The record-union., 1899-04-25
THE CONSULTING ENGINEER.
MAYOR LAND HAS ENGAGED
ENGINEER GRUNsKY.
Charges Against Officer Talbot
Will be Investigated Next
Thursday Night.


At the meeting of the Board of City
trustees last night all were present
except Trustee Bentley.
"A petition to cancel taxes against
certain lots in this city that have been
Ii litigation for many years and the
taxes assessed to unknown owners and
different parties and were illegal, was
presented
Frank d. Ryan appeared for T. W..
Sheehan and gave an account of the lit
lgation and the. manipulatlons OF Ell
Mayo, who claimed to own the property
and for time had possession of it. He
had investigated the matter, he said,
and was satisfied that the tax was ille-
gal and could not be collected. In fact
he thought it would be well if the city
would cancel the whole delinquent tax
list that was put in the hands of NJ r.
Beard for collection and will never be
collected
The request of petitioner was granted.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages were received
from the Mayor:
To the Board of Trustees: I here
with return to your honorable board,
with my approval indorsed thereon, or
dinance No. -, entitled "An ordinance
to amend subdivision XIV. of Section II
of ordinance No. four hundred andl thir-
Hty G3O), entitled An ordinance regu-
lating business, trades and professions
in the city of Sacramento, prescribing
a license for the management opera
tlon and conducting of the same, and
providing a penalty for the violation Of
the provisions hereof passed June %,
1896, and approved June 80, 1896"
Very respectfully, VIM LAND,
Mayor
To the Board of Trustees: 1 herewith
transmit to your honorable board writ
ten charges preferred by Chief of Po-
lice Thomas Dwyer against VIM. l..
Talbot, patrofman. Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND, Mayor
To the Board of Trustees: The sea-
son for irrigating is fast approaching
and the demand for water will far ex-
-ceed the amount which the city will be
able to suppy under existing circum-
stances, and l suggest to your honor
abe board that every precaution should
be taken to prevent the unnecessary
waste of water. l, therefore, recon-
mend that the position of water inspec-
tor be created for the period of six
months from the 1st day of May, 1899.
In the event of such action being
taken by your board, 1 hereby, by and
with your consent, nominate and ap-
point Robert A. Paine to fill said posi-
.tion of water inspector. Respectfully
submitted. VIM. LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: I herewith
return to your honorable board, with
my approval indorsed thereon, ordi-
appropriating the sum of S400 for the
expense of the salary of an officer for
the Sacramento County Humane So
ciety." Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND, Mayor
To the Board of Trustees: I hereby
notify your honorable board that. in
compliance with the resolution passed
by your body authorizing me to engage
the services of a consulting engineer
to pass upon the various matters of
improvements to be submitted to the
vote of he people, I have secured Hon.
c. E. Grunsky as such consulting engi-
neer. Respectfully submitted,
VIM. LAND, Mayor
In response to a question by Trustee
Devine, Mayor Land stated that he had
engaged Engineer Grunsky for three
months, as he woud not accept an en-
gagement for a less time.
Trustee Dolan said that the board had
delayed action on the bond question in
order to get the wishes of the people on
the question of water 1t is just as far
off from knowing what the people want
as ever. He wanted to find out from
some one how the board could find out.
Mayor Land said that Mr.. Grunsky
had stated to him that an engineer
would not undertake to pass upon the
water question without months of in
vestigation. 1t is a, question that has
many bearings and cannot be quickly
disposed of, and no engineer will peril
his reputation by deciding on it hastily.
Trustee Mckay thought the board
should decide on the system and then
submit the question to the people.
Trustee Devine favored some gravity
system of filtering the water that would
be economical The Jewell filter, he
said, did not improve the water. but
impaired its quality, making it hard.
He knew as much about it as the news
paper writers who We're favoring it.
Trustee Tebbets said that there are
half dozen first-class filter companies
in the United States that will compete
in bidding if filtering is decided on by
would submit a communication in be-
half of the North Fork Company and
invite the board to make an investiga-
ton.
Trustee Paine said that he had ex-
pected that Mr.. Grunsky would make
some investigation of the water ques-
tion. He did not think he would need
three months to investigate the sewer
plant he had already indorsed
Trustee Brown said that the reason
for having consulting engineer was in
order that the board might have some
record of what had been recommended
Such report would be filed and would
show in after years why certain action
had been taken by the board
A general discussion ensued each one
giving his views of what the engineer
should do.
Trustee Devine said it was an insult
to the city's engineers to call an out
slider to pass on the sewer plans that
had been adopted. He admitted that
the City Surveyor was responsible for
placing the sump where it is but it
could be moved and remedied.
The employment of Mr.. Grunsky was
approved, Devine voting no.
The Clerk read the charges against
Officer VIM. L. Talbot, which states
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