Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-17
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Mayor Hazard vetoes the
License Ordinance.
THE BUENA VISTA STREET CUT.
Contracts Approved for the Build
ing Of Schoolhouses-The City
Attorneys Demand.

ing Of Schoolhouses-The City
Attorneys Demand.
The City Council met yesterday morn
ing, President Frankenield in the chair,
and Messrs. Bonsall, Shafer, Brown.
Hamilton, Van Dusen, McLain, Sum-
merland and Wirsching present.
Mayor Hazard returned without his ap-
proyal the ordinance fixing the license
rates with the following message:
ssThis ordinance provides thsta license
shall be charged for manufacturing
within the city the following articles.
viz: Flour, ice and soda. Manufacturing
ought to be encouraged. It provides q
license for and therefore permits slugging
matches. It il bad enough to tolerate
these brutal exhibitions, but I don't be-
lieve the average citizen and taxpayer
desires to legalize the same by permit
ting the participants to contribute to the
expense Of the government. 1t provides
. license for and therefore permits the
bills, circulars or other advertising mat
ter upon the streets, or in houses or yards
of the city. The tendency OF this ordi-
nance regarding wholesale liquor. dealers
would be to convert these Wholesale
liquor establishments into saloons, to
enable them to pay the license, or to
retire from the business, or transfer it to
San Francisco, because under the same
. Ia <,f1s t,vx
sample for IS per month, and thereby give
to the wholesale merchant in San Fran.
cisco an advantage over our local houses.
How can our houses compete with San
Francisco, when you impose burden on
them not borne elsewhere? 1t will not
decrease the traffic in any manner. It
will tend to increase the number OF places
where liquor is retailed, and divert to San
Francisco the bulk of the wholesale trade.
In this ordinance tax is levied on the
unemployed, in that it requires pay
ment of s. per month to carry on an
employment office. Assistance should
be given, rather than burden imposed.
This s. will eventually have to be paid
by persons seeking employment. The
Telephone Company, that is drawing
thousands of dollars monthly from our
city for the mere license or privilege
Of using the telephone, and largely mo-
nopolizing thereby the streets of the city.
is charged the paltry sum Of $15 per
month. None of the materials used in
their business is manufactured here;
even the Los Angeles list of subscribers
is printed in San Francisco"
Mr.. Ehafer moved that the vote by
which the ordinance passed be recon-
sidered. Carried.
Mr.. Shafer moved that the ordinance
be passed notwithstanding the veto of
the Mayor. Mr.. Wirsching thought
that some of the points of the Mayor
were we'll taken. He did not think that
manufacturers should be taxed, especi-
ally ~ they had to compete with San
Francisco houses.
Mr.. Van Dusen moved that the whole
matter be referred back to the commit
tee. Carried.
Mayor Hazard returned by request the
ordinance relating to the numbering of
houses, for amendment.
The clerk was ordered to refrain from
publishing the ordinance, which would
bscome law if published.
BgRNA VISTA STREET.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval the ordinance establishing the
grade of Buena Vista street, between
Temple street and Bellevue avenue,
with the following message:
IT return herewith without my ap-
proval an ordinance entitled 'An ordi-
nance declaring the intention of the
Mayor and Council of the city Of Lns
Angeles to change and establish the
grade of Buena Vista street from Temple
street to Bellevue avenue II would be
inexpedient at this time to change the
established grade on this street, as pro-
vided in this ordinance. Property-holders
have purchased property and built their
homes thereon with reference to the
grade, and they should not be disturbed
except when the public necessity de-
mands it. After this work is done at an
immense cost and the ruin OF all the
homes on the northerly site of the street
is permanently affected Gas q retaining
wall forty to fifty feet high would, owing
to its great cost, be impracticable), what
great public necessity will be subserved?
As residence portion it is not now ex-
celled anywhere in the city, aRd the i'm
provenent would destroy its value for
that purpose. 1t would not become
business property thereby. For what
purpose, then, are we to put these
property-owner to this great expense !;
to ruin their homes. and at the same
time destroy the beauty of that portion
of our city surrounding Fort hill, which
has become historic? 1t is claimed by
some that it would give traffic grade
between Fort street and Buena Vista
street. 1t would be only poor one at
best, not justifying the injury done and
the cost incurred. The object could, in
my judgment, be accomplished in much
better manner by running tunnel from
Fort street to the junction Of Buena Vista
street and Bellevue avenue, providing the
proper apertures for light and ventilation
and establishing therein appropriate
stairways to obtain access to the
tunnel from the street above. This
would be an improvement of great pub
lie importance and benefit that would
mot destroy the home Of any one and the
cost Of the same could be assessed on
property that would be benefited thereby
and instead of destroying the attractions
OF our city it would add to them"
Mr.. Shafer moved thst the vote by
which the ordinance passed be recon-
sidered. Carried.
Major Bonsall moved that the ordi-
nance be passed ever the veto. Car
ried.
THE CITY ATTORNEYS DKMANp.