Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-25
sANTA MONICA.

The Question OF Sewer system.
Notes.
SANTA MONICA, May 24.--The hoard,of
trustees held regular meeting Monday
evening, every member being present.
Ordinary warrants were drawn for the
paym ent Of sundry bills to clear the
docket. the question Of sewering the
town came up, the question being made
special order.
DR.. j. j. Place, clerk of the committee
OF citizens and trustees, presented pc
tition signed by large number of tax
payers and citizens who requested the
board to call an election for voting
bonds for the purpose of sewering the
town, and to incur the further expense
Of causing the preliminary survey, etc.,
preparatory thereto. After reading of
the same, Mr.. vawter offered
resolution declaring that it
was an immediate necessity to sewer
the town, which was carried by the vote
OF 3 to 2, Vawter, Carrillo and Lewis
voting in the Affirmative. Steere and
Allen, no; whereupon Mr.. Vawter made
a statement in which he told the history
of the sewer agitation from the time Mr..
Morgan made speech before the trus-
tees advocating sewers, to the
present time, and when res
olution of like character was
passed unanimously, every member be-
ing present, and wound up by asking
the questions: Why the change in two OF
the members of the bank? What has
caused the difference in their views?
Why should the town not be severed
now, when then it was q public neces-
sity? Mr.. Stern in answer said that
Mr.. Allen and himself had been treated
unfairly, had been placed on the tail
end of all committees, etc., and he did
not feel like putting anything in the
power OF the majority of the board in
consequence. Mr.. Vawter stated in re-
ply that majorities and minorities were
in all bodies, but minorities should do
their duties in all cases, whether they
liked the other membeis or not.
Mr.. Lewis stated that when 95 per
cent of the taxpayers requested that an
election be called, it was their duty to
accede to that request. After many
questions and answers of like character,
Mr.. Vawter asked Mr.. Steere asked Mr..
Steere if he had read the decision OF tte
judges of the supreme court in the case
VI OuAfoP we 0tOlAS WACtCuPOA tAO
gentleman left the chamber followed by
Mr.. Allen.
The only way now seems to be through
the Vrooman act, and the town will
probably be severed thereby. At any
rate that is the only way the progress
sive improvement can be inaugurated,
it requiring four votes to call an election
TO vote bonds.
Henry J. A. Stuhr enjoyed yesterday
at the seaside, visiting old-time friends.
A number OF members of the Ellis
club dined at Eckert & Hoph's.
+ The San Francisco Italian club, rep
resentatives who are in Southern Cali
fornia, enjoyed Chef Spruzola's cooking
at the Delmonico Yesterday.
Among the recent additions to the
Arcadia are Mrs. G. H. Capen, Los An
geles; Mrs. W. II. Taylor, Denver, Colo. !;
Miss Florence G. Aiken, Berkeley, Cal.
G. M. Seymour, Mr.. and Mrs. T. p. Sew
erance, Los Angeles; VIM. J. McCaldin,
Pasadena; Florence Miller, Albany,
N. Y; w. w. Flagg, Denver. Colo.
Miss Frank RAIDER, Los Angeles; Mrs.
+. B. Prussia, Redondo Beach; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. S. Hall, Los Angeles; A. D.
Smith. Oakland; v. II. Sturm, Mrs. A.
Ford, Los Angeles; DR.. w. H. Davis,
Detroit; G. Burks, Fresno; W. F.
Geary, Sacramento. j. Q. H.