Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-23
THE CITY COUNCIL.
4 Long Session Yesterday
Afternoon.
THE RIVER TO BE LEVIED.
About Streets and Sidewalks
Street Car and Other Rail-
road Matters.

The CITY Council met in the Counci
chamber at the City Hall at p. m. yes
terday. Present: Velsir, Sinsabaugb
Holbrook, Jones, Kuhrts, Breed, Fran
kenfeld, Perry, Goss and johnson.
Minutes of previous meeting and the
minutes of Tuesday nights specia
meeting read and approved.
Fred. G. Smith, Secretary of the
BOARD of Fire Commissioners, reported,
notifying the members of the Council to
be present at the hose test on Thursday
morning at No. engine house.
!, On motion the invitation was accepted.
Weekly report Of the City Auditor re-
ceived. Committee on Finance.
Weekly report of Superintendent Of
Streets received. Committee on Fl.
nance.
The City Attorney reported that the
deeds of property owners to property
for zanja purposes were in proper legal
form. Committee on Zanjas.
The City Attorney also reported an
ordinance for the suppression OF the vice
Of solicit ng by prostitutes in the city OF
Los Angeles. The attorney explained
that the city had no ordinance covering
the matter. On motion. the rules were
suspended and the ordinance adopted
by an unanimous vote.
The CITY Attorney and Board of Pub.
lie Works recommended the adoption of
an ordinance providing for the immedi'
ate repairing of streets and sidewalks,
and, if such repairs are not made by
properly owners within three days, the
Superintendent of Streets shall be au-
thorized to contract for repairs at the
owners expense. The ordinance also
provided for the laying of stone, cement
or asphaltum sidewalks in the principal
business streets. On motion, the rules
were suspended and the ordinance
adopted.
The annual report of the health off,
Ger received. Board of Health.
Pay roll of the Committee on Sewers
received.
Usual budget of bids received. Com
mittee on Finance.
Petition of M. L. Wicks for warrants
in payment for the Titus property, &C.
companied by deed, read. Committee
on Finance. The Committee reported
at once in favor of drawing the warrant
for S29, 900 and the report was adopted.
The Board of Public Works reported
as follows:
On the petition of l.. R. Raymond,
for permission to grade Rosas avenue,
recommended that the same be granted.
So ordered
That an ordinance be granted in &C.
cord ance with the views OF the Commit
tee on Railway Franchises. to John s.
Mailman and others to construct o
steam motor railway over the route pc.
titioned for. So ordered.
That the petition of Charles Silent
and Others to grade Adams street be
granted. So ordered.
That the city surveyor propose grade
of Hewitt street. So ordered.
Further time asked on petition OF
James Booth for railway franchise over
Buena Vista street bridge. Time
granted.
= Recommend granting petition of M.
l., Wicks and others to construct tele.
phone, provided the same be constructed
on underground system when so ordered
by the Council. Further recommend
that the ordinance be amended by strik-
ing out words 'swithin the fire limits"
So ordered.
Ask further time on petition of A.
Haas. Time granted.
By request of L. I. Garnsey, recon.
mend that his application for street rail-
way franch hiss on Washington street be
Withdrawn and the ordinance granting
franchise to John s. Griffin be adopted;
provided that school children shall be
carried for half price when purchasing
81 worth of tickets. So ordered.
The ordinance granting franchise to
John s. Griffin to construct the road
spoke of in the last section was then
read, and after divers important amend.
ments were made to the instrument, it
was moved and carried that the parties
be given an hour to prepare new bond
in accordance with the new specifica'
tiOns.
Special committee on matter of grant.
ing right of way through certain city
lands to the Riverside, Santa Ana and
Los Angeles Railway Company reported
in favor of allowing the company sixty
five acres of city land, the right of-way
and $4,000 already appropriated for
levee purposes, on condition that said
company construct the levee upon the
west bank of the Los Angeles river. So
ordered.
Frankenfeld moved that the City At
toruey be asked to draw an ordinance
in accordance with this report. Car
ried.
The report Of the Committee on FL
nance received. Adopted.
Financial committee recommended
that the proposals of The Tribune Pub.
fishing Company for the city printing be
accepted. Kuhrts moved to amend,
and give the contract to the hERALp,
as being cheaper. MIR. Jones said the
bids were figured upon by the commit
tee, and that the Tribune had made It's
bid in two sections. Based upon last
years cost of printing the delinquent
and other advertising, the cost OF the
years printing in the Tribune would
amount to $565.O7. The cost of the
same advertising in the HERALD. on the
same basis, would be $6Sl .l5. This
would give difference of $l26 03 in IA
vor of the Tribune. Besides this, the
Tribune gives 10 per cent more
space in all advertising. If we are to
give it to the cheapest, we must give
It to the cheapest. Mr.. Kuhrts said
that he had seen the thing tried before
and the city had to publish the whole of
the list instead of q part. Mr.. Hol-
brook said that he had seen the mana
Ger of The Tribune, and that gentleman
had given bonds to fulfill the contract.
Mr.. Frankenfeld said he believed Mr..
Jones to be right, and called for the
question. MIR. Kuhrts' amendment was
lost, and the original motion carried.
Customary budget OF bills presented
and allowed.
The special committee to whom was
referred the report of the Tax Collector.
reported that they had examined said
go.,.,I that tho roll ohnwad q