The record-union., 1898-02-15
new ORDINANCE PRESENTED
ONE FOR REGULATING THE
SALE OF FIREWORKS.
Grand Jury Recommendations in
Regard to Fire Escapes
and Theaters.


Dolan, Brown, Devine and Kent beng
present
J. H. Lawrence for the electric COM
pany, addressed the board regarding
the statement of superintendent Croiy
that the sewerage pump could be run
more cheaply by steam than by electric
power as it is at present.
He stated that ii was expected when
the company set its price and entered
into contract with the city to do the
pumping of sewage, that there would
be the same amount of rainfall as
there usually is As every one knows,
the amount of rainfall has been very
small and as a consequence the pump
has been obliged to run only about
half the time The company does nos
wish to take any advantage of the city
and did not at the time of the making
OF the contract. He had proposed al
that time that the electricity used be
measured and that the city pay what
the meter showed it used. He asked
that the matter be allowed to go over
till the first of the month, when the
new Superintendent of Streets takes
his position.
The matter went over till the first of
the month
communication was read from @.
S. Veley, asking for permission to
drive his twenty-five COWS daily to his
place at Thirteenth and y streets 10
milk them. 1t was referred TO the
Street Committee.
MAYORS MESSAGES
The following messages from the
Mayor We're received:
To the Board of Trustees: l here
with transmit to your honorable board
a communication from the Sacramento
Grand Jury received at my office this
day. in regard to fire escapes in hotels,
theaters and other public places. for
your consideration. Respectfully sub
mitted, VIM. LAND. Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: l here
with return to your honorable board
Ordinance No. =, entitled An Ordi-
nance to regulate, control and direct
the movement in the streets, alleys and
lanes of the City of Sacramento, Of We
hicles of certain descriptions and Of
certain animals. and amending Ordi-
nance No. H." without my approval.
My reasons for disappearing said or
dinance are two-fold:
First-The rate of speed as fixed by
said ordinance at seven miles an hour
within the following boundaries, to wit:
Between the west line of Twelfth
street and the west line of Front street,
and the north boundary line of G
street and the south boundary line OF
P street, is in my judgment too slow
and should be fixed at not less than
eight miles an hour.
Second-Said ordinance declares that
1t shall be unlawful to drive any vehi-
Gle in any park in the city. This might
raise the question as to whether or not
vehicles could he driven on the drive
way through the State Capital grounds.
and the ordinance should be amended
so as TO cover this objection. Respect
fully submitted, VIM. LAND,
Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: l here
with transmit to your honorable board
with my approval Endorsed thereon, Or
dinance No =. entitled. An Ordinance
rgeula ting the use of bicycles, tricy-
cles, velocipedes, automobile cars 81
carriages, within the limits OF the City
of Sacramento, and repeating Ordi-
nance No. :}221, passed December IS
1898" Very respectfully,
VIM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: The du-
ties of the Superintendent of Streets
require that the greater portion of his
time must be spent outside of his Of
fee and the clerical work incident
thereto is such that he is unable to dc
so under existing circumstances. He
should always be out with his crew
looking after all new work. and the
season is now at hand when spring
cleaning and sprinkling of streets will
take all of his time TO see that tht
work is properly done.
1t would seem to me that the city
would save the salary of clerk for
the Superintendent of Streets many
times over by relieving him Of all cler-
ical work and thus enabling him to de-
vote his time to the outside duties con-
nected with his office, which are Sc
great and important TO the city.
/ therefore recommend that the po-
sition of clerk to the superintendent Of
Streets be created at salary not Il
exceed $40 per month Respectfully
submitted. VIM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: The SAT-
IN the office of the superintendent Of
Cemeteries is too small to hold the rec
ords Of his office, and they are. there
fore. in constant danger of being de-
stroyed by fire. / would, therefore
recommend to your honorable board
that the safe now In his office he ex-
changed for larger fire-proof safe
Respectfully submitted.
VIM LAND. Mayor.
The message vetoing the hack ord.-
nance was referred to the Street Com
mittee
The message relating TO the Superin-
tendent of Cemetery's records was re-
ferred to the Street Committee.
Trustee Devine favored building a
vault to hold the books, as being cheap
er than safe.
Trustee Tebbets said the city has had
plenty of money for years to do al
these things. but il has not done sc
and now they are all sprung on the
new board. He should always oppose
spending the eity's funds in this way
while the funds We're 50 low that they
viii not last the year out.
The communication from the Grand
Jury was as follows:
Sacramento. February II. 1898.
Hon William Land. Mayor Of the City
of Recommendations Sir: The Grand
Jury have had under consideration the
matter Of proper-fre escapes in hotels
theaters and other public places. and IN
conjunction with the Chief of the Fire
Department have made tour of inspec-