Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-25
THE COUNCIL.
A Lively Tiff at the Morn
ing Session.
NO DAY LABOR ON THE SEWERS
Preparing to Call Elections for the
School and Sewer Bonds.
Other Business.

Brown, Hamilton, Shafer, Bonsall, Me-
Lain and Summerland present.
The bids for building the counters for
the offices in the new City Hall were
opened, as follows:
ID. A. Mantle Co, 81, 632; E. M. Ha-
vens, $3,675; A. H. Andrews & Co., of
Oh icago, $2,791; W. R. Phelps, 81, ,432.
Referred to the Building Committee.
Mayor Hazard returned, without his
approval, by request, the ordinance es-
tablishing the grade of Second street and
Belmont avenue. The vote adopting the
ordinance was reconsidered and the or
dinance was laid on the table.
Mayor Hazard returned, without his
approval, the demand of H. S. Warner
for $50 damages, caused by the erection
of the Downey Avenue bridge, on the
ground that Warner does not own any
property there. Reconsidered and re.
ferred to the finance Committee.
The City Auditor reported the Sprink-
ling Fund 81, 700 short, and $15, 900 in the
Cart Fund and $4,000 in the Salary
Fund. Referred to the Finance Com.
mittee.
The Street Superintendent reported
that all except three property-owners on
the north line OF Washington street had
moved back to the property line. The
City Engineer was instructed to give the
Street superintendent the lines of the
the street, and the Street Superintend-
ent was instructed to clear the street of
distractions.
The report OF the Board of Public
Works, as published in Saturdays
HERALD was read and adopted.
The proposition to widen First street,
between Los Angeles street and the
river, was postponed for week.
The matter of granting franchise to
the Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale
Railway Company was postponed for
one week, and the Cit, Engineer was re-
quested to propose the best line for the
railway.
An ordinance granting to Thos. Kelly,
VIM. Wright, o. A. Ivers. J. s. Malt.
man and E. E. Hall, a franchise for
street railroad commencing at the inter-
section of Reservoir street and Montana
avenue, and running thence in an east
erly direction along Reservoir street to
Elysian Park avenue, along the latter
avenue to Bellevue avenue, to New High
street, to Sonora street, to the east line
of Main street, was read and adopted.
A resolution instructing the Health
Officer to abate nuisance at the corner
of Eleventh and Grand avenue was read
and adopted.
A representative of an East Los Ange-
les organization appeared and asked that
the Health Officer be allowed to appoint
an inspector for East Los Angeles.
There were premises over there that he
thought were in bad order, and if an in
spector visited the houses the nuisances
could be abated. He was informed that
the Board of Health had been allowed
an extra inspector at the last meeting of
the Council.
The City Attorney presented the fol-
lowing opinion:
At your last meeting you referred resolu-
ton adopted at q mass meeting at the Court
House, June 16, 1889, asking that the sewers
by day labor. eight hours day; and that no
Chinese labor should be employed. ! suppose
II was referred to me for an opinion as to
whether or not the city should construct these
sewers by day labor, instead of letting 1t to the
lowest responsible bidder. The law of March
10, 1889, authorizing the Issuance of bonds for
the purpose of constructing sewers, and
alko directing the steps to be taken as
to plans and estimates and the man
ner of construction, and which law is the
one under which the Council must proceed, is
construction of, or completion of any work or
Improvement, as for furnishing labor or mate
rial therefor. as herein provided, shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder. The Legislative
branch of the municipality shall advertise for
at least ten days in one or more newspapers
published in the municipality, inviting sealed
proposals for furnishing the labor and mate
rails for the proposed improvements before
any contract shall be made therefor. The leg
islative branch shall have the right to require
such bonds as they may deem best from the
successful bidder to insure faithful perform
ance of the contract work. They shall also
have the right to reject any and Ill bids. From
the reading of the above IL will be seen that tn @
Council has no discretion in the matter, and
that the work must be let to the lowest respoL-
sib'e bidder. am of the opinion that
the proper method to be adopted in order that
the city may have this work done at the lowest
possible cost and in the shortest lepgth of
time, and at the same time furnish the. most
employment to the unemployed now in our
city would be to divide this work into as many
sections or divisions as would produce the
most competition and that each section or
division be let separately This being city
eight hours labor shall constitute a days
work, and that no Chinese labor shall be en-
ployed in the construction of the work, and
that no materials can be used which have been
made by Chinese labor.
Carl Browne appeared and delivered a
long Grafton on behalf of day labor, in
which he held that it could be done. He
also referred to cartoon of the City A
torney which appeared in the Cactus.
When he had concluded, City Attorney
Mcfarland jumped to his feet and
started to reply, saying, when first
knew this man, Browne, he was black
mailing people;" and, as Browne had
intimated that he was standing in with
the contractors, he wanted to say that
he was liar.
Browne jumped up and called Mr..
Mcfarland to order, and then both
talked at each other, Browne saying that
he had not accused Mcfarland of stand
ing in with the contractors, and City
Attorney Mcfarland telling Browne to
''Sit down."
Browne: "I won't sit down."
Mcfarland: "it is a disgrace to allow
such a man as Browne to talk as he has
about the Council, and he should be
thrown out by the sergeant-at.arms."
Browne-"It would take bigger man
than you to throw me out"
Mr.. Mcfarland continued, saying that
Browne made money by blackmailing
people, and he proposed to tell the peo-
pie what he thought of him. He
wouldn't attempt to discuss the law with
him. "Think of the impotence of him
Why, he compared himself to the hero
of the Johnstown food, and shouldn't
be surprised but he would compare him
self with Christ"
President Frankenfeld here interfered
and called for order.
Browne obtained the floor and said
that he wished to say that it was becom-
ing common to call a man blackmailer,