Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-23

Vista street to Rosas street. Also ordi-
nance establishing the grade of Kohler
street, from Sixth to Seventh street.
Mr.. McGarry took up collection
among the councilmen for Fourth of
July. The councilmen contributed the
following amounts: Mr.. Tufts, $10 Mr.
Rhodes, $40; Mr.. Innes, $40; Mr.. Nc
Garry, $40; Mr.. Rees, $40; Mr.. Bonsall,
$5. The other members OF the council
say they have subscribed to their ward
committees.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
All the councilmen appeared in the
afternoon, and a good many curious
glances were cast at row of seven clear
glass quart bottles standing on the front
of the clerks desk.
The special order calling for the open
ing OF Kohler street came up and was
postponed week.
The report of the land committee was
read and acted upon.
A protest from residents was received
protesting against the assessment for
grading at the intersection of Twenty
third street and Maple avenue, because
the Electric railway was left out of the
assessment. After some discussion, the
matter was referred to the board of pub
lie works and the city engineer.
The latter action was taken very
hastily, for Mrs. Huber, the councils
terror, was present, and as Twenty
third street was mentioned, she was OBJ
served to rise from her chair and come
forward, and the various councilmen
looked nervously toward her, then re-
signedly as they saw by the look of
frmness. on the lady's face that she in
tended to speak anyway. When Presi-
dent Bonsall declared that the matter
was postponed for two weeks, the
council drew long breath, but
Mrs. Huber came forward, opened her
little reticule, stirred up some papers
therein and asked if she might speak for
about five minutes. The councilmen
stealthily consulted their watches and
prepared to give her permission, but the
lady was already we'll under way. She
had come to protest against the accept
ance of Twenty-third street, and she
meant to do it. She explained that her
husband had refused to compromise the
matter with the collector on principle,
though he might have saved $27 by 80
doing. She also explained that her hus-
band had finally paid the assessment to
avoid trouble, without her knowledge
or approval. Here she glared at mar
ried councilman with such deadly effect
that he nervously felt the top of his
head and looked scared. President Bon
sail here suggested that the matter was
now to be settled between herself and
husband, but she repudiated the insin-
uation, and demanded that the council
men think of how they had wronged her
in not listening to her protest, and
ended up with handing over the receipt
for the assessment, which she declared
an imposition. Councilman Reese
looked at the receipt she ex-
tended, and suggested that the
interest she was obiecting SO
strongly to read intersection" in the re-
ceipt, and referred to the position of her
lots. She denied this with scorn, and
went off the scene in cloud of dignity.
The health officer made report as
to the condition of the water supply,
illustrating with the samples in the sew
en- bottles. He stated that the supply
of the Citizens water company was not
sufficient, and recommended stopping
of street sprinkling on its lines, flushing
of sewers only every forty-eight hours
and cutting off all high grass on the
hills SO it will not catch fire. The re-
port was adopted and the councilmen of
the Second, Third and Fourth wards ap-
pointed committee to act.
The usual batch of acquisitions and
demands were read and approved.
The library directors requested the
use of the corridor on the third floor for
a work room and requested the council
to appropriate $40 for building parti-
tion. The matter was referred to the
building committee.
A batch of petitions were read and re-
ferred.
The invitation OF the general Fourth of
July committee to the council, to take
part in the coming celebration, was read
and accepted.
A vote passed recommending that the
laborers employed by the street super
intendent be selected pro rata from the
various wards and the preference be
given to men having families to sup
port.
After some business of minor impor-
tance the council adjourned.