Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-24
MORE WATER WANTED,
Proceedings at the City Council
Yesterday.
A Vote Ordered on Water System
Bonds.

People From the Hill District Register
. Big Kick-P1an Number Two
Professionally Adopted.
Other Business.
The council met yesterday morning,
with Major Bonsall in the chair.
REPORT ADOPTED.
The report of the board Of public
works, previously published, was pre-
sented and adopted.
READ AND RECEIVED.
Thesmessage of the mayor regarding
the midweek Sabbath was read and re-
ceived.
The report Of the city auditor was read
and received.
The board of viewers on Hof street
made fortnightly report Of work done,
which was accepted.
CITY HOSPITAL DRUGS.
The bids for supplying drugs for use
in the city hospital during the coming
year were referred to the supply COM
mittee.
NO WATER ON THE HILLS.
Mr.. G. M. Wells made speech re-
; garding the lack of water supply in the
hill district. There is worse state Of
affairs than ever before. The water is
vile, and at night there is no water in
the system. Last night q house was
burned down by reason Of there being
no water on the hill. We came here
to ask you for more water.
j. T. 6heward-Promises have been
made that have not been fulfilled. The
: Citizens Water company has simply lied
IN this whole matter when they say the
pipes are stuffed up. We were promised
chemiscal engine, and we have not got
1t. There was absolutely not d bucket
OF water for use at the fire. N.Y. house was
endangered last night as we'll as many
others. No reliance can be placed on
the statements of the Citizens Water
d. w. Field-We would like to have
the council make an official inyestipa-
tion as to the reasons for lack of water
supply on the hill.
Mr.. IDnes moved that the fire COM
mission be requested to at once place q
= chemical engine in the hill district.
Ibis motion was unanimously adopted,
Mr.. Nickell-I think the water supply
committee should wake an investiga-
tion.
Mr.. Innes--It is not an investigation
we want, but water. have spoken to
scouncilmen regarding this matter and
they have said we could drink whisky
in the hill district.
Mr.. Eummerland-Who said that?
Mr.. Innee-I think vou did
Mr.. Nickell-We cannot do anything
in twenty-four hours toward building
water works.
Mr.. McGarry-While we cannot build
water works IN twenty-four hours, we
can find out why water has not been
furnished to the people according to
promise.
Mr.. Summerland- The water company
hasi been giving the people of the hill
district more taffy than water, and it is
time this council do something toward
compelling these companies to furnish
water according to agreement.
Mr.. Tufts-The council is not opposed
to giving water to the people of the hill
district. What we want is knowledge
of the want and plan to work on.
Mr.. Innes-Every time the water sup
ply committee haye made report of
plan of action, or has tried to take de-
finite action on the water matter, and it
has been killed.
Mr.. Alford-The council has been
waiting for definite plan from the
special committee on water.
Mr.. Rhodes The committee pre-
eented two valuable and perfectly
defined plans for water supply. These
plans are endorsed by most eminent en-
gineers. This report was referred to the
committee Of the whole, which was a
certain way to kill it. At the present
time 1t is the immediate duty to do
something for the relief Of the hill
district.
Mr.. lnnes-I move that the majority
and minority reports of the water COM
mittee be taken out Of the committee OF
the whole.
MI. G. M. Wells--What we want first
is water. We believe you can afford to
spend thousands to give us relief. Next
we want to have the privilege as citizens
of voting on the issue of bonds for the
erection of city water works. / now
put myself on record that I'll not pay
water bills as long as do not get water,
Mr.. Rees-It is true that the majority
and minority reports should be acted
on.
The motion to take the water commit
tee reports from the committee of the
whole was adopted, and Mr.. Rees then
moved the adoption of the majority re-
port, which was seconded by Mr.. Innes.
Major Bonsall-The people on the hill
want water Immediately. Let ua CON
slider that matter first and take up the
water works proposition next week. We
ought to submit the question to the
people.
The motion of Mr.. Rhodes was with
drawn and Mr.. Innes offered the follow
ing resolutions which were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
council Of the city of Los Angeles that
the question Of supplying the city with
water works be submitted to the people
to vote upon as soon as possible. -
Resolved, That any long lease Of the
waters or water rights belonging to the
city to any private syndicate, corpora
ton or individual, would be unwise and
city.
Resolved, That plan No. 2, as pro-
posed by the city engineer in his report
on the water system, is q reasonably.
good plan for guuplvin0 tho ,,oa1s ~