Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-24
THE WEST ENDERS.
They Meet and Discuss the
Situation.
SCHOOL SITES AND CABLE ROADS
The High School Location Talked
About-Street Grades and Street
Car Transfers.


Car Transfers.
Owing doubtless to the irclemency ol
the weather the attendance at the meet.
ing of the West End Board of Trade last
night was very slim, there being bui
seventeen people present, including re.
porters. John Sherman was elected a
member of the board. The question oil
a site for school.house was then brought
up. and Councilman McLain, who was
present, was asked what provision the
Council and Board Of Education had
made for the better accommodation of the
children in the vicinity of Temple street.
He replied that as yet no site had been
selected, but he believed thai the
City Clerk had been authorized, and
had already done 30, to advertise
for bids for the raising of the present
Temple. street schoolhouse, and building
d four new rooms underneath it. Mr..
Ellsworth Was opposed to this scheme
unless further appropriation was made
for the building of another schoolhouse
west OF Union avenue, between First
street and Bellevue avenue. He said
Mat there were over 2GG houses neg.
Pine and Pearl streets which were totally
unprovided with school facilities, and
suggested that a building be erected
there. Mr.. E. E. Galbreth was of the
opinion that it would be very
much better for the citizens
If the Temple-street school was
raised SO that graded school could be
made out of it. He therefore moved
that the West End Board of Trade recon-
mend and request the proper authorities
to provide four additional rooms at the
Temple-street schoolhouse, and also a
four-room school building west of Union
avenue and between First street and
Bellevue avenue. The motion was
carried, and the Secretary was instructed
to transmit copy of the resolution to the
City Council and Board Of Education.
Major Frew, when asked how the mat
Ter of the High School site stood, replied
that he was not prepared to speak upon
that subject. He said, however, that he
believed that the Board of Education
had advertised for sites before the bonds
were voted for, SO as to pacif7 the reei-
dents in the south end of town. Though
he did not vote for the motion, enough
OF his brother members of the board did
SO to carry it through. Councilman
McLain stated in reply to an inquiry
upon the came subject, that the matter
had not yet been brought before the
Council. He thought, however, that
there was very little doubt as to the re-
suit, as the advantages offered by the
CASTELAR, street site and the lack of suf-
ficient funds to purchase any other
would point to that as the only one.
Mr.. Ellsworth, of the Gas Committee,
reported that he had seen Mr.. Summer
land with view of obtaining an electric
light mast at Beaudry avenue and Tenn
pie street, and 60.foot mast had been
ordered. When the light was erected,
however, 40 foot pole, ten feet of which
was in the ground. had been put up in
stead of the one ordered, and in conse-
quence of this action, several of the
streets which would otherwise have been
benefited, were still unlighted.
Mr.. Wedgwood of the Street Com
mittee, reported that when First street
was graded, that section of it between
Union avenue and Alvarado street had
not been curbed with cobble stones, and
in consequence of this oversight the
roadbed was being washed out by the
rains.
The same gentleman brought up the
matter of the Second-street cable railroad
franchise, which had been made spe.
cial order for the evening. He said that
he thought that it was not exactly the
proper thing for the Council to extend
the franchise to a defunct company,
and that it would be doing
the people of that section a
great injustice. 1t was generally
understood that Mclaughlin wanted to
get the franchise only for the purposes OF
speculation, and, in fact, he had openly
stated that he would not extend his road
foot. Property all along the road had
deprecated on account of the loose man.
ner in which the road had been run
under McLaughlin's management. He
suggested that forfeiture clause be
inserted in the franchise, making him
contract to build the road within a
certain time or forfeit the whole
franchise. Mr.. Lyons stated that good
and sufficient bonds were required by
the Council before any franchises we're
granted. Several others followed with
condemnatory remarks upon McLaugh-
Inns management of his road, when
Mr.. McLain said that in justice to himself
and the Council he was bound to say
that he thought that the people should
wait until the Council had acted
on the matter before making adverse
criticisms. He agreed with the speakers
exactly in the matter of Mclaughlin,
and he thought that the matter would
be fixed up 30 as to carry out the very
things asked by the people.
MIR. Phillips stated, in reply to ques.
tlon as to what prospect there was for q
new management, that Mr.. Robinson, oi
the Los Angeles Gable Railroad Com
pany, had stated that if the hill was
cut through he would forward the pro
position to Chicago, but he personally
was not empowered to act.
Colonel Daily presented a communica
ton from che Temple-street Railroad
Company in response to the proposition
of the board to furnish transfers on al
lines in the city limits. The company
said that though desirous of doing all IL
its power to aid the West End, it was MOI
in a position to accept any proposition
which would mean large reduction O.
it's revenue.
Another was read from the manager O
the Main-street and Agricultural-parl
road, in which he said the matter woulC