Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-15
THE COUNCIL.
The Retrenchment Commit
tee is Discharged.
NINTH STREET STORM DRAIN,

Proposals Received for More School
Sites - The DOwney-avenue
Location Dismissed.
The CITY Council met at 10 O'Clock yes.
terdav morning, President Frankenfeld
in the chair, and Messrs. Wirsching,
summerlapd, Van Dusen, Hamilton,
Brown, shafer and McLain present.
The Mayors message upon the re-
trenchment ordinance, published in the
HERALD, was received, and it was stated
that it had been read by all the Council
men.
Mr.. Shafer moved that the vote
whereby the ordinance was passed be
reconsidered. Carried.
Mr.. Summerland moved that the veto
be sustained.
Mr.. Shafer moved that the message be
referred to the Retrenchment Commit
tee. Carried.
The Street Superintendent, upon his
own request, was given permission to
have tho intersection of Kipp and Orange
streets graded.
The Street Superintendent asked what
was to be done with the garbage which
had not been burned since the 9Th inst.
Mr.. Hamilton moved that the City At
torney see that the contractor for burn
ing the garbage carries out his contract.
Carried.
The City Attorney reported that as the
contractor for the building of the City
Hall had complied with the terms of his
contract, and as the time during which
liens conld be 6led had passed, there was
no reason why the balance due should
not be paid. Referred to the Finance
Committee.
The City Attorney reported that there
was no reason why the Council should
return the deed Of the franchise to the
Cahuengs Valley railroad. Received
The City Attorney reported in the mat
ter Of the Downey avenue and Thomas
street lot, that the Council could reject
the bid if it saw fit, as no contract had
been signed. Received and filed.
Mr.. Van Dusen moved that the site
offered by Mr.. Yoakum and formerly &C.
cepted be accepted and contract signed.
Mr.. Gordon, q resident on the east
side, asked permission to talk about the
matter. He said that there was no per-
sonal feeling in the matter and he should
only speak as to the interests of the
schools. If these interests we're filed by
the lots selected, then they should be
taken. If they were not, then another
site should be taken. He bad petition
which he said was signed by sc of the
100 heads of families whose children
would 60 to the school. He asked that
the Council take steps to find whether or
not these 80 we're not q majority of the
people who would be in the school dis
trict. The petition, which objected to the
site on the grounds heretofore stated, was
read. The speaker said that better lots
for size and for location could be OBJ
tanned for less money.
Mr.. Prescott, another resident of East
Los Angeles, appeared and said that the
opposition to the site selected was en-.
tirely from lot of soreheads, who had
sites to sell themselves. He thought
that the site should be selected, espec-
tally as his petition was longer than the
one in opposition.
Mr.. Van Dusen said that the majority
Of the people residing in the vicinity Of
the school were in favor of the Yoakum
site. He said he saw Mr.. Nieswender in
the audience and he would like to ask
him whether he ever said the Council
could be bought for IS per head.
Mr.. Nieswender said that he had
never said it and never would, but If the
Council wished he would tell just what
he did say.
This was not desired and Mr.. ,Shsfel
moved that the matter be postponed
second, and Mr.. VanDusen's motion
that the contract with Mr.. Yoakum be
accepted, was carried and the Mayor
was requested to sign the contract.
Contracts with E. ]. Kinsella, Mary
A. Denison and G. L. Arnold for school
sites were read, and the Mayor was re-
quested to sign the same in behalf OF the
city.
An ordinance regulating the speed Of
railroad trains was read and adopted.
An ordinance providing for the re-
movsl of garbage was read and adopted.
Action on the ordinance providing for
the widening of Seventh street was de.
ferred for one week, upon request of the
property owners.
Messrs. Hamilton and McLain were
appointed as committee to assist the
City Attorney in revising the license
ordinance.
The City Engineer reported that
sin the matter of the accumulation Of
storm water south of Ninth street
and east of Main, which was referred
to this Office for a solution of the diff
Guilty, / have to report as follows: The ex-
eessive flow in this vicinity is caused by the
diversion of the waters of Main and Spring
streets through drain. discharging into Ninth
street east of Main, also by the overflow of the
Wall-street storm drain at Fifth and Sixth
streets az the manholes and catch basins. This
In San Pedro street, into which the Wall-ktreet
drain discharges, Is taxed beyond its capacity.
even during light rains. The water spouted
out at the manhole in Sixth street during the
rains Of last winter. There is sufficient
fall to get the Wall-street drain into the
zanja at San Pedro and Ninth streets,
but it is apparent that the piping of this drain
to the above mentioned point would only trans
fer the nuisance farther south. The pipe
would overflow at Ninth street, just as it does
now at Sixth street. AS to the difficulty at
Ninth and Main, can see no means Of abating
the nuisance at this point except by causing
the water to flow down Main street, as hereto
FORE 1t would be money thrown away to con-
meet the drain now discharging into the Ninth
street gutter with the zapja st San Pedro
street, for the said zapja will not carry any
more water. would respectfully call your at
tention to the manner in which lots are being
filed in the vicinity of Orange and Logan
streets. and Logan and Seventh, thus obstruct-
ing the waterway of the Arroyo crossing,
Orange street, west of Logan. If some provis.
ION is not made to get the water across Seventh
street, Sand street and portion OF Logan