Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-23

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dent Frankenfield in the chair and all
the members present.
The usual preliminaries having been
disposed Of the report of the city tax
and license collector, for the week end
ing September II, showing 81, 1882 col
lected on licenses, was taken up, and
after reading, referred to the city aud
itor.
A communication was received from
the superintendent of buildings, refer
ring to the council the petition ofFulton
& Dunkelberger for permit to erect q
building on the east side of Pearl street,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
The protest of M. +. O'Dea ct al. was
then read, and Colonel j. j. Ayres ad-
dressed the council briefly on behalf OF
the protestants. The matter was re-
ferred to the city attorney.
The report of the city assessor was
adopted.
The report of the board of health, de-
claring that after investigating the mat
ter OF the alleged nuisance said to be
maintained by Donegan at his garbage
dump, it found that in the way in which
the garbage was being handled at pres
ent, the matter was not q nuisance. The
report was received and filed, Major
Bonsall remarking that it was merely a
difference of opinion"
The report of the board of public works
was adopted and the accompanying Or
dlnances passed.
A petition was received from the trus-
tees OF the w. G. L. U. of S. G. asking
that in the matter of paving and curbing
Temple street, they be relieved from the
extra expense, which was referred to the
finance committee on motion of Mr.. Van
Dusen.
The city attorneys report as follows
was adopted, and the accompanying
ordinances passed, the rules having first
been suspended:
l herewith return the contract with
J. d. Hooker, having signed the same
on behalf of the city as directed by
you.
l have prepared and herewith present
an ordinance amending the license ordi-
nance in such manner as to fix the
monthly license of telephone companies
at $25 per month, as directed at your
last meeting.
/ have also prepared an ordinance
providing permanent member for Park
Hose No. l, and fixing the salary at $50
per. month.
l have drawn and delivered to the
respective parties contracts for furnish
ing pipe for section and of the CEN
trail intercepting sewer, as directed.
1 have prepared and herewith present
an ordinance calling an election on Nov-
ember 18th, for the purpose of sub.
mitting to the people the question OF
closing Sunday saloons.
Referring to the petition of G.. Tononi,
NJ 10 hn Of
and Upper Main streets at their inter-
section, know of no reason why the
same should not be paved under the
Vrooman act.
In the matter of opening First street,
1 have not yetsobtained sufficient data
in regard to the interseeting streets, and
must ask for one weeks further time
to prepare the necessary ordinance; the
suit heretofore brought in this matter
will be dismissed at once.
The report of the finance committee
was read and adopted.
Afternoon Session.
On reconvening at 2 O'Clock the pro-
ceedings commenced with the reading
of a message, sent in by the mayor:
In the document his honor referred
caustically to President Frankenfeld's
letter on the Hooker contract for pipe
for the woolen mill ditch. The sub
stance of the message is contained in
the following paragraphs:
My objection, plainly stated. was to
replacing rotten sheet-lron pipe with
more of the same material and it ap-
pears have incurred the ill-will OF the
chairman of the board OF public works,
in protesting against the further waste
of public money in this way.
X y y X y x X
A continuation of the policy ofmaking
temporary repairs and patching up this
system with material that rots in few
Years, without any intelligent plan on
the subject, accounts for the TACT that
the system has cost the city the sum
of $500 900 in eleven years, over all the
receipts during that time, and the
expenditure of 1906, ,694 in 1888 over and
above our receipts. A loss to the tax
payer in one year alone OF that amount
ought to be sufficient to warn us that
some change must be made to save us
from impending municipal bankruptcy.
But the chairman OF the board of public
works saws the ''city receives a revenue"
from this branch of the system. On the
woolen mill and Nichols ditch we receive
IS per month, less than $l00 per year.
will, in furtherance OF my ideas on
the subject, at the next meeting OF your
honorable body, pursuant to the request
of the president OF the council and the
chairman of Tanja committee, make such
suggestions in regard thereto that may
result, if possible, in reducing the pres
ent outlay.
Major Bonsall said he would not rise
to reply to the mayors remarks were 1T
not for one thing. The mayor seemed
to overlook the fact that the pipe to be
used in the woollen mill ditch was not
the same old sheet iron pipe that had
been used heretofore, but was to be
similar to that used by the water com
pany. That was all he wished to say
on the matter.
On Mr.. Wirsching's motion the con-
tract was held one week, to await the
suggestions promised by the mayor, anu
for further investigation.
The matter of hearing protests against
the opening, widening and extension
of Wall street, Griffin avenue, Broad
way, Byram street and Denver avenue,
which had been made the special order
for 2 O'Clock, was then taken up. After
hearing number of the protestants,
and the statement of Captain Barrett,
chairman of the street commissioners,
finally it was agreed to postpone action
for two weeks, in order that the council
,,,;oh+ invastipate the matter, Mr.