construction of
a foot valve for the Water Works We're
]. A. Cunningham, $500, or 500 for
the steel shell, and Root, Nelson q
Co, $3.50 for the valve and SI54 for the
she'll
Tozer said the matter should be at
tended to without delay, as the valve
was intended to prevent the water from
slipping out of the suction pipe.
The matter was referred to the FL
nance Committee.
THE BAILEY SIDEWALK
The Bailey sidewalk matter came up
again, on the Corporation Counsels re-
port.
A discussion arose as to whether the
motion for reconsideration of the
boards action was now before the
board, and Tozer called for the ques-
ton on reconsideration. and the mo-
ton to reconsider was lost.
A resolution condemning a number
of sidewalks was ordered published be-
fore action was taken ON it.
w. O. Harlan was granted an all
night license at 221 K street
REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Pennish said that j. Scroggs, who
was recently granted a saloon license
at Twentieth and o streets, was keep
ing lookout for gambling games, and
had recently advertised a side entrance
for ladies, and was nothing but po-
| litical CRATER, running after candidates.
The people out there We're blaming him
(Pennish) for the granting of the Ii
cense. Scroggs had also run his saloon
for two weeks before the license was
granted, a thing that had never been
permitted before. He moved that the
saloon license be revoked.
He was informed that it could not be
done in that way, and moved that
Scroggs be notified to appear next Mon
day night and show cause why his IL
cense be not revoked. So ordered.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tony Christ was granted a saloon IL
cense at 305 K street, without reference
to the Chief of Police, by a vote of
to 4.
said Tozer.
Superintendent Croly recommended
the construction of a sewer on Twenty
ninth street from NJ to n, to relieve
that portion of the city. Referred to
the Finance Committee
A resolution for the improvement of
the alley bewteen Q and r, Eighteenth
and Nineteenth, was adopted.
The ordinance amending the sidewalk
ordinance was read, allowing owners
to construct wooden sidewalks on
Front street from NJ to Y, and on n, o,
and Q streets from Front street to
the alley between Front and Second.
1t was referred to the Street Commit
tee.
Martin Colombo's petition for a sa-
loor license at 1920 Front street was
granted
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING
The board then took up the propo-
sition of municipal lighting. The COM
munication of l. T. Hatfield, hereto
fore published in the Record Union -
was read.
In answer to a question by Leonard,
Mr.. Hatfield said that his table of year
ly expenses in running the waterworks
was to show the great increase in late
years. The waterworks have at pres
ent 300 horse power, just the same
amount that would be required to run
the dynamos for electric lighting, and
it could readily be determined from
them the cost of running a lighting
plant, and also of running the sewer
plant. Steam fuel here is from so to
10 per cent higher than in the East.
in the cities quoted by Mayor Hubbard.
| The expense of the water works is
shown to be 5 per cent on basis of
S30o,aO0. and the money of the tax
payer is worth as much to him as that
of the bondholder is to him.
A communication from the Mayor
was read, denying that Mr.. Hatfield 9
statement Of expenses Of running the
sewer plant was correct.
At the request of Devine Dr. Pyburn
addressed the board, saying that the
figures and illusions to the waterwprks
quoted by Mr.. Hatfield We're merely
dust thrown in the eyes of the board
He claimed that he could convict the
company of eXtortion. He claimed that
| the average price in the cities quoted
was something over Sc month. The
difference in the price of coal, he claim
ed, would not nearly account for the
difference here. He read the report of
Mayor Pingree on the cost of lighting
Detroit. AS to the cost Of fuel for
this city. he said, there need be none
The power of the American River could
be used. The two electric companies