The herald., 1894-05-15
Afternoon sessIon.

franchise for an electric road in the
south western part of the city was taken
up when the council reassembled at
pm.
Mr.. Hazard appeared before the coun-
Gil and asked that the right OF way over
the thorou0hfares asked for under the
the Store franchise be included in the
ordinance, so that they may be enabled
to bid on the franchise. His parti ca
were ready to put up check for the
paving of the portion OF Third street &C.
cupied by them.
Mr.. Rhodes stated that he did not
think it would be proper to advertise
two franchises for one road. If the
Storrs people wanted to get into the
southwestern portion of the city they
had an equal right with the Main street
people to bid on the franchise. He was
perfectly willing to have the clause with
regard to paying for the paving OF Third
street inserted in the franchise.
Mr.. Hazard stated that if the people
Of Hill street did not want a road on
their street the Storrs people were will
ing to abandon that portion of the fran
chise. What they wanted was that the
rights OF way on the streets asked for by
both partses should be put up for all
parties to bid on and then whoever got
it could build over the portions desired
and abandon the sections they did not
want to use.
Dir. Nickel wanted to know il fran
chise was offered to common point for
both petitioners and then advertise the
diverging sections aftervard.
Mr.. Hazard said he would agree to
such an arrangement.
MUST PAY FOR PAVING.
Mr.. Innes moved that the advertise
ment for the electric road franchise
should be amended to require the COM
pany getting the franchise to pay for
paving of an 18foot strip on Third street,
between Los Angeles and Crocker
streets.
Mr.. Munson moved to amend that the
strip to be paid for extend from Crocker
street TO Hill street. but the amendment
was not seconded and Mr.. Innes's mo-
ton was adopted.
Mr.. Munson moved that the city at
torney be instructed to prepare an ad-
vertisement for franchise to cover such
streets in the Storrs petition not Gov
cred by the Main street railway petition,
which motion Was adopted.
Deputy Riggs of the street auperin-
tendents Office stated to the council
that by recent report of the grand
jury, he had been implicated in some
shady transactions. He had letter
from the party supposed to have made
the charges, in which he declared that
he WAS prevaricator. Mr.. Riggs there
fore asks for full and searching invest
igation. Mr.. Riggs was notified that
the finance committee would make the
necessary inquiry.
The city clerk was directed to adver-
tise for bids for supplying the city with
drugs.
70 SELL THE CITY JAIL.
An ordinance was passed providing
for the sale of the city jail property, and
stipulating that no bid be received for
less than 500 per foot. Alec that all
moneys hereafter paid for sewer connec.
tions shall be paid direct into the CITY
treasurer's Office. Passed.
Judge Chapman appeared on behalf of
protesting property owners against the
opening of Park lane from Seventh to
Eighth street, and asked that the pro-
ceedings be either discontinued or post
poned. Mr.. Burdett appeared for the
parties uetitioning for the opening of the
alley, and stated that quite number of
parties had purchased property in that
location in the expectation of the alley
being opened.
The council then proceeded to elect
commissioners for the opening of the
alley, and N. E. Daudson, @. H. Afford
and l.. Stanton were elected, and the
ordinance for opening the alley passed.
THE CITY AUDITOR HEARD FROM.
The following communication from
City Auditor Teale was read and re-
ferred to the finance committee for con-
sideration:
To the Honorable Council OF the City OF Los
Angeles
GENTLEMEN:-Ths city charter pro-
vides that the city auditor shall act as
general accountant and fiscal agent of
the city, and shall have superintendent
over all officers charged with the re-
ceipt, collection or disbursement OF the
city revenues.
AT the present time the auditor, with
one assistant, in addition to keeping his
accounts OF the city and making the
necessary reports to y0nr honorable
body on the same, is required to audit
about 100 demands per month. In ad-
dition to this the city auditor handles all
licenses, and all the city monetary re-
ceipts pass through this office. The
county auditor 10 allowed three depu-
ties, and about the same number OF de-
mands pesa through his Office in month
as in the city.
The county has likewise in its en-
ploy two expert accountants who are
constantly at work verifying the books
OF the county officisls.
l find, in order to conscientiously
and efficiently discharge the duties OF
this office and give all the accounts
passing through my hands the proper
consideration and scrutiny obligatory
on the fiscal agent of this city, that I
am compelled to request your honor
able body for an additional assistant.
who shall devote his entire time to
the exporting of the books of the vari-
GUS officers charged in any manner
with the collection or disbursement of
the city revenues, so that a proper
and legal check may be maintained at
all times. FRED III. TEALE,
City Auditor.
THE ELECTRIC FRANCHISE AGAIN.
The city attorney presented an adj
vertisement for franchise for the Main
street road, which was adopted and the
city clerk directed to advertise the
same.