Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-25
THAT CITY MONEY.
THE MAYOR IN A MESSAGE SCORES
TREASURER JOHNSON.
The Proceedings of the City Council Yes
terday--The Santa Fe Bridge Investi-
gated-Other Matters.

Gil was called to order at the usual
time yesterday morning, with all the
members present. After the reading of
the minutes the regular order of business
was proceeded with.
The bridge committee reported that
the city engineer had prepared revised
plan for the bridge across Summit ave-
nue. at Also street. The same commit
b tee recommended that the Los Angeles
Lighting company be allowed to lay a
twelve-inch pipe across the Downey-
avenue bridge, under the supervision of
the city engineer. The report was
adopted.
The city assessor asked for the ap-
'pointment of j. I. Best and G. G. Cook
as deputies till the first Monday in
March. The request was granted.
The city attorneys report was read as
follows:
Gin the matter of the lines of Hope
street, as graded and curbed, near
Eighteenth street, find from the map
furnished by the city engineer that such
grading and curbing appears to have
been done upon arbitrary lines without
actual reference to the property lines at
that point.
'In the matter OF the petition Of Nor
timer Couren and others to close barber
shops on Sunday; while such proceed
ing would undoubtedly meet the appro-
baton of both the BARRIERS and the gen.
eral public, l am of the opinion that
such an ordinance would be clearly un-
constitutional.
I'm the matter of reservoir No. and
the exchange of deeds therein proposed,
abstracts are now being made prepara-
tory to such an exchange. and the mat
ter will, believe. be ready by Monday
next.
"In the matter OF the petition of L. G.
Flores and others regarding certain
fences and rights of way over city land,
l ask that said petition be FLED until
such time as the city engineer shall
have completed the map Of city lands
recently ordered by YOU"
The recommendations contained in
ths, report were adopted.
It> report OF tho board OF public
WORKS as heretofore published in the
HERALD, Wa. read.
In reply to thu demand for informa-
tion contained in the report of the
board, as to by what Authority a storm
drain was being built on Alameda
street, Mr.. Hutchinson appeared before
the council to make an explanation.
The work had been ordered by the pre-
vious council, he said, and the drain
would cost but $3.50 when completed.
1t had no outlet into the sewer. but re-
turned to the surface at its lower ter
minus. The explanation was declared
satisfactory, and the report of the board
was adopted.a
The health officer requested that
Also street be severed between Ala
media street and the river. Referred to
the sewer committee.
The city treasurer presented the fol-
y% ISwnS report 1T n ctVga regard otev te the with
city banks:
To the Honorable the City Council
GENTLEMEN-On the 10th inst. pre-
sented to the City bank, the heretofore
designated depository of the city funds,
a statement and bill for interest for the
month from January 14th to February
18th, including both dates. on an average
deposit of $237 1884, at the contract
rate OF q OF l per cent. per month,
amounting to $S92.42 and payment was
refused, and the bank also refused to
credit the interest on my passbook, in
which such entries had formerly been
made.
Believing it to be my duty under the
recent decision of the supreme court to
resume the custody of the city funds, /
presented my check on the City bank
for the sum of 1902, ,7S7.76, which would
represent the entire amount of the city
money then on deposit, including the
interest heretofore credited to the city
as well as the January interest, not
credited, and it was refused in writing,
as follows:
M. D. Johnson, City Treasurer:
DEAR SIR-In reply to your demand
made this day for the sum of 1902, 787. .76,
which you claim as deposits of the city
OF Los Angeles now in this bank, we
have this day to say:
The sum named in your demand in
cludes, we observe, the sum of 1921 "a
claimed as interest on deposits due the
city under the terms of the contract
which the city attempted to make with
the City bank of the date of March 10,
1890, by which the latter was to be con-
stituted the depository of the public
moneys for the term OF one year, and
was to pay as a consideration therefor
interest at the rate of AZ per cent. pee
annum on daily balances. w
VI course Syou know that this bank
has only held the public moneys for
term OF nine months and three days to
date. Since you, as representative Of
the city, now deem it your duty to de-
mand the return of all the city deposits,
and the city is unable or unwilling to
carry out its contract with us, we are
perfectly willing and ready to return to
you the full amount of the city deposits
in our possession, but having to sur
render the public moneys at the end of
nine months which we were to have
held for one year by the terms of the at
tempted agreement with the city, we,
OF course, do not feel that we should be
required to treat as valid and binding
upon us contract which the city repu-
dates by taking possession of it's public
moneys at this time, and we shall be
compelled to refuse to pay you any sum
ON account of interest under contract
which it seems is no contract at all, and
the benefits of which are denied us.
Yours truly,
A. d. CHILDREss, President.
therefore checked out the sum ten
dered, to-wit, $193, ,06622, and depos-
tied the same in the various banks of
tho city, subject to my own order.
The city's pass book with the City
bank shows balance due the city Of
$8829.12, to which add interest for last
month not credited on mass hook as