The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-04

perintendent that he should pay for
no repairs.
| Mr. Croly said that he did tell him
| that he must pay the bill. He had
never agreed that Glover should not
pay for repairs, as the contract speci-
| fled that he should
Leonard produced some bills for re-
pairs, which he said had been paid
| by the city twice, and that Glover said
Mr.. Croly had agreed to throw off So
from one bill and Mr.. Melvin agreed
to throw off 50. Mr.. Melvin had him
self admitted to him Geonard9 that he
had been paid twice for some of the
items, and he stood ready to repay it.
| Mr. Croly said Melvin presented the
bill to him, and said Glover would not
pay it. If the items were wrong, it was
not his (Crolys) fault.
Devine, on suggestion of Leonard,
moved that all the bills for the sweeper
for the past year be investigated by
the Finance Committee, and that the
Auditor be requested to furnish the
| bills to the committee. Carried.
The specifications for sprinkling We're
postponed for a week.
| J-STREET ASSESSMENT.
| Devine, for the Street Committee, re-
| ported in relation to the request to
lower the J-street assessment, that he
| had investigated the matter and found
| that between Seventh and Tenth
streets the buildings on J street bring
more than those in the corresponding
| buildings on K street. If the board
wishes to stop all Improvements
on X street, all it has to do is to in
struct the Assessor to raise the K
street assessment The people over
| there were borrowing money and pay
ing interest on it in order to make i'm
provements on their property. That
state of affairs is true also on most of
the property between Sixth and Sew
enth. He specifically mentioned
number of cases to support his posi-
ton in regard to rents.
Bentley said the general opinion was
that the assessments in the city should
be raised. The tax rate of this city is
a bugbear to outsiders, and a raise of
assessment would lower the rate. He
did not favor lowering the assessment
on street, but favored raising the as
seSsment on K street.
Devine said that he noticed that as
the assessment was raised the tax rate
was also raised, instead of falling. AL
ready K-street property owners who
contemplated improvements have
dropped the idea since this agitation
began. He moved that the assessment
stand this year as it did last year Car
RED Wachhorst and Bentley voting no
and Davis not voting.
VARIOUS BIDS.
The bid for furnishing electric power
| by the Sacramento Electric, Gas and
Railway Company was opened, being
for ~ cents per horsepower per hour
measured by meter-provided that the
power was used continually.
! Mr.. Lawrence, for the company, in
answer to a question, said he had been
unable to ascertain what power was
being used to pump out the sewage.
| superintendent of Streets Croly said
| it was impossible al the present stage
/ of the river to ascertain how much
water was being pumped or what horse
| power was used.
! The matter was referred to the Sewer
Committee.
| Bidders on the improvement of the
alley between L and NJ, Fourth and
! Burns. The contract was awarded to
Henry Dehn.
Bidders on the improvement of the
alley between L and NJ, Fifth and Sixth,
were T. NJ Burns and Henry Dehn.
The contract was awarded to the lat
ter.
| Bidders for the Improvement of K
| street from Fifteenth to Thirty-first
were the City Street Improvement
Company, James Touhey, Rosa & Silva,
Warren & Malley, and E. r. Thomas
sen.
L. r. Thomassen was the lowest bid
der and Devine moved that the mat
ter be postponed one week.
Tozer said that Thomassen had been
one of the most active in trying to
knock out the rOck-crusher and prevent
poor people from getting cheap rock.
Mckay said such outsiders might just
as Well be knocked out first as last
and home contractors favored.
The matter was referred to the Street
Committee.
Devine said that he noticed by a
decision of the Supreme Court that
Boards of Trustees need not let con-
tracts to parties unless they considered
them responsible. The city had let
contracts several times to the lowest
| bidder when it was afterwards found
out that he was not responsible and
the work has been allowed to run along
| from month to month with nothing
done He believed in scrutinizing the
responsibility of contractors.
| Leonard said he agreed with Devine.
! Contractors have been awarded con-
tracts and seem to think that all they
have to do is to get the contract and
| then come to the board and get ex-
| tension after extension.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The superintendent of Streets made
a request for 1000 tons of macadam,
which was granted.
| He also recommended that the appli-
cation of Mrs Dennery for direct con-
nection with the sewer be granted. SO
ordered.
The request of the Robert Emmett
Club for permission to stretch banner
across the street was granted on con-
dition that it be properly put up and
secured by a competent man.
The Chief of Police reported that he
had instructed his officers to investi-
gate where gambling was carried on,
or where they have suspicion that it
might be carried on. and that they can
find no games and the doors where they
were formerly carried on are unlocked
and no opposition made to the officers
| entering.
/ John Cutniff was granted permission
to conduct a saloon between North B
and 4, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
+ street was ordered improved from