The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-15
NUISANCE MAY Be ABhTED.
TRUSTEES PREPARING TC
MOVE IN THE MATTER.
CITY VIII Not Allow the Contract
to Terminate Till Gilman
Covers the Garbage.

The matter OF the city dumps was
transferred last night from the City
Justices court to the Board of Trus-
tees meeting as an aftermath OF the
Gilman case.
S. r. Hart addressed the board III
relation to the contract of the city with
J. K. Gilman in regard TO the dump
ing place.
Clerk Desmond read the contract, at
the request of Trustee Brown, which
was passed by the board over Mayor
Steinman's veto and signed by w. D.
Lawton President. 1t was contract
for one year. with the privilege OF
three.
Mr. Hart recapitulated the circum-
stances of Gilman's trial and convic-
ton in the Police Court, and the testi-
mony as to the stencil from the lot. IL.
claimed that no complaint had ever
been made about it until lately. lie
said Mr.. Gilman wished to abate the
nuisance and wished the city to abro-
gate the contract. The garbage is on
fire and the smoke pollutes the air and
is much complained of. Some of the
Trustees With whom he had talked
thought something should be done. lie
did not believe his client should be
prosecuted and did not believe that he
had been convicted legally.
Trustee Devine said this had long
been a source of annoyance to the
board and he thought that if Gilman
would carry out the provisions of the
contract with the city and cover up
the garbage properly there would be
no complaint: When Mr.. Gilman COW
ers up this garbage as he should, the
city Will abrogate the contract, he
having fulfilled his part. There was
no impossibility. as his attorney has
claimed. for covering it up
Mr.. Hart made a violent attack on
Sanitary Inspector Herr for arresting
his client and when he concluded Mr..
Herr said that he did not know why the
matter should be brought before the
board 1t was clearly a nuisance and
Gilman had been convicted in the i'o-
lice Court. If he had kept the gar
bage covered up according to his con-
tract he would have had no trouble.
Trustee Paine said he had been in
formed that the contract is contrary to
law which provides that no garbage
shall be dumped within the city limits
be abrogated until some other ground
can be secured on which to deposit the
garbage.
Trustee Tebbets said he and Trustee
Dolan had visited the dumps and found
that nearly half a block of land is on
fire and must be put out If the stuff
is not covered up and the fire put out
he would vote that Mr.. Gilman he
I'll en-
not want to be hard upon a poor man,
but the board owes a duty to the people
of the city. The Chief of the Fire De-
partment had been requested to send
some of his men out with hose to put
out the fire
Trustee Brown said it was in his
ward and he thought if the members
of the board would go over the levee
and take a look at it, they would feel
ashamed Of the disgraceful condition Of
affairs. He hoped the board would
take hold of it and abate it.
Trustee Tebbets moved that the mat
ter he referred to the Committee on
Streets, in order that it might take
measures to secure dumping ground
beyond the city limits. Carried
Devine moved that Justice Davis be
requested to remit Mr. Gilman's fine.
so that he could use the money to cover
up the garbage according to contract.
Trustee Tebbets moved that the Jus
tice be requested to withhold sentence
until the board can make ARRANGE
ments. The motion was carried.
Mayor Land said that he was out at
the dumps last week and they were on
fire in several places. He suggested
to Mr.. Gilman that he cover it up with
dirt. He could. he was satisfied. cover
it up and put out the fire with 500
worth of dirt He thought some bows
had set some new fires.
Sanitary Inspector Herr said the fire
had been burning for nearly two weeks
Mr.. Gilman had instructed his man at
i1rst to cover up the fire. but the man
had not done so and it had got such
start that 1t cannot now be easily put
out.