Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-09

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Company = Action on the New
City Hall Laid Over for Three
Weeks.
The Council met yesterday afternoon
in adjourned session with President
Moore in the chair.
Members present: Messrs. French,
Sabichi, Wolfskill, Lambie, Ballade,
Hamilton, Gassen. Day, Hammel,
Miles. McGarry, Schroeder and Moore.
The City Clerk made report Of city
licenses for the month of July, as fol-
lows: Issued to Tax Collector for collec-
tion 974, amounting to S4239; returned
as uncollected by the Tax Collector So,
amounting to sS37 so; balance collected
by Tax Collector, s390l.5O. Referred TO
Finance Committee.
The City Tax Collector reported that
he received from the Clerk of the Coun.
Gil 974 licenses for the month of July,
amounting to s4239, of which he
collected SSS. amounting to S390l 80,
and returned as uncollected So, amount
ing to 1897 so. Referred TO the Finance
Committee.
The Secretary of the City Board of
Education reported as follows:
Balance from June, S967S 03; expen.
ditures for July, s6679. 10; balance to
August. $299s.93 Referred to Finance
Committee.
A number of bills were read and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
A report from the Committee on Zan.
jas on the dangerous condition of the
zanja complained of by H. Glass, was
ordered filed.
The committee also recomm end that
the specifications for piping zanja 9-3 be
adopted, So ordered.
The Committee on Land reported in
favor of the petition OF Keziah Hunter
for a quit claim deed. Granted.
The recommendation of the Board Of
Health that the Superintendent Of
Streets be instructed to select grounds
on which to dump garbage, was adopt.
ed.
The City Attorney was ordered to
draw an ordinance prohibiting the
dumping of garbage on Seventh street.
DIR. Orme, through the Board Of
Health, asked for map of the city
sewer system. Granted, and the City
Engineer ordered to make the map.
The two special officers, asked for by
the Board Of Health. to make thor
ough examination of back yards and al
leys, were granted, with the proviso
that their pay be no more than that Of
foot officers.
The matter of the Cottier system Of
sewer ventilation was referred back to
the Council by the Committee on Zan-
jas.
On motion, the City Surveyors sys-
tenn of ventilation waa adopted.
The matter as to whether the pest
house could be maintained inside the
city limits was referred to the Board Of
Health and City Attorney.
The report Of the Committee appoint.
ed to investigate the City Water Com
pany, reported as follows:
10 the Honorable Council Of the City
Of Los Angeles In the matter of the
Los Angeles City Water Company
Your special committee respectfully re-
ports that it has carefully considered
the subject presented for its considera-
ton, viz. $40 inquire into and investi-
gate any and all alleged acts of omission
and commission Of the. Los Angeles
Water Company, whereby the lease or
franchise granted said Water Company
has been violated, "and herewith present
as the conclusions of its inquiry;
/. A statement that said Water Com
pany has not complied with the terms of
its lease in which the parties of the sec.
ond part (said Water Company bind
themselves to icons ruct at their own
expense, such bitches, fumes, or erect
such machinery in connection with said
water works as willsecure to the inhabit-
ants of said city constant supply Of
icater for domestic purposes, and shall
construct reservoirs Of sufficient capacity
for that purpose. In this connection
reference is made to petition of COM
mittee Of citizens on Boyle Heights.
2. A statement that said Water Com
pany is financially unable to comply
with said terms quoted above, in support
of which assertion your committee sub
mits the petition OF the Los Angeles
City Water Company signed by its Sec
retary and presented to your honorable
body.
3. A statement that said Los Angeles
City Water Company, by one of its stock
holders and directors, denies the owner.
ship of the City of Los Angeles. either
in the works operated by said Los An
geles City Water Company or in the
water passing through said works.
4. A statement that said Los Angeles
City Water Company has aud is
now continuously taking more than ten
inches of water without the previous
consent Of the Mayor aud Council of
said city in violation of its contract.
5. A statement that said Los Angeles
City Water Company furnishes water
for hydraulic motors in violation Of its
contract.
@. A statement that the financial
management of the Los Angeles City
Water Company has beenin efficient and
wastefui, lines of pipe having been laid
one year and taken up the next, larger
ones being then substituted therefor, in
order to perform the service, and that
this has been done with full knowledge
of the necessities of the immediate fu-
ture and reference is made in support
Of this assertion to the minutes Of the
board of directors of said Water Com
pany; and further, that the character of
| its supply works are wasteful of water,
and that there by the irrigation interests
of Los Angeles City suffer materially.
See reports Of committee on water sup
ply, presented to your honorable body.
7. A report of the City Attorney pre-
sented by him to your committee at its
request, and in which reference is made
to additional violation of said lease or
franchise, not herein enumerated.
| s. A recommendation that the City
Attorney be instructed to commence pro-
ceediHgs to have said lease or franchise
declared forfeited by the Courts.
WM. L. LAMBIE,
II. HAMMEL,
d. Il. MILES,
d. NJ. McGARRY.
Mr.. Hamilton moved that the report
be adopted and proceedings commenced
against the City Water Company. and
that the Finance Committee be instruct
ed to furnish the necessary data for the
prosecution of the suit. Carried by