The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-25
PLEA FOR CLEAN STREETS.
MACADAM PAVEMENTS NEED
ATTENTION.
Capital City Whee1men Appeal to
the Trustees to Remove
the Mud, Etc.

The following memorial was last
night presented to the City Trustees
on behalf of the Capital City Wheel
men. 1t is a plea for the better pro-
lection of the macadamized etreets OF
the city, which have had virtually no
attention paid to them since the ma
cadam was laid The memorial was
read to the board and referred by that
body to the Street Committee:
Sacramento, October "a, 1898
To the Honorable Board of Trustees or
Street Committee of the Capital City
Wheelmen, an organization OF reputable
aVng args of fhs an
munity at heart, respectfully represents
by direction of such body:
city should be Immediately after the next
rains cleared of the ''droppings" and mud
aceumulations of the summer.
mat 1t Is the unanimous testim mo ,,o OF
Accommodations to remain, Is to work Sc
rous injury to the macadamized streets
all Who ride eve or she The dreppngs
of mud retain the waterfall and prevent
its draining to- the CUTTERS. 1t is thus, so
den as does not pass on by evaporatio na
mus the underpinning so to speak, Is
caused to settle.
w Z are ADVISED tnaL the dCcuInu
may be removed without any kind of in
jury to the surfacing. If macadam Is
properly laid, after one season the sur
e ae o or shoq Sa n of all Above
by wooden scrapers or blunt shovels with
ease and perfect safety
Your memorialists most respectfully rep--
resent that such removals are effected
with perfect success in other cities, thus
giving, all winter long, comparatively dry
streets.
Your memorialists beg your honorable
body to consider the fact that on Sunday,
the Z3d inst, your memorialists examined
blocks OF streetway on K street where the
mud and manure accumulations were
three inches deep and in some places four
and five In other places We found the
pushing Of the accumulations by travel,
towards the gutter sides, has resulted in
pllng up the matter so deep and thick
that drainage is wholly stopped.
your memorialists most respectfully rep
resent that this is most important mat
ter. involving very heavy and unneces-
sary cost later on, if now neglected. We
beg to invite your thought as to what the
mass of these Accommodations must be on
uncieahed macadam streets, by rejecting
for moment on the mass of manure
alone daily removed from the bituminized
streets We are Informed that when this
mass OF mud and filth is softened by
water It is easily removable; that such
removal Is distinct economy to the city;
representathat by careful calculation and
count, $3.50 citizens daily traverse the
street surface OIL IL SUI eet alone on D1cy-
cles, in carts, wagons and buggies, and
that the uncleanliness referred to on that
one street, thus impedes and greatly in
conveniences such citizens.
Your memorialists are fully aware that
your honorable body has very small
means at command to accomplish all you
are called upon to do. Nevertheless we
most respectfully represent that it is
highly essential to health, cleanliness and
the preservation of pavements that have
cost property owners hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, that something should
be done in the premises. 1t is bad enough
that our handsome city, in which we all
take such pride, should have no fund for
systematic cleaning of the residence
streets, and that the daily Accommodations
must remain for months to be churned
over and over, and be blown about or
waded through, and that we must, until
able to create a cleaning fund. endure
this uncleanly evil; but we most respect
fully represent that such should not be-
come the fate Of the macadam streets
In conclusion your nemorialists beg
leave to submit one other matter namely,
that your honorable body will take steps
to compel parties political and otherwise
who use streets surfaces on which to
burn bonfres. and all others who burn
rubbish in the street to clean up and
carry away the cinder. ash. and other
debris remaining, at once. This refers to
an uncleanly evil and unlawful procedure
that Is prevalent, an offense to the sight,
danger to those who use the streets,
and a reproach in the eyes of visitors
Your memorialists beg to express their