The record-union., 1897-08-17
WILL BURN FRANKLIN COAL.
CONTRACT LET FOR FURNISH
ING THE WATER WORKS.
Trustees Talk of Building a City
Wharf With a Warehouse
and an Elevator.

The regular meeting of the Board of
City Trustees was held last night, there
being present President Leonard. Trus-
tees Davis, Deyine, Kent, Mckay, Pen
nish and Wachhorst.
| On motion of Kent, the bond of $500
furnished by the Sacramento Electric,
Gas and Railway Company for supply
ing electric energy for the S-street
pumping plant, was approved.
| w. W. Chaplin addressed the board
and complained that a man named AL
| viso had blocked a sidewalk on r street
| between Twentieth and Twenty first,
thereby closing the street so that wag-
| ons engaged in hauling crushed rock for
the improvement of city streets could
not pass On motion of Devine, the
matter was referred to the City Attor-
lney and the Street Commissioner.
| COW ORDINANCE.
| In the matter of the proposed ordi-
nance prohibiting more than two COWS
being kept by anyone within the city
limits, Devine said he had carefully ex-
amined the four dairies situated inside
the limits, and had found them all care
/
it would be poor policy to discommode
lpersons who have kept dairies for twen-
! ty-five years in order that one or two
citizens may construct residences on
Sutter Terrace without being within
sight of cattle or dairy products He
recommended that the ordinance be re-
| jected
On motion of Mckay. the matter was
! laid over for two weeks.
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
Clerk Desmond stated that he had
communicated by telephone with Cor
poration Counsel Johnson, who is at
Santa Cruz, in relation to an opinion re-
specting the legal status of the Stratton
primary election law. The Corporation
Counsel had. he said, some time ago
/ forwarded a lengthy written opinion TO
the board, which, for some reason, had
! been delayed in its transmission
through the mail. He, however. told
Clerk Desmond that in his opinion the
coming city election must be held un-
der the provisions of the Act.
| The opinion of the Corporation Coun-
sci did not meet with the approval of
the entire board, and on motion of De-
vine. the Mayor was requested TO COM
municate with the Attorney General,
and ask that he furnish an opinion re
specting the validity Of the law.
BIDS REJECTED.
Bids for repairs to the Corporation
House, on Fifth street, between j and
K, were received from Contractors T. H.
Davis, c. A Palm and H. A. Ryder, the
lcwest-that of Davis-being S21o.
Wachhorst called attention to the fact
that Street Commissioner CrOly had es-
timated that the cost of repairs would
not exceed $3.50.
Street Commissioner Croly was ques-
toned and stated that $50 was amply
sufficient for making the repairs
Wachhorst moved that all the bids
be rejected
| Kent offered an amendment to the
| effect that the matter go over one
week in order to allow the bidders
| chance to explain matters.
| Kent's amendment was lost and
| Wachhorst's motion was carried all
bids being rejected.
WATERWORKS COAL.
City Engineer Wolf reported that the
coal tests ordered by the board had
been made, and on motion of Mckay,
bids for supplying coal for the city
water works for the present fiscal year
We're opened They were from John
| Shelton, who proposed to furnish Ros-
lin for 81 10, South Wellington for
! 81 20, and White Ash coal for 81 %
per ton. the Sacramento Coal Compa-
ny, which offered to furnish Franklin
steam coal for So SO per ton, and from
| the Pittsburg Landing Coal Company,
to furnish Pittsburg Landing coal for
So So per ton.
On motion the matter was referred
to Assistant City Engineer Phinney,
with instructions to figure out the
comparative cost of the several lots
of coal from the tests made by City
I Engineer Wolf.
PURE MILK ORDINANCE.
A communication was received from
the City Board of Health, inclosing a
proposed ordinance making it unlaW-
| full for any person to sell milk from
any COW unless he shall first procure a
certificate from a competent person
that the COW from which the milk is
| derived is free from tuberculosis.
| On motion of President Leonard ac-
ton was deferred one week. The Board
of Health. it was stated, believes
that the adoption of the proposed or
dinance will force the Yolo County
authorities to appoint a milk inspector.
PUMPING CONTRACT APPROVED.
The contract between the CITY of
Sacramento and the Sacramento Elec-
! trio. Gas and Railway Company, by
which the latter agreed to furnish
electric energy for running the S street
| sewage pumping plant for the pres
ent fiscal year for $500 per month
fat rate, was approved by unanimous
| vote
The bill of the Sacramento Gas
| Electric and Railway Company for
$40 for furnishing electric energy fol
the S street pumping plant during the
period of the test ordered made by the
board was allowed.
CITY FRONT WHARF.
j. o. Coleman. Secretary of the
Chamber OF Commerce, addressed the
board on the feasibility of constructing
a wharf along the river front He
received by the Chamber of Commerce
from owners of steamers plying on the
river requesting that a wharf be con-
strIcted and an elevator lift be put in
for their accommodation
PreSident Leonard suggested that the
matter be referred to the Levee Com
! mittee, with instructions to report
plans for building a city wharf.
| Davine favored the suggestion, but
contenced that no wharf should be
built on any property. the title te
which was in any way elouded. He
embodied Leonard's suggestion in a
| motion.
! Pennish suggested that the Levee
| Committee be instructed to call on the