Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-21
It IS NOT EANTED.'
The City Has No Use For the
Citizens Water Company.
Council Acts on Number Of Street
Improving Matters.
A Large Amount OF Business Transact
ed-Thc City Attorneys Report.
Telephone Wire Con-
duits, etc.
The council met yesterday morning
with Major BonsalI in the chair.

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REPORTS RECEIVED.
The report OF the street superintend-
ent regarding the need OF a wagon and
horse for flushing the city sewers was
received. Also the report of the health
officer that provision be made for the
care of sick and wounded in the city
receiving hospital. The report of the
finance committee and the report OF the
board Of public works previously pub
lished In these columns were submitted
and adopted. Likewise the routine re-
ports OF the city auditor.
LEcoUvREUR STREET REPAIRS.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the street superintendent to repair Le-
couvreur street at the Santa Fe railroad
crossing.
HYDRANT ORDERED.
The fire commissioners were requested
to place q FIRE hydrant at Fresno and
East Eighteenth streets.
ELECTRIC CAR TENDERS.
A resolution was adopted requiring
the Consolidated Electric Railway COM
pany to place tenders on their cars to
prevent accidents to passengers fall
Ing in front Of them.
CITY WATER COMPANY MATTERS.
On motion Of Mr.. Rees the city attor-
ney was instructed to prepare an ordin-
ance serving the Citizens Water COM
pany with legal notice of the city's in
tention to sever the contract existing be-
tween the company and the city.
STREET GRADES AND PAvEMENTs.
Ordinances Of intention were passed
for the grading and graveling Of Eleventh
street, between Vernon and Alvarado
streets; grading OF Winfield street,
from Sentous street to Providence street /;
changing and establishing grade of
Hope street, from First to Third street |;
changing and establishing grade Of
Boyle avenue, from Fourth street to
Stevenson avenue, and for the grading
and graveling of Girard street, between
Sentous street and the Williamson
tract.
THE ALAMEDA STREET EVIL.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Nc
Garry that it be declared the sense Of
the council that the police commission
should take action looking to the closing
street. It was moved to refer the mat
ter to the police commission.
Mr.. McGarry-That is not the proper
reference for that resolution. l think
the council should go on record as op-
posed to the existence of those houses
in that section of the city. These
hnroao m ouonnro fn oil afro onuora
arriving in the city over the Southern
Pacific railroad, and they should be
closed for the good reputation of the
city.
Mr.. Enmmerland-This boil on the
face of nature, these unfortunates, live
in my ward. They are unfortunate, but
they are as necessary as the sewers of
this city. am willing to vote for that
resolution, however, for their removal
from Alameda street.
Mr.. Rhodes-I am opposed to driving
these people out of the cribs unless you
find place to locate them. If this is
not done they will invade Main and
Spring streets and other thoroughfares.
/ do not believe in scattering them all
over the city, but believe they should be
located on some side street away from
public view, where they can be put un-
der police restriction.
Mr.. Rees--I think the police commits
sion should close up all houses OF ILL
fame in the city. That 10 the law.
The resolution Of Mr.. McGarry was
then unanimously adopted.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The report Of the city attorney, the
features Of which are given below, was
then adopted:
In regard to the petitions of Mr.
Crank, as the receiver OF the Pacific
Railway company, in regard to the work
of paving Ninth street between Spring
and Broadway, and Pearl street between
Sixth and Pico, I find that the notice in
the matter OF the paving on Ninth street
was served on the company on the 18th
of May, and the request as to the paving
on that street was fled within the
time fixed by law, and is in form
similar to the one which the
company served in regard tx
the paving of Figueroa street, and il
equally ambiguous and unintelligible
bat as there are no complications OF
Ninth street in regard to the surrender
ing of franchises, as there was upor
Figueroa street, / advise that an effort
be made to ascertain whether or not the
portion of Ninth required to be paved BY
this company can be paved under thu
provisions of the bond act. The reques
served by the company in regard to paw
ing on Pearl street was also filed in tim,
and is more definite in regard to thei
wishes in the matter, and l therefore
recommend that the same action b.
taken upon that street.
You have instructed me to repor
what steps are necessary to condemn
and secure for the city the works ant
franchise Of the Citizens Water com
pany. ~.
1 cannot imagine why the city shoul,
condemn the property of this com
In the event the. city should acquir
these works they would be of little o
no value to it. 1t could not condemn
merely those parts Of the works whicl
st might desire, but would have to tax
the plant as q whole, and would necee
sarily have to pay for lot OF propert
which it could never use to advantage
You have instruced the engineer to per
feet plan for head works for a com
plete system of water works to be owne
and controlled by the city, which pla
includes q reservoir and dam upon tn
reservoir site owned by the city and sit
uated in Ivanhoe, with . forty-eigh
inch supply pipe from the river to th
reservoir, and mains leading from tn
reservoir to different portions of the city
and from twenty to thirty inches in d
ameter. In order to give fire pr0tectio