The record-union., 1897-11-16
BAILEY SIDEWALK AGAIN.
STREET SUPERINTENDEN AND
SURVEYOR CONDEMN IT.
The Matter Is Deferred for a Week
Longer to Get More Light
On 1t.

hO lily DOdTQ OIL TRUSTEES lilCb ia
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Davis, Nc
Kay, Devine, Bentley, Tozer and Pen
nish being present
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're read:
TO the Honorable Board of Trustees:
respectfully report that, in company
with j. Frank Brown, City Attorney,
counted the money placed before us by
the City Treasurer, who stated that the
same was the money of the city of Sac
ramento, and found in his possession the
amount agreeing with the books of the
City Auditor and City Treasurer. Re-
spectfully submitted,
G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
/ hereby nominate and, by and with
your consent, appoint ID. 5. Baker a. spe-
cial policeman for the locality bounded
by the alley between K and l. and the
alley between n and o, and Tenth and
Eighteenth streets of said city, to sue
ceed himself, whose term will have ex-
pired on the 10th instant. Respect
fully submitted,
c. H HUBBARD, Mayor.
The sum of $500 was ordered trans
fer-red from the general fund TO the
street fund and 81 $50 from the general
fund to the sewer fund.
The usual number of bills were al
lowed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Davis, for the Water Committee, re-
ported that, as he understood it, the
place of William Connell, the fireman
at the Water Works, is not vacant.
Connell has been sick, but is now ready
to go to work again and in the mean
time his son has been filling his place
acceptably. The report was accepted.
Devine reported in favor of buying
two patent fumigators for testing the
levees and killing gophers in them.
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING.
Devine wished to know if the attor-
ney of the Electric Company was pres
ent to furnish figures and statistics in
favor of the city or his company. The
board had appointed a committee 10
examine into the question and it Lad
concluded that the city could save a
large amount by having its own light
ing.
l.. T. Hatfield replied that, as at
torney for the company, he had certain
ly come to present figures in its inter
est and would be glad to give the
board the benefit of the information
which he possessed.
Devine moved that the hearing be set
for Friday night that both sides might
be prepared with their facts and 1t was
30 ordered
THE BAILEY SIDEWALK.
Superintendent of Streets Croly and
Deputy City Surveyor c. NJ. Phinney
presented separate reports of the Bal
ley sidewalk at Fourth and K streets,
giving the results of their respective ex-
aminations of the condition of the sup
ports. They agreed that some OF the
timbers are badly rotted and that the
underside of the concrete is in bad con-
dition. They both recommended that
the walk be condemned. as dangerous.
Judge Catlin, attorney for Mr.. Bal
ley. said that Mr.. Croly reported that
he found no evidence that Mr.. Bailey
experts had made the examinations
they had stated they did. He claimed
that the fact Mr.. Croly stated he had
found no evidence of their examination
showed that he himself had not MADE
any thorough examination. Mr.. Croly.
he said, knew perfectly we'll that the
examinations had been made as stated.
He read letter from Architect w. II.
Hamilton, who superintended the build
ing of the sidewalk in 1891 and who
said it was as good as any that were
built at that time.
Pennish asked Mr.. Croly If he thought
he could repair the walk so that it
would last for several years, and the
latter said he could. but it would have
TO be continually repaired in different
places. He was satisfied from the
fresh saw marks on some Of the TIM
bers, that repairs had been made on
them within two months. He did not
think it would pay to repair it.
Judge Catlin said that if any man
could convince him that if there was
blow hole or defect in one of the iron
girders now used as supports it could
not be taken out and replaced with a
new ore, but that a new walk would
have TO be built, he would endeavor
to have a new ordinance passed.
Leonard said he thought the ordi-
nance was passed specially to prevent
repairs to just such sidewalks as this.
He thought that 1t would be well, from
what the Judge had said, to examine
the other sidewalks on Fourth street.