Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-25


has 100 acres of land to bet that the
bonds do not carry.
JOE MULLALY.
The veteran Joe Mullaly said he would
vote "no" on the bonds. He said he
would vote 80 because he thinks the pro-
posed scheme is bad one, and wrong.
GENERAL MCDONNELL.
General Mcdonnell said he was opposed
to the bonds for many sound reasons
which he had not time to explain at that
time.
J. t. STEWARD.
J. T. Steward said he was in favor of
the bonds. He does not go into the
merits of the system; he wants sewers
on almost any terms. He has studied
the proposed plan with some care, but
| thinks he knows more about dry goods
than sewers. He is in favor of all kinds
of public improvements, and therefore
he favors the sewers. He would like al
ways to see the public money economic
| ally expended.
c. X. wALRATH.
G. X. Wslrath said he would vote
"no' on the bonds. So would his son
George; 80 would his neighbor W lille
Wright, who was at one time an advo-
cate of the Ballopa route. So will Mr..
Cham mberlain, another neighbor of Mr..
| Walrath, vote mo-" Still another
neighbor, Mr.. Waldeck, opposes the
proposed scheme and will vote "no."
There is cold comfort for the bonds in
that section of the city.
C. B. wooDHEAD.
G. B. Woodhead said he was very
| r1uph in ia ynr 0f oaUarc buf yary nuph
opposed to the Ballona route. He thinks
that before three years all the sewage in
the city will be clamorously wanted for
irrigation below the city.
B. W. LEE.
B. w. Lee said he would vote for the
bonds. There ought to be sewers, and
the effort to get them ought to be made.
The proposed plan he thought might be
improved on. He thought it would be
better to get the inside system completed
and then to get the outside outfall built.
SEWER ADVOCATE.
One of the great advocates of the Ba-
Iona route was found talking to Mr..
Ponet and Mr.. Orr. His name is with.
held for Chsrity's sake. His converse
ton was the worst for the sewer men
during the day. He said he would
vote for the bonds, but that he was
very sorry the discussion has come up.
He thinks the city's reputation has
been greatly injured by the Incorporate
and false statements made by the papers
which advocate the bonds. In the
opinion of this gentleman the health of
this city is far better than that of any
city in the world of the same size. He
says there is no diphtheria of any &C.
count here. He says further that storm
water drains should not be built at this
time, and that while he will vote for the
bonds, he would like very much
better to have an opportunity
to vote for better plan, that would cost
the city about one-third as much as the
extravagant scheme he will vote for.
He thinks such plan could be put be-
fore the people.
W. j. A. SMITH.
w. J. A. Smith said he is for sewers,
but not for the Ballona plan. The sew
age ought to be used for irrigation. The
present plan is very extravagant one.
Here are a good many opinions. If
the city generally stands at these voters
do, the bonds have no more chance OF
carrying than water has in a sieve.
A COUNCIL m mantc RAID upon POOI
Men.
EDITORS HERALD.-One of the most
unscrupulous, cold.blooded, arbitrary
acts ever committed by City Council in
Los Angeles was that done at the last
meeting of the Council in passing the or
dinance over the Mayors veto to regrade
Temple and other streets, and fixing the
district of assessment over an area of hills
four miles long and nearly three.fourths
of mile wide; all of said lands contain
ing from six to seven parallel streets,
which must soon be graded and paid for
by the owners of the property on said
streets. This is the more glaring when
it is known that most of the parties own
ing said lands and lots are very poor,
and are hardly able to make a living in
these dull times, many of them being
absent trying to get work to make a liv-
ing for their families, and will therefore
not be able to even enter a protest
against this unjust assessment. OF this
fact the writer believes the Council is
aware, and deliberately takes advantage
of their absence 80 that they cannot be
found in sufficient numbers to secure the
required two-thirds majority. And all
this is doIe to benefit the property of q
few individuals, under the name OF the
public good, and is declared by said
Council in said ordinance to be for
the public interest, when in fac,
there is no public demand for
said grade, as it is very mar
row street with a double track
cable road on it, and will not be travelled
at all by vehicles, when other streets are
graded. In fact, many people now cross
it to get upon parallel streets with their
vehicles, so as to avoid the cars. MANY
poor men and women will be financially
ruined if they have to pay this unjust as
sessment; and yet this same City Coun.
Gil has the effrontery to tell the poor men
that one of the great objects they have in
view in pushing the sewer bonds upon
the market is to give work to and to ben
eft the poor man; and this they do in
face of the stern fact that all the area of
the city occupied by poor men is left
without sewers for distances of from
three to four miles, while their property
must be assessed, if these bonds are
voted, to pay for building storm water
drains, to the amount of $508, 900, to pro-
tect the railroads and cable roads, with
their own section left for another ASSESS
ment on their own property to build
their own sewers. The poor man with
a little home, who votes for the bonds as
now onpr0pr;afad xr;II xo+o I;a ou,-