The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-04

Balance s23e, 1888 20
Complaint has often been made that our
city ordinances are not observed py the
people. nor enforced by the city o1lclals.
Unfortunately this is too true nave
contended from the outset OF my omcial
career that all ordinances. laws ana ruies
should be enforced to the very letter ana
If the same are found to be impractlcanle
they should be amended or else repealed
have endeavored to administer the laws
and ordinances without fear or partiality.
and ! shall continue so to do without re-
Taxation as long as / remain IN once
In referring to the various departments
of the city government, ! shan not en-.
deavor to present detailed account OF
their transactions, but shall treat the sub
ject in the abstract. and conflne my re-
marks TO the events which have trans
pired and to present needs
STREET DEPARTMENT.
During the preceding year. the follow
ing streets have been graded and macad-
amized. to wit: K street, from Fifteenth
from alley B and G, to street; Fiji
teenth street. from 3 to G street, Seven
teenth street., from j to street; l
total of 1917 blocks. at a total cost of
ses.s47-13; IN addition to the foregoing.
there We're seventeen BLOCKS g. s,o OF street
The following streets have been repaired
with macadam and now in good con-
to street; Eleventh street. from / to L
street, and | street, from Tenth 10
Twelfth street.
q cost of $4,000; private citizens con-
structed 4-37 miles of cement walks. IA
miles OF granite curbing, and " mile wood
curbing.
The city now has "a miles of gravel
streets, 612 miles of macadam miles of
bitumen u of a mile of asphalt blocks
of granite and one of wood pavement;
The improvement of streets and side
walks under the supervision of Street
Superintendent James Touhey and City
SURVEYOR William Mullenney, will con-
tinue during the coming year, when we
hope to have many. of the unimproved
streets. particularly in the residence por-
ton of the city, graded ana macada-
mixed
All the cross streets between J and X,
from Fourth to Eleventh streets, both
inclusive. which are not already paved
bitumen pavement laid. ] and K streets
have not been kept in the condition that
would like to have them, owing to the
shortage of funds in this department.
However, during the ensuing year. these
streets should be thoroughly washed and
the cutters flushed at least once a week
We have found by experience that day
labor is cheap as contract in the clean
ing of the streets. and by this means EN-
ployment is given to only citizens of the
streets wish to call your attention to
the fact that the different streets should
be designaed by the letter and number
painted on small tin signs and nailed on
posts at all corners of the block Most
of the signs heretofore put up have either
been torn down or .defaced, and those re-
naming are very shabby.
The catch basins and man holes leading
to the sewers were found almost filled
with sediment and roots some of them
in such condition that water would
hardly seep through. l caused all of them
tc be thoroughly cleaned out, removing
innumerable loads of sediment, and sixty
one connections with the catch basins
were taken up and relaid. SIX blocks of
the Seventeenth-street canal have been