Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-09
THE POLICE BOARD.
A Warm Session Breakszthe monot.

Ony.
The Board of Police Commissioner
met yesterday afternoon in the Mayor
office, Hon. H. T. Hazard in the chair
and Messrs. Collins, Dexter, Knox ant
Lewis present.
The Chief having reported favorably
in the matter of the application o
Maud & Grindle for permit to procure {
license for a new saloon at No. 557 NORTH
Main street, the petition was granted.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the charge preferred against the
driver of the patrol wagon by Ralph E
Hoyt reported that after hearing the evi
dence on both sides, it WAS the opinion O
the committee that both parties were
equally to blame for the accident. They
therefore recommended that the bill fol
repairs rendered necessary to the com
plainant's buggy be shared equally by
the owner and the driver of the patro
wagon. The committee further recon.
mended that the latter exercise more
caution in future when driving, and thai
he keep on tho right side of tie street
The report was adopted.
The committee appointed to invoeti
gate the petition of Mailman & Ivers e
al. relative to the appointment of q
special officer for the Poundmaster't
Office, reported that after due considera.
tion OF the matter they could not see the
desirability of delegating any further
authority to the Poundkeeper. The re-.
port was adopted.
Transfers of license we're granted tc
the following saloon keepers Jas. Tharp
from No. 565 East First street to No. 575
East First street; Fritz Wanetke. from
No. $50 East First street to No. 1856 Eas,
First street; and G. Knoblock, from cor
ner Main and Winston streets to corner
Main and Fourth streets.
A communication was received from
Mrs. H. A. Watson, of the Girls Home
stating that since March last she had
been compelled to pay for telephone
ou; at the Home, the Republican admin.
istration having ordered the one put up
by Mayor Workman taken down. She
therefore asked that the commission
authorize her to have one, and that the
city defray the expenses necessarily en-
tailed. On motion of Mr.. Lewis the re.
quest was denied.
A communication was received from
John Rhodes, asking that the iicense of
Louis Roth, who kept saloon at No.
141 East First street, be revoked, as he
had been caught by the petitioner in the
act of giving beer to his little girls, aged
respectively IL and IA years, on the Sd
of December last. Since that time Roth
had been convicted of the offense of
selling liquor to minors, in the Police
Court, and fined $25. On motion of Mr..
Knox the matter was referred to Messrs.
Knox, Lewis and Dexter. as committee
of investigation.
A communication was received from
Adam Clements, liveryman on Also
street, prefsrring charges against Officers
Mcguire and Farmer. He alleged that
on the 7th inst. six of his horses escaped
from his yard on Also street, aud were
subsequently found on the Keller tract
by his partner and hired man. The
officers are alleged, however, to have re-
fused to allow the hired man to take
possession of the animals, and in spite of
his protests impounded them. The
matter was referred to committee of in.
vestigation composed of Mr.. Collins and
the Chief.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Knox, of the
committee of investigation into the com.
plant Of Mrs. Henry against w. Vollk-
mer, of the Point saloon, further action
in the matter was indefinitely postponed,
the saloon keeper having been warned
not to furnish Henry with liquor.
The application of J. r. Home for re-
instatement on the force was received
and filed. A number of demands, ag-
gregating $409 SO we're approved as read
The demand of Garrett & Sampson for
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funeral of the late Officer G. B. Fitch
again came mp before the board. A
lengthy discussion was INDUCED in on
the question of it's disposal. Mr.. Collins
thought that the Commissioners and the
Police Department ought to meet it be-
tween them and not call upon the city to
pay it. The officers we're paid coed
salary, and he had no doubt that if
called upon to do so, every man on the
force would gladly put up 81 towards de-
fraying the expenses of their brother
officers funeral.
Mr.. Knox said that there was already
the sum of $3.50 in the hands OF Chief
Glass for the purpose, and he was in
favor of sending the bill to the Council
again, with communication to the effect
that that sum would be applied to the
payment of the bill if the Council would
approve the rest of it.
Mayor Hazard objected to asking the
city to pay for it, as it would establish a
precedent in such cases, and in the pres-
ent state OF the city finances he readily
understood that the Council did not see
it's way to approving such bill.
Mr.. Collins said he was ashamed of the
bill being brought up before the public SO
often, and was ready to contribute
towards it at any time, sooner than see
it thrown backwards and forwards be-
tween the Council and board as it had
been done.
MIR. Knox said that he did not think
that the board could call upon the police
officers to contribute towards the payment
of the bill, and Mr.. Lewis insisted tina,
the city paid it's men stated salary anG
obtained it's full worth from every mar
in return, and it would not be right tt
"dock" the men for any purpose.
Chief Glass stated that at the time oi
Fitch's death the officers held meeting
in the G. A. r. hall and every man sub.
scribed something to defray the expenses
of the funeral. The $7.60 was the bal
ance left from the fund after paying foi
the band and several other incidental
expenses. He said that the men under
stood at the time that Fitch had bank
account; but it was afterwards found
that he had not.
Finally the bill was referred to Mr.
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