Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-15
THE COUNCIL.
The Fire-Limits Fixed by
Ordinance.
STREET REPAIRING MATTERS.

The Cable Roads = Several New
Sewers = The Smallpox
Hospital.
The City Council met yesterday morn
ing. Present, President Humphreys and
Messrs. Hanley, Barrett, Moriarity, Teed,
Book, Cohn, Chandler, Collins, Gibbs,
Sinsabaugh, Lowell and Mathews.
A message from Mayor Workman ask
ing that the Council take early action to-
ward1 holding an election for Board of
Freeholders, to draft new city charter,
was referred to the City Attorney for his
opinion as to the powers OF the Council
in the matter.
A communication from the City Sur
veyor, containing a letter from Mr.. j. F.
Crank addressed to Mayor Workm an,
was read before the Council, asking that
the letter be read also. 1t referred to the
difficulty of laying the street railway on
Kurtz street, owing to the grade and the
railroad tracks necessary to cross to go
along Mission road to Kurtz street. Re-
ferred to the Board Of Public Works and
City Sur, syor.
DR.. Sinsabauph stated that o number
OF ladies were present in the interest of
appointinga Police Matrcn. Referred to
the City Attorney, with instructions to
draw up an ordinance.
An invitation addressed to the Council
to be present at the Memorial Day SER
vices on the 23rd was accepted. Mr..
Barrett asked that the matter OF the &C.
lection Of an Engine House on York
street, be reconsidered. Carried. He
then moved that the City Attorney be
instructed to draw up an ordinance au-
thorizing the Fire Commissioners to buy
Mr.. Waldron's lot on Washington street.
Deferred one week. Mr.. Barrett then
moved that the matter be reconsidered
next week. Carried. The Report of the
Board of Public Works, as published in
the HERALD, was read and adopted.
The report Of the special committee on
buildings recommended that change be
made in the vaults OF the new city hall
and that the cont act be let for $l,7OO to
John Hanlon. Carried.
Mr.. Barrett moved that the Street
Superintendent be instructed to remove
an old adobe building on San Pedro
street, just south of First, and that the
City Surveyor be instructed to define the
lines of the street. Carried.
DIR. Widney appeared in behalf OF the
property owners on First street, who
wanted to inquire whether or not asphalt
tum would stand the wear OF such traffic
as would come on First street from the
Santa re depot. He asked that if there
was any doubt in the matter, the people
be heard, as they would have a good
street, and would rather have it paved
with granite if the asphaltum would not
wear. Mr.. Barrett thought that asphalt
um would bear the wear better if pro-
perly laid than granite, unless the gran
ite be laid with an asphaltum bed, on
top of ten inch bed of crushed stone.
Mr.. Barrett moved that the Finance
Committee order the City Treasurer to
refund the money paid for a license by
Messrs. Rodman & Co., of the Turf FIX
change. Mr.. Chandler moved as an
amendment that the City Attorney be
instructed to draw an ordinance to re-
peal the ordinance granting license to
the Turf Exchange before the money be
refunded. Carried.
An ordinance calling special election
to elect fifteen freeholders to draft new
City Charter was passed, and the 3lst of
May was set for the election.
DIR. Sinsabaugh offered testimony re-
garding the rate of speed the Santa Fe
trains ran through the city limits, and
asked that the Council take action upon
it, as there was city ordinance prohib-
iting higher rate of speed than six miles
per hour Mr.. Collins moved that copy
OF the city ordinance be sent to the Su-
perintendents of the railroad companies,
and that the matter be referred to the
Police Commissioners with the suggestion
that the Chief of Police be ordered to
instruct his men 10 arrest every
engineer running his train faster, in the
city limits. than six miles per hour.
Carried
The Council then adjourned until 80
p. NJ.
Afternoon session.
The report of the Health Officer was
read and showed tifty-six deaths during
the month OF April. The Zanja Com
mittees' report was adopted as read. The
ordinance defining the fire limits, as pub
lished in the HERALD last Wednesday
morning were carefully read; was
amended by including the west side OF
Fort street between First and Temple
streets, and then adopted.
GEN. BALDwIN's REPORT.
General j. M. Baldwin sent in COM
munication calling attention to the COM
plex character OF the ordinance regulat-
ing the tearing up OF streets and suggested
q modification of the same. Ordinance
No. 337 provides that citizens desirous Of
connecting sewers must file a request
with the Superintendent of Streets and a
duplicate certificate from the City
Treasurer to the effect that he has de-
posit at the rate of 40 cents per square
foot to cover the restoration cost. A re-
ceipt for the sewer assessment must
also be presented. Then the permit is
issued by the Superintendent of Streets
and when the Board OF Public Works OF
other committee notifies the Street Sup.
erintendent that the restoration has been
accepted, he issues warrant to the party
who obtained the permit, who has the
warrant countersigned by the Auditor,
and then collects his money. General
Baldwin said he had not been notified as
to the committee whose duty it was tc
act in the matter. The custom had been
for the Superintendent OF Streets to issue
the warrants after passing upon the work
Of restoration, but he said that if the
city desired to act under ordinance No.
Q27 then q c0mmittna shOuld ba an