The record-union., 1898-04-12
ELECTRICITY FOR THE PUMP.
$3.50 PER MONTH TO DISPOSE
OF SEWAGE.
contract Let to the Folsom Com
peny-Mayor Land Asks for a
Water Inspector.


The regular meeting of the City
board of Trustees was held last night,
Trustee Bentley absent.
blds by the Sacramento Electric, Gas
ana halfway Company, and by the Cen
tfal California Electric Company for
furnishing an electric current to operate
the seVenty-five-horse power pumping
plant at the foot of S street, were open
ed The former company proposed to
furnish the current for the ensuing
year for $3.50 per month, and the latter
offered 70 furnish current for $3.50
Tor one year, provided three months be
allowed in which to make connections.
Trustee Devine moved that both bids
be referred to the Sewer Committee
to act in conjunction with the Mayor
and report at the next regular meet
ing
DR.. Van Norden, representing the
Central California Electric Company,
addressed the board. He said if the
contract was awarded to his company
it would next year be in a much bet
ter position than at present, and could
furnish a still lower rate.
Trustee Tebbets moved as an amend
ment to Trustee Devine's motion that
the contract be awarded to the Sacra-
mento Electric, Gas and Railway Com
pany. He called attention to the fact
that the city is now paying $500 a
month for power to run the plant, and
that to wait three months for the Cen
trail California Company to make con-
nections meant an extra cost of $50
AS there was but $50 difference in the
bids he figured that the city would
be $123 loser
Mr.. Lawrence of the Sacramento
Electric. Gas and Railway Company
also addressed the board, and Trustee
Tebbets' amendment was carried by
unanimous vote the contract being
awarded to that company.
The Central California Electric Com
pany was granted permission to erect
four poles on each block on and K
streets, from Front to Twelfth
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Messages were received from the
Mayor as follows:
To the Board of Trustees: l hereby
transmit to your honorable board, With
my approval indorsed thereon, Ordi-
nance No. --. entitled, AN ordinance
providing for the appointment of a
Night FatroI Sergeant of the police force
Of the city of Sacramento, and fixing
the compensation of such officer" Very
respectfully, VIM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: The re-
port of the Water Inspector for the
year 1897 shows that during the months
of July August, September and Octo-
Der. 1897, there was an average saw
ing in the amount of water consumed
as compared with the same months of
the year 1896, of more than 52,00o,000
gallons per month. the cost of which
would have amounted to at least 81 800
The report further shows that 90la
per cent of the waste of water was
from water closets and faucets, ETC.,
being out of order, due to carelessness
on the part of the owners, and 9l2 per
cent. attributable to irrigating out of
hours allowed by ordinance.
Reports have come to this office that
a great amount of water is constantly
being wasted at the present time, and
as the season for irrigating is fast ap-
preaching when the demand for water
by the residents of our city will far
exceed the amount of water that the
city will be able to supply through the
suggest to your honorable board that
every precaution should be taken to
prevent the unnecessary waste of wa
ter and in accordance Herewith, [ re-
spectfully recommend that the position
of Water Inspector be created whose
duty shall be TO inspect all places where
water is furnished by the city, and that
such officer be invested with authority
to make arrests and compel water
takers properly to use water that is
supplied by the city And that said
position be created for the period of six
months from the 1st Gay of May, 1898,
at a salary of $50 per month.
In the event of such action being
taken by your honorable board, / here
by by and with your consent. nominate
and appoint w. T. Hamilton to fill said
position of Water Inspector. Respect
fully submitted,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
Action on the last message, and on
the appointment of Mr.. Hamilton as
Water Inspector. was deferred one week
MISCELLANEOUS.
The usual bills for labor and supplies
were allowed.
The matter of the removal Of the foun-
dry cupOla. erected by Mr.. Dolan at
Second and s streets, was laid over one
week. with the understanding that an
Arbitration Committee. composed OF
three. persons. should fix the value OF
the labor expended on the plant by
Dolan. the amount so determined to be
paid to him by the property-own
whose property is threatened with de-
struction by fire from the cupoia.
on motion of Devine, it was decided tc
indefinitely postpone advertising for
bids for coal for the S-street pumping
plant.
Holbrook. Merrill & Stetson were
awarded the contract for furnishing
600 feet of six-inch iron pipe for water
mains at the rate of $25 % per ton.
Petitions for licenses to conduct sa-
looms at 1000 Q street, and 101 K street
were received from Ernest W. Christian
son and Persico & Bertanco, respect