Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-21
OPENING BROADWAY.
Major BOnsall Declares in
Favor of the Ordinance.
The City Attorney Reports on
Various Matters.
The Contract for Electric Lighting
is Approved.
The Electric Company's Franchise Carried
Over for Week. Col
Inns Wants Salaries Reduced.


Over for a aweek-Commissioner Col
Inns Wants Salaries Reduced.
The city council met in regular session
yesterday morning, President Franken-
field and all the members present
with the exception of Mr.. Wersching.
After the usual preliminaries had
been disposed of, the mayors message
with reference to the proposed regarding
of First street, was taken up, and on mo-
tion of Mr.. Brown, the vote by which the
ordinance had been adopted was recon-
sidered, and the matter was referred
back to the board of public works.
The report of the city auditor showing
the condition of his books for the month
ending September 30th last, was refer
red to the finance committee, as were
also several other minor reports from the
same officer.
The report of the city tax and license
collector was referred to the city au-
ditor.
The report of the street superintend-
ent, asking for instructions to issue per-
mits for connections with bonded sewers,
was referred to the sewer committee,
and the city attorney was instructed to
prepare an ordinance declaring the
Bloom-street sewer, which was recently
turned over to the city by the board of
education, public sewer, in accordance
with another request of the street super
intendent.
The report of the city attorney was
adOpted as follows:
To the Honorable Council OF the City of
Los Angeles:
GENTLEMEN-I have signed and deliv-
cred to the respective parties the con-
tract of the California Sewer Pipe Com
pany. the Southern California Coal and
Clay Company and the Pacific Clay
Manufacturing Company, as instructed
by you.
present herewith an ordinance vaca-
ting streets in the Weiss tract, per in
structions.
present also an ordinance appoint
ing commissioner to fill the vacancy
on street commissions, created by the
resignation of A. w. Barrett.
In the matter of the petition of N. w.
Hass, and the communication of r. Ca
hill, in reference to Basil street, find
upon examination that the recorded
plat of the territory adjacent to Basil,
Ann and Sotello streets, shows that
Basil street is open from Ann street to
point between 100 and $50 feet of So
tello street. There is no record of its
being opened through the tract marked
80. G. Weyse" on the map of 1887,
made by Rowan and Koeberle.
In the matter OF the paving of Walters
street, between New High and Upper
Mosr ctr + of hn hok
said paving may be ordered by the coun-
Gil, and that protests against it will be
of no avail in case the council sees fit to
overrule them.
In the matter of the application of L.
Newman for aquitcaim deed, referred to
me, | have examined the abstract and
find that lot 16 of the Alanis Vineyard
tract has been in the possession of petit
tioner and his grantors for over forty
years, claiming under color of title.
Under these circumstances the rights OF
the city have long since been extin-
guished, in my opinion, by the operation
OF the statute of limitations.
In the matter of the petition of D. R.
Brearly for the payment of $147 .43, being
portion of the assessment for sidewalk
ing and curbing lot Is of block IA, Pio-
neer Building Lot Association tract, 1
am of the opinion that under the law as
it existed at the time this work was done,
the city of Los Angeles would have been
liable for the payment OF this claim had
Mr.. Breatly taken the necessary steps to
perfect said assessment against the city
of Los Angeles. It is therefore an equi-
table claim, but the collection of it could
not, in my opinion, be enforced by an
action at law.
The report of the land committee. rec
ommending that quitclaim deed issue
to l.. Newman for lot 16, Alanls Vine
yard tract, and that the mayor be re-
quested to sign the same ON behalf of
the city, was adopted.
At this juncture Judge Brunson was
granted permission to address the coun
Gil, and stated that he appeared on be-
half of the Electric Railway company to
protest against the interference Of the
police on Saturday night last. The COM
pany had but ten hours more of labor in
order to complete the work between Sec
ond street and the Plaza, and it desired
an immediate Investigation of the mat
ter.
On motion, the matter was referred to
the board of public works and city attor-
ney, with Instructions to report thereon
after the noon recess.
The gas and light committee reported
favorably upon the draft of an ordinance
granting franchise to the Los Angeles
Electric company the right to carry on
the electric business in the city for
period of fifty years.
Mr.. McLain moved that the ordi-
nance be put upon it's passage.
President Frankenfeld thought that
it should be referred to the committee
on public works.
Mr.. Summerland stated that the mat
ter had been before the committee for
five months and that the council should
take immediate action.
After some futher debate the matter
went over for one week.
The draft of contract between the
city and the Los Angeles Electric COM
pany for the lighting of the city by
electricity for two years, from January
1, 1891, was read and approved, az was
also the bond for the sum of $25, 900,
with L. G. Goodwin and III. w. He'll
man as sureties thereon, which ac-
companied it, and the mayor was re-
quested to sign the same on behalf of
the citv