The record-union., 1898-03-01

1leS let IL puT1 All cay, and II can
be seen in numberless porch lights
burning through the day Of course
when meters are used, they tell the
story.
Mayor Land, in response to a ques-
ton as to whether he thought the coal
bunkers should be constructed, said that
he had watched closely and was salts
fled that the sewerage pumping plant
could be run for less than 5000 month.
The Corral Hollow coal cost $2S l.
day, While Franklin coal cost only
81 %. He thought the bunkers We're
necessary.
The contract was given to Mr. Listen
at S416.
Trustee Kent for the Sewer Committee
favored allowing T. NJ. Burns to put in a
hundred feet of sewer made of brick m
stead of iron stone pipe, as it could be
easily opened, il necessary, and would
save the city about S120.
| Trustee Paine said the City Surveyor
! did not favor brick, as the surface could
not be made smooth. The plans had
been adopted already, and he asked If
/ it was wished to experiment with
! brick sewer
| Trustee Devine said it was not an ex-
pertinent, as the city had brick sewers
! in the past.
! City Surveyor Muleney said that the
plans could not be changed and the
| Trustees had no power to let contract
! for over 500 to Mr.. Burns or any one
else without advertising. If the hun
dred feet is included when the 1000 feet
o. more of sewer pipe is advertised for
/ the city will get it just as cheaply as
! if it is done now. Further he preferred
an ironstone pipe. There is nothing but
I drainage water to flow down the Six
! teenth street ditch. which is not sewage
and cannot be objected to by citizens.
Trustee Tebbets proposed that adver-
tisement be made to furnish 100 feet of
ironstOne pipe. 1t would not be compul-
sorry to accept the bids unless the board
chose
Trustee Devine amended the motion
to allow brick sewer, but Mr.. Mulleney
said that the plans had been adopted
for sewerage system with ironstone
pipe, and unless that action was re-
scinded it could not use brick.
The motion to advertise for ironstone
pipe was carried.
The amended ordinance regulating The
keeping of fireworks was adopted.
Trustee Kent spoke concerning iron
stone pipe, saying that it was a delusion
and a snare. as they have been broken
by the weight of the dirt and the wagons
passing over them.
Trustee Dolan said he had not changed
his opinion as TO the ordinance for pro
tecting theater audiences from fire. He
thought the putting in of an asbestos
curtain would be an unnecessary ex-
peEse to the proprietors and if it were
dropped at any time it would excite the
audience and cause panic. He moved
the ordinance be postponed indefinitely,
and the board did so unanimously.
Chairman Mckay said that property
owners had objected 10 having the bull
letin boards of the San Francisco papers
put into the sidewalks and he saw that
they We're being placed in the cutters.
He wanted TO know what the board
thought about it.
Trustee Devine said the electric COM
pany has its poles in the cutters and
as the newspapers of this city were al
| lowed by ordinance to have bulletin
boards, he thought no action need be
| taken,
The board agreed with him and the
matter was dropped.
The Mayor was authorized to run The
sewerage pumping plant for the next
1 thirty days in what he considered the
most economical manner
Trustee Kent said that the levee on
Front street between Q and r, needed to
be filled in with some dirt. The matter
was referred to the Levee Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The ordinance prohibiting the playing
of keno was passed, Devine not voting
James Cornell was confirmed as fire.
man at the Water Works unanimously.
The communication of City Treasurer
Frost published in the Record Union"
Sunday morning was read by the Clerk.
Trustee Devine said that Treasurer
Frost was relieved of the necessity of
advertising for bonds by later Act.
He had conferred with the Treasurer,
and explained the matter to him. If
the payment of the bonds had been left
in the Treasures hands. the bonds
would never have reached par. He
moved that the communication be
placed on file.
Trustee Paine moved as an amend
ment that it be referred to Finance
Committee and the Corporation Coun-
sci
Mayor Land said Devine was wrong,
and that there was money enough on
hand to pay the bonds Ii was all fol-
" to keep the matter for five or six
years before the courts He did not
deem it adyisab TO keep fighting after
he was beaten. BY taking up the
bonds at the present time he claimed
that the tax rate next fall would not
| exceed 81 80. and after the debt had
been wiped cut there would be no
trouble in floating 4 per cent bonds for
the construction of sewers and for
City Hall.
Devine answered, contending that the
case would never be carried to the
United States Supreme Court
Mayor Land contended that with the
/ bonded debt wiped out the population
of the city would increase rapidly. and
property values would increase accord
ingly. until at the end Of twenty years
Sacramento would have a population
| of 5000. He claimed that the city
! Water Works is worth $4,000 a year
and in twenty years, with that income,
the city would be out of debt
Mayor Land also called attention TO
the deploTable condition of the wharfs
along the water front. He also said
he understood that a City Hall could
be built on the Plaza at Ninth and j
streets so that there need be no out