Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-08
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1881.
shall take occasion at a very early
day to mako some suggestions to you
relative to the management of this all
important institution.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Tho affairs Of the department have
been efficiently and economically admin
istered; the cost for the past year being
| $SS66.42. Our volunteer firemen have
exhibited rare devotion to the public
interests, and are deserving of all com.
mendation and praise. They should, al
your earliest possible convenience, be
provided with permanent, suitable and
comfortable quarters. Lots should be
purchased in proper localities while they
can be had at reasonable price aud en-
CINE houses built ON them.
The apparatus of the department. is in.
sufficient for our fast growing city. None
has been purchased since 1875. We
need at once two one-horse hose carts
and second-class Hayes truck; also an
electrical alarm system These all be.
ing supplied viii place our Fire Depart.
ment in first-class condition, and the
next tax levy should provide for them.
CITY HALL, ETC.
desire 10 invite your attention yet
once again to the fact that you are with.
out convenient or adequate accemmoda-
tons for tho city government. The OH.
GERS are scattered abroad and may be
found here and there, just e. you have
been able to supply them with temporary
quarters in which to do business. A
little while. now and you will have no
safe repository for your valuable ar
thives. The vault in use is the property
of private individual, as is the Jail.
| Shortly there will be no place where
| you can confine your prisoners, uu'ess
| through charity, or else in the line OF
self protection the county comes to your
| assistance, and that means continue
| tion Of the very expensive and other.
wise Objectionable system under which
you are now operating. You are spend.
ing to-day with certainty Of an in.
crease) more money for rent than would
be enough to pay interest on q sum sufii-
cient to erect city hall, police station,
| Jail, engine house, etc., that would 90
commodAte all you might require. and
| be an ornament to the city as we'll. You
already have beautiful lot paid for and
eligibly situated for this purpose. : As a
| money saving, business proposition, this
matter should be brought to the consid.
GRAFTON Of our fellow -oitizens without dc.
lay, and recommend that such steps be
| taken now ~ will evsntuate in raising
| funds sufficient to enable you to build
proper quarters for the purposes herein
| indicated.
| LroHT.
Los Angeles has. and probably de-
serves, the reputation Of being the best
lighted city to be found anywhere, and
what pleasure IL is to be able to pas
along some Of our principal streets in the
darkest night with as much safety and
comfort a. though the sun was at hii
meridian height. And yet we want
moro light; more on tho outside. II
keeps sway thieves. robbess. burglars,
md laW-breakers generally, and would
snabls . smaller police force to be mors
| eficlsnt. The COST Of mast hsre and
| thsrs IN ths darkest spots would be IL
nsea1 TO tRi1lns fos confederation BY tn
1lde d Ne cpon1srt bsnoot and satisfy 4
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