The record-union., 1899-04-14
MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION.
TRUSTEES PUT OFF ELECTION
BUSINESS.
Discussion Over the Sewage Pump
and Other Matters-City to
Be Cleaned.

An adjourned meeting of the Board
of Trustees was held last evening tor
the purpose of selecting officers anu
polling places for the coming bona elec-
ton. fixing the rate per cent. of the
proposed bonds, adopting an ordinance
providing for the calling of such an
election. and for transacting such uA-
finished business as might come up.
1t developed before the meeting was
called to order that a few only of the
members had prepared lists of election
officers; that they We're not prepared
to fix the rate of interest for the bonds,
and that there was some doubt as 60
who might and who might not be ellsl-
BILE to act as election officers
OVERFLOW TROUBLES.
The meeting opened up along way
from the bond proposition. The Clerk
read a communication from Chin Kay
to the effect that the waters in the VI
cinity of the Y-street sump had over
flowed his potato field, and that he pro-
posed to hold the city responsible for
any damage done.
Trustee Kent said that the Mayor
and the Superintendent of Streets
ought to get up little more speed
and do something to relieve the citizens
in the overflow district. He said they
are taxpayers and entitled to protec-
tion as well as citizens whose property
happens to be situated in other sec
tions. He moved that the Superintend-
ent of Streets be instructed to set up a
temporary pump to connect with the
S-street sewer near the old sump, and
thus relieve the stress of waters.
Trustee Paine said he understood chat
to pump directly from the sewer would,
owing to the great suction draft, Wreck
things generally, and was impractlcaple-
He moved as an amendment to Kent
motion that the Mayor and the Street
Superintendent be requested TO use
their best endeavors to give the relief
desired. The amendment was adopted
GENERAL STREET CLEANING
Trustee Dolan said that in view of
the fact that a large number OF visit
ing knights Templar will be in TINS
city next week, he thought it would be
advisable to place the streets in good
condition He thought a general fush-
ing would brighten up things, and ne
moved that the Chairman of the Street
Committee instruct the Superintendent
of Streets to put the streets IN the pest
possible condition before their arrival
Oh "wednesday GcAl N%dl 4Od ~ q S-A~~--
imous vote.
DECORATIONS GALORE.
On motion of Trustee Tebbets, Chair
man Devine of the Public Buildings
Committee, was directed to see that all
public buildings, including the Water
Works. are properly decorated when the
visiting Sir Knights arrive.
A NEW FLAG.
that new flag be purchased for the
Water Works building, was carried, and
then the board settled down to the
serious business of the evening = the
consideration of the bond proposition.
WATER SUPPLY PROPOSITION.
Corporation Counsel Devine an
nounced that he had drafted an or
dinance providing for the submission
to the people at special election the
proposition of voting improvement
bonds for sewers, water supply, etc.
He had used the greatest care in draw
ing the instrument. and felt that it
would. if adopted, meet every legal re-
quirement.
Trustee Tebbets inquired of the Cor
poration Counsel whether it would be
proper to place on the ballot the three
propositions for water supply; that is
filtered water water from the North
Fork of the American River, and water
from the wells east of this city. He
thought that a better expression of the
views of the citizens could be obtained
by means of the ballot than by any
other agency.
Trustee Devine said that the propo-
sition of securing water from the North
Fork of the American River was i'm
practicable and ought not to be con-
sidered, and that the further PROPOSE
tion Of Sacramento River water
<straight) ought to be inserted.
Corporation Counsel Devine, in an
swer to Trustee Tebbets' question read
the Act governing elections, and ex-
planned that the only question Which
could be submitted at the polls was that
of incurring Indebtedness for the pur-
pose of certain improvements.
WHAT MUST BE DONE.
Corporation Counsel Devine informed
the board just what its rights were and
what remained TO be done. The first
step, he said, was the adoption of the
preliminary ordinance, which had been
done; the second, the drafting of an
ordinance calling for the election. This
he had done, all that remained to COM
plete it being the location of the polling
places, the names of the election Off
GERS and the insertion of the rate of
interest to be paid purchasers of the
bonds. After the adoption of the ordi-
nance which would have to be done
Monday evening next at the latest;
it would have to be published for ten
days in a newspaper, and after that
proceeding an election proclamation
must be published for two weeks, and
the election be held within thirty days
after the adoption of the ordinance.
ADJOURNED WITHOUT ACTION.
1t developed that the board needed
information concerning who might and
who might not serve as election officers.
the impression having gotten abroad
that to SO act a citizen must be upon
the assessment roll now being made
up. The Corporation Counsel. however,
advised that those whose names ap-