The record-union., 1899-06-06
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as many religious men in the railroad
shops as elsewhere, who were opposed
to Sunday might concerts He was
not religious man, but he was de-
cddedly opposed to Sunday might con-
certs and they might be held on week
nights. They annoy church goers.
Trustee Devine did not think that
Sunday concerts did harm and the ac-
ton of the board would make no diff
ference.
Douglas thought that if the concerts
were held early in the morning, say 6
O'Clock, there would be a kick. He
moved that the concerts be held from
to a. m. on Sundays.
Trustee Kent moved as substitute
that the bands be requested to appear
before the board next week and see if
satisfactory arrangement cannot b.
made. He subsequently changed it to
the committee, and the motion was car
ried.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Messages were received from Mayor
Land as follows:
To the Board Of Trustees: I here
with return to your honorable board,
with my disapproval Endorsed thereon,
the contract of the city of Sacramento
with Friend & Terry Lumber Company
for furnishing fifty cedar-wood poles
for the use of the Fire Department of
the city. My reasons for disappearing
said contract are as follows:
F1rst-I am informed by the Super
intendent of Alarms, r. Watkins that
he does not need poles fifty-five feet
an length, as specified in said contract.
Second-The cost of the contemplat-
ed Improvement will be about 500,
chargeable against the Fire Depart
ment fund, and if made, this fund will,
with the most rigid economy, be some
$40 short at the close of the fiscal
year Under the circumstances, l con-
slider this expenditure unwarranted at
this time.
l would also call your attention to
the fact that the general fund is some
$1,000 short, compared with that of
even date last year, and 1 would rec
ommend that all expenditures be close
ly scrutinized, and only such made as
are absolutely necessary.
Also, that he had counted the cash
placed before him by the City Treas
urer, and found money in the latter's
possession as follows: Gold SIT, 4S3:
silver $1,91. Total $177,4S6.91. The
above amount agrees with the books
of the City Auditor and City Treas
urer
Also, nominating H. J. Winters as a
special police officer for the district
bounded by I street on the north. L
street on the south, Tenth on the west
and Eighteenth on the east.
Also, notifying the board that suit
has been instituted by one Lcue Chong
against the Mayor and Superintendent
Of City Cemetery for a permanent in
junction restraining them from disin-
terring certain Chinese bodies buried in
the Helvetia Cemetery
Also, transmitting the report of Water
Inspector Robert A. Paine for month Of
May.
Also, returning With his approval the
ordinance to amend subdivision XIV. of
Section IL of Ordinance No. 43O. en-
titled, AN ordinance regulating busi-
ness trades and professions in the city
of Sacramento, prescribing license
for the management, operation and con-
Quoting of the same, and providing a
penalty for the violation of the provis-
ions hereof, passed June 49, 1896, and
approved June 80, 1896"
Trustee Dolan said the residents of
the southeastern part of the city have
no protection from fire, because an
alarm box is needed there. Two barns
recently burned down before an alarm
could be turned in. They pay the same
tax as the downtown people and are en-
titled to recognition
The matter was laid over for a week
Trustee Paine said he understood that
Mr.. Winters was a resident of Oak
Park, and he thought residents Of the
city should have the offices in it.
Bills for crushed rock were allowed
The action of the board in postpon-
ing the payment to the Fourth of July
Committee was reconsfdered and the
money was ordered paid
THE CLAUSE STRICKEN OUT.
Trustee Paine stated that the COM
mittee of the board met to-day with
the committee from the Federated
Trades and the Sacramento Electric
Gas and Railway Company, and found
there were no differences between the
workers and the company. He moved
that the clause asked for be stricken
out.
communication from the Federated
Trades was read, Withdrawing the re-
quest, as they found the law against
them, but suggesting that an inspector
of electrical work done for the city be
appointed
The clause was stricken out the time
OF entering into the contract was liked
at thirty days from the date of the con-
tract and the lighting Specifications
were adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS
Advertising for power to run the
pumps at the stump was postponed for
ninety days.
The ordinance amending the present
frrigating ordinance was taken up and
passed
The cancellation of contracts relating
to bonded Indebtedness was brought up
Kent advocated letting the cases take
their course through the courts, as the
San Francisco lawyers had been so con-
ndent of winning them. He did not
understand why they were 50 willing
to compromise for 5000, after SPEND
ing, as they claim, So, 200 of their own
money
motion to postpone was defeated.
and Trustee Paine moved that the
Mayor and the President of the board
be authorized to compromise the mat
ter with the San Francisco firm at a
| price not to exceed 5000.
A communication from George E..
Bates was read, Offering to take 500
but suggesting that they thought the
city should also refund to them SEQ
besides, that they had expended.
| Trustee Dolan said that the interest
on the bonds for eighteen months in