The herald., 1894-12-28
THEIR IRON GRIP ON THE CITY.
Mr.. Teed Spars for Points
With the Contractors.
will be O Fight to the Finish in
the New Council.
mend ations of the Finsuos Commit
tee ON the Hill Street Saver.


The interesting part of the council
meeting yesterday morning came when
President Teed secured an opening Tor
remarks on the vital question involved
in the work OF the contractors on the
streeta OF the city. Mr.. Teed ia evidently
very much in earnest on the proposition,
and states that somebody is apt to get
hurt before the slip-shod work now be-
ing done by contractors is paid Tor oy
the city, especially if it takes his vote IN
the council to approve the payment.
The question came up when Contractor
Hughes asked for 35 days extension OF
time in. which to complete his sewer
contracts. Mr.. Teed spared cautiously
for an opening, and when he found IT
dealt come stinging blows which landed.
not upon the head ef Mr.. Hughes alone.
but upon the heads Of all the contract
ors, and como upon the street eupsrin-
tendent.
Ordinances were passed for large
amount OF street work, and little else was
done by the council at thia session.
REGISTERS CONTRACT DIsAPPRovED.
The mayor sent message returning
contract with H. G. Register without
hia approval. The contract was for lay"
ing 22-inch rivetsd steel pipe on Lake
Shore avenue. The mayor stated that
his disapproval was based upon COM
munication from the city engineer. The
report of the engineer sets forth that the
pipe named in the contract 10 not the
right sort for this work and that the
concrete coating called for viii not pro-
tect tine pipe from rust On the inside, aad
that the casing will crack and fall away
when the pipe is riveted or warped by
the force of the stream inside. The city
has already laid two pipes OF this kind
on this street, and they have rusted out.
The engineer recommenda a 2e-iact
cast iron pipe.
Consideration OF tho mayors veto
wss laid over until Monday OF 10 o'clock.
Requisitions approved by the the cup
ply committee were passed by the coun-
Gil.
AFTER THE CONTRACTORS.
The petition OF J. B. Hughes, con.
tractor. for 35-days' extension OF time
on his sewer contract on Twenty third
street, Lovelacs avenue, Estrella av-
enue. Bohaallo avenue, and other streets,
was presented.
iced moved that the petition bs
denied. He stated that the work ddne
thus far on Twenty-third street is the
DoHt sloysnly job he has ever seen and
that the work is evidently done under
an incompetent inspector.
Mr.. Hughes spoke in his own behalf
on the matter, asating that the streets
where ha is at work are marrow ones
and hard to work on.
Munson's motion that the contractor
be allowed 20 more days extension,
brought Mr.. Teed to bis feet again to
tell how the contractors have the city In
their iron grasp today, and how they
haul away the best gravel from the
sewer trenches and put back other and
inferior gravel and come of them are in
the habit OF putting adobe mud on toL
of the streets instead OF the gravel that
should be there. The motion Tor ~
days extension prevailed.
FINAL ORDINANCES.
Final ordinances were passed ss iol.
lows:
Sewering of Sixth street.. Alvsrado,
Burlington and Ocean View avenues;
grading San Joaquin from Sixth street
to its northern terminus, grading First
street from Flower to Hope street, sew
ering portion OF Ann street, grading and
improving Echo Park road, eewering the
Union avenue sewsr district, sewering
portion Of Temple and Hope streets.
MOTIONS MADE.
Rhodes moved that parties on Grand
avenue between Pico and Seventh streets
be allowed to build sidewalks by private
contract by paying the expenses already
incurred in the matter by the city.
Passed.
Rhodes moved that the grade Of the
intersection OF Ninth and Moore streets
be raised. Passed.
HILL STREET SEWER.
The finance committee presented re.
port recommending that $l0. 1000 bs
taken from the general cash fund and
used to paw the excess expense of buiid.
ing the Hill street dietrict sewers.
The motion was lost and wac referred
to the eewer com mittee.
The committee recommended that
the petition OF tho District Messenger
company for rebate of license he grant
ed. The recommendation was adopted.
The demand of the City Water com
pany for expenses of repairing plugs
was referred to the watsr committee.
Mr.. Mnnson brought up tho matter OF
bonds for school houses, stating that
the superintendent of echools had asked
for less than $lS5 900 az an appropria-
ton. The board OF education had
asked for $l60, 900 at one Tins and at
anothar time for $4,000. and tie
council had given $1S5 600, and yet the
superintendent OF echools asks that tho
matter be deferred and there ia no other
way now than to leave it for the incom-
ing council.
The conncl sdjourned to Monday
next at 10 o'clock.