The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-14
TREES FOR P STREET PLAZA.
TRUSTEES SELECT VARIETIES
AND WILL BUY THEM.
Chief Engineer Guthrie Prefers
Charges Against Hoseman
Rankin.

At the meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees last night Trustees Mckay, rep
bets, Douglas, Paine, Dolan, Brown
Kent and Devine were present.
b. A. Kohanoff, who brought charges
against Night Sergeant Dolan OF using
abusive language to him, appeared De-
lore the board and charged that the
board had delayed investigation of the
charges.
Tebbets Indignantly denied the charge
and said the members of the Police
Committee had been very busy with
other affairs, and had not been able to
secure the information they wished and
consult on the matter.
1t was decided that the Police Com
mittee would meet on Wednesday night,
Kent saying that he wanted time to
look up some matters that he had been
too busy to do before.
A message from the Mayor was read,
transmitting to the board written
charges preferred by the Chief of the
Fire Department against J. c. Rankin,
hoseman of Engine Company No. /.
The charges We're as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor-Dear Sir:
I herewith notify you that 1
have this day suspended J. C.
Rankin, hoseman of Engine
Company No. 1, for intoxication.
While in said condition he disturbed
the peace at Fire Station No on the
night of November Z, 1899; also on the
afternoon of November 8, 1899, at No.
: station. Respectfully,
HENRY A. GUTHRIE.
Chief of Fire Department.
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meet tomorrow night to investigate the
charges.
The usual number of claims were
allowed.
Kent, for the Sewer Committee, rec
commended that the contract for power
for the sewage pumping plant be
awarded to the Sacramento Electric
Gas and Railway Company for $500 a
month.
Devine said he had expected the
South Yuba Company to present a bid
A letter from DR.. Van Norden of the
South Yuba Company was read. giving
reasons why the company had not bid
The company had demand for nearly
all it's power, he said; the cost of con-
nection was too great, as the company
could only have the contract for one
year, and the frequent connection and
disconnection of the current would act
disastrously on the company's lighting
by sending the voltage up and down. In
conclusion, he said. he did not think the
city would suffer as the price bid was
reasonable, and his company would
make no better price.
Devine was appointed a delegate to
the Convention of the Association for
the Storage of Flood Waters, the
Mayor not being able to go.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The nomination of J. E. Grady as
Foreman of Engine Company No. 3 was
confirmed. as We're those of G. f. Burns
as Assistant Foreman and James Gil
son as Hoseman for the same company.
COAL CONTRACT
The contract of w. E. Hall of the
Sacramento Coal Company to furnish
coal for the Water Works was filed and
the bond approved.
The District Attorney was authorized
by resolution to cancel the taxes on
lot l, n and o, Fifth and Sixth streets.
BROWN OBJECTED.
a saloon license was granted to Col
Inns & Marston, 1922 Fifth street, and
that of William Nelson. 1880 street,
was also granted, Brown Directing that
IT was within a block of the Sacramento
Grammar School. and voting no.
POOLROOM ORDINANCE
a resolution was offered by Kent, re-
questng that the City Attorney appear
before the Superior Court and ask that
the decision on the poolroom ordinance
be FASTENED. if possible.
Kent made an urgent plea for the
passage of the resolution. He said that
the fact of his being returned by his
district showed that the sentiment of
his district was for the enforcement of
the ordinance. He spoke of the many
young men who We're being ruined by
the poolrooms and the families who
were in need of the money squandered
by them.
The resolution was adopted.
Devine said the alley between n and
0, Seventh and Eighth streets. was in
very bad condition, the water standing
In it for some time past. He thought
something should be done for it, and
moved that the Superintendent of
Streets be instructed to fill the holes
with macadam.
Street Superintendent Touhey said
that some of the richest people in the
city own property on the alley, but OPP
posed the improvement of it. 1t was a