The record-union., 1897-06-22
THE NATURAL GAS COMP ANY.
Franchise Granted to Il by the Board Of
Trustees.
X Street to be Improved With
rlacadam From Fifteenth to
Thirty=First.

The City Board of Trustees met in
Regular session last night, Trustees
Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis, Nc
Kay, Devine, Tozer and Pennish be-
ing present
Chief Engineer Guthrie of the Fire
Department addressed the board IN re-
latiOn to the improvements being made
at the Corporation House, saying that
the Plumbing Inspector is not satisfied
with the plumbing in the vent pipe
from the closet, and that the change
he wanted made would increase the
cost S15.
The Chief Engineer was authorized
to have the change made.
j. B. Devine addressed the board in
relation to the bids for a franchise
asked by the Sacramento Natural Gas
Company. He offered a bond for the
company, which he said had been ap-
proved by the Corporation Counsel, and
asked that, if there was only one bid,
the board would grant the franchise.
He had carefully guarded the city's
interests as well as those of his client
in the ordinance he had drawn up for
passage by the board.
The bid of the company was accept
ed and a franchise for fifty years was
granted to it. The ordinance was also
passed and Mr.. Keyes, of the company
promised the board that within year
the city would have the best and
cheapest fuel it had ever had
H. Grau and others appeared before
the board with a request that the prop
erty owners on the alley between 7 and
u, Twenty-first and Twenty second
be allowed to grade the alley at their
own expense. Mr.. Grau said that some
one had told Chairman Devine of the
Street Committee, that he wanted the
alley opened in order to get the mold
ing sand and material out of it for his
own use. This was not so. He had
no use for the material and had plenty
of molding sand without taking it from
the alley. It was only for the purpose
OF improving the property on the hill.
Devine said that he had satisfied him
self that the request was not made by
MIR. Grau to forward the interests of
the city and residents south Of it have
protested against opening the alley. 1t
would run through the orchard of Mr..
Richardson. If it is opened, as a
Trustee he wished that the material in
the alley be advertised for sale. He
moved that the resolutions be referred
back to the City Engineer for amend
ment so that bids for the material be
advertised for. No second.
Kent offered as an amendment that
the matter lie over for a week and the
board investigate the matter
Pennish said that Richardson's fence
is eight feet out on the sidewalk and
will have to be moved.
Kent's amendment was lost and To-
ger said he was satisfied it was a pub
lie Improvement that would have to be
made sooner or later.
Devine said the board had no right to
give the city's property away to any
man that asks for it.
D. w. Carmichael said he thought it
was for the interest of Sutter Terrace
that the request was made.
The resolution allowing the alley
graded was passed, Devine and Kent
voting no.
County Clerk Hamilton asked per-
mission to take surplus dirt from F
street, where it is being graded, and
put it in the alley, in the rear of his
lot.
The matter was referred to the Su-
perintendent of Streets.
MAYORS MESSAGE.
The following message from the May
or was read and referred to the Water
Committee:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
There have been quite a number of
changes made in the steam pipes in the
Water Works plant, which have been
of great benefit, but there is one more
change that should be made as soon as
practicable. and that is to remove the
overhead piping on the Holly pump and
run the steam connections through the
frame, as recommended by the experts.
This will require the changing of the
pipes and the placing of a steam oper-
ator and trap. The cost of this change
will be about S400.
I therefore recommend that you ar
range to have this work done, without
waiting for the pump to be overhauled.
Respectfully submitted,
G. II. HUBBARD. Mayor.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Tozer, for the Finance Committee, re-
ported that County Clerk Hamilton did
not need an extra clerk for preparing a
city supplement for the Great Register.
Davis for thp Wafer Committee re-