The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-25

On motion of Trustee Dolan, the mo-
ton of Trustee Brown was amended so
that the Board of Education be notified
and requested to assist in examining
and making suggestions regarding the
plans, and carried.
A motion by Trustee Tebbets to Of
fer premiums of $3.50, $3.50 and 500
for the first, second and third best
plans was debated. Trustee Devine
moved as an amendment that $3.50 be
offered for the best plan.
Trustee Tebbets offered a substitute
that there be two premiums, of $3.50
and 500 for first and second best, and
the substitute was carried, Kent and
Devine voting no.
The Clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for High school plans i'm
mediately.
THE CITY WHARF
The communication from the Cham
Der of Commerce was taken up and
trustee Devine opposed advertising for
only one kind of pipe for the sewers,
which he said would shut out competi-
ton. He would not like to see the
plans of the City Surveyor changed
j. 0. Coleman said that the commit
tee of the Chamber Of Commerce had
kept in touch with the Board Of Trus-
tees on the sewer question. It now
advocated putting in a larger number
or sewers above Ninth street, one on
Eleventh and one on Fifteenth street,
IN order to better carry off the water
from that part of the city. The original
recommendation and plans of the City
surveyor for the sewers provided for
lronStone pipe and the chamber knew
that they had to be amended so as to
allow brick. The communication was
in line with the Surveyors recommen-
dation. He did not think it would bar
out competition.
Trustee Douglas said there was no
sewer system provided for the Fifth
Ward, and the Fifth Ward would beat
the proposition. The only people who
seem to know there is a Fifth Ward
are the Assessor and Collector.
Mr.. Coleman explained that the plans
provide for a number of sewers to drain
the Fifth Ward. Because it has not
had sewers in the past is no reason
why it should not have them in the
future. The citizens will now have a
chance to vote for them and should
not vote against them.
Trustee Dolan said he was Informed
that the proposed Thirteenth street
sewer would flood the Capitol grounds
Trustee Devine denied this and said
the pipe would carry all the water. The
portion of the communication relating
to the city wharf he was heartily in
favor of. He warned the members not
to ask for too much at once, as the
amount would run beyond the 10 per
cent. legal limit and would not be car
ried.
J. H. Arnold of the Chamber of Com
merce Committee said that the wharf
question was a very important one, as
it costs more to bring freight to this
city and land it than to any other place
on the river He knew it would cost
money, but the wharf SHOULD be length
ened and an elevator put in, that
freight may be handled more cheaply.
Trustee Dolan moved that the parts
of the communication referring to the
sewers and also that relating to the
wharfs, be submitted to the City Sur
veyor and Levee Committee.
Mayor Land said the wharf matter is
a very important one, as the wharf
facilities of the city are miserable. He
thought $4,000 should be appropriated
and a wharf a block long should be
built He believed that, if this were
done, the business would increase and
that the revenue the city would receive
from it would soon equal the cost. He
thought Mr.. Arnold was in the right
Trustee Dolan's motion was carried.
P-STREET PLAZA.
Trustee Brown called attention to the
fact that a tax of cents had been
levied for the improvement Of the P
street Plaza. The river will raise, he
said, before the tax can be collected
and the sand can be hauled now much
cheaper than then. The time for SOW
ing grass is also at hand, and he moved
that the work be started now and it
could be paid for after the taxes are
collected. Carried
Architect Seadler said he wished to
correct a misrepresentation that seemed
to exist and a statement that had been
published. He had been requested to
and had voluntarily drawn a mere
sketch and estimate of a new High
School building. 1t was not intended
and he had not expected that the con-
tract would be awarded to him or COM
petition shut out. He simply wished to
help the Board of Education to get the
matter before the Board of Trustees.
He did not wish any paper to insinu-
ate that he or the board had done any,
thing to shut out competition, for there
was no such intention. 1t was expected
to have plans submitted and attorneys
had advised the board that it could
do so after the bonds were voted
The board then adjourned, but Mr.
CaoJIar stated that bo
premiums offered they could get no
first-class architects to submit plans, it
reconvened arain and on motion of
Trustee Dolan reconsidered the action
whereby it had offered the three prem
iumS
Trustee Devine moved that one prem
ium of $500 be offered for the best plan.
Mr. Seadler was called on for his
opinion and said that If the board was
going into a competition it had better
think awhile, so as to get the re-
spected branch of the profession to
compete OF course it could get car
penters and low grade architects for
a low premium. Ordinarily l per cent.
was paid TO architects for their plans
if they employ the successful architect
on the work it is made part of his COM
mission. It is not good policy to accept
the plans of one architect and employ
another to oversee the work, however.
If there is no building the architect is
paid his premium just the same.
The motion to offer q premium OF
$500, to be applied to the contract, was
carried and the board adjourned again.
Charged With Battery.