The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-08
SHOOK FOR TALBOT'S PLACE
MAYOR LAND SENDS IN HIS
NOMINATION.
Trustees Talk About Investigating
Wells, But Take No
Action.

At the meeting of the City Board
OF trustees last night, Special Ponce
man L. j. Miller appeared and denied
In toto the charges made against him
at the meeting week ago, by J. A.
Nelson.
Nelson's charges were to the effect
that Miller a week before had stopped
him from using city water at 9:oo p.
m. and had cursed and abused him
while placing him under arrest.
Miller declared that he had not cursed
Nelson and that it was 1890 p. M.
when he stopped him from sprinklina
his yard.
Nelson protested that Miller had
cursed him and seized him roughly He
said if he had violated an ordinance
he was willing to pay his fine, but ne
did not want ''ruffian'' to abuse him.
Trustee Douglas moved that the board
instruct Miller against using profane
language in the future, and also IN
struct him to arrest everybody caught
using water out of hours, without say
ing a word.
L. H. Plate addressed the board ana
said that Miller was becoming so offl-
cious that taxpayers would have to
move out Miller had told him that he
had handled Nelson nicely and scared
his wife half to DEATH"
Miss Nelson, who was present, said
that it was only few minutes past
8 o'clock when her father was using
water and that Miller used profanA
language when he entered the yard.
Kent moved that Miller be furnished
xx;f1, Of rlot
requested to study them.
Mckay thought the matter ought to
be further investigated.
Devine thought that both parties
should be advised as to their duty-one
as citizen, the other as an officer.
Paine moved as an amendment that
the matter be referred to the Chief OF
Police with instructions to report On
the case.
Kent said officers were often too free
in using their clubs. and he wanted it
understood that he would vote to re.
move any officer. from the Chief down
who without cause beat up any citi-
zen.
Paine's amendment was adopted, and
Chief Dwyer will follow up the inveSti-
cation.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment, H. A. Guthrie. handed in his
ninth annual report, a full synopsis of
which appears in another column. Chief
Guthrie made strong plea for the ordi-
nance he recommended, pensioning in
jured firemen.
The report was received and filed and
215 copies were ordered printed.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
Messages were received from the
Mayor as follows
To the Board of Trustees: Your
honorable board at your last session in
structed the City Clerk to advertise for
bids for the sale of the Stevens" pump
at the Water Works. and in this con-
nection 1 will state that Chief Engineer
Wolf informs me that the pump can
be repaired and be placed in such con-
dition as to be of service as an auxil-
iary pump, furnishing thirty pounds
pressure, at cost not to exceed so.
1 would, therefore, recommend the
withdrawal of said pump from sale,
and that it be repaired in accordance
with the recommendations of Engineer
Wolf. Very respectfully,
Nm. LAND. Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: 1 hereby
nominate, and by and with your con-
sent, appoint Frank G. Shook mem
Der of the permanent police force OF
the city of Sacramento, vice William l..
Talbot, deceased. Very respectfully,
VIM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: l hereby
notify your honorable board that on
the 1st inst, 1 counted the cash placed
before me by the City Treasurer and
found in his possession money as fol-
lows:
silver etc IS
Total :. .....-.-....--....... S'of4 DC
The above amount agrees with the
books of the City Auditor and City
Treasurer Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND.
We hereby certify that the above
statement is correct.
D. M'KAY,
President Board of Trustees.
A A DE LIGNE,
City Attorney.
To the Board of Trustees: / here
with transmit to your honorable board
iCSCifOt - ciii N~A 49,
sulting engineer, c. E. Grunsky, OF
date the 1st and ID inst. wherein he
states that he has no further formal re-
port to make, having on dates specified
filed his reports on all matters sub
mitted to him.
The plan and specifications prepared
by City Engineer William Mullenney
for a temporary stump We're passed
upon by Mr.. Grunsky and such sug-
gestions or changes relating to same
as he made were adopted. 1t is abso-
lutely necessary that something should
he done at this time in the way of ar
ranging to take care of the sewage dur
ing the approaching rainy season, and
would, therefore, recommend that sa q
plan and specifications be adopted by
your board, and that as soon as pos
sible work be commenced and prosecut-
ed with diligence. Very respectfully,
VIM. LAND. Mayor.
Tho messages were received and filed
Douglas doubted the statement ac-
credited to Engineer Wolfe that the
Holly pump could be repaired for 80 OF
S3O He said if such repairs were made
he wanted to see the pump run fol-
twenty hours at stretch.
Deyine said Engineer Wolfe had ex-