Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-07
THE COUNCIL.
Another Ordinance Passed
Over the Mayors Veto.
THE CABLE ROAD FRANCHISE
The Electric Road Franchise-The
Council Desires Investigation
by the Grand Jury.

The CITY Council met yesterday MORN
ing, President Frankenfeld in the chair,
and Messrs. Wirsching, Van Dusen,
Brown, Hamilton, shafer, Summerlsnd,
McLain and Bonsall present.
Mavor Hazard returned, without his
approval, the ordinance providing for
appointment of Deputy City Treasurer,
Deputy City Auditor and Deputy City
Tax Collector, and cent in message as
follows:
return herewith without my approval, an
ordinance providing deputies for the City
Auditor City Tax Collector ana Oity % 1n,
honorable body TO loan the city money, Pur
suant to the terms of the Charter. to the Los
Angeles Savings BanH Htv tnefeGiy yom 81 20 10
$1,000, as in my Judgment incompatible with
an economic administration of its affairs. In
my first message ! called attention 10 t thst
this money shall be loaned. No attention
seems to have been paid to it, however. l then
requested the City Clerk to advertise i1r BIDS,
Angeles Savings Bank offered to pay 3
per cent. interest on the daily balances tor
the privilege of receiving and dlspurslng
ates a Deputy City Treasurer, with salary to
be paid by the city, to assist the City treasurer
in doing this work. lem at loss to- under
stand what consideration OF public interest
could induce your honorable body to deliber
ately ignore the plain language of the organic
law, and thereby entail this loss on the city.
Justify it, To obtain the custody of these pub
lie funds large amounts OF money have been
expended on each recurring election, and to
take this corruptiDg influence out OF politics
rrfca pr0vicfCu Of the Charter. that
this money should be loaned to the highest
bidder, was inserted. 1 regret exceedingly
that the action Of ySrr
the new Charter. This ordinance provides, in
addition to the Deputy Treasurer, for Deputy
Tax Collector and Deputy City Auditor, both OF
which offices, in my judgment, are neces-
sery, but combining, as it does, the Deputy
Treasurer, cannot sign 1t.
Mr., Shafer moved that the vote adopt
ing the ordinance be reconsidered. Car
ried. He also moved that the ordinance
be passed over the Mayors veto. Carried
unanimously.
Justice Ovens asked for a further
leave of absence of twenty days.
Granted.
Reports of the City Assessor, Justice
Stanton, Justice Austin, Mayor Hazard
(for water sales), City Clerk iced Con
licenses issued), and City Tax Collector
Thompson licenses collected, were read
and referred to the Finance Committee.
Street Superintendent Morford reported
that he ould not accept the gravel used
in grading Patton street. Received and
filed.
A communication from R. R. Brown,
in reference to the sewer on Main street,
was read and placed on file.
The City Attorney moved that the
petition of P. Ballerino, for damages
caused by flood, be denied. Adopted.
Mr.. Wirsching moved that the city do
not pay for the grading of the intersec-
tions of Courthouse street. Carried.
An ordinance providing for an inspector
of lights, was referred to the Gas Com
An ordinance declaring sewer on
Olive street public sewer, was referred
to the Sewer Committee.
The report of the Board of Public
Works, as published in the HERALD on
Saturday, was read and adopted.
The consideration Of the ordinance
granting franchise to the Los Angeles
Cable Company was laid over until after
noon.
An ordinance widening Los Angeles
street, between First and Second, was
read and adopted.
The Zanja Committee recommended
that the City Clerk advertise for bids for
building the Zapja Madre across First
street. Laid on the table.
Also recommended that John Richards
be allowed to put boats On reservoir No.
5. Adopted.
The ordinance providing for the re-
moval of the poles on Seventh street was
read.
Colonel Rowland said that he had
completed arrangements with Eastern
parties to change the entire system, and
he expected to be able to have the road
in working order in three months, and
perhaps in sixty days. He desired to
make the Seventh etreet branch the
model road of the city. He had COM
menced work and would go ahead if per-
mitted.
Mr.. Mcdonald appeared on behalf OF
the property owners and Objected to any
further continuance. He did not want
the electric road nor the poles.
Mr.. F. Sabichi also objected to fur
Their continuance of the matter. He pre-
scented a petition from the property own
ers, asking that there be no further time
rather have no road than to have the
poles.
The ordinance was lost by vote of 5
to 4.
The Finance Committee reported as
follows:
Recommend that the petition of Anna NJ.
Clapp be referred to the Street superintendent
to ascertain whether the pine-foot strip has
been laid, and II not why not. Adopted.
Recommend that the petition of Peter Bach
man be granted, and that he be given the ex-
elusive use of the fence around the city yard,
East Les Angeles, for one year. upon the pay
ment of $50 in advance. Adopted.
Recommend that the petition of J. Downey
Harvey aud Geo. F. Bixoy for rebate of taxes
on account OF mortgage assessment errors be
Recommend that the petition of Elizabeth
Hofnder for rebate of assessment be denied.
Adopted.
sales of water for April be filed. Adopted.
A recess was taken at this point until
afternoon.
Afternoon session.
Mr.. Van Dusen moved that the Street
Superintendent be instructed to open
Barbee street. He said that it had been
a street for number of years, and had
lately been closed. Referred to the
Board of Public Works.
Mr.. Van Dusen moved that the City
Engineer be instructed to propose a
grade for street to run between North
DAILY street and North Griffin avenue.
Referred to the Board of Public Works
The ordinance granting franchise to
the Second Street Gable Road for an
extension from Belmont avenue to the