Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-29
COMMON COuNCILMEN
Shall Saloons Be Closed on
Sunday?
Nearly Seven Thousand People
Sign the Petition.
A Valuable Water Power Now Run
ming to Waste.
Bids for Street. -Cleaning-P Re-
ceived-The Mayors Vetoes Re-
spectfully Treated.

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after roll-call adjourned in order to take
up the regular routine business.
After the usual preliminaries had been
disposed of President Frankenfield an
nounced that a number of gentlemen
were in attendance who would like to be
heard upon the question OF Sunday
saloon closing. There being no objection
to the request of the visitors, the de-
sired permission was accorded to them,
and DR.. H. Sinsabaugh presented sup
Elementary petition in favor of the
movement, for the purpose of reinforcing
the petition already in the hands of the
council. In doing SO he said that he
hoped the council would not only
take into consideration the number
of names appended to the petition,
but also their weight in the community,
as every one of the $685. persons who
had signed the document was a voter
1t must therefore be conceded that it
voiced the sentiments ofa large percent
age of the citizens of Los Angeles, all of
whom hoped that the council would
give the matter every consideration, and
take such steps as should be deemed
necessary to arrive at the desired end,
that of closing tine saloons on Sunday.
Messrs. A. NJ. Gordon, J. w. Cochran
and w. B. Barber spoke at some length
in favor of the movement, and at the
close of their argument the matter was
referred to the same special committee
to which its predecessor had been re-
ferred, on motion Of Mr.. Wirsching.
Two messages were received from the
mayor one vetoing the ordinance ac-
cepting all streets, parks or alleys here
tofore or hereafter to be dedicated to the
city, az already published in the
HERALD; and the other vetoing the or
dinance changing the grade of Provi-
dence street from Orange to Ward
streets.
The votes by which the vetoed ordi-
nances had been passed were both recon-
sidered, and the ordinances referred
back to the board of public works.
w. E. Morford, superintendent of
streets, was granted leave OF absence for
ten davs, from August 1lth next.
The report OF the city engineer, as
nying ordinances passed, with the ex-
ception of that for the grading of Provi-
dence street, which was referred to the
board of public works:
/ present herewith an ordinance of in
tention to establish the grade of Elmore
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
streets. | recommend the same be
adopted.
As per order, present herewith an
ordinance OF intention to pave Second
street between Spring and Main, except
the portion already paved.
l present an ordinance to grade
Bonsallo avenue and Hancock street
south of Downey avenue and Yalestreet,
between Alpine and Bernard.
present an ordinance of intention to
change and establish the grade of Provi-
dence street between Orange and Ward
avenue. Ordinance of intention was
passed at the meeting two weeks ago to
change said grade, but an error has been
discovered in the old profile, which will
necessitate this change. l recommend
the passage tof the accompanying ordi-
nance.
The recommendations of the board of
public works, as already published in
the HERALD, were adopted, with the ex-
ception of that in the matter of the re-
sumption of work on the repairs on
Mozart street, which failed to meet with
the approval of Messrs. Frankenfeld,
Hamilton, Brown and Shafer.
The report of the finance committee,
as already published, was adopted as
read, and the demands were approved in
accordance with its recommendation.
A number of acquisitions for supplies
needed in the various city departments
were approved as read, and that of the
chief of police for repairs needed to
water pipe in the city jail was referred
| to the committee on El1ppliac
On motion of Mr.. Summerland the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company was
ordered to repair Alameda street. and
the superintendent of streets was in
structed to see that the order is carried
out.
On motion of Mr.. Summerland the
superintendent of streets was instructed
to extend the culvert to the northeast
corner OF Alameda and Commercial
streets, so that it will reach from the
north to the south side of Commercial
street.
On motion of the same councilman
the board OF fire commissioners was re-
quested to place fire hydrants at the
corner OF Willhart and New Main
streets and Sotello and New Main
streets.
Major Bonsall then offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted and
referred to the committee on light and
gas, together with the city engineer:
WHEREAS, The city is the possessor of
a large quantity of water running at a
high elevation in zanja bitches; and
WHEREAS, Said water by the use of
turbine wheels can be made to furnish
an excellent water power for driving
dynamos and returned to the same zanis
bitches without injury, therefore be il
Resolved, That the committee on light
and gas, together with the city engineer.
be and are hereby instructed to inyesti
gate the subject and report an estimate
OF the cost of an electric light plant to
be owned and operated by the city in
the manner above indicated.
petition was received from the
Workingmen's Independent Republican
Club calling the attention of the coun-
Gil to the fact that the men working on
the Grand-avenue sewer were required
to work longer than eight hours per
day, and was referred to the city at.
torney.
A number of bids for twenty-two-incb
iron pipe were opened and referred to
the zanja committee.
A number of bids for the grading Of
Twenty-third street, from Main street to
Maple avenue, were opened and referred
| To the hoard of nuh1ic uorLo