Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-17
stir I'm the Public Works.

antagonisms and knuckle down to the
real work Of advancing the material in
terests of the municipality, they could do
much to restore general confidence, i'm
prove business and attract people here
who will otherwise cast their fortunes IN
other directions. We have made good
beginning in paving some OF our princi-
pal streets. Nothing contributes more
to the attractiveness of q city than well
paved streets. But we should not stop
where we are. All the cross streets that
run east and west over the main thor
oughfares ought TO be paved. Let US
here ask, why is not Second street made
as passable as Third and Fourth and
Fifth and Sixth? And why is it that we
cannot get the projected improvements
of First street carried out? 1t does not
seem that the injunction two recalcitrant
property.holders have put upon the First
street viaduct improvement can be made
to hold on mere technically. The par,
ties obstructing this work agreed to
submit the matter to arbitration.
After decision was given they
we're not satisfied with it, and
seized upon some technical omission
in the organization of the board to get
out temporary injunction. 1t is plain
that they were satisfied with the consti-
tuition of the board up to the time they
rendered their decision. 1t was then too
late for them to plead technical defect
in the organization OF the board, for their
submission of the points in controversy
to the board as constituted was clear
waiver of the objection they now set up.
1t seems a common-sense conclusion
that the courts will ratify the action Of
the arbitrators and raise the injunction.
In the meantime the Council ought to
be able to devise means to finish the
work of improving First street, and open
this important thoroughfare clear to
Boyle Heights, the people OF which have
been shut out from easy access to the
business heart of the city for nearly a
year.
| 1t is certainly urgent that the Council
should infuse energy in the work pre-
liminary to getting our sewer system and
the outfall drain under practical
way. If we make no further pro-
gyess than has been apparent
since the new city government came
in, the year will be FILTERED away and
nothing done. If We have to meet legal
difficulties on the subject of issuing
bonds under the new Charter, the
sooner we get the question into position
to be tested before the courts, the sooner
We shall be able to carry out the work.
| All delay now throws the matter farther
back than is necessary. What the
Council wants to do is to push ahead.
The season is advancing rapidly. Will
ing laborers are here in force ready to
work. No better time could present
itself than the present TO carry out the
great improvement economically and to
the benefit of every interest in the city.
l The proposition to run a tunnel
through Third street, from Hill tc
j Flower, if it can be carried out, would be
of great advantage to the western portion
of the city. So would tunnel or cut
through First street to Olive be to the
i property on both sides of the hill. II
these two projects can be put under way
and carried out this season they will be
of general, as we'll as special, benefit.
i We take it that the expenditure of
large sums of money on public works
will not only be of permanent advantage
to the city in a general and prospective
sense, but it will give employment to a
large force of men who ere now idle and
who would, if employed, contribute
greatly to the revival of business. None
of the money that will be spent upon the
sewers or street improvements will go
out of the city. But all of it, or nearly
all CT it, will be brought here from the
sale of bonds, and help to strengthen us
in capitalistic sense. We shall proba.
bly, spend 100000 in building new
school-houses that are sadly wanted.
That will also help to tide US over the
temporary hard times now complained
about.
Let us have revival of work and &C.
tivities, with their concomitant inci ease
of circulation and business improve.
ment