The record-union., 1899-04-11
BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.
A CONSULTING ENGINEER ON
WATER AND SEWERAGE
Trustees Reject Mrs. Pennish's De-
mand for Damages by Over
fow-Sprinkling, Etc.


AT the regular meeting of the city
Board of Trustees last night w. A. An
oerson appeared and asked that ac-
1lon on the matter of removing the re :
mains of Chinese from Helyetia Gene
terry be deferred for a week or more.
ana on motion of Trustee Dolan the
matter was postponed until May lst.
STREET SPRINKL1NG.
s. Luke Howe, representing Charles
Newton & Co., who propose to put
In bids for sprinkling the streets on
winch electric cars run, presented a
communication, which was read.
According to the communication, the
company proposed, providing they could
get the privilege, to run a tank sprink-
ling car propelled by electricity over
the street railway lines so as not to
interfere with the traffic of such lines
The tank would be constructed so thar
the entire street could be sprinkled at
one trip. The company also proposed
to sprinkle, by wagon, all cross streets
from Front to Fifteenth streets. The
matter was referred to the Stree
Committee
MRS PENNISH'S CLAIM
Attorney r. M. Clarken, representing
Mrs. Pennish, inquired what disposition
the Sewer Committee proposed to have
made of her claim. Her property on S
street it will be remembered. was all
legged to have been damaged to the ex-
tent of S1,500 by an overflow of the S.
street sewer.
trustee Kent, Chairman of the Sewer
committee, reported that he had ex-
amlned the property and thought if
anybody was damaged by the overflow
1t was the Chinaman who rented the
land, and not Mrs. Pennish He moved
that the matter be referred to the Cor
poration Counsel
President Mckay objected to any con-
tinuance. He, said that both of Mrs
Pennish's sons had been drawing sala-
ries from the city ever since he (Mc-
hay) had been on the board and that
they had always been fighting the city
He said if there was no damage the
board ought to reject the claim al once.
Several members suggested that the
matter go over a. week, and several pre-
hminary motions were made.
Trustee Paine said that he and Mayor
Land had examined the property over
flowed and could not see that any dam
age had been done
Trustee Kent's report, that no damage
had been done to Mrs. Pennish by the
overflow, and that if damage had been
done at all it was to the Chinaman
who had rented the property, was final
~ adopted, and it was stated by the
President that if Mrs. Pennish wished
to press her demand she would have 10
take it into Court
EXTRAMF,N
Chief Guthrie of the Fire Department
presented an ordinance drawn in ac-
cordance with the Act of the late Leg
1slature. granting each firemen two
days off each month and vacation of
not less than five nor more than ten
days each year. The proposed ordi-
nance provides for the appointment of
eXtramen to take the place of those off
duty. The ordinance took the usual
course and went over one week
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Messages from the Mayor were re-
ceived and read
That referring to the removal of the
remains of Chinese was filed and action
postponed until May 1st.
Ihat proposing an ordinance respect
ing record books for second hand deal
ers was filed, and that containing the
Engineers report on the city dumps
over the north levee, and which was
published in full in Fridays Record
Union, was laid over to come up under
the head of committee reports. The
communications. except the first AMI
last mentioned. are as follows:
To the Board of Trustees: 1 herewith
return to your honorable board. with
my approval indorsed thereon, Ordi :
nance No. -, entitled. AN ordinance
requiring persons carrying on or con-
Quoting in the city of Sacramento the
business commonly known as second
hand dealer or second hand store, to
keep record book in which shall be
entered description of all property
purchased by them, with price paid
therefor and name and signature oe
the seller thereof, and providing that
said record book shall be open for the
inspection of the police. officers" Very
respectfully, VIM. LAND. Mayor
To the Board of Trustees: 1 herewith
transmit TO your honorable board the
report of the City Engineer, with rec
concentrations and diagram, relating to
the sand pit in which We're located the
city dumps, which | instructed him to
prepare so that we might act intelli-
c~AN4S anu wisely III the matter pre-
venting the refuse matter getting into
the river, and in the future becoming a
nuisance and a menace to the healtl. of
our citizens. The report has been sub
mitted to the Board of Health, which
body has taken action in regard to the
same, and also herewith transmit to
your board copy OF resolutions adopted
by said Board of Health at a special
meeting held on the 7th inst. / re-
spectfully report that in accordance with
said resolutions have this day directed
Street Superintendent James Touhey 10
cover the said dumps in accordance
with said proposition No 3 of said re-
port. Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: 1 herewith
transmit to your honorable board re-
port of Superintendent of Cemeteries
George F. Mefster relating to the Chi
nese buried in the Helvetia Cemetery
l recommend the adoption of the report
as it is in accord with my views ex-
pressed in my message of last week
Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND, Mayor
In respect to the proposition of re-
moving the remains of Chinese dead
from Helvetia Cemetery. the Mayor
presented the following report on the
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