Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-13
Council Proceedings.


yesterday afternoon, with Mayo
Mac Dougall in the Chair.
Present-Messrs. Green, Jones
Mullally, KerchevaI, Potts, HoIlen
beck. Lips, Apablasa and Cohn.
The minutes Of last meeting wer,
read and approved.
The City Judge reported the col
lection of $45 fines since last re-
port. Filed.
The Mayor reported So, ,10s 81 II
censes collected by the City TAI
Collector. Filed.
The Health officer reported tina,
he had given notice for the abate-
,nent of 20 nuIsances since last
report and reported certain sanitary
measures. Filed. Chief Of Police
Instructed to enforce the Sanitary
Ordinance.
/. M. Hellman died a new bond
as City Treasurer, with T. w. He'll.
man, H. Newmark, J. NJ. Griffith,
s. Hellman, o. w. Childs, Samuel
Meyer, and John s. Griffin as sure.
ties. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee, In conjunction with the
City Attorney.
The Finance Committee reported
the total amount of property. as.
se1sed at SIS e47, $50. and recon.
mrnded a tax ot So per 500, one.
half payable In g"li. The tax lew
was reduced to 81 90, and the res
oinmeudat ion adopted.
Certain funds were ordered trans.
ferred to the cash fund.
The Gas Committee recommend.
ed granting u Franchise to sharon
4 Foster to establish gas works
under certain conditions.
The following protest was then
re ,d:
TO The Mayor and Common Council
of the Cify Of Los Angeies:
AT the last meeting 0I the Coun.
ell II petition Tor rather, ~ I am
Informed, an ordinance, ready
framed, cut and dried,) was pre-.
.ented, granting certain parties
the frauchise to construct gas works
ami supply hydro.ca rh0u, com.
monty called "water gas" on the
Lowe patent or principle. My at.
tention was called to this only on
Monday OF this week, on my re.
turn To San Francisco from the
northern part Of the State, cnnso.
queutly no time Is allowed to m Let
this PROF osi,ion with suitable
statements aud proofs Of the exact
status aud cond tion of this SO.
named vast Improvement In the
manufacture of Illuminating gas,
aud the subscriber most Respect.
fully asks, In justice tn himself and
the stockhol,iers Of the Los Angeles
Gus Company, both In this city
and abroad, that your honorable |
body will postpone action In this
matter, In order that proofs Of the
utter failure Of tile Lowe process
In the EASTERN cities, where it has
been experimented with for the
past four years, may be submitted
for your confederation. 1t may he
said that an evidence of Its success
IL at hand IN the neighbnring city
of San Jose. l reply that it has
been In operation there but about
six weeks. and has already passed
OUT Of the cuatrul of Its original
owners; 1t Is virtually in the hands
Of Il receiver; that, while it Is not
denied that a gas Of good quality
Is made, it is questionable how
long 1t will continue "under the
Lowe prncess,n and still more
questionable AS to the materials at
present being used IN I.s Manufsc.
ture.
About two and a half years ago
the Los Angeles Gas Cumpany
came under the management of it's
present owners, and the under.
signed became President of the
company. Al that time the public
posts of the city were mt lighted,
and the gas was manufactured
chiefly of brea. The works were
located In the heart of the city,
directly opposite the principal ho
tel Ia the city, much Ia tho disgust
Of the citiaens generally and par
ticularly to the guests OF the hotel.
In obedience to the general desire
Of the citizens, the gas company,
under It's new m ,nagement aud at
an outlay Of q very large sum of
money, abandoned the location,
sacrificed the property aud con.
structed new works OH site ap.
proved OF by your honorobe bndy
and the citizens generally, and In
such Il manner that the works are
not excelled by any In this country
and are of u capacity sufficient to
supply the demands of thls COM
munity for many years to come
The people who inves ell their cap.
itai ia the purchase aud i'm prove.
meut of the gas works, were en-
couraged in the enterprise by the
citizens Of Lns Angeles. They had
faith In the city, that 1t would
grow and improve; they believed
that all enterprise involving such
an outlay Of capital would be
fairly dealt with, and "they are
still of that opinion," and that the
invest meut will be safe ami per.
manent. They have supplied It's
customers with y good quail.
ity of gas, and endeavoied
to deal with all fairly and
squarely and In good faith
Within the time named above the
price Of gas hsen reduced from
81 SO to SIS per 1000 feet, or 333 per
cent ! the quail, y has bren i'm.