The herald., 1893-06-27

bad been warmly recommended by the
board Of health. Considerable discus
sion ensued but it was the animus Of
the council that they should accept the
man chosen by the board of health.
Then the question of the salary to be
paid such an official came up, and after
considerable wrangling the whole mat
ter was referred back to the finance COM
mittee.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The matter OF the protest against the
proposed improvement of Vine street.
brought by Davies, ct al, was ordered
to be received, filed and proceedings
abandoned.
The protest of Davies ct al. against the
proposed improvement of Wolfskill
avenue was denied for the reason that
there was no authority shown for the
signatures.
The acceptance of Center street was
received and filed.
In the matter of the regarding OF
Temple street it was ordered that the
commission consisting OF the mayor,
street superintendent and city engineer
be notified to appear before the city
clerk and be sworn to discharge their
duties as provided by law, and that
thereupon they proceed with said work.
SEWER LABoRERs.
D. I. Sterner preferred charge that
Frick Brothers & Marks, contractors on
the outfall sewer, are employing men in
the work who are not citizens of Los
Angeles and also not natives of the
United States, beyond which they are
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day, all OF which are contrary to the
specified rules of their contract. This
was referred to the sewer committee.
STREET CLEANING.
Mr.. Nickel moved that the street
superintendent, as asked for at the last
meeting, be given two men and five
teams in order to facilitate the cleaning
of the streets.
Mr.. Munson moved to amend the
motion to read 80 men and 10 teams,
and said the quicker the streets are put
in condition the better.
Considerable discussion followed, re-
sulting at last in Mr.. Munson amending
his motion to read seven teams instead of
ten. This was carried. Then the ques-
tion OF how long these men and teams
be employed came up, and after ali
points had been discussed, it was decided
to limit the time to 60 days.
TABOR BUREAU MANAGER.
The questian of the appointment of q
manager for the bureau OF free labor
then came up. Homer @. Katz had
been chosen by the board of supervisors,
and was also a candidate before the
council. Mr.. Gardner of the Knights of
Labor was also an applicant for the
position.
Mr.. Clark, editor OF the Farmer and
Labor Review was invited to speak by
President iced, and said:
SIT eeems from these two applica-
tions before you that the Council of La
Dor and the Knights of Labor are going
to be thrown into a quarrel. ! am in
terested in both societies and belong to
each, and l desire to prevent such an
occurrence if possible. We have had a
conference, and believe Mr.. Gardner
has agreed to withdraw his name in
favor OF Mr.. Katz. The action by which
Mr.. Gardner was chosen was taken at
an irregular meeting OF the Knights OF
Labor, and think his action in with
drawing has been taken in the interest
OF harmony"
Mr.. Gardner. the secretary OF the
Knights of Labor, then addressed the
council and stated plainly that he de-
sired to withdraw in the interest of
harmony.
On motion of Mr.. Munson it was de-
cided that a committee OF three, cons
sisting OF Messrs. Munson, Gaffey and
Campbell be appointed to confer with
the board OF supervisors and commit
tee from the Council of Labor with the
intention of selecting man acceptable
to all.
MORE DEPUTIES.
Mr.. Munson then introduced o motion
to the effect that there shall be en-
ployed in the city clerks Office two
deputies at salaries of 500 per month
each. One deputy, VINO shall also be
the official stenogrspher of the city at a
salary OF $40 per month, and one copiest
at salary of $50 per month.
Mr., leeds claimed that a copiest
could be obtained at much less figure
on the average by employing him at the
rate of cents for each folio copied.
After considerable discussion the
matter was held over one week.
The meeting then adjourned until
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock.