The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-08

planned to him very intelligently the
nature of the needed repairs, and had
told him that with such repairs the
pump could be run under thirty pounds
pressure for four or five hours.
Paine moved to refer the matter to
the Water Committee.
Douglas said he had no objection to
making the repairs provided the pump
was run for twelve hours to test the
repairs.
Bentley said the Water Committee
had full power to make the expenditure
if it was deemed necessary.
Dolan agreed with Douglas that
new pump was necessary.
Devine said it would take a month
to remove the old pump. He moved
that the Mayors recommendation be
adopted.
Kent thought the action of adver-
Using for the sale of the pump should
be reconsidered.
Paine's motion was carried.
Kent then moved that the advertise
ment for sale of the Holly pump be
withdrawn. No action was taken.
Dolan moved that the recommended
ton of the Mayor respecting the con-
foot of s street, be approved and adopt
ed.
Bentley advocated referring the mat
ter to the Sewer Committee. He said
if the matter was not attended to the
Sewer Committee would be at fault.
Dolan said action must be taken, and
said if the Sewer. Committee would not
act the board ought to.
Gated constructing a temporary stump,
Mullenney
Kent said the Sewer Committee, after
a careful study of the situation had
decided that it was better to expend
S22,OOO on permanent stump than
$o,OOO on temporary affair. No bus
mess man. he said, would adopt the
temporary stump. He knew that the
political Dot was boiling, but he did
not believe in expanding $4,000 on a
temporary, worthless stump SO as to
keep taxes down for one year, and skin
the people next year. He would rath-
er have the people understand how he
stood before election.
Devine said that by connecting
pump with the sewer through sixty
foot steel pipe the suction might draw
the quicksand through the bricks of
the sewer and destroy it's foundation,
as it had that of the old stump.
Engineer Mullenney was called in and
said that there would be no danger of
the suction undermining the brick
sewer at the open end of the steel pipe.
The motion to adopt the Mayors sug
gestion was carried, Kent voting no.
Che plans and specifications for
temporary stump, handed in by Sur
veyor Mullenney several weeks ago,
were read and adopted, Kent voting no,
and the Clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for bids.
The appointment of Shook as police
man took the usual course, going over
one week.
/ ABOUT. WELLS.
The Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee was given further time respect
ing the matter of turning over $1,000
to the Citizens Water Committee.
Paine said he had seen a good deal
in the papers within the past week
about the board being opposed to in
vestigating the wells proposition. He
thought the board was not opposed to
the proposition-he knew he was not
Mckay said the board was not OPP
posed to an investigation of we'll water,
but was opposed to spending $1,000 or
So" for boring wells.
Paine suggested that nobody knew
whether it would cost that much.
oh" replied Mckay, "it will cost
that much to sink wells" And there
the matter dropped.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The appointment of ]. G. Rodgers as
driver in the Fire Department, vice j.
E. Madigan, resigned, was confirmed.
A petition from a number of citizens
requesting that William Gibson be put
in charge of the city dumps was re-
ferred to the Superintendent of Streets.
superintendent of Streets Touhey
handed in a report that the American
Bridge road was in a bad condition,
and he recommended that the Summer
road be graded up above highwater
mark SO as to do away with the need
of the trestle now used. The matter
was referred to the Street Committee.
A resolution of intention to improve
the alley between P and @, Eighth and
Ninth streets. was adopted, and the
Clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids for the. same.