Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-17
THE CITY FINANCES.
Report to He Acted Upon BY
Council.

-~SRSIk u n6 hChco OYVh 1sy
Council.
The finance committee of the City
Council will present the following re-
port to the Council this morning for its
approval:
We have examined the proposals to
furnish the city with the various articles
advertised for, and believe the following
to be the best and lowest bids, and con-
sequently recommend that the contracts
be awarded to them respectively; and
that the City Attorney be directed to
draw contracts in accordance with the
several bids, the same to be sttached to
the contracts as follows, to-wit: (a) JOB
printing, to the Evening Express Pub
fishing Company as per their bid. (b)
Drugs, to r. w. Ellis & Co., as per their
bid. (c) Stationery, to Stoll & Thayer,
as per their bid. (d) Whole barley, S21a
cents per hundred; rolled barley, 921a
cents per hundred; wheat bran, 80 cents
per hundred, to the Atlas Milling Com
pany. (e) To Hellman, Haas & Co.,
recommend that the contract be awarded
as follows: Best cylinder oil in original
barrels, 60 cents per gallon; 10-gallon
cases, So so per case; West Virginia
lubricating oil in barrels, 25 cents per
gallon; 1O'gallon cases, So per case ;
high-test coal oil, either "Gold Medal"
Pratt's or "Pearl," 10 gallon cases, $3.50
per case.
Recommend that both bids for luna Der
be rejected, and ask that the Council
take action as to the best method of pur-
chasing lumber. We return the bids to
furnish teams and wagons for the Street
Superintendent and park department,
and recommend that the bid OF D. F.
Donegan for So "a per day be accepted, as
being the beet and lowest bid. Recon-
mend that the proposal for jute bags be
rejected, as the bid seemed to be high,
and there is no pressing necessity for the
article at this time. Recommend that
all bids for book binding be rejected, no
two of the bidders having used the same
system in bidding, and the City Clerk be
instructed to prepare list of all books
and book binding required by the differ
ent city officers, and re-advertise one
week as per such list.
In the matter of the application of E.
H. Owen, No. 1872, we recommend that
the sum of Sc SO be returned to him
upon the presentation of a proper de-
mapd drawn upon the tax fund
18S9-90.
In the matter of the petition of A.
Mccartney, No. 1879, recommend petition
be granted upsn the certificate of the
City Assessor that he has examined the
facts; and that upon the presentation of
proper demand drawn upon the tax
fund of 1SS7-SS, the several amounts be
paid him.
L a. 1,a x>ok;k.o,1 ofD
Hewitt for $43 83. and of j. W. Welch
for $40 be laid over until the passing of
the ordinance regulating the payment of
city money.
In the matter of the petition of Samuel
Strohm, No. 100, the City Assessor hav.
ing reported to this committee that the
certificates attached to the petition are
double, improper or erroneous, we rec
ommend that 30 much of the petition as
is hereinafter set forth be granted, and
that the following amounts be paid to
Mr.. Strohm upon the presentati m Of
proper demands drawn upon the tax
fund of 18S7-SS.
Recommend that the petition of F. D.
No III, relative to work per-
formed on the old city hall, be referred,
with the painting bills, to the special
Recommend that duplicate demand of
Scipio Thompson for services as janitor
at police headquarters, be referred to the
Police Commissioners.
Recommend that demand of the Los
Angeles Ice Company for $43 so be
rejected.
Ir the matter of the application of
John Marsh, No. 176, we recomme end
that the clerk be instructed to mark can
celed land redeemed of record certificate
No. 1,161, tax sales 1SS7-S8, as inn
proper, erroneous and a double of No.
425 u O. tax sales 1887-SS.
Recommend petition of George Basser-
man, No. 175, be referred TO the City
Engineer to report to this committee de-
scriptions and boundaries of land re-
ferred to in said petition.
Recommend that the bid of proposal
of the Southern California National
Bank for 100 public school improvement
bonds, each of the value of 81 900, for
which they agree to pay par and $1.76
per cent. premium, amounting to 81, 760,
together with accrued interest, be &C.
cepted; and that the City Clerk be in
structed to Immediately prepare the
bonds for the signature of the Mayor
and prompt delivery to the purchaser.
Recommend that the City Clerk be in.
structed to advertise for one week for
proposals to furnish the city with coal