Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-06
Five Members in Favor Of
the Cigar Stand.
A Queer Ruling Of President
Frankenfield.
The City Hall Entrance Rents for Ten
Dollars Per Month.
The First-Street Grade Matter Goes Over
For Week-Treasurer Johnson's
Bondsmen Want Relief.

luS, ITcSlltlll TIdllhcLioiu III tilO SHoll
and Messrs. Bonsall, Brown, Shafer,
Hamilton, Van Dusen, McLain, Sum-
merland and Wirsching present.
A message from Mayor Hazard in re-
lation to the title to the Abila tract, to
which there is claim of the city at
tached was referred to the land COM
mittee.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval the demands for the painting
of the old city hall for the same reason
that he some time ago returned the
other demands for work performed there,
that they were not contracted legally.
The demands were approved notwith-
standing the objections of the Mayor.
The City Clerks report upon the
cigar stand in the city hall lobby as
published in the HERALD was read, and
Mr.. Wirsching said that the matter
should be settled. The City Clerk had
said that it was to be news stand, and
it was not news stand. 1t was a cigar
stand. The rent of the Nadeau cigar
stand was $3.50 per month, and as the
city hall was better known place than
the Nadeau, about twice as much per
month should be charged. He did not
think the stand should be allowed there.
He moved that it be abolished.
Mr.. Frankenfield said he did not gee
any objection to the stand. 1t was kept
nicely.
Mr.. Van Dusen said he would vote
against the motion. He knew that
public buildings in the United States
had stands, and the man in this case
was poor.
Major Bonsall said that if cigars and
tobacco were excluded he did not think
there would be any objection to the
stand.
MI. Brown said he was opposed to the
stand at the start, but as the man had
started there and had spent his money
he did not think it right to turn him
out now.
Major Bonsall moved that the motion
of Mr.. Wirsching be amended SO as to
exclude cigars and tobacco from sale in
the stand.
Mr.. Wirsching said that the building
belonged to the citizens and not to the
Council, and the front entrance should
be kept free of all obstructions. He did
not think it was the proper thing to
have stand there.
Mr.. Frankenfeld said that while he
might object to candy some would OBJ
ject to cigars, and if one was objection
able the other was.
Major Bonsall moved that candy, ci-
gars and tobacco be excluded. Lost by
vote of to 2.
Mr.. Wirsching's motion to exclude
the whole stand was lost by vote of
to 4, Messrs. Frankenfeld, Brown, Van
Dusen, Hamilton and McLain voting
against.
Mr. Hamilton moved that the rent be
fixed at $40 per month.
Mr.. Shafer moved to amend to fix the
rent at 500 per month.
Major Bonsall said that if the city had
any property to rent it should rent it to
the highest bidder, as the charter pro-
vides. The motion was lost by vote of
to 8.
Major Bonsall said that it was small
business for the city to rent the entrance
to the city hall for $40 per month.
Mr.. Shafer thought that it would be a
disgraceful thing for the city to rent the
entrance to its city hall for $40 per
month.
The motion was declared carried by q
vote of to 4, the same councilmen
mentioned in the first instance voting
for the cigar stand.
A lease to w. H. Burkhart for water
in the Montana tract was read and
adopted.
The contracts for the construction of
the central intercepting sewer were pre-
sented by the City Attorney.
Mr.. Frick, whose bid had been ac-
cepted, said that he would not sign the
contract, for the reason that he had bid
with the intention of furnishing Chinese
brick. Nothing had been said in the ad-
vertisements in relation to how or by
whom the brick should be made, and as
long as the clause preventing the use Of
Chinese-made brick remained in the con-
tract he would not sign it.
Several members of the Council thought
that Frick Bros. had bid too low and
wanted to get out of the difficulty in
which they found themselves.
The matter was referred to the sewer
committee.
A number of acquisitions were granted,
and the report of the finance COM
mittee, as published in the HERALD,
was read and adopted.
Mr.. Hamilton entered his protest to
the loose manner in which the Council
granted so many acquisitions without
Investigation. The amount was growing
larger all the time, and the bills had to
be paid. He thought that the supply
committee should have day of meet
ing, and the acquisitions should come
up before it in regular order.
Afternoon Session.
The matter of the protests against the
opening and widening of several streets
was postponed for two weeks, as de-
cision is expected in a case before the
Supreme Court.
The matter of the establishing of
the grade of First street came up on the
veto of Mayor Hazard, presented week
ago.
On motion of Mr.. Wirsching, the
property-owners were invited to give
their views. One of the property-own-
ers suggested that the Council refer the
matter to committee of engineers, one
to be appointed by those in favor of a
grade of one in ten, and second to be
appointed by those in favor of grade of
one in twenty-five, and these two to ap-
point third engineer. This committee
could report in week a practical grade
together with the expense.
Rev. A. M. Hough thought the idea
was a good enc, and would be the fairest
way of settling the matter.
Judge Brousseau objected to any grade