The herald., 1893-05-16
tatine the employmentof OF another jailer,
was referred to committee of the whole.

tating the empIoymentof OF another jailer,
was referred to committee of the whole.
THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS
reported in favor OF paying q requisition
Of $1S for hired buggy for the assistant
chief engineer, the same having been
already used by that officer.
The requisition aeking for two new
horses for the use of the fire depart
ment was referred to the fnknce COM
mittee.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The matter of the salaries OF the street
commissioners two deputies then came
up on a recommendation to increase the
pay of Messrs. Stewart and Riggs from
$75 to 500.
Mr.. Gaffey said these gentlemen were
working a great deal at nights and on
Sundays. He, therefore, moved to strike
out 800 and insert 500.
Messrs. Nickel and Rhodes both said
that the adoption of this amendment
would open the door for great deal of
pernicious legislation. Every man in
the city hall would want his salary
raised to 800. A vote was then taken
upon the amendment, and resulted in a
count of 5 ayes to nays. The report as
amended then was put upon its passage,
and was adopted by vote OF to 4.
Ayes, Meesrs. Campbell, Gaffey, Pessell,
Strohm and Teed-5. Nays, Messrs.
Nickel, Innes, Munson and Rhodes.
The committee also reported upon a
large number of bills which were or
dsred paid without dissent.
Crrrru nm rOrrCr
J. M. Glass, chief of police, presented
report that he had ordered the target
shooting on the banks of The Zania No.
to be stopped at once and that the
officer in charge OF such shooting had
promised him that the ehooting should
not be repeated. The report was
adopted.
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.
The following bids and proposals were
then opened and read by the clerk:
Proposals were presented as follows
Work on Echandia street, by F. Chino
worth, grading $3.50, curbing 40 cents,
sidewalking Ia cents, added for gutter %
cents foot. By Baldwin & McComb,
grading $1.47, curb 40 cents, sidewalk
131a cents. By A. w. Ellis, $4 05 per
foot for work complete. By M. Nc
Greal, 81. 931s, 48324 cents, 16 cents. BY
Roper & Hutchinson, So 90, So cents, or
$5 73 complete. Sidewalking Alpine
street, Gray Bros, liz cents; T. A.
Grant, IL . cents. Sidewalking Eleventh
street, Grant, IL cents; Gray, IA cents.
Sidewalking Grand avenue, Grant, 20
cents. All these were referred to the
board of public works.
The above proposals were then, on
motion of Mr.. Innes, referred to the
board of public works.
MOTIONS ON STREET WORK.
Mr.. Innes moved that the city attorney
be instructed to bring in an ordinance to
prevent the interment OF the dead in the
city cemetery, and all other burial
grounds adjoining the high school; also
to bring in an ordinance of intention to
fix the grade Of CASTELAR, street where it
joins Bellevue avenue. Adopted.
Mr.. Nickel moved tie city attorney
be instructed to notify the Pacific Rail-
way company to lower itH tracks on Mis-
road east of the East Los Angeles park
to conform to the grade Of the street.
Mr.. Teed said it was about time these
street railway companies were compelled
to bring their tracks to proper grade.
1t was now a matter of doubt as to who
was controlling the streets of Los An
geles, the city council or the street rail-
way corporation. The motion was then
adopted.
MR.. GAFFEY's BoMBsHELL.
Mr.. Gaffey then introduced the fol-
lowing:
Whereas, by the provisions OF section
81 of article 8 of the city of Los Angeles,
it is provided that the mayor and four
citizens to be appointed by the council
(not more than two of them shall be
members of the same political party,
and who shall serve without compensa-
tion) shall constitute board of police
commissioners OF the city; and whereas,
the present police commission, as now
organized, does not meet the spirit and
requirements of said charter, therefore,
be it resolved by the council, that E. @.
Bosbyshell and A. J. Bradish, police
commissioners of this city, be and they
are hereby removed as such police COM
missioners and their respective Offices in
said commission are declared vacant.
Also resolved, that William Pridham
and Fred Hardness be appointed in their
places.
(Mr. Strohm in the chair.)
Mr.. Teed contended the motion was
out of order. 1t contained a provision
declaring that two men now in Office
should be legislated out of Office, and
contained a provision to appoint two men
| to fill the vacancies go created.
Mr.. Gaffey said that the two Demo
Gratis on the police comm lesion held their
Office not by the selection Of them
selves by Democrats but by the vote OF
the majority of the council, that major
ity being five Republican members of
this body. All he wanted was fair play.
Mr.. Rhodes said there should be a
representation OF the Populists as we'll,
if fair play was all that was desired.
Mr. Gaffey asked if Mr.. Rhodes wanted
to have any political party represented
in the police commission that was not
represented in the council.
Mr.. Rhodes said that the Populists
or the Prohibition party were as we'll en-
titled to representation in the police
commission as the Republicans or Dem
ocratH.
Mr.. Nickel said that the gentleman
had introduced resolution merely to
put himself on record. He knew that
the resolution could not pass and that
there was positive Republican majority
against it. He was as good Democrat
as Mr.. Gaffey but he had voted against
the two men above named on the ground
that they were not Democrats. Mr.
Gaffey was not in his seat when these
men we're elected.
Mr. Munenn moved the resolution be