The record-union., 1899-04-06
CONSIDERING A CREMATaRY.
TRUSTEES MET IN SPECIAL
SESSION LAST NIGHT.
Action Taken Looking Toward Ad-
vertising for Bids for
Franchise.

snac;al meeting of the Board OF
Trustees was held last evening for the
purpose of considering the question OF
advertising for bids for the construction
in this city of a. garbage cfeIndlory
plant. Those present were Fresaueht
Mckay. Trustees Brown, Dolan, Kent,
Tebbets and Paine.
j. w. Northrup, representing the
Thacke1ay Incinerator Company OF san
Francisco, presented resolution LOT
advertising for bids, which he had
drafted, and get the matter properly
before the meeting. The president
moved its adoption.
The resolution proposed by MT.
Northrup, and offered by President NC
Kay, thoroughly explains the AIMS Oh
the crematory company, and mat IL
may be understood by readers OF the
s.Record- Union,'' it is given in full, as
follows:
PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
Whereas, The disposal of garbage,
rubbish, dirt, ashes, butchers offal'
putrid or sinking animal or vegetable
matter, refuse and other like matter or
materials by cremation, is the only Ell
fective means of disposing of the same
to prevent the said matter or materials
from being deposited in or upon lots
land, yards and public streets ana
places situate in the city or in the
Waterways ponds. sloughs or basins OF
the city, as heretofore, to the prejudice
of the public health and comfort; and
Whereas, An application has been
made to the Board of Trustees OF the
city of Sacramento, pursuant to an Act
of the Legislature of the State OF Cali
fornia, entitled IAN Act providing for
i the sale of street railroad and other
franchises in municipalities, and pro-
vioing conditions for the granting or
Fsuch franchises by the legislative or
Fother governing bodies and repeating
scorflicting Acts" approved March IL,
( 1897, for an exclusive franchise and
privilege for the term of twenty-five
Ft25) years from the date Of the approval
AUf the ordinance granting the same. to
collect, cremate and destroy within the
city of Sacramento by crematorieS, all
of the garbage, rubbish, dirt, ashes,
butchers offa1, swill, manure, filth of
any kind, decayed or decaying fruits
and vegetables, dead animals, carrion,
stale, putrid or noisome fat, putrid or
Sinking animal or vegetable matter or
refuse, any poisonous, filthy or often
sive matter, substance or liquid of any
kind, and any matter or substance La
BILE to ferment or decompose and be-
come offensive or detrimental to health;
also any and all fish, flesh and food
condemned by the Board of Health. and
to convert the same. or portion there
of. into fertiliZing matter and ether
substances; also to remove and dispose
of the carcasses of all dogs killed at
the Public Pound, and animals i'm
pounded and not redeemed by the own
ers thereof, and the carcasses of all
dead animals found on the public
streets; also to cremate all Of the night
soil of said city; and
Whereas, 1t is proposed to grant such
franchise or privilege for the term
above set forth, provided, that said city
shall have the privilege of purchasing
the entire plant of the grantee at the
expiration Of ten years from the ap-
prevail of the ordinace granting the
franchise. Now. therefore, be it
Resolved, That bids will be received
for such franchise or privilege, on a
basis of seventy-five 90 cents PER
cubic yard, in its natural state for the
collection and cremation or destruction
of the garbage and other matter or,
materials mentioned herein, and that
such franchise or privilege will be
awarded to the highest bidder; pro-
vided, that all bids shall be based upon
a process of cremation requiring no
fuel, other than the garbage itself, for
the incarceration of such garbage; that
sealed bids or tenders will be received
by the City Clerk at his Office in the
City Hall up to o'clock p. m. of the
- day of - 1S9 that this board
will meet in open session at the board
chambers in said City Hall on the -
day Of - 1S9 and open and read
the tenders or bids, and that said fran
cfise will then be awarded to the high
est bidder; that no bids will be received
of a single sum or amount stated, but
all bids must be for the payment in
lawful money of the United States of a
stated per cent. of the gross annual re-
ceipts of the person, partnership or cor
poration or other authority to whom
the franchise may be awarded, arising
from It's use, operation or possession
No percentage shall be paid for the
first five years succeeding the date of
the franchise, but thereafter such per-
centage shall be payable annually and
shall in no case be less than three per
cent. per annum upon such gross re-