Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-25
NEWS ABOUT TOWN.
A Weak Meeting for the
Sewer Bonds.
EIGHT MORE INDICTMENTS
The Garrett Case Again Brought
Up in Court - Josie
COrbett's Story.

CP III OOhi cVOlO
COrbett's Story.
Pedestrians on the streets of Los An
geles, yesterday afternoon, were treated
to 4 sewer bond demonstration. 1t
consisted of a gaudily sattired float
plaearded with notices. a number Of
horSes sweating under colored blankets,
andsa brass band. In the evening there
wasan open-air meeting on Court street.
The whole affair was reputed to have
cost 81 900 and was for the purpose Of
inspiring enthusiasm. As only about
500 people were present at the meeting it
would appear that the market quotation
on enthusiasm for the bonds is
so Gp q SO so.
TIE float was used in the evening as a
speakers stand and it's infammatory
piaeards stared the crowd in the face.
Thss we're all of the sort which are sup
posed to catch the labor vote, but it was
a noticeable fact that there were almost
no %orkingmen in the crowd. One
streSmer announced that this was fight
of llabor against capital; another
decfhred that to vote down the bonds
meant starvation to thousands of work
inguhen.
A. Ter some fireworks had been touched
off and the band had played few tunes.
Mr. A. Kelley, the President of the
Union League club, called the meeting
to order. He introduced Judge
Beaiden, who said that he re-
gretted that he had not had
time 10 study the question more care
fully, He had not. looked into the ques-
ton OF the right of way, but he believed
that the Council and the City Engineer
had made thorough investigation and
that everything was sll right. He was
sure that the motives of those who
oppo sed the bonds were in the highest
degree honest, but they we're never
theless acting under great mis-
take. One thing which was of para
mouat importance just at this
time was that the passage of the bonds
would give work to thousands of unem-
ployed laborers. He closed with Wig
orou5 appeal to men of this class to sup.
port the bonds.
Judge Carpenter, who followed, began
by asking some questions. He wanted
Angeles hau not been shrinking in the
lh6t tnOlSO hpbbuby huCblcI tuCIo VOL .
not hundreds of vacant houses and thous-
ands of people unemployed. He quoted
from the platforms of the various politi-
cal parties and demanded that the mem
bers of those organizations should stick
to their professions He was not pre-
pared to think quite 30 well of the oppon-
ents of the scheme as the preceding
spe <ssr. The matter had been so ar
ranged that there was no possible chance
for steal in it, and he be-
lieved that this accounted for
some OF the opposition. AS
to the particular route which
the sewer should take, that was a mat
ter that could safely be left to the Coun-
Gil and could not be voted upon by the
people at large. In his opinion wise
plan had been mapped out.
Judge Gottschalk was the next speaker
The proposed plan gave the city splen-
did sewer system at virtually no cost to
the present generation. He was conf
dent that if something was not done
pretty soon terrible epidemic would
break out. The rich people could then
get up and leave the city, but the poor
would have to stay and suffer. The
Judge took no stock in the statement that
injunctions would stop the work. He
offered to bet 81 900 to $500 that not an
injunction would be granted. The Judge
concluded by paying his respects to the
newspapers, which, he said, had
changed sides on the question, short
time ago favoring an outfall sewer and
now opposing it.
The rostrum was then filled for twenty
minutes by Judge Smith. He expressed
the view that there were more important
matters at stake in the contest than
mere dollars and cents. The health of the
people of the city and work for idle la
boring men were two OF these. He refer
red to the stinking cesspools with which
the southern part OF the city was infested.
The expense of the work was a mere
bagatelle, little matter of a
tax of 1910 annually on each
thousand. To try to put the sewage any
where else but in the ocean was mere
temporizing. There was no use in try
ing to continue the present system, as
seventeen Injunction suits were pending
in the district beyond Vernon. The
chief opposition came from the fact that
the pocket nerve of the rich men had
been touched. No other feasible plan
except this one had ever been presented.
This was the shortest route and the best.
Not single viaduct would need to be
constructed over 250 or 800 feet in length.
1t had been said that the present Council
could not be trusted. They were all
gentlemen of honor against whom moth.
ing had ever before been said. Let
people make definite accusations or keep
still. If the bonds were voted down
now the city would never have another
chance as good to get the work done.
Mr.. Kelley ended the meeting by ask.
ing for three cheers for the bonds.
About one man in every four responded
to the call. Three more we're called for
and they petered out entirely. The au'
dience then dispersed.
THE GRAND JURY.