Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-12
tion with it erect a modern and sub
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tlOn Win IL erect mOuern anu SUD
stantial Jail.
The branch police station in East
Los Angeles has been a great conven-
ience, and branch station is also much
needed in the southern part of the city,
and | again suggest the corner of Main
and Washington streets, or the corner
of Figueroa and Washington streets, as
the best location for the same.
The new patrol wagon, asked for last
year, has been ordered and received this
year, and it is first class in every respect.
The old wagon, properly repaired, will
yet stand great deal of service. 1t is
kept as substitute in case of mishap to
the new wagon, and besides we have on
more than one occasion needed both.
The need for both wagons, as ambu-
lances, was very great on the evening of
the 21st of October, when in the closing
exercises OF the Columbus day celebra-
ton the careless explosion of fireworks
in the midst of a great congregation of
people resulted in the mortally wound
ing of seven of our citizens, and the
manning of others.
l recommend that your honorable
body pass an ordinance absolutely pro-
hihiting the discharge of fireworks in
the streets of this city, and in all parts
of the city, except upon some unim-
proved tract, where damage to property
would not be likely to result, and then
only after the party who proposed to
conduct the display had secured per-
nit in writing from the chief of police.
Since my last report the laws in re-
gard to gambling have been rigidiy en-
forced, and there is not now in this city,
nor has there been at any time in the
past year, any open or notorious play
ing of any of the games prohibited by
section $50 of the penal code of the state
OF California. Some parties opened a
game in some of the rooms in the Phil
lips block, on Spring street; and other
parties opened game OF faro at l20
South Main street. My officers sue
ceeded in raiding both places, the for
mer on two occasions, and every party
found playing was convicted and fined
500, the fines aggregating $1,000. No
tees were also at once served on the
owners or renters OF the property where
the games were located that they would
be prosecuted under section 33l of the
code, If they permitted the gambling
after being notified, and the games were
both broken up, the parties at 120 South
Main street actually selling out their
furniture and fixtures at auction.
My officers report to me that there
are now but seven places in Chinatown
in which fan-tan is ever played, and l
think this a smaller number than in any
year since Chinatown bas contained 100
None OF these games are
run open, or regularly, but only occa-
when the willy players think
the officers cannot get at them, and,none
of them are visited by other than Chi
nese players.
Lottery gambling is the most diff cult
of all to eradicate There are less
Louiaiena and Mexican lottery tickets
sold in this city now than at the time of
my last report, but the selling of Chi
nese lottery tickets has increased.
Ii the council can pass an ordinance
making the possession of a lottery ticket |
a misdemeanor, and can give to the Of
ficers the right to sieze the tickets
wherever found, and to the courts the
power to order them destroyed, lottery
ticket selling can be stopped.
The number of pawnbrokers and other |
dealers in second hand goods has in
creased since my last report, and there |
are now 80 such places in this city, but |
they are subjected to very close police |
The houses of prostitution and the
of the inmates thereof remain
about as at the time of my last report.
We have this year again had large
invoice of eastern and San Francisco
thieves, but almost every one of those !
fellows who came here are now working
for the state in San Quentin or Folsom.
helped into their present situations by
the Los Angeles police.