Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1892-03-08
A Large Amount Of Business
Transacted.
4 Communication from Clerk
Teed About Tax Rates.
The ACCESSIBILITY of New Patrol
Wagon Considered.
Routine Reports Received-The Street
Superintendent Says Great
Amount OF Work Ii to Be
Dono-Motions Made.


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The following communication from
City Clerk iced was read and approved.
In connection with the application OF
VIM, McDermott for the cancellation of
an alleged tax sale, on account of the
improvingof Washington street between
Main and San Pedro streets, find that
there are q number of other certificates
of sale relating to the same m after re-
corded in the Office OF the street super
intendent, which should be ordered can
celled in conformity with an order OF a
former council.
The records show the facts in the case
to be as follows
In April OF 1884, in compliance with a
petition from VIM. Niles ct al, the
council passed resolution of intention
to grade Washington street from Main
street to San Pedro street; and on the
18th of May, 1884, the resolution order
ing the work, and the proceedings were
continued in the usual manner until
September 2, 1884, when l. w. Hellman
was heard in reference to abandoning the
proceedings.
On September %, 1884, the city attor-
ney reported to the council recommend
ing that the street superintendent cease
selling the property on account OF deln-
quent assessments, and return the
money to parties who have bought or
sold, and week later recommended
that all proceedings be discontinued
owing to defective assessment, but upon
these reports there was no definite
action taken.
In October, 1884, the street superin-
tnndapf cd that I'm hol do
fifteen sales (enumerating them) to
the city amounting to 1880 So, and
asked that a warrant issue in his favor
for that amount.
Upon this report the finance commit
tee recommended in November that the
said certificates be returned to the street
superintendent, there being no funds
available to comply with his request.
This report was adopted.
On January %, 1885, the certified
check E. Gray Il Co. (the successful
bidders for the work. was ordered re-
turned, and the street superintendent
and city treasurer ordered to return
money to those having paid assess
ments and certificates of sale OF I. w.
Hellman, Mrs. de Cells, Mrs. Annie
Martin, l.. Ardito aud Mrs. E. de Bur-
ton, ordered cancelled as soon as said
parties vacate lands projecting in said
street, and lying south of the north
boundary of said street as defined by
council by resolution No. (Vol. 10 r.,
p. l12.)
the street superintendent paid into the
city treasury the sum Of $850.74 on
account of these proceedings, which
money was returned by the city treas
urer in compliance with council orders
as 'ollows: To VIM. Niles, $4S4. SO; to
l.. onodgrass, $123.49, and to j. S. Malt
man, SAP .32; total, $650.74.
The records in the street superintend-
ent's Office show that twenty tax sale
certificates, Nos. 81 to 40 inclusive, were
issued under these proceedings, eighteen
of which are in the possession Of the
ssreet superintendent, and two were
either delivered to the purchasers or
have been lost. The city never re-
ceived any money on account of these
sales and ordered the street superin-
tendent to return any that he might
have received to those who paid it in.
a II OF the property on the south side
of the street, and all on the north side
west OF the east line of Newell and
Roeder's subdivision, ON which these
salen were made, conform to the lines
of the street, and in compliance with
the orders of the council OF January %,
1885, the following sales should be
marked cancelled and redeemed of
record as follows:
Certificate No %, lots, block G, Martin
tract; certificate No. "a, 3S6.25 feet on
south side of street, bounded eaet by
San Pedro street and west by L.. Snod-
NJ A T. l.
side of street, bounded east by Carlisle
street and west by Main street; certifi-
cate No. 20, lot 2, block B, Martin tract
tract; certificate No. 20, lot /, block q,
Martin tract; certificate No. 20, lot 6,
block B, Martin tract; certificate No.
80, lot 5, block B, Martin tract; certifi-
cate No. 81, lot 4, block B, Martin tract
: certificate No. 80, lot l, Broderick's sub
division, De Cells tract; certificate No.
SO, lots 43, A, As and 46, Broderick's SUBJ
division, De Cells tract; certificate No.
"a, lots "a and 25, Broderick's subdivis-
ion, De Cells tract; certificate No. 40,
lots A, 5 and 6, block Martin tract; GER
tiicate No. So, 8246 feet on north side
of street, bounded east by land of He'll
man and west by alley.
1t would seem from the council
records, from the actions of the council
in January, 1885, that it was supposed
that certain land on the north side of
street between the De Cells tract and
San Pedro street, claimed as private
property, was actually in the street, or
that the supposed owners had agreed to
dedicate it for street purposes upon the
cancellation of these liens, but the re-
cent action Of your honorable body in
commencing proceedings to condemn
this properly for street purposes, would
indicate that you do not consider it part
of the street, and the following addition.
al sales should be cancelled, to wit:
No. $3.50 feet, bounded east by Ar
ditto, west by Ardito on north side OF
street.
No. 36-3481a feet on north side Of
street., bounded east by Norton, west by
land of De Cells.
No. 1884 feet on north side,
bounded east by Ardito, west by He'll
man.
No. 1915. SO on north side Of street,
bounded east by Dalton, west BY Anna
Norton.
No. 39-134.76 on north side Of street,
bounded east by San Pedro street, west
by Dalton. M
The following report was received
from Street Superintendent Hutch
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