Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-10
THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT
THE MEETING YESTERDAY.
Report of the Ways and Means Commit
tee-A Considerable Amount of Routine
Business Transacted.

The city council met yesterday at the
usual hour. The ways and means
committee presented the following re-
port
To the Council:
On March 1st there was on hand, in
the school fund, $57, ,5O5.O1; the amount
to be hereafter received from the
county, $5825; from the city, $14, ,71O.S2;
the amount of bills audited March I'd,
$27S5.76; total amount of salaries of all
teachers and salaries to end of school
year, $75,54O; total expenses for the
year, SIS, ,S25.76; total receipts for the
year, $7S.0S9.SS.
T. Thussin order to continue our schools
to the end Of the present year, we shall
have deficiency in the school fund of
$285.53. The former school board. in
making up their estimate of school ex-
penses for the present school year, asked
for an apportionment of about $50 200,
which amount was reduced by the
former council to $4,000.
We understand that the bridge fund
was materially increased by this reduc-
tien, however. The amount in the
bridge fund at present is $11, ,953.34.
The amount yet to be received from
the city is $S035.66, making total of
$19,994.
The amounnt of outstanding contracts
for bridges and bridge repairs is as fol-
lows: Walnut-street bridge contract,
$4247; State-street bridge, $94l; esti-
mate on approach to Pasadena-street
bridge, which is being advertised for
bids, $1,000, making total of expenses
likely to be incurred for bridge purposes,
$61SS. You will then have balance in
the bridge fund of $13,S ,SO6.
In our statement of the school ex-
penses we have made no allowance for
incidental expenses, such as repairs to
schoolhouses, of sewers, building new
sewers, repairing damages to school lots
caused by recent rains. Quite number
OF our school lots ought to be filled in
order to drain them several others need
retaining walls along the streets Our
expenses seem to be various and con-
slant, and we respectfully petition your
honorable body to transfer $4,000 from
the bridge fund to the common school
fund, and also to transfer the balance,
viz. $S93.40, which is lying idle in the
bond fund to the common school fund,
so that we may rest assured that our
schools will be maintained the full nine
months OF the present school year, other
wise We shall be obliged to stop all our
public schools on May lst, an act which
we feel would be not only serious
detriment to our schools, but very
serious drawback to the advancement of
our city and the community at large.
Very respectfully, J. M. WrrMER,
T. J. DAVIS,
Committee.
Councilmen Tufts, Innes and Nickel
were appointed conference committee
to look after the matter.
The returns OF the bond election were
canyassed, and the same was declared
carried.
Quite debate took place as to
whether the city should pay car fares
for any of the city's employees after this
date. 1t was decided, by vote of to
3, to continue as in the past.
AFTERNOON, SESSION.
The session was resumed at O'Clock,
all the city fathers being present.
The various recommendations of the
district attorney were adopted.
The request OF the water overseer, ask
ing for authority to relay portion of a
piped zanja, washed out by the food,
was granted.
The city engineer presented an ordi-
nance for the improvement Of San Ju-
lian street, which was passed.
The street superintendent presented
his weekly report.
A motion that no more crosswalks be
laid until fall was carried by vote of
to 8.
The street superintendent reported
that the piers of the Macy and Buena
Vista street bridges had sunk slightly
and would be placed in order. The
east approach to the Seventh-street
bridge was washed away. All the other
bridges are in good condition. Referred
to the bridge committee.
| Quite lively discussion took place
over7a portion of the street superintend-
ent's report which stated that he pur-
| posed to run his own Office from this
time forth. He was prepared to do for
| the council all that was required bv the