The herald., 1893-11-14

committee, with power TO employ euch
assistance as the committee may deem
necessary to ascertain the quantity;
quality, size and condition OF said
pipes.
Mr.. Munson thought the three re.
ports covered about the same ground.
He believed that the city engineer
should be be added to the committee to
get an independent valuation of the
water works.
Mr.. Innes said the company had abb
solutely refused to give an inventory OF
the property, and he could not see how
the committee could go ahead.
Mr.. Rhodes said he was getting tired
OF the whole negotiations. The man
named "Jayhawker," ii he ever told
the truth, did when he said this was
scheme to make money. These men
were promoters, and the city can do
nothing with them except they allow
them to make big money. The people
Of this city are not fools and will not
vote from So. 100000 to 81 600, 900 bonds
without they know what it is for. He
thought the city should drop all the
negotiations and go to work on an inde-
pendent water system.
MIR. Munson reiterated his views that
the city should now as well as any time
get at this property so that they can
know something about the valuation
without guess.
Mr.. Rhodes insisted that it was un-
reasonable that lot of men would not
give statement OF their property. He
believed that they had violated their
contract many times. After the council
should spend a lot of money on experts
they would be no nearer conclusion.
A greater portion of the plant has got
to be rebuilt. Ii the council has got to
buy pig in the poke, go it blind, the
councilman thought it time to call q
halt. That's the way Peirce said he
bought, but it was queer way to do
business, and no business man believes
it was done.
Mr.. Pessell stated that if Mr.. Rhodes
statement that the water company had
violated it5 contract, he thought the
reports should be filed and the city at
torney be directed to bring suit to annul
their franchise.
Mr.. Campbell said that he thought
most of this whole business was bun
combe. This brought Mr.. Munson and
M. Innes to their feet, and they denied
the soft impeachment.
Mr.. Innes had the last word, saying
that he did not see what the council
should eubmit to the tongue. flashing
that will come from these people with
out expressing what they think about
the withholding of a statement by the
water company of their property.
Mr.. lnnes' supplemental report was
adopted as an amendment to the major
ity report, and the minority report by
MIR. Campbell was then adopted.
A motion to reconsider the vote was
lnot hxra IN ,fd Il A
Mr.. Pessell moved that the street
superintendent be Instructed to re-
move the dirt from the cutters on San
Pedro street from Third street south.
Carried.
PETITIONS AND PROTESTS.
The following petitions were read and
referred to their appropriate commit
tees.
By Hughes & Mayer, stating that
Frick Bros. prevent them using ground
necessary for the completion OF section
10 Of the outtall sewer. and asking for
sufficient ground or an extention OF
tims in which to complete their con-
tract.
Bye. A. White, for cancellation OF
tax sale certificate.
By John Turrer, per w. Shuldt, to
clear the cloud on title of 3, block 5,
Brooklyn tract, by reason of an erro-
neous delinquent tax sale.
By L. f. Miller. secretary of the Los
Angeles p. B. & I. G. company, request
ing permission to dig and remove earth
from the ungraded portion OF Teed
street.
$1.S0, which he has paid on erroneous
assessment.
By property owners in the vicinity of
Olive and Court streets, asking for
crosswalk at that point.
By Adolph Kruse, for return of per-
sonal property tax. he not being of age.
By property owners in the vicinity of
Gerard and Twelfth streets, for Cross
walks.
BY Sam B. Dewey, for cancellation of
tax sale certificate.
BY property owners on ThirtyTfrst
street between Grand avenue and Fig
ueroa street, asking for cement side
walk on both sides of the street.
By property owners on Seventh street,
protesting againt cement sidewalks on
Seventh street between Pearl and Bixel
streets.
By Robert Roberts, protesting against
the opening of a street through lots 10,
IL and Is of P. Beaudry's subdivision
of the Abila tract and stating that it
would damage him to the extent of $3.50.
BY George w. King, protest against
the opening and widening of First
street.
BY G. G. Caldwell and others. protest
against the grading of Trenton street
between Eleventh and fico streets.
Mr.. Rhodes moved that the contractor
on Vernon street betweea Pico and
Sixteenth streets be granted 80 days
extension OF time.
REPORT ON STREET sUPERINTENDENT's
OFFICE.
Mr.. Nickel from the committee to. .
investigate the street superintendent's
Office made the following report:
We, your special committee, to whom
was referred the investigation of the
street superintendent Office. would re-
port that some time ago we made re-
port to the council that Mr.. Watson,
the present street superintendent, was
something over $500 short in his ac-
count, and recommending that he turn
the money into the treasury.
We find on investigation that he has
not complied with the order.
We also find that the former Street
Superintendent E. III. Hutchinson's
books show an apparent shortage Of
about $4,000. and we recommend that he
be allowed two weeks in which to ex-