The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-13

of the board that the money given be
only used for week day concerts.
The motion was carried.
Trustee Paine moved that the use
tee for concerts
President Mckay asked If such use
was to be unrestricted and Paine re-
piled that it was.
e. M. sLeitch hoped the board would
remember the strong protest against
the use of the Plaza for Sunday night
concerts.
Trustee Dolan said there was no or
dinance against music or the use of
the Plaza. There was no way of as
pertaining the wishes of the majority,
except from the attendance at the Sun
day night concerts. which was much
more than the churches had.
Rev. Banks asked if a respectable mi
nority was to be ignored in taking ac-
ton. He was accustomed to seeing the
minority respected.
Trustee Tebbets said he Endorsed the
sentiments Of Rev. Mel.
The motion was carried, Trustee Nc
Kay voting no.
MAYORS MESSAGES
Messages were received from the
Mayor as follows:
Withdrawing the name of H. ]. Win
tiers heretofore nominated for the po-
sition of special police officer
Also calling attention to the INSULT
cient supply of water to the residents
of Suffer Terrace and that vicinity, and
recommending that the four-incf pipe
now laid in the alley between Q and
R streets, from Sixteenth to Twenty
first, be taken up and replaced by a
sdx-inch pipe and such other connec-
tons made as may be necessary.
Also, approving the ordinance en-
Titled An ordinance to amend section
seven of ordinance al. regulating the
time for using city water for the pur-
poses of irrigation, and providing that
fire pressure be maintained by the city
WaterworkS during said time.
The usual monthly claims were al
lowed
The bill of Frank w. Gayetty, as
Assistant Sanitary Inspector, for $I5.
was read and Trustee Dolan said that
the Finance Committee did not think
proper to sign this bill, as the charter
provided that the money for such pur-
poses must be provided before the APP
pointment is made. The board should
have notified the Trustees before MAX
ing the appointment.
Trustee Devine moved that the bill
be rejected. He WIS opposed to al
lowing the Board of Health to incur
debts for the city
Trustee Paine said he did not know
Mr.. Gayetty, but did NOT think the
Board of Health would have employed
him if it had not considered it neces-
sary
Trustee Tebbets thought the mat
ter should be referred to the Corpora
ton Counsel for an opinion as to it's
legality.
The matter was referred to the Cor
poration Counsel for an opinion.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
A squabble having arisen between
sprinklers ON the Riverside road, the
Street Committee was granted further
time in order to investigate the matter
of the boards appropriation for that
purpose.
Trustee Dolan said that the Mayor
fire alarm box in the eastern part of
the city, but had vetoed it.. He was
informed that the poles could not be
furnished by the Friend & Terry Com
pany at the price bid. The people are
entitled to protection out there and
should have it, At present, if there is
a fire they have to go to the Buffalo
brewery to give the alarm. He would
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Department.
Chief Engineer Guthrie said the alarm
box had been urgently asked for for
the last five years. A short time ago
he received a telephone message of a
fire and went out. BY the time he ar
rived two barns We're nearly burned
to the ground and there was only five
pounds pressure on the mains. Had
there been an alarm box there, he could
have got there in time and there would
have been 10 to 20 pounds pressure
Devine said the people could get along
with telephones for while longer, and
Kent said the present system is behind
the times and a new one can be con-
structed for $4,000.
A motion to pass the contract over
the veto was lost. Kent and Devine vot-
ing no.
Trustee Paine said the Fire Depart
ment needed another horse for the hook
and ladder truck, one having been kill
ed on the night of the fire at the rail-
road shops. He moved that the Chief
Engineer be authorized to purchase one,
and the motion was carried.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Henry Dehn was announced by the
City Surveyor as the lowest bidder on
the Seventh street sewer, and the con-
tract was awarded to him.
Gruhler & Ash were granted a saloon
license at 1900 K street
The board accepted an invitation to
participate in the Fourth Of July pa
rade.
Chief of Police Dwyer said he had in
vestigated the complaint respecting the
saloon at Seventeenth and S streets.
and found that there was no complaint
about it except from one person, and
that the neighbors said it had been an
orderly place.
The board then adjourned.
HAMPTON'S STORY.