Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-12
A BIG PACKING HOUSE PROPOSED.
The Proposition Considered
Yesterday by the Council.
The Contests as to the Election of
Campbell and Rhodes.
Tho City Clerks Report-street Work
Matters-The Smelter Proposition.
The Reports of OFF,
cials-Motions

The city council met yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, President Bonsall ir
the chair and all of the members in at
tendance.
INGRAHAM STREET EXTENSION.
A protest from property owners on In
graham street, between Kipp and the
, west line of the Fairmount tract, against
the extension of that thoroughfare, was
read.
Sheldon Borden appeared before the
council and stated the reasons for con.
sidering the protest. A certain few
would be benefited by the opening ol
the street, and he thought that they
should stand the assessment if the work
were done. AS it now is, property own.
ers for two blocks are to be assessed,
and he considered it unjust. The pro-
test proved to be premature, as the
council had made no declaration of in
tention to perform the work, and fur
ther consideration OF the matter was de-
ferred.
A BIG PACKING HOUSE.
A petition from the Cudahy Packing
company, asking that the ordinance re-
lating to slaughter houses be amended
SO as to permit OF their establishing a
plant on their property near the Macy
street bridge, was read.
A representative of the corporation
who was present stated that they desired
the quickest action possible in the case.
1t was their intention to operate pack
ing house in Southern California, and
they favored Los Angeles as the field OF
their operations. He said that at the
present time the com pany sold nothing
but canned and smoked meats in this
part of the state, and they we're anxious
to work up the pork products of this
section. If the desired permission were
granted, they would at once begin work
on plant that would have capacity of
300 hogs and 100 cattle per day, giving
employment to 400 men. Speaking at
length, he further said that in South
Omaha they had been given the ground
for their plant in addition to bonus of
100000 to operate there. In this case
all they asked was to have the ordinance
amended as above stated, and be allowed
to as much water from the river as
was necessary for scalding and cleaning.
The gentleman stated positively that
there would be no nuisance in connec-
tion with the company's operations, as
every part of an animal slaughtered was
utilized, except its dying groan.
The reading of the petition and the
statements of the attorney for the COM
pany were followed by a long discussion.
Mr.. Rees was in favor of granting the
petition forthwith, but after great deal
of argument pro and con, Mr.. Summer
lands motion to refer the matter to the
board of public works prevailed. Messrs.
Rees, Rhodes and Summerland were ap-
pointed committee to act in conjunc-
tion with the board.
THE CHAIN GANG.
On motion of Mr.. Innes the PROPOSE
tion to provide mounted officer for the
chain gang was referred to the finance
committee.
EXCESSIVE ASSESSMENTS.
The report of the finance committee,
recommending the return of sums ag-
gregating SO as excessive assessments
upon personal property of certain per-
cons, was approved.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The usual grist OF requisitions and
demands were read and approved.
A communication from the board OF
education stating that 500, 900 would be
required to- meet the expenses OF the
public schools, was read.
In the matter of the petition OF Hum
phreys & Dean, praying that the street
superintendent be instructed to remove
distractions from the Throop tract, the
case was referred to the city attorney
and street superintendent to determine
whether streets were as represented on
map.
An ordinance was passed establishing
the grade on Burlington avenue from
Eleventh to Twelfth streets.
The street superintendent was in
structed to furnish an estimate of the
cost of constructing cement conduit at
the corner of Sixth and Spring streets,
as per petition of d. Freeman.
An ordinance providing for the paving
of the sidewalk on Santee street from
Fourth to Twelfth was passed.
ALAMEDA STREETS DOUBLE TRACK.
Further consideration of the granting
of the right of the Southern Pacific
company to lay double track on Ala
media street was postponed. The coun-
Gil will inspect the ground tomorrow
and consider protests and petitions
bearing upon the matter at the next
meeting.
To the board of Public works were re-
ferred the motions to improve numerous
streets.
Afternoon Session.
The hour of 2 O'Clock having arrived
the special order of the day was taken
up-counting and certifying the official
return of the city election. The figu res
Of the official count were given in this
paper on Thursday last.
DISMISSED THE CONTEST.
When the Ninth ward case came up
notice of protest was given. Clerk Teed
was reading off the returns in person
and asked the chair what was ruleable
in such cases. The president sent the
sergeant-at-arms in search of the city
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