Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-06
THE COUNCIL.
Second Street Cable Fran.
chise Denied.
PROPERTY OWNERS OBJECTIONS
Intended Improvements Acted On
by the City Fathers-New
Names for Streets.

The City Council met yesterday morn
ing in adjourned session, President
Franken6eld in the chair, and Messrs.
Brown, Van Dusen, Wirsching, Hamil-
ton, Shafsr, McLain and Summerland
present.
The City Auditors report on the re-
port of the Water Overseer was referred
to the Finance Committee.
The City Engineer reported that the
cost of regarding portion OF First street
east Of Chicago street would be about
$500. The Street Superintendent was
instructed to do the work.
The City Engineer reported that more
than majority Of the property owners
on Second street pro o'ested against the
granting of franchise to the Second
street Gable Company. Received and
fled.
An ordinance of intention to sidewalk
Hill street between Second and Pico was
read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to pave New
High street with porphyry was read and
laid over.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment Of Incidental expenses connected
with the paving OF streets by private
contract was read and adopted.
Ordinances permitting the property
owners on Maple avenue, Louisiana ave-
nue., Adams street, York street and Pros
pect street to grade by private contract
were read and adopted.
The report of the Board of Public
Works, as published in the HERALD, was
read and adopted.
The matter OF the Second. street Gable
Company's petition for a franchise to
extend its line came up, and Mr.. Swain,
on behalf of the company, after reciting
the decision of the court on the Cahuenga
Valley railroad franchise, asked that the
Council give the company its rights.
There appeared to him to be no reason
why franchise should not be granted for
q steam road. He said the company had
applied for franchise for an extension
and it had not been granted, and seeing
nothing ahead, it did not seem worth
while to operate the road and it shut
down. This was not done as o bluff.
Now the company asked for something
it could use. This was a franchise to
Alvarndo street and the franchise to the
Cahuenga road. If these were granted
he promised that the present cable road
would commence to run again in three
days.
Mr.. Meserve appeared and stated that
the property owners objected to the
granting of the franchise for the exten-
sion of the line to Alvarado street, and
there was a majority of the residents on
the street who objected to the line. They
had in view the building of line alone
First street to the city limits, and if thif
franchise were granted it would effectu
ally shut out any other line.
Mr.. Mailman said he owned number
of feet along the line of the street be
tween Belmont avenue and the city
limits, and he decidedly objected to the
granting OF the franchise. He recited 6
case which occurred in the court, in
which Mr.. Mclaughlin had claimed thai
his Cahuenga valley franchise was 9
nullity, and yet he came into the Coun
Gil and asked that he be given fran
chise to cover this nullity. He was O
the opinion that the Second-street Cable
Company simply wanted its franchise
extended short distance so as to shu
o1t any other line that might desire te
run to the city limits.
Mr.. Swain said that Mr.. McLaughlir
had expended nearly 5000, 900 on thu
road, and if he were not granted wha
he asked this would be lost. Rather
than run the road as at present, he
would prefer to drop the whole thing.
The Clerk then read the franchise, ant
the ordinance granting the franchise
was lost, every Councilman votinl
against its adoption.