The record-union., 1897-08-24
UNDER THE STRATTON LAW.
CoUNSEL'S OPINION ON PRI-
MARY ELECTIONS.
Trustees Debate on Estimates for
Construction of Municipal
Lighting Plant.

The Board of City Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night. Trus-
tees Leonard, Washhorst, Kent, Davis,
Mckay, Devine, Tozer and Pennish be-
ing present.
The following message from the
Mayor was read and the matter laid
over for a. week.
To the Honorable Board of Trustees:
The city has entered into a contract with
the Sacramento Electric, Gas and Rail-
way Company to furnish power with
which to operate the pump at the sewer
pumping plant, and the contract speci-
fes that the city shall not use an amount
of electric energy exceeding seventy-five
horse power. The company claims that
the city is using more than seventy
five horse power, Which is the rated ca
pacity of the motor. The pump which
it is driving, is calculated to be run with
thirty-five steam horse power, and it is
hard to understand how it can require
eighty-eight electric horse power to do
the same work.
At any rate the city should know just
exactly what power it requires to oper-
ate this pump, and to ascertain this we
shall have to employ a competent expert
at a probable cost of from $50 to 500.
A cheap expert can be had for very lit
tie expense, but his report would be
practically valueless.
1t is the duty of the officials OF the
city to know exactly what power is re-
quired to drive this pump. To get this
information, beyond question, it Will
be necessary to employ en- expert com
a n accurate test. w q
do not want a cheap expert to make the
report, nor do we want report from
any interested party. Electricity is a
power that but few of US understand,
and when it becomes necessary for us
to know the exact power used in TINS
motor. we want competent person 10
inform u.s. Respectfully submitted,
C.H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
Devine, for the Street Committee, re-
ported that the fiagpole at the Plaza
was cracking from the heat Of the
sun and should be painted and puttied
in order to preserve it. He moved that
the clerk be instructed to receive bids
for the work. So ordered.
Devine moved that the Water In
spector be instructed to investigate the
waste of water at Sixth and 1 streets
in the saloon. So ordered.
Kent for the Police Committee, re-
ported that the bricks around the win
dow in one of the cells at the Police
Station had been taken out and the
cell was not secure. He and the Chief
of Police had examined it and had
concluded that the best thing would be
to have it repaired with iron, riveted
in. Mr.. Cunningham would do the
work for $40.
Pennish thought that amount too
mucn, but members explained to him
the amount of work required to be
done.
The work was ordered done, Pennish
voting no.
The clerk read a communication from
the Chief of Police opposing the appli-
cation of Adam Newman for a saloon
license, on the ground that the latter
had deceived him and proposed to have
a dance hall. The clerk also read a COM
munication from Mr.. Newman, with
drawing his application and scoring a
member of the board for having op-
posed his application, and intimating
that the member was trying to build up
a reputation for morality at his ex-
pense.
Leonard said that he was probably
the member aimed at Mr.. Newman
had spoken to him about a license, but
had not spoken of intending to have a
dance house. He hated to be deceived
and when he found the real state Of the
case he opposed the granting of the
license.
The proposed milk ordinance came up
and Leonard said it would be we'll to
make it operative until a prominent
Yolo dairyman could return home and
have his herd inspected.
Devine opposed the ordinance, as he
thought it intended to make a place
for some more "microbe chasers'' in ad-
dition to the officials already paid by
the county
Mckay explained that it was intend
ed to make the Yolo County officials ex-
anime the milk from that side, and put
the Yolo dairymen on a par with our
own milImen.
ToZer said it was only Just to pro-
tect our own milkmen and he favored
the ordinance.
The ordinance was laid over for a
week.
WATER RATES.
The matter Of fixing the water rate