Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-12
The Giant Anchor Man Before
Council.
Council Wants to Purge Itself of an
InsinuatiOn.
Yesterdays Lively Session-Little Rou-
tine But Lots of Fun-DetaiIs
Of the Usual Monday
Seance.

ment made by Street Superintendent
Hutchinson to the effect that he had
heard that an employee of his depart
ment had paid $5 a month to council
man for securing the position.
1t is perhaps due all parties concerned
to state how the item was obtained. A
HERALD reporter on Friday afternoon
was standing talking with friend in
front of the Phillips block, on Spring
street. when Mr.. Hutchinson came up,
and in the conversation that ensued the
statement as published was made. The
reporter made some notes of the
talk, but held them until the next
day, when Mr.. Hutchinson came
into the HERALD Office. The reporter
then spoke of the matter, told Mr..
Hutchinson that he had taken notes
about the conversation, but wanted to
be sure they were correct. The memo
randa were then read to Mr.. Hutchin-
son, who said they were correct, quail
fying his statement by the assertion
that he did not wish to be understood
as saying for a fact that the S5 per
month had been paid to the councilman,
but that he had heard 80, and the item
was written in accordance with that ex-
PLANTATION.
The session yesterday was adjourned
in the morning until Mr.. Hutchinson
could be found. The giant anchor man
did not remain out of sight for any
length of time, for he was found before
all the members of the council had left
the chamber, by the HERALD's council
reporter.
Mr.. Hutchinson's statement of the
case did not differ materially from the
substance of the HERALD's item. Some
weeks ago, it seems, a councilman who,
it is SAID, is usually known as the
"mayor of Boyle Heights" came to the
Lilliputian street superintendent and
asked that one of his constituents be
given work on the street force. Mr..
Hutchinson refused to comply with the
request, and IVES at once accused of
having personal interests in the matter.
The councilman, in other words, said
that it was subject of general rnmor
that tine street superintendent assessed
his employees for his own material ben
eft. Mr.. Hutchinson not only denied
the charge with indignation, but wsrded
off the blow with the charge thet he
had himself been reliably informed that
the councilman had accepted So month
from workman whom the superin-
tendent had put on the streets at the
councilman's request. Mr.. Hutchin-
sons informant as to Mr.. ReeH's tax.
ing this alleged bribe was the oolored
man Ramsey, who was recently killed
by Baxter. Ramsey came to the street
superintendent and asked for work on
4l~A <,4-~ kaks -
that he was willing to pay as mach fol
the Job as one Marshall, who he said
was then paying Mr.. Rees $5 month
for bis position. The crooked ap
plicant was ordered out of the ofice by
Mr.. Hutchinson.
It was this vague piece of business
that the street superintendent referred
to in the conversation published in
the HERALD, and he only quoted it as q
matter of hearsay. At the same time
the affair created considerable consterna
ton among the members of the council
as win be-seen by the report given be
low.
sRouYNE BUSINESS.
When,council met, all members were
present except Mr.. Rees, who is 2aid ur
with the grip.
The first report received and adopted
was that of the supply committee, who
recommended that all requisitiona mus
state the cost as nearly as possible, al
we'll as the purpose for which the ma
terial is to be used. Such requisitions
are to be filed with the city clerk before
10 O'Clock. on thesSaturday preceding the
session of council.
The following deputies were appointed
for the city assessor: George Kull, chic
deputy, to serve one year; w. j.. A,
Smith, "A. III. Merwin and Barnard
Smith, to serve from January 1st to
July /, 1891.
City Justice Owens reported $50 re.
ceived as fees in his Office during DE-
cember.
Water Overseer Dalton reported
$185.50 received in his office for water
sold during December.
City Tax and License Collector
Thompson presented a list of persons
who paid the horizontal raise tax. III
was referred to the finance committee.
Police Commissioner M. p. Snyder
was granted leave of six weeks alb
sence. The commissioner will leave ia
a few days for his old home in North
Carolina, where he will settle up the
estate of his father, who has recently
died.
REPORT or THE PARK BOARD.
The semi-annual report of the park
commission, until January l., 1892, says
in part:
With the exception of small piece Of
land adjoining the park site at reservoir
No. 4, no new acquisitions of terri
tory have been made to the parks
under our supervision when the previ-
GUS report was fled.
Since our previous report we have
been busily pursuihg the work we had
mapped out, and which was described
at that time; briefly mentioning each
park separately, the work formed,
improvements made, and expenditures,
are az follows:
East Los Angeles park-In this park
our attention has been turned to devel-
oping the lake. This has been neatly
done, and with the rock border that has
been placed almost entirely around the
lake. makes very attractive body Of
water. The grading of Alhambra( ave-
nue. rendered it safe aud possibleIto I'll
the lake, which is now full, and the un-
looked forsettling Of the bank along this
dam is proposition which, in the fu-
tnre. we small have to contend With
and an expensive one req uirlug the
riDrapping with I'd If the eilflFe aAsSI
s3 1ss n 4 Y, lai