Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-21

W III the cna1r. freseHt' hessiS'
4 Frankenfeld, Goss, Holbrook, Jones,
johnson, Kuhrts, Stearns, Velslr' nlnsa'
Y baugh, Willard, Goss, Perry, and BIS
cailuz.
M The minutes OF the last meeting and
of Decemb the 9th, 18th and l4th
were read and approved
f President Sinsabaugh requested that
the incoming Couneilmen present in the
lobby take seats inside of the railing.
whereupon several of them came in and
took seats with the members of the Coun-
Gil.
N OFFICERS REPORTS.
.# The Board of Fire Commissioners
recommended that all telephones now in
II use in the engine house be discontinued.
N SO ordered.
a The Superintendent Of Streets report.
a ed pay roll for the week of 1886, and
H the City ZlDjero one of Sl5. Commit
tee on Finance.
81 The Poundmaster reported having i'm.
s pounded 43 animals for the months of
4 October, November and December, as
follows: Horses, 81; COWS, l3, bulls, /;
mules, 2. Committee on Finance.
A deed from Mrs. Eduardo b. de
Bundage to property for the opening of
Buena Vista street to Temple street, was
referred to the new Council.
M. Ii. Ledbetter asked for an exten.
sion of three weeks on his contract for
the construction of the bulkheads for
|. hftd hn
material for the bulkheads not having
arrived. He also asked for permission
/ to close the bridges while driving the
piles for the bulkheads across the ends
4 of those structures. Three weeks time
\ granted, also request to close bridges.
n On the recommendation of the Com
mittee on Finance a warrant was or.
dered drawn in favor of E. A. Forester
for $25 go.
On the recommendation OF the City
+ Attorney it was ordered that the
amounts paid by A. Mccartney for tax
deeds LOG, l40 and 252 be returned to
Shim.
The contract with Frick Bros. for the
excavating and filing up of the Sand
and Fort streets sewer was approved,
and the time of the completion of the
work was set for the lst of February.
The two years lease of No. Engine
House at the monthly rental $50, drawn
by John Wilson, was approved.
N The Committee on Sewers reported a
weekly pay roll of S62.5O Referred to
the Committee of Finance.
The report of the Board of Public
h Works was laid over until after the com-
N ing in of the new Council.
nj THE COMMITTEE ON zANzAs
Reported that the irrigators on zanjas
Nos. 3, 4 and are sadly in need Of
llwater, and recommended that water be
burned into the Zlnja Madre immedi-
lately. So ordered.
IA Recommended that the Clerk adver-
tise for bids for the laying of $3.50 feet
of iron pipe and $50 feet of cement pipe
in the Woolen Mill Ditch. So ordered.
On petitions of B. j. Reeve and VIM.
| Bryant, asked for further time. Grant
ed.
THE WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE.
Recommended that the petition of R.
"a. Ling and others for water to irrigate
their land along the Union road, be re.
ferred to the City Surveyor for an esti.
mate of the cost of the work to be done.
| So ordered.
THE COMMITTEE ON GAS
Recommended that the contract for
street lighting be given to the Los An
| geles Electric Light Company on their
bid, and that the contract be drawn so
as to bind the company as strictly as
possible to it's promise to furnish con-
tinuously with each of its lights the vol
ume and strength of light mentioned in
the bid. The committee also recon-
mended the erection of l50-foot mass,
with three lights of 5000 candle power
each at the intersection of New Cincin-
natl and Illinois streets, and on the top
of the hill in the Episcopal church prop
erty. So ordered.
They recommended that the petition
of Scott, Bell & MaDgrum for fran:
chise for the manufacture and sale of
gas be granted. So ordered.
The committee on a form for ordl-
nances granting franchises for street rail.
roads presented such form for the con-
sideration of the Council, and recon-.
mended that 500 copies of the same be
printed. Referred to the new Council.
The special committee on fire alarm
system recommended the acceptance of
the Richmond fire alarm system and the
drawing in their favor of warrant OF
$25OO; the appointment OF Alex. Yearsly
as superintendent of the alarm system
at o monthly salary of S75, and the
erection of another alarm box at the
lcorner of Main and Arcadia streets at
;cost of $50. They also recommended
thst the City Clerk advertise for bids
Tor bell tower, the 200O-pound bell
having arrived. So ordered.
The special committee on yearly re-
.ports of city officers reported that they
had found them all correct and recon-
mended that 500 copies of the same be
ordered printed. So ordered.
VOTES OF THANKS.
All business being concluded, on mo.
tion of Mr.. Breed, seconded by Mr..
Frankentield, vote of thanks was ten
dered President Sinsabaugh for the able
and impartial manner in which he has
discharged his duties during the year.
A similar resolution presented by Mr..
Jones was adopted. Resolutions ten
dsring thanks to City Clerk Robinson
and City Attorney Mckinley were also
read and adopted.
President Snsabaugh PAID Hatterlng
compliment to City Clerk Robinson for
4 his ability and great assistance. He
\ thanked the Councilmen also for their
I courtesy and friendship. They had, Che
soid. done great deal of work for the
4 CITY at personal disadvantage. He told
Il tbose present that the members of the
i Council were entitled to the thanks of
\ the people of Los Angeles. To the best
u 81 the speakers knowledge there had
\ .heen no iobbery in the Council during
\ the year, not even to the extent of a
dollar, President Sinsabaugh then