Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-04
SCHOOL SITES.

several Selected, and the others to be
Re-advertised.
The City Council, as committee oi
the whole, met in conjunction with the
Board of Education yesterday morning
in the rooms of the Board of Education.
President Frankenfield in the chair and
the following present: Councilmen
Hamilton, Van Dusen, Wirsching,
Brown, Summerland and Messrs. Pom
eroy, Wood bury, Ellis, Cox, Whaling,
Frew. Gopser and Mcintosh.
The Chair called for the reports of the
members from the various wards upon
the school sites.
Mr.. Cox, of the First ward, reported
recommending the acceptance of the bids
of Sherman SIN ith in lot block Of
Mclean & Wilson's subdivision of Fort
Hill tract on Griffin avenue, $4,000; of
]. E. Yoakum for lots 6, 7, s and OF
the Vignes tract, 120x33O feet on Thomas
street, $4,000; and w. Willis for lots l, 2,
3 and 4, block N, Ella Hills tract, 81 900.
MIR. Frew, of the Second ward, asked
for further time, as also did Mn Pomeroy,
from the Third ward.
There we're no sites in either the
Fourth or Fifth wards, and Mr.. Hamil-
ton, from the Sixth ward, recommended
that the offer of G. 8. Arnold of lots 81,
so, ISL, 1872, 1873, 142, 143 and 144, block
B, Mead & Dalton tract. 160x260. 10 feet,
at $2S5 per lot, be accepted.
Mr.. Gosper, from the Seventh ward,
recommended that the offer of Mary A.
Denison of lots II, 19, 20, 81 and %, in
block B of Denison tract, 172 feet on
Ninth street and 224 on Stanford avenue,
for Sc, 900, be accepted.
Mr.. Whaling, from the Eighth ward,
stated that, owing to Mr.. Summerlsnd's
illness, ttey had not inspected the sites
together. He had, however, personally
looked at the sites offered, and had con-
cluded that those who had offered them
were trying to impose upon the city.
They had asked 500 per
front foot, and he had been
informed that the land adjoining
could be bought for $25 per front foot. 1t
would, in his opinion, be an imposition
on the city if the bids we're accepted,
and as there were only two, it looked
very much as if there had been collusion
between the bidders He moved that
the bids be rejected, and that the
City Clerk be instructed to re-ad-
vertise for bids for the site in his ward.
Mr.. Summerland asked that before
such action be taken q weeks further
time be granted in which the report
could be made.
Mr.. Whaling said that this was a
matter which could not we'll be deferred.
The prices asked were too large. A man
had called at his Office and offered the
adjoining property at $25 per front foot
There might be others in the neighbor-
hood who would offer land az cheap.
1t was suggested that there might be
other sites to be re-advertised. and that il
would be we'll to advertise them all TO-
gether, and Mr.. Whaling withdrew hi
motion.
Mr.. Wirsching, of the Ninth ward
recommended the acceptance of the fol
low ing offers: T. B. Henry, lots IL, 13
"a and 25 OF block B, Bird tract, s2 900
Ellen Jane Kensella. lots 1, 2, 8 and 4
Kensella's subdivision Of lot 6, block 7S
Hsncock's survey, So 600; W. II. Work
man, lot 150x300 feet on Euclid avenue
in lot of Workman and Hellman's sub
division of lot block II, Hancock's sur
vey, 81 800.
Mr. Pomeroy moved that those recon-
mer dad be referred to the Council fo
! approval, and that weeks further tim'