Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-24
THE COUNCIL.
Important Proceedings at
: Yesterdays Meeting.
The Council Insists on Concrete
Foundations for Streets.
The Street-Sprinkling Matter Post.
poned Until Friday.
The Temples Street Contract Proposition
Carried Over the Mayors Veto.
Ordinances Adopted-Peti-
tions Received.

The city council yesterday enjoyed ,
proyerbial monkey and poll parrot time
over several matters which have beer
exercising them for some time. Tht
chief fuss was over the sire et-sprinkline
specifications and the resulting bids
the next in Importance was the little
difficulty over the Temple-street fill
and with mayors veto and few
rounds between contractors, matters
were highly interesting.
THE TEMPLE-sTREET FILL.
The city auditor, in the matter of the
Temple-street fill, which caused &C
much trouble between the mayor and
council, rendered this report: 81 here
with return demand of George A. Nc
Lain for $295 CLERKS No. 5404), for ex
cavating and filling part of Temple
street. This demand does not bear the
approval of the engineer, the street su.
perintendent or the certificate OF any
official that the work has been done.
There has been no contract, ordinance
or requisition authorizing this work,
and the question as to whether or not
the expenditure OF public money in
this case was legally incurred being un-
determined, 1 refuse to assume the re-
sponsibility of the payment of this de-
mand under the circumstances, and
therefore return it without my approval.
Signed: F. f. LOPEZ.
Mr.. Rees moved the reconsideration
of the vote by which the demand was
approved. The discussion was then de-
ferred until the afternoon session.
TAX COLLECTORS REPORT.
The city tax and license collector re-
ported amount OF taxes collected up to
and including Wednesday, November
18th, $246, 6,288, 1920. He also sent in a
list of names and places of business of
all persons who advertise themselves
either by signs or newspapers as real es-
tate agents, or brokers, who do not pay
license to the city There are about
eighty of them, and the list includes
some very well-known names. Mr.. Rees
wanted to have the city attorney in
structed at once to bring suits against
these people, but council referred the
matter to the finance committee.
FINANCE Committees REPORT.
The report of the finance committee
was now taken up. The committee rec
commended, in reference to the request
from the school board for a temporary
transfer OF funds from some other city
fund into the school fund, so as to make
it possible for teachers to obtain their
salaries, that $18 900 be transferred from
the cash fund to the common school
fund to meet the emergency for Novem-
ber salaries. The report was adopted
with the provision that the city auditor
make no transfer until elk members OF
the board of education filed written
communication agreeing to return said
amount in January, 1892.
Several double assessments, amount
ing in all to $500, were ordered re-
turned. The recommendation that the
demand OF the Los Angeles Cemetery as
sociation for $2500 for alleged damages
to cemetery property be rejected, was
adopted.
THE CoENEN CLAIM.
The claim of +. J. Coenen for $5565. %
for alleged damages caused by the grad
ing of Daily street, resulting in an over
flow OF waters in the Arroyo Seco, was
denied on recommendation OF the finance
committee.
BRIDGE COMMITTEES REPORT.
The bridge committee, to whom was
referred the matter OF repairing Summit
avenue bridge, recommended that the
city engineer employ bridge man by
the day to make the repairs, using all
the material he can from the Boyle
avenue bridge, to be removed. The
city clerk was instructed to notify the
Santa Fe Railroad company to repair
the lining under the Downey avenue
viaduct. The superintendent OF streets
was ordered to fill in the approach at
the west end of Buena Vista bridge, as
the contractor has the bridge ready for
travel.
zANJA COMMITTEES REPORT.
The report of the zanja committee was
read, recommending that the Los An
geles Electric company's petition be
granted for permission to change the
line of the zanja now running along
Palmetto and Alameda streets so as to
run as follows: Commencing point
on said Palmetto street 800 feet easterly
from the east line OF Alameda street,
running 13O feet southerly on a
line parallel with Alameda street,
thence easterly 800 feet to
connection with zanja No. 2. The
matter was referred, to be looked up, to
the city engineer.
THE STREET sPRINKLING MATTER.
The next order was the re port of the
board of public works, which again
aroused the ancient street sprinkling
prudge, and aroused lively discussion
The board recommended that the bid Of
A. P. Cross to sprinkle the streets at
$227O per month, on basis of ninety
miles OF streets. with pro rata increase
for additional miles, be accepted, and a
contract to be made for three years.
A communication was read from Ls
Grand Belts protesting against the ac
ceptance OF A. P. Cross's bid, on the
ground that his was the smallest. Belts
who really represents Childress, offered
to sprinkle the whole city for $32, 900 a
year. A minority report from Mr.. Nc