Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-25
Special Council Meeting.


Council met in special session
last evening, President spence In
tho Chair, to fix water rates for
the ensuing year.
The City Attorney .preeented an
ordinance fixing the rates per
month from July l, 1881, to July l,
1882, as follows:
For tenements occupied by q
single family Of net more than five
persons, 81; each additional per-
son, % cents
Bathing tubs in private houses,
for each tub, 81; In public houses,
boarding houses, bathing establish
ments and barber shops, per tub,$3.
Bakeries, for each 25 barrels Of
flour Used, SO.
Boarding schools, In addition to
the rate for private families, for
each scholar, 20 cts.
Building purposes, for each bar.
rel of lime used, 20 cts.
Fountains by contract only.
Private horses, including water
for washing carriages, for one
horse, 25 cts.
Omnibusses, stage stables, for
each horse, so cts.; truck, cart and
saddle horses. SIT ots.; provided,
that in no case shAll any stable be
charged less than 81.
For each horse.trough on side
welk, SIS to $40.
All street sprinkllDg, free.
Hotels, taverns and boarding
houses, not including water for
baths, for uses without the house,
for each bed for boarder or ledger
within the same, In addition to the
rate for pflvate families, 25 cts +; for
each day boArder. 20 cts.
Lodging houses, in addition to
rate Of family keeping the house,
for each person within the same, 20
cts.
For sprinkling gardens and
grounds of not more than 100 yards
square area, 81.
Porter houses, groceries, refecto-
rles, ETC., 50 to $40.
. Printing offices by agreement.
Railroad corporations by agree
ment.
Steam engines by agreement or
by meter.
stores, offices, warehouses and
tenements, not included In any
other classification and requiring
only an ordinary amount Of water,
not less than 50.
For each public water closet, So;
for each private do, rs cents.
For large quantities OF water not
to exceed Is 900 gallons per month,
for each 1000 gsllOns, as ascertain.
ed by meter or otherwise, SIPS;
over Is, 600 gallons, for each 1000
gallons, 81.
The party furnishing water shall
have the power in all cases to as.
certain by meter or otherwise the
quantity of water used by any con.
sumner aud charge In accordance
with the quantity so ascertained,
Instead Of the special rate given
above.
For water not specified the rates
shall be fixed by agreement.
All water rates are payable
monthly In advance In gold or sill.
YER coin; payments will not be re.
ceived for less period than one
month.
Mr.. Cohn moved that before any
definite action be taken. the City
Attorney be instructed to file Q
written opinion defining what are
domestic purposes.
Considerable discussion was
ELECTED by this motion without ar
irving at any conclusion.
The ordinance was then taken up
seriatim and amended. as follows:
Mr.. Moran moved that the
charge for tenement houses be
SITS instead of So. Lost.
Also, that Is cents per person be
inserted instead Of % cents.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bower, the
vote by which the rate wat fixed ut
Is cents, was reconsldsred.
Mr.. Bower then moved that the
rate fixed in the ordinance be
adopted. Carried.
Mr.. Moore moved that so cents
be fixed for bathing tubs in pri-
vats houses. Adopted.
Mr.. Moran moved that the rate
per scholar In boarding schools be
fixed at Is cents. Adopted.
In the matter Of horse trOughs
the same rate as last year-$2 to SIS
was adopted.
Mr.. Cohn moved as q substitute
for the clause fixing rates for gar
den sprinkling that the company
be allowed to charge so cents for
each lot Of so feet front and SO cents
additional for lots with q greater
| frontage I'M to 100 feet front.