Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-28
THE CROOKED CONTRACT
IL Knocks the Doodle Bonds
Completely Out.
HIGHER THAN GILDEROY,s KIrp
oitizens Changing Their Minds bv
tne Dozen on Mayor Hazards
Exposure of the Rose Contract

~ exposure of the Rose Contract
i Ii any advocate of the Ballona.
? bonds had fondly imagiped nr;oa ~
1 Yesterday, that his pet scheme could ;
s. any chance carry, he was too Wise
a, Daek DIS views by risking even one no,
y little yellow eagle on the pronos;t;o,
b u there were any who Thought so q a.,
Ine contract with Rose was publisbs
!; yesterday, and after the Mayors me,
s@ge mad laid bare the unheard-of wa
. 70 which that had been railroads
through, they were not verv nois
~ proclaiming that fact on III
street corners. 1t had the effect Of
revelation on devotee on the minds =
al sorts Of citizens when they read III.
papers Yesterday morning. Those wb,
opposed the Ballona-route bonds boforo
Inose who had said they would NO
snirns5 this work to the present Couacil
pointed to the terms OF this unparaileiad
contract as Justification of all thew hod
sdlu. Inc people who had beep sons. ma
wal IN doubt. who knew the Bsllono .
/ roote Objectionable, and who did not
took upon the Council as paragona of
misaom IN public affairs, found In tbis
uoh'Iace good reason for making IN their
lainds forthwith to vote "pou % ne~t
81 q rhfiday. Even the staunchest friands
sne oonda had before, men who
Mefe willing to waive ali sorts
minor objections against
pal.lcuiar plan in order to get soma
s{stem OF sewers, bad in mum hers
Hnsngeo their base, while Others were
~ etate OF doubt as to what their In,v
now 10; Ihe longer this class thouoht
oyer tne matter, and the more t6av
.a'Aea % OF IT,, the greater the number ~
.nem y VINO joined the great majority and
aeoiueo 70 vote against the Ballona
o1nas .I, scheme. They are getting to LOSE
all coincidence in the whole gang.
THE CITY ENGINEERS GRADES.
one citizen said he had fsyored tho
Ionus, ana that he had been deaf to oil
'oIecsions because he had such imnlic;t
.onndence IN Mr.. Eaton as an enoipaor
: out now he says he has lost that COL
ldence in the last few days. He | hos
property on Boyle Heights along tho j;na e
I FIRST street, between the new cchio
hglne house and the cemetary. Tn 1859
men Mr. Eaton was CITY Enoineep
nst street was graded according 10 Iave1s
iven by Mr.. Eaton. Whan tha
'ork wss done the street was ac'
opted, MIR. Eaton going thronoh tha
cen ftetti'dfdi9as. OF b is -nflina T,;s .raas
treet. The property holders confidence
q Mr.. Eaton as an engineer has been
udely shocked. He thought good sur
eyor would give the same levels in 1889
hat he gave in 1886. But Mr.. Eaton's
evels for the cable road track vary from
0 inches to 2 feet from those he gave for
rading three years ago. The ex admirer
f Mr.. Eaton is now of the opinion
hat his broken idol might make gross
rrors in the sewer system, and he does
lot propose to be blind follower of the
3allona route any longer.
ANOTHER EX-ADMIRER.
A citizen who heard this conversation
aid he had long been great admirer of
he City Engineer, but he had changed
lis mind since he had seen statements
70 ade in his name to the effect that storm
water drains OF five to nine feet in diam
ster would not add materially to
The expense OF sewer lines for
which capacity of as many inches
diameter would suffice. Another |
feature of the Bsllona route scheme had
shaken his devoted admiration for Mr..
Eaton as an engineer. That is the part
of the plan which contemplates the use
of the sewage at all points between the
city and the sea where it may be required
for irrigation in its natural state,
with all its imperfections on
its head, rank and foul as
it comes from the sinks and closets Of
the city, and then, when about to de-
bouch into the ocean, an elaborate sys-
TEN of filtration is to be put in play and
only pure water is to 60 into the multitu-
dinous seas. The second citizen thinks
this is enough to damn any system.
THIRD KICKER.
Then came kicker number three, with
his little scheme of objections. He said
that he owns property along the line OF
Temple street. where an enormous tax ls
to be levied for the improvement ID OF
that thoroughfare. In many cases the
tax for this work will be SO great that 1T
will hold the lot.owner's nose close to
the grindstone for whole year to pay
for it. If the sewer bond tax is added
to this, and then the assessment for lat
eral sewers piled like Pelion on Ossa,
the effect will be one of gen.
eral confscation of much OF the
property. This citizen is much in favor
of public improvements. He is willing
to pay all the money he can get for these
purposes, but when it comes to robblng
him OF his property to make the city the
rival of London in year, he sees the
desirability of the programme from a
general point OF view, but when he
comes to regard his own interests in the
premises he says he is against this Ill,
considered, blundering, bungling and
extravagant scheme.
WHAT INDIVIDUALS SAY.
| M. w. Childs said he would vote
''no," but that he had always been on
| that side. :,
D. Monroe said he would vote mo, )"
as he had always intended. He had
found four or Eve men during the day
who had changed from "yes" to "no" on
reading the Rose contract.
Geo. H. Mcclellan said he would sure
vote mo" m
Judge Austin said he was still for the
bonds, but Judge Dupuy, who stood by