The record-union., 1897-01-26
FOR THE SAME old SYSTEM.
No Streets to be Kept Clean in the
Daytime.
The City Trustees Seem to be Salts
fled With the w ay Things
Are Going.

Trustees Engineer E. W. Marsh, rep
nesenting the E. P. Allis Company,
complained of the delay that had been
made in getting ready for the starting
UP of the pumps at the Water Works.
The matter was laid over till next
Monday night, when the Water Com
mittee is to be ready to report on the
matter and state when the connections
are made
Bentley asked that a motion of De-
Vine referring to the rock-crushang
plant at Folsom be taken up out OF the
regular order.
Kent then offered the following:
Whereas, There is now pending be-
fore the Legislature of this State bill,
the effect of which is TO close the State
rock crushing plant and deprive the
cities of this State of cheap macadam;
and whereas. such an act would be a
public calamity; therefore be it
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to wait on the proper
committees of THE Legislature and pro-
test against such action; and, further
more, be it
Resolved That kilograms be sent to
the Mayors of the cities of Stockton and
1ldI'ySNlIle, tlll llldl lHelI So-
operation be requested
The motion was carried, and Bentley,
Devine and Tozer We're appointed on
the committee.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're read:
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
l hereby nominate, and by and with
your consent, appoint P. r. Watt as
member of the Board of Health Of this
city in the place of and stead of Thorn
as Ross whose term has expired. Re
spectfully submitted,
G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
AS all of the sewers of the city are now
connected with and discharging into
the new sewer ON street, there is no
further use for the pump at Eighth and
Y streets.
l therefore recommend that the pump
ait Eighth and Y streets be removed
to the new pumping station at Front
and S streets, and that it be connected
with the new motor, so that test can
be made soon in order to demonstrate
the practioability of pumping by cleo
trio power. Respectfully submitted,
c. II. HUBBARD. Mayor.
After some discussion it was decided
to keep the pumping plant at Eighth
and Y streets for the present, Devine
alone voting for the Mayors recon-
mendation to discontinue it.
The regular salary and other bills
We're then read and ordered paid.
Two bills for extra work brought up
the question of the manner in which the
street cleaning is being done.
Kent said the flooding was being done
in an improper manner, and Devine and
Leonard said the men could not do
good work for sixteen hours. The bills
We're ordered paid, with the understand
ing that there should be no more double
duty done.
Kent moved that the Clerk advertise
for bids for running the pump at the s.
street sewer for one year.
After a short discussion the motion
was defeated. as there were no specifi-
cations before the board
Wachhorst, from the Building Com
mittee, reported in favor of putting up
a ladder to reach the whistle at the
Water Works. at a cost of about $40.
The Clerk was ordered to advertise for
bids for the work.
Crossings We're ordered placed across
S street at Second, Third and Fourth
streets, for foot passengers.
The specifications for finishing the in
side of the Water Works were pre-
sented by Wachhorst, and Davis OBJ
jected to any more expense being piled
onto the Water Works, as it had cost too
much already.
Devine believed in deferring action for
a time. as the work should have been
included in the original contract.
Tozer moved the adoption of the spe-
cifcations, which were eventually car
ried, and the Clerk was ordered to ad-
vertise on the bulletin boards for bids
When the specifications for street
sweeping came up, Devine spoke against
giving any part of the contract to the
Associated Charities. and moved that
the streets that had been eliminated
should be included in the repular con-
tract He thought the Associated Char
tiles should not be allowed TO put men
on the streets on any such plan as they
proposed.
Kent was also opposed to the plan, and
said the men who would accept charity
on such terms were not citizens Of Sac
ramento.
Bentley believed in giving the PROPOSE
tion a trial. The Associated Charities
were among the best people in the COM
rnunity. and there was no proposition
10 let the whole contract out, only a
small portion of the city.
Leonard took the floor, with Kent in
the chair. and said he believed that the
proposition was not a good one. but that
the contract should be let SO that the
men should not be compelled to go to a
charitable institution for work.
The streets reserved for the Associated
Charities were then ordered added to the
others and the contract ordered adver-
,ised for as a whole. by a vote of q to 3.
II was also decided to advertise for
the contract for every-night sweeping
for one year.
The Harbormaster ordinance went
over for another week.
Da,,ine stated that he had seen the
Sheriff about the Katzenstein special Of
ficer matter and he found that the
Sheriff was about decided to keep Kat
zenstein in the 'Tenderloin" district in
any event.
The appointment of Jabez Turner as
Library Trustee was unanimously con-
firmed.
4 saloon license was granted to r. II.
Mccall for 313 X street.
The petition of George Jones OF 9lo
Seventh street for an all-night saloon
license, and a remonstrance signed by
several residents. were both read.
George w. Ffcks. one of the residents.
said the place was disorderly in the
night time and was nuisance 70 the