The record-union., 1899-05-23
REPORT ON WATER MAINS.
ESTIMATE MUCH HIGHER THAN
THE PREVIOUS ONE.
Bidders on Lighting Object to Be-
ing Restricted to Employing
Union Electricians.

At meeting Of the City Board Oh
Trustees last night Trustees Mckay.
Tebbets, Douglas, Paine, Dolan, Kent
Brown and Devine were present.
Powell S. Lawson said he had been
notified to construct sidewalk on
Ninth street, between F and G, WITHIN
ten days. He wished the time extended
till September, when he would construct
it.
On motion of Trustee Devine the re-
quest was granted, as well as those OF
Mrs. Tryon, at Tenth and l streets ana
Mrs. Briscoe, at Seventh and E streets.
On motion of Trustee Dolan A Scha-
den, at Third and M streets, and I. II.
Cook & Co., on Thirteenth street, be-
tween K and l., were added to the list.
On motion of Trustee Brown Mr..
Manncovich, at Third and J streets,
was added to the list, and on motion of
Trustee Douglas Eli Baker, on Thir-
teenth street, between G and H, and
Mrs McHaley, on Twelfth, between c
and D, We're also added, and Douglas
moved that the city build the sidewalks
for all the persons mentioned and said
that he had a list of several dozen to
present next week.
On motion of Trustee Tebbets the
matter of the dangerous condition of
the sidewalk in front of the old Post
office was referred to the corporation
counsel to report on it.
The dangerous sidewalk on I street.
between Eighth and Ninth, was referred
to the City Surveyor
Louis Bahrs offered to take contract
to take care of the Fifteenth-street
plaza for 500 a month for the first
three months and $75 north after
ward
discussion arose as to the present
condition of the plaza and the grass
upon it. Trustees Brown, Devine and
Paine thought the grass was doing we'll
and the latter moved that the action of
the board i'm defeating the ordinance
last week creating the position of gard
ener be rescinded
Trustee Devine opposed creating the
office, as the plaza is now doing well
without it. No one man, he said, could
care for the plaza properly
A rambling discussion ensued and
Trustee Brown said he had interested
SIX wealthy people. in the plaza and
received assurances that when the plaza
Is IN proper condition four beautiful
statues will be placed in it. He wished
10 see competent gardener have
charge of the plaza
The motion to rescind the action of
the board was carried, Devine and
Kent voting no, and further action on
the ordinance was postponed for one
week.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Messages were received from Mavor
Land as follows:
herewith transmit to your honora-
bic board lengthy and exhaustive re-
port OF Consulting Civil Engineer C. E.
Grunsky relative to the proposed new
sewer system, and l respectfully rec
ommend that action be taken thereon
by your board in accordance with his
recommendations, and that the ques-
ton of issuing bonds for sewer work
be not submitted to vote of the peo-
pie until the plans as modified shall
have received your approval"
Also, nominating Antoine DepoIi a
special police officer for the locality
known as the Capital Gas Company's
Gas and Electric Plant at Front and T
streets, vice self, term expired.
Also. transmitting the report of J. w.
Watt, City Taper, as to estimate of the
approximate cost of enlarging the water
system in the city, and the report of C.
E. Grunsky, Civil Engineer. approving
the same
Also, accepting the resignation of
City Water Assessor w j. Hall and
nominating H. M. Ribble as his sue
cessor.
The report of City Taper Watt was
read and the estimate was: For Front
street, from 1 to 0, 36-inch main, :. $40
feet; o street. Front to Thirty first.
3o-inch main, 120S0 feet: l street. Six
leenth TO Twenty sixth. 16-inch main.
f'oVo feet; Second street, alley n and o
10 alley r and Q, 12-inch main. 900
1eet; Sixteenth street, alley o and p to
', 12-inch main, 2600 feet: Twenty
sixth street. e to V, Pinch main, 200
Ieet. Iotal cost of material and labor.
including all accessions to water pipe
located as above described. will be COW
efed by SlZo.S20; water pipe of railroad
shops. S12,J00; add for incidental ex-
peIses ana contingencies, $4,000; total,
Sl46320.
Several of the Trustees stated that
TINS exceeded the original estimate bv
nearly $4,000.
In connection with the City Tapper's
Grunsky was read. as follows:
ENGINEER GRUNSKY'S REPORT.
10 the Hon. Board of Trustees of
Sacramento-Gentlem In connection
with the project for the construction of
oo-lnch water main, the question has
peen submitted to me whether the es-
innate of cost now before you (S1l6.-
32OD is a safe estimate as a basis for
dixlng the amount of bonds to be issued
for this purpose
have. upon inquiry. aseertained that
the work to be done for this money in
cludes:
Thirty -six-inch main. 14.62O feet. riv-
eted pipe, A-inch she'll, from | street
along Front to o, thence along O 10
Thirty-first street
Sixteen-inch main, 1000 feet. riveted
pipe. 3-l6-inch she'll from Sixteenth
10 Twenty-sixth street on l street
Twelve-i inch castiron pipe. 10 700
feet, on Second street, on Sixteenth
street and on Twenty-sixth street.
All with gates and specials. besides
the water pipes for the railroad shops.
as shown. on the plan in the City En-
gineer's office.
/ have made an estimate of the prob
able cost of this work, taking into con-
slderation the recent advance in the
price of iron, and find the above esti-
NlN CDECIAJ CAFE llIll