Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-17
Common Council Proceedings.
THURSDAY, July 16, 1874,

THURSDAY, July 16, 1874.
The Council met at the usual hour
with the following members present:
Dockweiler, Gerkins, Huber, Work
man, Chavis and Sabich. Absent:
De Cells, Mascarel, and Beaudry.
The minutes ofthe previous meeting
were read and approved.
A communication from the City At
torney was preSenteI, stating that
the suit against Signoret has been ap-
relled to the Supreme Court; also
that of the city vs. the City Water
Works Company, which has been de-
cided in favor of the city, will be APP
pealed; requesting the privilege of
having the abstracts printed at the
HERALD office, under contract. He
stated that there seems to be some
difficulty in procuring the necessary
bond to file in Court upon taking out
an Injunction against the proprietors
of the Feliz ranch, but the suit can be
commenced without said injunction.
In the matter of securing counsel for
his assistance in the approaching suit,
he named his assistants as Messrs.
Thorn & Ross. Their terms will be.
for the District Court, $500; if carried
into the Supreme Court of the State,
$500 additional, and if taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
+n, 4 H., .,,l, al ..,lt
services and expenses.
By permission, Mr. Bell addressed
the Council on the subject of the water
ten i'm dispute. He stated that him
self and neighhors We're being ruined
for want of the usual supply for irri-
eating their trees and crops. He pro-
tested against the Inauguration OF a
suit which would drag along for term
of four or five years, in the meantime
running all the parties irrigating from
that sufficient number of deputies
be given to the Zaniero to enable him
to protect the water in the ditch and
prevent the owners of the Feliz ranch
from using it. Upon that ranch there
are some one hundred and fifty acres
of corn and few trees. In case of
such proceedings the worst result
could only be IA suit against the city
for the cost Of these crops, and that
would not amount to one-half Of the
sum proposed to be paid the lawyers
for conducting the case.
The Zanjero heing called upon for
information stated that there is one
head of water running in the Woolen
Mill ditch-about one-half the usual
amount.
On motion the report of tire City
Attorney was received and he was
authorized to have the abstracts
printed as required; also to employ
Messrs. Thorn & Ross to assist him
in the suit against the proprietors of
the Feliz Ranch,
The City Surveyor presented q re-
port of public works done during the
week. Filed.
The City Surveyor reported that the
law requires estimates to be made out,
of work to be done on streets in front
of each lot and each fraction of q lot.
These estimates should be kept in q
book for convenient reference rs all
assessments against the property for
Improvements must be based upon
them. He recommended that q COM
mittee be appointed to arrange n sys-
tenn for the same as well as to fix the
payment for such work, together with
the other expenses of improvements.
Received and committee appointed
consisting of Messrs. Workman, Mas
carel and Gerkins.
The Board of Public Works re-
ported as follows: "The Board recon-
mends that property owners on Sain-
sevain street be notified To remove
their fences or other Constructions from
the street, so as to leave the same fifty
feet wide. The Board calls the atten-