Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-08-19
BAD BEGINNING.
Mayor Hazard Registers a
Sturdy Protest
Against Paying from the Public
Funds for Departmental
Errors.
The Business Transacted Yesterday
by the City Council.
A Number of Miscellaneous Matters Actee
Upon--Reports of Various Officers
Received.


city council met in regular session,
President Frankenfield and all the mem
bers present.
After disposing OF the usual prelimina-
ries, the report of the city engineer was
read and adopted.
The following message was received
from Mayor Hazard, and on motion OF
Mr.. Wirsching it was referred to the city
engineer:
To the Honorable Council;
l return herewith to your honorable body
without my signature the demand OF the
Asphalt Paving Company for $1s6 80 for repair
ing junction of First and Spring streets.
The WORK was done, SO the requisitlon says,
$50 as to give good drainage"
Also requisition passed at meeting OF your
honorable body, August 4, to raise the grade OF
the gutter in front OF the property OF d. Ames.
toy, $50 as to make the catch basin available"
Also demand of Conrad Scheerer, for $293.3o
for repaving gutter crossing on east side OF
. Broadway $50 that the water will flow OF.
The object in returning these matters without
my signature is to call your attention to the
fact that most of the work grows out of bad
engineering simply, want OF giving grade to
the cutters OF these streets $50 that the water
will run off,
These streets were paved at great expense by
the property owners, and now large portions OF
that work have to be done over again at the eX-
pense of the general fund.- because these grades
the quality of permittingithe water to run OIL,
and property owners paid for it under the
approval of the engineer: l believe the city
expends enough for engineering to have all
mistakes chargeable to that department made
good at the expense of the department. and not
out of the general fund If this were insisted
paid large sums of money to pave the streets in
front of their property, and the.city paid large
that better satisfaction would be obtained and
more care taken to see that the work was
properly done. An application to repair a
street crossing because the pavement is not on
agrade "to let the water run Off" should be re-
ferred to the city engineer with an inquiry as to
whose fault it is that it was not put On proper
grade.
would prefer to act on these matters after
II, I. HAZARD, Mayor.
A number OF acquisitions for supplies
were received from the city engineer,
superintendent of streets and chief OF
police, and on motion of Mr.. Brown,
the same were allowed.
Councilman Brown was granted two
weeks leave of absence to date from the
Goth inst
Superintendent of streets Morford,
reported verbally that the cooperative
company was laying pipe along Flower
street, at Fourth street, and it was
their intention to cut through the Ar
royo de los Reyes pipe, which would
ruin it. He had sent man to STOP
the work, and they have since promised
to refrain from proceeding with it. The
work was being carried out under the
supervision of the city engineers office
and he would like some action to be
taken thereon.
Deputy city engineer Lowndes ex-
planned that it was not the intention OF
the company to injure the Arroyo de
los Reyes; whereupon the matter was
dropped.
The report of the city auditor showing
the condition of his books for the month
ending July 31st last was received anC
referred to finance committee.
The chief engineer OF the fire depart
ment presented a list of the new hydrant
needed in various parts of the city, a
requested, and after short discussion
the same was referred to the committe
on fire and water.
At the request of Mr.. Wirsching VIII
was anxious to rush the matter through
the draft of an ordinance of an intention
to pave First street between Alamed
and Los Angeles streets, where no
already paved, was read. The sam
gentleman then moved for suspension
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the ordinance; but this did not NEE
with the approval of the council. Tn
matter was discussed at some length
but finally Mr.. Wirsching withdrew hi
motion. And upon that of Mr.. Val
Dusen action thereon was deferred unit
the next meeting.
The new street sweeping contract witt
Martin G. Marsh was read, and his BON
in the sum OF $4,000, with Messrs. J. M
Skinner and ]. E. Prick as suretie
thereon, was referred to the cit
attorney, who refused to approve it O
the ground that the word double" ha
been omitted therefrom in the qualities
ton. The bond was returned for corret
ton.
The report of the board of publ
works, as already published in tn
HERALD, was adopted.
The report OF the finance committe
was adopted, and number of demand
upon the treasury were approved i
accordance with the recommendation
contained therein.
On motion of Mr.. Summerland, tn
city engineer was instructed to presen
an ordinance of intention to lay a.
asphaltum or cement sidewalk on tn
north side of Also street between Ala
media and Los Angeles streets, excep
such as may already be laid in cemen
and accepted by the street superintend
ent.
The report of the city attorney wa
read as follows:
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