The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-08
1 Costly But Important Piece Of
Work.
Report of P. H. McGrath, Explanatory
of What is Being Done
Thereon.

OrS OF sacramento COuiils
Pursuant to your appointment as Su-
perintendent of the road work now De-
ing performed by your honorable board
in conjunction with the Trustees or Re-
clamation District No. $40, on Sutter
Island, in Road District No. ., L beg
leave to report as follows:
The work of constructing the road on
the right of way granted by the settlers
and land owners on said island Is pelng
performed, and the materials is pelng
placed on the roadway by the dredger
Golden Gate, owned and operated by
the Golden Gate Dredging and Recla-
nation Company. During the time
that the machine has been employed,
141, 76S yards, according to the estimate
furnished me by the engineers, was
placed in position Saturday, April s 8,
1897, and the same has been graded and
leveled, so that a good pasSable road
way now exists from the head of said
island down Suffer Slough to its juno
ton with Steamboat Slough and up
said Steamboat Slough to the north line
of the Hustler Ranch, commonly known
as the Point Ranch.
The material for this work has been
paid for as follows: At the January
session of this honorable board 81 ,440
was paid to the dredging company
from the funds of the county, and dur
ing the same week the same amount
was paid to the dredging company by
the Board of Trustees of Reclamation
District No. $40. During the month
of February no payment was made by
the county of Sacramento, as no esti-
mate was filed by me for the work
done by the dredging company during
the month of January, for the reason
that as the statute requires all claims
to be filed the Saturday before the
meeting Of this honorable board. and as
] was not furnished by the engineers of
the respective parties with the estimate
of the material in time to enable me to
prepare my said estimate, I was unable
to file the same.
The estimate furnished me- upon
which the claim filed February q. 1897,
was based was made by r. E. Johnson,
the engineer of Reclamation District
No. $40, and Joseph c. Boyd, the Coun-
ty Surveyor of Sacramento County, and
the engineer acting for this honorable
board in this work, and was for the
sum of S1,792 IL.
After the filing of this claim. and as
your honorable board failed to pass and
allow the said claim at the meeting
during the month of March, the Board
of Trustees of Reclamation District
No. $40 having in view the original
idea of distributing 10000 yards of dirt
on this entire roadway, found that they
would be unable to complete said work
with 50000yards distributing the ma
terial as it had been distributed, and
would not be able 10 fulfill their part of
the agreement made with this honorable
board in completing said road for the
sum of $4,000, as it was contemplated
that the dredging work would cost So
600 and the grading and bridges 81 eco
additional.
Having this idea in view the Board of
Trustees of said district paid said
dredging and reclamation company
the sum of ST .245, as a special payment
for the amount of material that had
been placed on the roadway IN excess
of an equitable distribution made by
r. E Johnson, c. E., where
in the 10000 yards of dirt to be used
was distributed on said roadway. pro-
portionate to the grade and slope and
width which would be required to make
and establish said road.
There has been paid by said Board
of Trustees of Reclamation District No.
$40 to said dredging company, IN addi-
ton to the 1.440 heretofore mentioned,
the sum of 81, 1872 II in the month OF
February, and the special payment
made on March 10th, making a total
paid by said district of S4,4I1 IA. With
the deduction of this special payment
- ~ Il
performed, as the share of tho county
the sum of 81 .4S2, which l respectfully
ask your honorable board to order paid
in settlement of the claim of February
%. 1891
l am satisfied from the manner in
which this work is being done that at
its completion the county of Sacrament
to will have one of the finest pieces OF
road, and at the most reasonable cost.
that has been constructed therein. Re
specially submitted,
p H. McGRATH.
W. A. Gett. attorney for the District
Trustees, explained that the district
had expended more money than the
county, mad had put on more material
than was al first contemplated. He
said that the county had agreed to
appropriate 5000 toward the road, but
it would not take more than about ST.
600 for its share.
Supervisor Morrison said that the
understanding was that the board would
contribute toward building the road
clear around the island. There had
been a, mistake in the first bill present
ed by the district of about 81 200, and If
that could occur in one month it might
do so again The board proposes TO in
vestigate the road and see what has
been done, but the weather has here
tofore been too stormy. When he last
knew anything about it. the road was
about one-third of the way around the
island and was impossible. as the dirt
lay in heaps on it, He did not think the
county had anything to do with the
dredger or it's claims, and was dealing
only with the trustees.
w. G. Whittier of the dredger COM
three of the parties.
Mr.. Gett explained that the trustees
had paid for the extra material and
work. which was used on account of
making the road bed twelve feet wide
instead of eight, as originally pro-
jected.
Chairman Jenkins said that no width
had ever been mentioned to the board
when the appropriation was asked for,
and that petitioners had simply asked
for aid to build road around the
island without specifying any width.
The Clerk read the minutes of the