The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-14
new FILTER PROPOSITION.
TRUSTEES ASKED TO PUT A
FILTER IN EACH HOUSE.
Humane Society Officer Will be
Created and Appropria-
ton Made.


When the Board of City Trustees
convened last evening, and Trustee
Dolan, in the chair, called them to or
der, Trustees Tebbets, Paine, Douglas.
Mckay, Devine and himself answered
roll-call, Trustees Brown and Kent
coming later. Business started with
rush, and it was evident that the ses-
sion would not be long one.
The following message from the
Mayor was read:
To the Board of Trustees: 1 hereby
notify your honorable board that l
have, in conjunction with your COM
mittee appointed for the purpose OF
testing the river water after it had
been filtered by the filter now in oper-
alton at the water works, appointed
Drs. A M. Henderson and H. Darcy
Power as the chemists to test and
analyze the same, and reports will be
made daily as soon as the first results
are obtained. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
The message was approved unanl-
mously.
The usual claims were allowed.
AS Mr.. Northrop, who is asking a Gre
matory franchise, could not be present,
as expected, on Wednesday night the
board determined to hear the matter on
the night of March 9TH
The appointment of N. Beck as spe-
cial officer on Front street, from N to
r, was confirmed.
The proposed ordinance regulating
secondhand stores was laid over for
a week
Bidders for constructing the addition
to the city Toulouse were: H. A. Ri
der, $3.50; G.. w. Mckay, $3.50. Trus-
tee Paine moved that both the bids be
rejected, as he thought them too high.
1t was singular, he thought, that only
two out of all the carpenters in this
city should bid on the job.
Trustee Devine thought the bids were
reasonable, and that the contract
should be awarded to the lowest bidder,
Mr.. Rider, and so moved, as an
amendment.
Trustee Tebbets thought the matter
should be referred to committee. A
pretty good house can be built now for
$500 to $1,000.
Trustee Paine said the first part OF
the Toulouse was more costly than the
addition, but he did not think it cost
that much.
The clerk reported that it cost
SSS4.50, and Devine withdrew his
amendment, and the matter was re-
ferred to the Building Committee.
WANT A SEWER.
Property owners on the alley between
n and O and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets petitioned for permission to
construct an eight-inch sewer in the
alley by private contract.
Kent did not believe that the sewer
system should be botched up according
to the ideas of each property owner
There will be a new system soon.
Mr. Scott said the opposition of
Kent was because one of his friends
was opposed to it, and had INSTRUCTED
it in every way She had $50 feet of
sidewalk, also, that she had been or
dered to put down, but utterly refused
to do SO.
Deputy Surveyor Pfinney said the
lady had promised to put down the
walk, but had not done so yet.
Trustee Kent denied that friendship
Influenced him in the matter at all.
Street Superintendent Touhey said
there should be a fiushtank put in
every new sewer.
The matter was referred to the SUI
perintendent of Streets and Corpora
ton Counsel.
RECOMMENDED REVOKING IT.
Chief of Police Dwyer reported the
saloon at 800 @ street to be a rendez-
vous for rough characters, and recon-
mended that the license be revoked.
Trustee Kent said the pace had been
closed for week. He opposed revok-
ing the license until the property owner
had been heard. Trustee Devine agreed
with him.
Trustee Tebbets opposed revoking the
license until the money for it had been
collected.
On motion of Trustee Paine, the mat
ter was Indefinitely postponed.
A J. Bruner addressed the board on
behalf of John Ochsner, asking for di-
rect connection with the sewer, as he
could not put a cesspool under his
building.
Street Superintendent Touhey stated
that there was an ordinance against
direct connections with sewers.
The matter was referred to the Sur
veyor and Superintendent CT Streets
for recommendation
A FILTER PROPOSITION.
M La. PERKINS, Tor the Champion I'll
ter, addressed the board, saying that if
the board would put a filter in any pri-
vate house it could do so from the
surplus of the water collections, and
have money left, as it would not cost
more than 100000 The filters would
last indefinitely. and give enough water
for all domestic purposes.
The matter was referred to the
Water Committee
The matter of selecting officers for
bond election was laid over for two
weeks. in order to find out first what
legislation is passed regarding bond
issues.
PRINTING THE ORDINANCES
The matter of printing the ordinances
passed during the last year was brought
up. and a motion made to have the
Clerk get it done.
Trustee Devine said the last time
printing was done he was abused by
one printer, who had told him he was
in on the steal. when he had nothing