Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-22

Inc council convened at 1O:l6, Pre6l-
dent Bonsall in the chair. The minutes
Of the previous meeting were read and
approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR.
A message was read from Mayor Haz-
ard, returning without his approval an
ordinance granting to the parties therein
named a site for smelling works. The
message states that such works are not
desirable in this city of homes because
they emit great quantities OF smoke and
deadly fumes impregnated with lead and
other poisonous substances deleterious
to animal and vegetable life.
Mr.. Rees said that man afflicted
with delirium tremens might imagine
worse calamities than are set forth in
the mayors message. The gentleman
then opened out in defense OF the smelt-
ing works, stating they would bring into
the city large amount of business from
Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, as we'll
as Southeastern California. Any objec-
tionable features that the proposition
might have would be but slight as COM
p6Iou Will b10 kl00t OOuCAbb WAlCA
would surely inure to the city.
Mr.. Collins, resident OF Boyle
Heights, was there to offer his protest
against the erection of the proposed
smelter. He said that Boyle Heights
was one of the choice resident portions
of the city and values there were con-
stantly increasing. If the proposed
smeltinZ works should be erected, send
ing forth clouds of smoke and scattering
the fumes of lead and arsenic in every
direction, the values of real estate would
very rapidly decline.
San Francisco had great fight against
smelters and finally drove them out to
the sloughs near Benicia, and even then
stock die from eating vegetation within
two miles of the smelter. A man en-
,ployed in the Jerome smelter in Arizona
had told him this same deleterious effect
WAS noticed there.
Mr.. Nickel thought this was a case in
which the citizens and property-holders
should be taken into consideration. He
gave his own experience as resident of
Pueblo, COL, directly at variance with
the mayors opinion. He moved that
the vote by which .he mayor was au-
thorized to sign the contract with the
builders of the proposed sDel.er be re-
considered. Carried.
Several members of the company that
proposes to erect the smelter now ad-
dressed the council, stating that San
Bernardino wanted the emelter. They
painted in glowing colors the amount Of
business likely to be created here
through the erection of the proposed
smelter. After quite lengthy debate
the subject matter was deferred for three
weeks.
& W SUPPLIES AND EXPENDITURES.
Requisitions. as recommended by the
committee on supplies, were considered
at length by the council and passed,
with single exception, in the matter
OF incidental expense. The finance
committee reported in favor OF paying
bills to the amount of $102l.96 and the
report was adopted.
TwENTY-THIRD AND GRAND AVENUE.
Mr.. Tufts offered motion to the ef.
feet that the city engineer be instructed
to establish a line of sidewalks and
grade tho same on Twenty. third street
and that the same be made 70 conform
with the grade of Grand avenue. Re.
ferred to street superintendent.
NORTH UNION STREET.
Mr.. Innes moved further instructions
be given to the street superintendent
to lower the cutters on North Union
street, directly opposite Chinatown, go
as to do away with q pool of stagnant
water that has collected there; and fur.
'ther that the superintendent be ordered
to abate the nuisance on Lake Shore
avenue near Bellevue street, caused by
-eipage from reservoir No. 4. The
motion was amended to the effect thai
the cost of the repairs be limited tt
500 and passed as amended.
DOUBLE TRACK ON ALAMEDA STREET.
Mr.. w. H. Workman, ex mayor of tht
city, was now given permission to ad
dress the council. The ex-mayor helc
in his hand petition about as long al
the conquest roll of Don Giovanni, con
tanning about $40 signatures of residents
in the eastern portion of the city anC
protesting against allowing the South.
ern Pacific company to put double
track on Alameda street.
There is sufficient danger, said Mr.
Workman, in the road as it now runs
with sixty odd trains passing along Ala.
media street from the Arcade depot tt
the old station on San Fernando street
If the council allow double track to be
on Alameda street, the number of trains
will be increased to 150 per diem. The
property owners on aligning streets re-
gard the granting of such permit as 9
practical confiscation of all property il
the immediate vicinity of Alameds
street. Mr.. Workman said he had reac
all the reports of the proceedings OF thil
body, and in none OF them, as published
could he find anything in relation to the
introduction of this Southern Pacific or
dinance. 1t had been, to the best of hi
belief, smuggled into the board of public
works without the formality of being in
troduced and read out publicly; and then
if reported back from that body, to b'
passed under suspension of the rules.
The clerk of the council said he fount
the petition lying ON his desk at tn,
close of the last session, and, having nj
definite information of it's origin, turnet
it over to the board of public works.
REEs GOES IN FOR BLOOD.
Mr.. Rees moved the petition of tn
Southern Pacific be denied. There wa
an earnest protest against it from bon
fide residents of streets adjacent to Ala
media, and many OF those residents wer
taxpayers. He, therefore, moved tina
the petition of the Southern Pacific b
denied.
Mr.. Innes offered substitute to tn
effect that the petition and the protes
offered by Mr.. Workman be referred t.
the committee of the whole.
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