The herald., 1897-11-19
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
SANTA BARBARA

SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 1S.-CRegu-
lar Correspondence There was l!t-
tie ceremony this afternoon in connec-
ton with the regular meeting of the
common council. when $4,000 worth of
bonds were officially and publicly de-
Stroyed.
over a year ago the city voted $4,000
bonds for the building of a water system
to be owned and controlled by the mu-
nicipality All legal forms were COM
piled WITH the bonds issued and sold to
the firm of w. w. Harris 6; Co, of Chi
cago While the bonds were in the
hands of Chicago bank, as agent for
the city. and previous to their delivery
to the purchasers and before the actual
payment of the money by the Harris
company. the California supreme court
commissioners opinion in the San Luis
Obispo bond case was delivered. ques
tioning the validity of bonds under the
same form as those issued by this city.
The Chicago company hedged, asked
time to pay the money, preferred to wait
until the resubmission of the San Luis
| Obispo case was decided by the supreme
court. But the city authorities were in
a hurry, and realized that to wait for
the supreme court to make a move
be equivalent to waiting until doom'S
day. The bonds were accordingly re-
called and the city levied a general tax
sufficiently high to raise the $4,000.
Today was the time fixed for the de-
struction of the old bonds. and the city
was saved plaster" of $4,000 When
City Clerk Davis, in the presence of the
council and others. tore the bonds. sep
arately into shreds. and latter chucked
the contents of his waste basket into
the crate.
AS the last curl of smoke went up the
city hall chimney. the council. having
no more money to burn, went back to
less interesting work.
Three contracts for the new water
system were awarded. one to o. p.
Squer for s4S for carpenter work on the
new dipping plant; another to J. NJ. Hol-
loway for s2S5 for the kettle and brick
work for the same. and the third to D.
II. Long for dipping the pipe, at cents
per lineal foot.
| Permission was granted Eugene KurtZ
to erect one-story brick building on
State street below the old ST. Charles
hotel, the structure to be used for a
| uellCdleSSen StpTt
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Work will begin tomorrow on the trail
from the city reservoir to the tunnel in
| Cold Spring canon, the first labor to be
done in the laying of the new municipal
water system, which is expected to be
completed by the first of the year
| Twelve miles of ditch for the forty
mile double pipe line from Sisquoc to
Gaviota, for the Alcatraz Asphalt com
pany, have been completed. A force of
forty or so men is at work.
A telegram from Deputy Constable
Tryce, now at San Diego, announces
| that he has arrested j. G. Baker, a sup
posed insurance man, wanted for leav-
ing an unpaid board bill of $46.15 at the
Mascarel hotel. Officers have been
hunting for Baker since June.
Rosenda Plomosa and another Mexi-
can were found guilty by Justice Gam
mill this morning Of disturbing the
peace While drunk they visited q
house of questionable character late
Wednesday night, and one of the female
| occupants took a couple Of shots at
them before they would depart. They
will appear later for sentence.