Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-06-22
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
What the City Fathers did
Yesterday.
A NEW GAS COMPANY.
The City Attorney Required to Look
up the Gity's Title to the abb
la Tract.

LUG mayor sent tickets OF Invitation
to the French picnic which took place
Sunday, June Goth. Accepted, with
thanks.
Message from the Mayor vetoing the
ordinance granting franchise to W. e.
Rogers to lay down pipes on public
streets. owing to the failure to provide
for flushing sewers in the ordinance.
On motion the ordinance was reconsid-
cred and the words inserted and the or
dinance passed.
Petition of Councilman Biscailuz for
two weeks leave of absence. Granted.
The Auditor presented his report Of
the condition of the several funds OF the
city. Referred to COMMITTEES on Finance.
Weekly report Of City Street Superin.
tendent read. showing that during the
week ending June 18th nineteen men
were employed in repairing streets and
cleaning cutters. Referred to Finance
Committee.
Weekly report of Zaniero read and re.
fsrred to the Finance Committee.
City Assessor Fischer reported the
collection Of personal property taxes to
the amount of Sl,2l0.92. Referred to
Committee on Finance.
Report of City Board of Educution,
showing the condition of school fund.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
The report of the Board of Public
Works was laid over one week.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The City Attorney reported in the
matter Of petition OF DR.. Z. j. Sketchly
for water to use for irrigation purposes
on the ostrich farm, that the city has
the right to grant water outside the
limits when there is surplus over that
required inside. In case there is sur
plus larties outside may obtain sup
ply B, applying to the Zanjero for per-
nit. Referred to the ZanJa Commit
tee.
Contract with VIM. Mclean to lay
cement curbin9 about city Plaza read.
Laid over one week.
Thy. City Surveyor presented a report
a ICING that the amount of excava-
Il on First street TO improve it for
4 loot roadway will be 1900 cubic
yards; the fill for the same Improvements
will be 1880 yards. Ii the dirt is to
come from the river the cost will be
$500.
The ordinance granting a street rail-
road franchise to NJ. q. Mckoon ct al.
came up, and the time for the compile
ton of the road was liked at fifteen
months from date of granting the fran
chise.
On motion number of protests against
the granting OF said franchise were re-
red to committee OF five, as follows,
report in one week: Stearns, Breed.
Ills, Holbrook and Sinsabaugh.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
rhe Finance Committee reported that
had examined the reports Of the
ditor, Fire Commissioners and Fan
OF June IA, 1886, and the City
ssurer's for May, 1856, and recon.
I'D that they be filed. So ordered.
Recommend that petition of A. Bra.
dau for damages be denied. So ordered.
On request Of City Attorney for $l72
-3ipay him on commencing suit TO widen
San Pedro street, between Fifth and
Washington streets, recommend that
warrant be drawn payable out of the
salary fund. So ordered.
Recommend that City Treasurer be
instructed to transfer the sum of $3.50
from the salary fund to the account Of
the Howard street extension fund, and
that a warrant be ordered drawn in favor
OF II. s. Parcels for sl9.l8. payable out
Of the salary fund. 30 ordered.
THE COMMITTEE ON LANDS
Recommended that the petition Of s. c.
Hubbell for quit claim deed be granted.
Adopted.
Same to d. w. Myers. Referred back
to the committee.
On motion, the attention Of the City
Attorney was directed to the claim OF
the City In the Abba Tract, and he was
requested to investigate it.
THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS
RECOMMENDED that petition OF Geo.
Halter and others for sewer on Main
street between Winston and Seventh be
granted, and that the City Attorney be
Instructed to make the proper surveys
and estimates. So ordered.
Recommending that an ordinance be
passed prohibiting all persons from con-
Meeting with their neighbors' sewers in
side the street lines, and thus avoiding
their assessments. So ordered.
THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE AND WATER
Recomm. nded that the Clerk be instruct
ed to advertise for bids for 1000 feet OF
fire hose. So ordered.
Also that matter OF permitting Mrs.
Reynolds to erect a smokehouse be re-
fsrred to the Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department., with request to report. So
ordered.
THE COMMITTEE ON PARKS
Recommended that Clerk advertise for
bids to lay water supply pipe from To.
herman reservoir to Sixth street park,
according to specifications presented.
Adopted.
THE COMMITTEE ON zANJAs
Recommended on petition Of @. T. Vail
etal. that portion OF Zanja r be de-
clared public zania. Adopted.
On petition of Thomas Townsend ct al.
relating to location OF Nichols ditch, that
the City Surveyor make the necessary
survey to ascertain whether il is practi-
cable to run said ditch through Orange
street. Adopted.
Recommended that petition OF Jeffries
4 jackson to connect inch pipe with
Zsnja o.E. be granted, work to be done
under supervision OF the Zanjero, and
parties to pay for water. Adopted.
Recommended that the Clerk be in.
structed to advertise for bids for the
continuation OF the fumes from the west
aide Of Figueroa street to Co inns place.
Adopted.
Recommended that Zsnja Upper No.
on east side Of river be vacated.
Adopted. Mr.. Stearns explained his
vote by stating that, while opposed to
closing the zanja, II seemed to be neces.
sary for the time being.
Bids for excavating the lot for the
new City Hall were received as follows
Il. C. Burlingame, 45 cents per cubic
yard; Thos. Copley, 80 cents per cubic
yard; b. +. Donegan, 43 cents per cubic
yard. ~
Bids for laying fiume on Fieueroa
street were received as follows: Los
Angeles Cement Works, 81 per lineal
foot; P. King, 3S cents per lneal foot.
Councilman Jones introduced a resolu.
fion proposing an ordinance compelling
street car companies to nue.ber theii
cars, So ordered.
PETITIONS.
From +. Douillard for quit claim deed.
Committee on Lands.
From City Board of Education for
permission 70 move Central school build.
ing from tie crescent location across Tenn.
Die street and Cemetery avenue to lots
on Sand street. To Board OF Public
Works, with power 10 act.
From Albert Rimpau ct al, calling at
tsntion to the bad condition of ditch
No. S, which runs through the Childs
tract. To Committee on Zanjas.
From Oil Burning and Supply Com
pany for permission TO lay pipes in the
streets TO conduct oil to consumers.
On motion this and the following pc
titions were referred to the appropriate
committees without reading;
From f. Moulton ct al. tor supply
Of water to irrigate certain lands north
OF Also street.