Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-23
At Least None to be Paid
For by the City.
The Proceedings Yesterday Of
the Council.
Health Officer MacGowan and the
Citizens Water Company.
A Lot of Routine Business Attended to.
Mrs. Huber's Little Address-The
Hill Water Supply.


A message was read from the mayor
vetoing an ordinance ordering the work
of opening and widening Second street
between Los Angeles street and Ala
media street to be proceeded with and
done, and appointing commissioners to
have general supervision Of the work.
The mayor also sent message re-
fusing to sign the deed to Edward Amar.
The deed should be amended so as to
have the right of the city in and to the
zania Madre which runs through the
property reserved. Referred to the city
attorney.
Hervey Lindley, accompanied by
Messrs. j. A. Kelly, A. McNally, Charles
White and Robert McGregor, compris-
ing committee of the Fourth OF July
festivities, appeared and requested the
appropriation of $1,000 for the purpose
of celebrating the Fourth of July.
After much talk the council declined
to come down, thinking that their talk
of retrenchment would sound decidedly
farcical il they appropriated money to be
expended in fire and noise.
The bridge committee recommended
the acceptance of the bid of E. r. Fox
for $2290 for constructing approaches to
the Walnut-street bridge; also that the
amended plan presented by the city en-
gineer for the construction of the APP
proach to the Seventh-street bridge, and
making fill on Seventh street, be
adopted and bids be readvertised for.
The supply committee reported recon-
/, <~f oil nf
the lumber dealers TO supply the city
with lumber, which Recommendation
was unanimously adopted.
The city attorney reported an ordi-
nance ordering the opening of Santee
street and appointing commissioners.
Also an ordinance granting permission
to property owners to grade Bonsallo
avenue between Washington and Twenty
third streets by private contract. The
ordinances were passed.
In the Imatter OF the papers presented
by K. I'll. Wade, OF 'the Southern Cali
fornia railway company, bearing upon
the damage to the Buena Vista street
bridge, for which the city has brought suit
against the railway company, it was de-
cided that the city clerk should send the
papers to the city attorney and ask his
opinion whether it be advisable to dis
miss the suit.
The city assessor was given permission
to appoint six special deputies in writ
ing up the assessment roll--three from
June 18, two from June 10, and one
from the Goth.
Mr.. McGarry moved that the council
men, since they have rejected the $1,000
request of the Fourth OF July commit
tee, subscribe out of their own pockets
fol.
The street superintendent reported on
the petition from Lyman Aver ct al,
asking permission to connect a private
sewer on Douglass street near Bellevue
avenue, that it was impossible to allow
said connection without the petitioners
paving the required assessment of so
cents per foot unless the existing ordi-
nances are repealed. He is informed
the said petitioners will ask the council
to order a public sewer constructed on
Calumet avenue, and such is the case
it will afford ample sewer facilities.
City Assessor Hinton sent to the coun-
Gil the correspondence between himself
and the council over the proceedings OF
assessing the banks. 1t showed that
the assessor had summoned before him
the several banks of the city, put their
representatives under oath and ques-
toned them touching the amount of
property they owned in March. The
answers showed that their returns in
March were largely different from their
statements thus elected. The city as
SCISSOR then made request Of the city
attorney to furnish him advice as to
what different kinds of property which
the banks testified they possessed were
subject to assessment.
The city attorney replied to this with
a letter requesting that the assessor
make out lists OF the several kinds of
property the banks possessed and send
them to the banks and get them sworn
to; then turn them over to the city at
torney, and he would select what prop
erty is taxable.
The assessor did not want to go
through this rig-a-ma-role; he had al
ready gotten statement from the banks
as to their property, under oath, and he
wanted to assess the banks directly up
on the statements.
Deputy City Attorney Dunn explained
to the council the city attorneys side,
remarking that the city attorneys Office
had for several years been trying to get
at the property of the banks. Last year
they were too late. This year they are
soon enough. Mr.. Hinton went along
all right until he struck banks and big
corporations; then he wanted to shift
his responsibility on other shoulders.
Mr.. Dunn denied that the assessor had
any legal right to call upon the city at
torney for advice The charter said the
city attorney was to advise the city coun-
Gil. There was no difference between
the, attorney or the assessor on the legal
points; it was simply over the way OF
getting about the same thing. It was a
matter OF reading over fifteen or sixteen
closely type written pages of sworn tes-
timony, and the real ground of the dis
pute was who should read those type
written pages.
The whole matter was finally settled
by motion of Mr.. Summerland that the
city attorney furnish the city assessor
with whatever legal advice he may re-
quire, which was carried.
The demand OF j. L. Bates for $1053. rs
for building the State street bridge,
which was vetoed by the mayor with a
lengthy message on June 18th, was
passed over the veto.
A contract with Mr. Bates to construct
the earthen approaches to the bridge for
$99S was accepted and the bond ap-
proved.
The city engineer reported the cost Of
filling up Alhambra avenue, south OF
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