Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-27
Afternoon Session. /.

| Afternoon Session.
Mr.. Hitler moved that when the Coun
Gil adjourned it adjourn TO Friday morn
ling at 10 O'Clock. Carried.
! The matter of the construction Of 9
bridge over Aurora street came up, ant
Gen. E. E. Hewitt asked that action OF
lon the recommendation of the Board ol
Public Works be postponed until the
next meeting, as Judge Bicknell, who
represents the Southern Pacific Compa
my. was ill at home.
Mr.. Gibbs objected to any more post
ponement. The Aurora street matter
bad been up before the Council long
enough, and something ought to be done
at once to relieve the property owners.
On motion the matter was laid over
until Friday.
The Finance Committee recommended
that the bill for street sweeping be dis.
allowed. 1t was the opinion of the mem
bers of the Committee that the streets
were not properly cleaned by the con-
| tractor.
Mr.. Cohn said the sweeper only went
over the streets and smoothed over the
mud. He moved that the matter be re-
ferred to the Street Superintendent to
have the streets properly swept. Car
ried.
The committee referred back bill for
an extra room for the Street Superin-
tendent. The bill was ordered paid.
A bill of the Bituminious Lime Rock
Company for paving the intersections of
New Main and Alameda and Macy
streets was rejected.
The motion of G. p. johnson, that the
rent of the Haymarket would be raised
to 500 per month, was referred to the
Council without recommendation by the
Finance Committee.
Mr.. Lowell moved that this rent be
paid until some other place could be
found. Carried.
The bill of NJ. Clayton for decorating
the City Hall on July 4th was referred
back to him to present to the person
who authorized him to do the work.
Mr.. Cohn asked that the Council fix
upon the location of the courtroom for
the second City Justices court. He said
that if the court was taken to East Los
Angeles the rent would be cheaper. If
room was taken in the center of the
city the rent would be $50 per month.
On motion of Captain Barrett the FL
nance Committee was authorized to rent
a room at price not to exceed $50 per
month.
THE S. p. FRANCHISE.
Captain Barrett moved that the ordi-
nance granting the S. P. r. R. fran
chise be read. Mr.. Cohn moved that
the City Attorney report as to whether
the franchise as framed was correct
Lost.
Captain Barrett's motion was carried
The ordinance as presented by the
company was then read. 1t proposed to
grant right of way over the streets be-
tween San Pedro and Alameda streets
near Pine.
Mr.. Cohn called the attention of the
Council to the fact that the franchise
granted in 1875, along San Pedro street,
referred 10 in the new franchise, had
been revoked and another franchise
granted two years later.
Mr.. Knox, for the property holders,
offered amendments as follows: One to
the title, making it read for a single line
only of track. He also asked that the
copy be amended so as to include the
amendment offered by Mr.. Cohn last
week, dedieating the land between the
track and Pine street as public street.
He also offered amendments to the text,
making the paving of the streets and
changing the grades mandatory and also
requiring the removal of the track north
of Pine street within ten months. He
asked thata provision be inserted pro-
hibiting the construction of switches or
turnouts betw cen San Pedro and Ala.
media streets.
| Hon. S. M. White said that the COM
pany would agree to remove it's track on
San Pedro street 30 far as possible with
in ten months.
Mr.. Knox called attention to the offer
of Mr.. G. j. Griffith of the right-of- way
over the Briswalter property for SIS, 1000.
| Mr.. White asked if anything had been
said in the offer as to the money paid out
for the right of way by the company over
the proposed Pine street route.
MIR. Lambie said he had visited the
Briswalter estate and had found the route
practicable.
Mr.. Lunt for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company said that the Pine street
line would be 10, ,846 feet while that on
the Briswalter property would be II ,297
feet, or about one-half mile longer.
Hon. S. M. White said that the COM
pany had no objections to the wording in
making the track single line as pro-
posed. He said that he had personally
attempted to get the track off San Pedro
street to benefit property of his own and
had subscribed money.
AS to the offer of Mr.. Griffith, there
was nothing tangible in it, and if it had
been made in the first instance it might
have been entertained, but coming as
late as the present it could not be con.
sidered. AS to dedicating the land he
thought that this was an onerous condi.
ton.
Mr.. Cohn offered the amendments as
proposed by Mr.. Knox.
Captain Barrett said he had no objec.
ton to the amendments, as to the Ian
guage Mr.. Knox offered to change. The
only thing he did object to was the pro-
position to force the company to donate
the land which it intended to use to the
city for street purposes.
Mr.. Cohn moved that the ordinance be
referred to the Board of Public Works to
amend and bring back in shape.
Captain Barrett moved that the mat
ter be taken up at once and the amend
ments be voted upon. Carried.
The amendments were then inserted
without objection until that one provid
ing for the dedication of the land was
reached.
i Captain Barrett moved that this amend.
ment be rejected. Carried, Messrs
Teed and Humphreys voting against it
Mr. Huro Dbroyo ovp1o;no1 <bo< T..