The record-union., 1897-02-09
A USELESS EXPENDITURE.
What Trustee Davis Says Of The Steam
Regulator.
Experts VIII be Appointed to Report
on the Efficiency of the City's
New Boilers.

The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Leonard, Wachhorst, Kent, Davis.
Mckay, Devine, Bentley. Tozer and
Pennish being present, and Leonard
presiding
w. A. Anderson addressed the board
relative to the all-night license asked
for by the City Hotel, stating that the
day license was valueless without it,
Devine moved it be granted and the
motion was carried
/. T. Hatfield asked the board to
change the specifica tions for city light
ing, calling for such additional lights
as the board might call for. AS the
contract c5n only run one year, that
would allow the board to order extra
lights within five days Of the expira-
ton of the contract. He suggested
that it be modified TO relate to the first
six months and the city to pay the eX-
pense of extra lights after that time.
The change was made as suggested,
after some discussion, the number of
lights to be fixed at the time the con-
tract is let
Judge Catlin asked that another
weeks further time be granted to the
property owners before the improve
ment of X street, between First and
Second was accepted. The request was
granted.
Postmaster Tom Fox addressed the
board in relation to the Railway Postal
Service officials Convention in San
Francisco and suggested that it would
be an excellent advertisement of Sac
Tamento to give them breakfast and
escort them around the city for a few
hours when they pass through here.
He thought the breakfast for the 300
persons would be about $3.50.
The board thought the suggestion a
good one and as Mr.. Fox said the Mayor
favored it, the money was appropriated
from the immigration fund unani-
mousIy
A Mrs. Smith complained that she
had a windmill and pump at Twenti-
eth and ID streets, that she used for
Irrigation, but was charged water rates.
The matter was referred TO the Water
Assessor fer report next week.
Mr.. Beede Of the Postal Telegraph
office said that a notice regarding the
sign ordinance had been served on him.
The sign was TO guide strangers who
We're looking for the office and he asked
If in case they had to take down the
sign they could extend another sign
over the sidewalk.
Leonard said that no one could give
permission to anyone to violate the
ordinance. The Mayor knew when he
sent Mr. Beede to the board that it
had no authority in the matter, as the
ordinance must be complied with.
MAYORS MESSAGE
The following alessage was received:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
I herewith return to you Ordinance No.
-. entitled. An ordinance to prevent
the deposit of filth on vegetables. fruits
and fish by dogs or insects in the city
OF Sacramento" without my approval.
My reason for disappearing the said
proposed ordinance is as follows:
do not believe it would be right or
proper for the city. in an attempt to
regulate the matters therein referred to,
to deprive the market men Of the use Of
the floors of their buildings by prohib-
iting them from using any of the space
two feet above the floor of their said
buildings, for the placing Of vegetables.
fruit, etc. Besides while it is undoub-
tedly within your power to regulate the
manner in which such articles may be
exposed for sale on the sidewalks Of this
city, yet | very much doubt whether a
municipality has the power to regulate
the manner in which such articles shall
be exposed for sale within the build
ings of market men.
! believe that it would be better and
more satisfactory to persons doing busi-
ness in our city to pass an ordinance
which would entirely prohibit all per
sons from using any part Of any side
walk in the city Of Sacramento. than to
pass the said proposed ordinance which
would, in many cases, work a great
hardship on dealers who must use their
floors for storage, etc. In all enterpris-
ing cities an ordinance prohibiting the
use of any part Of the sidewalks by
dealers in exposing their goods for sale
is in force. and a proper Observance
OF such an ordinance would greatly i'm
prove the appearance of sidewalks and
streets generally.
There are several places now on the
business streets Of our city which. be-
cause three feet Of the sidewalk are al
lowed to be used by the owners or les
sees Of such places upon which 10 dis
play their goods, present an unsightly
and disgusting appearance, and by tht
passage Of such an ordinance as / pro
pose and herewith present TO you, be
lieve that the evils which are designed
to be thwarted by the said proposed or
dlnance would be averted, and that the