Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-17
Mayor Hazard Refuses to
Sign Two Contracts.
The Sewer Committee is Turned
Over.
There Was No Need to Appeal the
Phillips Tax Cases.
Bids for Lighting the City to be Asked.
Other Matters Which Occupied the
Legislators Attention.

McLaln, Summerlanu anu NlrscnlnS
present.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval the contract with John Dol
beer to furnish sewer pipe to the city.
Referred to the sewer committee.
The mayor, in his message which ac-
companied his refusal to sign the con-
tracts, devoted his attention to the re-
port of the sewer committee on his mes
sage concerning the sewer pipe contracts.
He said that the sewer committee had
evidently decided that it did not desire
information concerning the prices for
sewer pipe, for it had not called upon
him to find where he had obtained the
prices he quoted, and on which he had
based his message. He still held to his
former statement that there had been a
combination among the sewer pipe man
ufacturers, and while it had been stated
that the prices paid for sewer pipe were
not more than should be paid and allow
the contractors a profit, the matter
should be thoroughly Investigated so that
the council would know what the price
of the pipe ought to be. He invited an
investigation of the facts in his posses
sion.
The report of the city engineer, as
published in the HERALD, was read and
adopted
An ordinance of intention to estab-
lish the grade of Hope street, near
Sixth, was read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to change
the grade of Third and Silver streets was
read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to estab-
lish the grade of Breed street was read
and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to con-
struct sidewalks on Twenty-third street
was read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to sidewalk
Flower street, between Sixth and
Seventh, was read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to estab-
lish the grade OF Michigan avenue was
read and adopted.
An ordinance of intention to pave
Fifth street, between Central avenue
and the Southern Pacific depot, was read
and adopted.
An ordinance establishing the grade
of Bellevue avenue was read and
adopted.
The street superintendent was in
structed to proceed with the sidewalk
ing of Main street, notwithstanding the
objections of the property-owners.
The report of the board of public
works was read and adopted, as pub
lished in the HERALD.
Councilman Van Dusen was granted
an extension to his leave of absence.
The report of the zanja committee as
published in the HERALD, was read and
adopted.
The report of the special committee on
the labor employed on the sewers, as
published in the HERALD, was read and
placed on file.
The board of education requested that
bids be asked for constructing four
room addition to the Castelar-street
school.
A west end resident appeared and
asked that nothing be done to prevent
the building of four rooms to the Tenn
ple-street school.
The request of the board was carried
out.
The finance committee recommended
that the street superintendent be al
lowed one extra inspector. Adopted.
Afternoon Session.
The matter of the protest against the
assessment for sidewalking Hill street
came up, and the street superintendent
was instructed to see that the contractor
finished the work according to the plans
and specifications.
The protest against the assessment for
grading Bellevue avenue was denied, as
the protestants were not present.
Action on the Brent-street protest was
deferred for one week.
Mr.. Wirsching was granted ten days
leave of absence.
A contract with w. A. Doyle to con-
struct the central intercepting sewer was
read and adopted.
The report of the city attorney, pub
lished in the HERALD, was read and
adopted.
Mayor Hazard returned without his
approval the contract with G. f. Rutan
to transcribe the testimony in the Phil
lips tax case. He thought that the de-
cisiOn of the lower court should have
been accepted as final. He thought that
the costs were too heavy, and referred to
the filing of fifty demurrers, when one
would have been sufficient.
City Attorney Mcfarland said that il
the mayor was a lawyer he might under
stand something about court costs.
On motion of Mr.. Brown the contract
was re-approved, and the city attorney
instructed to sign it in behalf of the
city.
Mr.. Hamilton moved that the city
clerk advertise for bids to light the city
with electricity. Carried.
Mr.. Summerland moved that in all
contracts hereafter the clause be in
serted prohibiting the employment of
laborers unless they be citizens or ma
tive born. Lost by vote of 6 to l.
Mr.. Brown moved that the gas and
light committee report to the council the
cost of an electric plant to light the city.
Carried
The city clerk was instructed to ad-
vertise for bids for arching a portion of
the Zania Madre.
An ordinance preventing public We
hicles from standing in the business CEN
ter was laid over for one week.
An ordinance amending the license
ordinance, fling theater licenses at So
= per month was read and adopted.
The City attorney reported that there
was no street through the Prayer tract,
as the dedication had not been accepted
by the city.
The following petitions were referred
to the proper committees:
From John Robson, protesting against
the proposed cut at the corner OF FIRST