The record-union., 1898-03-01
COAL BUhKERS TO Be BUILT.
STEAM WILL BE USED IN TIMES
OF HEAVY RAIN.
Ordinance Regulating Theater
Protection Against Fire In
definitely Postponed.

0eun1teiy EoSCpoAeus
The City Board of Trustees met last
night IN regular weekly session, Trus-
tees Mckay, Tebbets, Douglas. Paine,
Dolan. Kent, Brown and Devine being
present.
The following messages from the
Mayor were read:
To the Board of Trustees: / here
with return to your honorable board,
with my approval endorsed thereon, Or
dinance No. =. entitled, An ordinance
to regulate, control and direct the move
ment in the streets, alleys and lanes
OF the City of Sacramento, of vehicles
of certain descriptions and of certain
animals. and amending Ordinance No.
H. Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND Mayor
To the Board of Trustees: l here
with transmit to your honorable board
the petition of a number of citizens of
the City Of Sacramento, requesting the
appointment OF George W. Hoyt as a
special Police Officer for the City Gem
etery."
l recommend that the position re-
Quested be created, and in the event of
your board acting favorably in the
premises, / hereby, by and with. your
consent. nominate and appoint George
W. Hoyt to be a Special Policeman for
the City Cemetery" Very respect
fully, WIN LAND, Mayor.
The usual monthly bills were allowed.
Trustee Devine questioned a bill for
sharpening fortyfour picks for work
in the Street Department, saying that
oh,
her sharpened in any month since he
had been on the board. He wanted an
explanation.
Superintendent of Streets Croly said
the bIll was all right The sharpening
had been done before by Noble Fisher
and Mr.. Melvin The work on some of
the picks had been bad and the picks
had been so burned up that they were
almost useless, and some of the men
had paid for their own sharpening
rather than have their picks spoiled.
One man had to pay 81 - to get MS
pick, which was badly burned, fixed.
He could show picks from his office that
were badly burned.
The bill was paid, Devine voting no.
The Gill of City Physician Nichols OF
SO TOR office rent was opposed by Trus-
had never before been presented.
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel.
Trustee Dolan moved that the amount
of SO q month be allowed for office
rent for the Secretary of the Board of
Health.
Chairman Mckay put the motion
that so month be allowed to DR..
Nichols for the rent of his private Of
flee to the Board of Health"
Trustee Dolan objected to having the
motion put in that manner and Trus-
tee Tebbets also objected saying that
it showed that the Chairman was the
one that was opposing the bill.
Il have a perfect right to oppose any
bin 1 do not approve Of" said the
Chairman.
You have no right to put a motion
in any ether way than that in which =
is made. and l will not allow it to be
done so long as | am on the board We
are falling into the same way Of wrang-
ling that the old board had, and there
are a lot of progressive young men
men who do not like it and 1 propose
to stand with Them said Tebbets.
Well, how do you want the motion
putt" said the Chairman. How was
It. Mr.. Dolan?"
Trustee Dolan then repeated the mo
ton, and il was put and lost, Mckay
declining to vote until the Corporation
Counsel had been heard from.
y. VI. Seymour appeared before the
board in relation to the street sweep
ing contract of \. Mazzini. It had been
charged. he said, to some members Of
the board, that the streets above Tenth
had been swept only twice a week in
sstead of daily. as the contract called
for Mr.. MaZzini wishes to bid again #
advertisements are called for. and does
not wish to lie under the imputation Of
not having performed his contract He
presented affidavits and statements of
citizens TO the effect that the sweep
ing had been done daily.
Chairman Paine of the Street Com
mittee said that, so far as he knew.
no complaints had been made to the
committee.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Kent. for the Sewer Committee. rec
commended that the contract for con-
strueting the coal bunkers at the sew
erage pumping plant be let to y. Lis
ten. the lowest bidder. for SIG.
Trustee Tebbets thought it would not
be wise to go TO the expense Of build
ing bunkers until il was decided wheth-
er or net the city viii pump its sewage
by steam or electricity. If by the lat
ter. The bunkers would not be needed
Trustee Devine said that in heavy
storms the electric motor could not
pump out all the water that falls The
electric bills, he found, also, were in
creasing.
Mr.. Lawrence. for the electric COM
pany. said that he had talked with the
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
and found that instead of 1G-candle
power lamps being used. they had been
changed 10 32-candle power lamps.
Furthermore. the employees had con
fessed TO him that a number of the
lamps had been allowed to burn all
night. and il was a fact that the Fire
Department burns much more light now