The record-union., 1899-02-28
4 GARBAGE CREMATORY.
APPLICATION FOR AN ExCLU-
sIvE FRANCHISE.
Wood Dealers and Livery Stable
Men Complain Of Too Much
Competition.

en complain Of Too Much
Competition.
The City Board of Trustees met last
night in regular weekly session. Trus-
Tees Mckay, Tebbets, Douglas, Paine.
Dolan, Kent, Brown and Devine being
present.
Salaries and the usual bills were al
lowed
Kent objected to a bill of $3.50 by the
Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railway
Company.
l.. ]. Hatfield, for the company, ex-
planned that the bill was for work of
setting thirty poles, under contract
with the city, for electric lights. BY
mistake the city had been charged with
wire and other material used, and as
the company could not permit the city
or any one else to own a part of the
plant, reduction had been made from
SIS to SIG.
Trustee Devine opposed the bill, as
the city should not pay for wire and
other things it did not own.
Trustee Dolan explained that the
charge of S2S was because the cost of
wires, etc. had been counted in, which
was not right, as the city should not
pay for them. The bill had. then been
reduced to SIG per light.
Trustee Devine still opposed the bill,
and Mr.. Hatfield explained that these
were lights not embraced in the orig
inal yearly contract and they We're put
up under a subsequent contract with
the board. Had the board not contract
ed to pay for the labor it would not
have had these thirty extra lights.
Clerk Desmond read the minutes,
showing that the board had voted
unanimously on roll-call to make the
contract, as stated
Trustee Brown said he fully recol-
1ected the action of the board, and
Trustee Dolan said that the company
could collect the whole amount if 1t
wished, but it did not
The claim was ordered paid, Devlne
and Kent voting no.
WOOD DEALERS OBJECT.
c. P. Massey, for the wood dealers OF
the city. presented memorial to the
board against allowing wood dealers
from outside of the city to peddle wood
and let their wagons stand on the
street corners. in violation of the ordi-
nance, and asking that the ordinance
be enforced.
Trustee Dolan moved that the mat
ter be referred to- a committee of three,
besides the Corporation counsel.
Mr.. Massey stated that the measure
was not aimed at those who cut wood
on their own places, but at the middle
men who buy wood and peddle IT.
The motion was carried, and the
chair appointed Dolan, Paine and
Brown as such committee.
GARBAGE CREMATORY.
DIR. Fay, for the City Board OF
Health. presented the following COM
munieation, which was referred TO the
Street Committee:
Sacramento Cal, Feb. Il, 1899.
To the Hon. Board of Trustees of City
of Sacramento: conference.-the Board OF
Health at meeting held this day mad
under consideration the , fi1y and uI' MprtS
b streets, and while they are IN IalIiy
good condition at the present time, the
board feels that any dumping in the city
is a nuisance and source of danger. They
are also apprehensive of danger of pol
luton of our drinking water whenever we
may have an overflow of the high water
from the American River.
Wherefore, the board resolved, That
your honorable board be requested at as
vision for the erection of a crematory for
the purpose of consuming all garbage and
refuse by. fire which may be collected
from the city. Respectfully,
H. l.. NICHOLS, Secretary.
TO INSPECT THE FILTER.
Trustee febbets said the Jewel FIJI
ter Company had completed its filter,
and he moved that the City Board of
Health, Chamber of Commerce, Board
of Supervisors and all other citizens be
invited to meet at the filter plant and
inspect the filters working. He also
moved that samples of the water be
taken and sent to a competent chem
list for analysis, to see if there is
enough of alum in it to do any hurt,
or if there are any otner injurious quail
tiles in it, as, if there are, the city
does not want it.
Trustee Devine said he had investi-
gated and found that it would cost
about 100000 to build filters to sup
ply the city with water. He thought
there We're economical filters that would
not bankrupt the city. He found the
water a little hard, and still preferred
it straight from the hydrant.
Trustee Tebbets' motion was carried
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Trustee Devine moved that the ex-
tension of the Seventh street sewer be
postponed until the general system Is
adopted. The winter is now nearly
over. and there will probably not be
much more rain.
Trustees Paine and Douglas opposed
the motion, as the sewer was only ha't
a block. that residents of that part OF
the city have earnestly asked for. They
did not know why they should wait a
year longer.
Trustee Kent said they had waited
for it for years, and he thought they
could wait a few months longer.
The motion was carried, Mckay vot-
ing no.
Trustee Tebbets, for the Finance
Committee, asked further time to re-
port on the transfer of $500 to pay
certain bonds, as recommended by the
Mayor.
Devine opposed paying fer the bonds,
a, the commission had agreed not to
cali for the payment of the bonds, but
had sold good bonds to buy up those IN
litigation. Let the Commissioners pay
for the bonds, as they can Well AFFORD