Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-30
Its Work for This Week
Concluded Yesterday.
THE MISSION ROAD WATER PIPE.
City Surveyor Lambie 'ESubmits a
Protest Against Paying Contract
Ors WithOutEHis Report.

Q0clQ6 Cu0 duOuut VI udmd6O C"uOou Ny
blasting on Orange street, was read and
fled, the recommendation having been
acted upon at the last meeting.
The City Attorney also gave it as his
opinion that an ordinance could be passed
giving the Southern California Lumber
Company permission to construct spur
from the Alameda street track of the
Southern Pacific Company. Received
and placed on file.
The City Attorney also recommended
that action in the opening of Sixth street
be postponed until after the new charter
is placed in operation. Received and
fled.
The Fire Commissioners recommended
that G. w. Shredder be allowed $35 for
damages caused by collision between a
fire engine and his buggy.
Mr.. Cohn stated that under the char
ter the city was not liable for damages,
and the motion to pay the bill was lost.
An ordinance abandoning the portions
of Downey avenue and First street to be
covered by bridges, was read and laid
over for a week.
The Zanja Committee recommended
that the Bill of Harper &H Reynold for
repairing the Nichols ditch be disalowed
on account of the poor work performed.
Carried.
The Street Superintendent reported
that the hydrant of the East Side Water
Company had been removed by the EN-.
ployees Of the company.
Mr.. Chandler moved that the officer
placed to watch over the hydrant and
prevent it from being moved be taken
away.
Mr.. Collins moved that all proceed
ings against the East Side Water Com
pany be dismissed.
Mr.. Hawley held that it was the duty
of the City Council to see that the law
was carried out.
Captain Barrett moved as substitute
for the whole that the Street Superin-
tendent replace the hydrant and the
officer be discharged from the force if he
had been instructed to prevent the hy-
drant being removed and had let it be
torn down.
referred to the Police Commission.
Mr.. Sinsabaugh said that Mr.. Hazard
said that he was not operating under the
franchise granted to the East Side Water
Company and he would like to know
under what he did operate under.
The City Attorney said that Mr.. Haz-
ard had no franchise if he was not operat-
ing under the East Side Water Com
pany's franchise.
Mr.. Cohn said that the matter should
not be allowed to rest without the city in
sistiDg on its rights.
Captain Barrett thought it was about
time that the city's right was upheld.
Mr.. Chandler said that all action in
the matter should be determined by the
opinion of the City Attorney. If Mr..
Hazard was working under the East Side
Water Campany's franchise, then the
franchise should be forfeited. If not,
then the rights of the city in the matter
should be determined by the City Attor-
ney.
The franchise granted to the East Side
Water Company, which Mr.. Collins said
was the franchise under which Mr..
Hazard is working, was read.
Mr.. Chandler moved that the City At
torney draw an ordinance repeating the
franchise. If it did not belong to Mr..
Hazard it would do no harm, and if it
did belong to Mr., Hazard, then he would
come before the City Council.
Mr.. Cohn said that there was no State
law which provided that anybody could
put pipes in the streets without fran
chise or without proper permission from
the Council.
Mr.. Book moved that the matter be
referred to the City Attorney.
The City Attorney said that the ordi-
nance could OILY be forfeited by taking
the matter into Court.
cta fbok
Superintendent be instructed to put the
hydrant in and have it protected.
Mr.. Cohn and Mr.. Bosbyshell agreed
with Mr.. Hanley and Captain Barrett.
Captain Barrett's motion to instruct
the Street Superintendent to replace the
hydrant and that sufficient mum ber of
police be placed there to protect it was
carried.
The City Surveyor presented the fol-
lowing communication
GENTLEMEN: Il notice in the published
proceedings of the Council of the goth
inst. that E. G. Burlingame was allowed
the sum of $4,000 on his contract on Grif-
fin avenue. This am satisfied was done
without thought as to the consequences
that might follow, it being out of the
proper channel for the settlement of such
matters, heretofore all allowances having
been made through me. By acting in
this way behind me, serious conse-
quences might follow, and 1 will cite
case in which the same man came very |
near getting $4,000 on his Kurtz street |
account more than had been allowed !
him and more than he had asked. He |
had previously applied to me some three !!
weeks before for the sum of $4,000 on &C.
count, but the work being in such an un-
satisfactory state, refused at that time
to give him anything on account, and he |
threatened to 90 behind me and get it
through the Council. Some two weeks
after that he having done considerable
work allowed him $4,000 on account,
supposing that his previous claim had
been thrown aside, but some time after
that happened to be present at the FL
nance Committee meeting when they
were approving and signing bills, and
this bill Of $1,000, which had previously
refused to sign was mentioned by Mr..
Book, who had lately been added to the
Finance Committee, and was not familiar
with the routine of these matters, and
had not been present would probably
have signed it without knowing that it |
was wrong.
1 think you all know me as just man
and one not calculated to have any per-
sonal feelings where my official duties
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