Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-03
THAT CIGAR STAND,
Opinions of Various Citizens
On the Matter. Matter
A General Feeling of Indigna-
tiOn Prevails.
The City Officers Think the Stand
Should be Removed.
The Cigar Dealers Object to the Council
The Cigar Dealers Object to the Council
Allowing Stand in the Lobby of
the New City Hall.

One of the principal topics discussed
on the streets yesterday was the action
of the Council in permitting a cigal
stand to block the entrance to the new
city hall. The sentiments expressed
were not very complementary to the
Council in fact not a few thought there
was job in it of some kind, though lust
where it came in no one could state.
Nearly every citizen interviewed was
decidedly opposed to having such an
obstruction in the handsome entrance to
the city hall, and the opinion was that if
one man was allowed there others should
be given the same privilege. Some
of the members of the Coun-
Gil are also opposed to its
location there, but it is stated that there
are six cOuncilmen who will vote to
keep it there, just because the general
public, to which the building belongs.
does not approve of it. Councilman
Summerland said he had man from
the Eighth ward who also wanted priv
ileges in the city hall, and if one man
was to be allowed there he wanted his
ward represented also. 1t is also stated
that two other members of the Council
oppose the cigar stand because they do
not believe that it is the proper thing
to turn the headquarters of the city gov
ernment into cigar stand.
Most of the city officers decidedly OBJ
jected to the stand. The City Engineer
said he thought it was a shame that such
handsome building should be turned
into a place where cigars and
candy can be bought.
City Treasurer Johnson agreed with
Mr.. Eaton, and was of the opinion that
such thing should not be permitted.
City Auditor Lopez said that the stand
should not have been permitted to be
placed there. He thought that it was
not the proper thing to turn the CITY
hall entrance into cigar stand
Street Superintendent Morford said
that while he did not object to the looks
of the stand, yet if any privilege were
allowed others should be granted.
Mayors Clerk Robinson thought it
was most Objectionable and should never
have been allowed.
Mayor Hazard did not care to say
much on the subject, but he thought it
was unjust to the cigar and candy mer-
chants in the city that the stand should
be allowed there without rent.
Several members of the Board of Edu-
cation were also seen, and they objected
decidedly to the cigar stand there. They
did not think it was the proper thing
for the lady teachers to be forced to pass
a cigar stand on their way to the various
meetings held in the rooms of the
| board.
City Tax Collector Thompson was out
of town, but the deputies in his Office
were OF the opinion that the stand
should not be allowed to stay there.
The deputies and clerks of all of the
offices mentioned agreed with the heads
OF the departments, and it was stated
that a sort of boycott would be arranged.
Some of the members OF the Fire Com
mission agree with the other city officers
and the members of the Library Board
object to the cigar stand ON the ground
that it is not good policy to force child
dren and ladies to pass such place.
Nobody was found in the city ha II or
on the street who thought the stand was
in having it remain there.
The proprietors of downtown cigar
stands are considerably worked up over
pressed themselves very strongly in
denunciation of the action of the Coun-
Gil in permitting the cigar stand to be
established in the lobby of the city hall,
to reporter yesterday.
M. L. Polaski, 113 South Spring street,
said: at is gross imposition. The
lobby of the city hall is not a proper
place for cigar stand"
w. HI. McGill: 'It is unfair to allow
anyone to establish cigar stand in any
public building rent free; and in any
event the lobby of the city hall is not a
fit place for one, as ladies are constantly
passing through it ON their way to and
from the library and other Offices"
John W. Young, who has two stands,
one at the Hollenbeck and another in
the BrysonBonebrake building: "It is
an imposition. We have to pay very
high rates in this part of the city, and
it is not fair to us to allow stand in the
city hall rent-free. If the Council had
advertised for one, most of us would
have put in bids"
Several others who were seen by the
reporter reiterated the same sentiments,
all agreeing that 1T was ian imposition. "
1t was asgertained that the only
money received by the city from the
cigar stand is the license, which amounts
to 81 per month. This immense sum
was paid in yesterday.
Mr.. Sutherland Hutton, of the Board
OF Park Commissioners "Had it been
permitted for the benefit of some char
liable institution, l should have had no
objection; but under the circumstances
l consider it an outrage"
A communication signed VIM. Stacy
was received at this office yesterday A
portion of its contents read as follows:
mo lady will now visit the city hall. 1t
has too much the appearance of the en-
trance to saloon, and shall not permit
my wife to go there, even to pay her
taxes. The place looks too disreputable.
The next thing this wonderful Council
will do is to rent the basement for a
dance hall. Perhaps this is what the
virtuous members want. They certainly
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